The Grenada sentinel., 1904-02-13

'ne TWO houses. Aside from the dup
Hcate measures, and bills bearing
similarity to each other, which are
eltner unfavorably reported or re-
turned In the form of substitutes, it is
fortunate for the people of Mississippi
tnat a very small percentage of the
penang measures will be enacted in
to law. The legislature has been in
session four weeks, only half dozen
measures have been signed by the
governor. and not over a dozen will
be in readiness for his signature with
IN the next ten days. The promptness
with which the working committees
have sQuelched the life out of a large
majority of the bills introduced is
highly gratifying indication that the
people of the State will not be op-
pressed with a burden of useless new
laws when the legislature adjourns.
1t has been the history of legisla-
lures and lawmaking bodies since the
beginning of time that some members
are imbued with the idea that they
must be continually introducing bills.
Their work is of the class that
amounts to nothing, aad is worse than
useless, for it becomes really perni-
c1Ous and develops the demagogue of
the most dangerous type. 1t can be
safely asserted that so per cent of the
bills offered in the two bodies since
the legislature convened have no more
place on the statute books than they
would be entitled to in the Bible.
They cover almost every phase of wis
dom aid urwisdOm, imbecility and
corporate favoritism. and serve only
to illustrate the freakish intellect or
cupidity Of their authors. 1t is there
fore doubly fortunate at this time that
Mississippi has a legislature which is
being conducted by men of sense and
business sagacity. Unquestionably
the personnel and standard of the
body is higher than it has been for ,,
many years. and while some laws will
probably get on the statute books be- |
fore the end of the session which
ought not to be there. the general
trend of legislation promises to be
prudent and conservative.
TwENTY-FoURTA DAY.
The legislature was a dull attrac-
ton today. The senate adjourned un-
til Monday, and the house spent the
entire morning with local and private
legislation, it being a custom to set !
aside this day for bills of this nature
The house galleries were deserted !
during the session, and many men,
bers were absent from their seats, |
having either left for their homes or |
being confined in their boarding
houses with bad colds and la grippe, !
resulting from the spell of severe !
weather.
The joint legislative committee of
twe1ty-four members appointed to re-
district the Circuit and Chancery |
Court districts Of the State, has thus /
far made but little progress with the |
which is of rather stu
pendOus nature.
One plan suggested to the commit
tee, which is attracting much atten-
ton. proposes the formation of thir- !!
ten Circuit Court districts, an increase !
Of two over the present number. This !
plan has one very cOmmendable fea- !
ture, in that it does not place any two |
circuit judges or district attorneys in !
the same district. 1t is as follows:
First District-Tishoming A!corn,
Prentiss, 1tawamba, Lee, Monroe,
and Lowndes.
Second District-Pearl River, Han
cock, Harrison, Jackson, Greene AID
Wayne.
Third District-Tippah, Union, Ben
ton, Marshall, Lafayette, Pamela, Tate
and DeSoto.
Fourth District-Lef1ore. Sunflower,
Issaquena and Sharkey.
Fifth District-Pontotoc. Yalobusha,
Grenada, Calhoun, Carroll, Moltgom-
cry, Clay and Webster.
Sixth Decentralization, Amite,
Franklin, Adams, Jefferson and Clai-
borne.
Seventh District-Holmes, Madison.
Kinds and YazoO.
Eighth District-Rankin, Scott,
Newton, Winston, Neshoba, Leake,
Attala and Choctaw.
Ninth District-Warren.
Tenth District-Lauderdale, KEN
per, Noxubee and Oktibbeha.
Eleventh District-Tunica. Quitman.
Coahoma, Bolivar and Tallahatchie.
Twelfth Distrmict-Copiah, Lincoln.
Pike, Covingtoa, Lawrence and Ma
ion.
Thirteenth District Simpson, Jas
Der, Smith, Clark. Jones and Perry.
After the introduction OF quite a
number of private and local bills the
house, without the transaction of any
,ther business, adjourned for the day.
TWENTY-FlFTH DAY.
The committee on universities and
colleges has just completed it's in
of the various institutions.
The report will be read to the house
It an early date. The one of most in
crest is that relating to the university
Ind some of the testimony as to the
sreek letter societies is said to be of
/ sensational character
The, judiciary committee of the
louse has finally decided to report the
'ame code bill formerly reported,
sshich provides for a commission to |