The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-23
TUESDAY,, JANUARY II,

The only notable feature of the
morning session Of the legislature was
+, the opening of the returns and the
declaring of the result of the regular
election held in November.
The returns were submitted to
Speaker Thomas by Secretary of State
Power, and after the list of State Of
ficials had been read AID the election
ratified, attention was given to the
special election held to fill the vacancy
in the Supreme Court clerkship by the
death of capt. E. w Brown, and nomi-
nations for the place, in accordance
with the provisions of the constitution
requiring election in the house, were
called for. Only two of the candidates
who participated in the special cleo.
ton submitted their names-Hon.
George c. Meyers of Marshal, and w. ].
Brown of Kinds.
A vice voce vote was taken after
a short debate and Mr. Meyers was
elected by vote of 95 to %.
The only feature of the senate ses-
sion was the announcement of the list
of committees prepared by Lieut-Gov.-
elect Carter, and the favorable recon-
mendation made by the committee Oh
Tie IGSOIuIlOA W luSGIL. liz
amendment to section 206, voted upon
last November, in the constitution.
A large number of bills, covering
a wide variety of subjects were in
troduced in both houses.
The Committees at Work.
The standing committees of the leg
islature have been announced AID
both houses will now settle down to
active business. The coming days of
the session will be replete with tho
routine grind, and at the very outset
the committees have much work be-
fore them. At yesterdays session for
ty-five bills were introduced in the
house and twenty-five in the senate,
making a total of ninety-seven meas
ures that have been offered up to date
Careful consideration was given the
ablest members in forming the COM
mittees, and pleasing feature of the
house list is the recognition accorded
Hon. S. M. Smith, of Holmes, who was
the chief opponent of Hon. E. N Thorn
as for the speakership, and the mem
bers are much gratified that the con-
test engendered no personal feelings,
as Mr. Smith is one of the ablest mem
bers of the body.
Educational Legislation.
Of the forty-five bills introduced In
the lower house yesterday seven seek
to make appropriations for the sup
port of the common schools, and it
appears from the tenor of these meas
ures that a fight is to be made to Sc
cure reduction of the annual apprc-
priation of 81 ,250, 900 for this purpose.
The amounts proposed in these seven
bills vary from 100000 to $1.500,000.,
but the majority of them are for sums
less than s1,000.000.
Another educational movement of
much interest is the five bills offered
the two bodies providing for an uni
form system of textbooks and Great
ing commission for this purpose. A
scrutiay of the measure shows that
they are very similar in their general
provisions, and the two houses will
doubtless be able to agree on salts
factory compromise measure.
Primary Election Law.
The bill. introduced in the lower
house by Mr.. Sample of Holmes en-
bodies the ideas of Tie Hon. E. f. Noel
of Lexington, regarding amendments
to the primary law, and its course
through the committees will be mar
rowly watched After reference to the
committee on registration and cleo
tions it viii go to the judiciary COM
mittee to be further perfected.