The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-04-05
THE MISSISSIPPI
LEGISLATURE
OUR CORRESPONDENTS
WEEKLY LETTER.
RESUME OF THE PAST WEEK
Subjects Of Legislature Recommend
ed and Acted Upon From Day to
Day---House and Senate Bills Pass
cd aad Other Items Of Interest.

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ed aad Other Items Of Interest.
The Committee on Appropriation
submitted report which caused con-
siderable discussion and some rather
sensational speeches. The excitement
was caused by the submission Of some
correspondence between Judge w. H
Hardy and Mrs. OPry of Hatties-
burg, in regard to a claim presented
by Mrs. O'Pry for services as steno-
grapher for Judge Hardy while he
was acting as code commissioner. The
correspondence showed that Judge
Hardy had employed Mrs. O'Pry for
seven months and as code commits
sioner had endorsed and approved her
bill against the State for 1920. Sew
eral other letters we're introduced,
one of which was from Judge Hardy
in which the statement was made that
he had paid Mrs. O'Pry. This the
Lady denied, and said she had never
received cent for the work.
The House refused to accept the
Senate amendment which exempts
money loaned at per cent and re-
fused also to exempt money on de-
post. This will make conflict be-
tween the two houses over the rev.
enue chapter. The House also re-
fused TO reconsider the chapter on
penitentiary, but decided to reconsid-
er the bill which creates an agricul-
turl buneau and which passed the
House. The reconsideration will
come up after the revenue matters
arp disposed of.
The Senate passed the committee
provision which permits the working
Of podvicts on the public roads.
The House adjourned out Of re-
spect to Representative Maer, who re-
ceived telegram announcing Che sud
den death Of his mother.
The House committee has decided
to report adversely on the appropria-
ton to the Mississippi State Board of
Health for quarantine purposes. The
committee has acted but has not yet
reported, and it is not known whether
there will be minority report or not.
II the report of the committee is
adopted it will mean that the state
will be without any fund to conduct
guarantees during the coming sum
mer in case of epidemic; but that
seems to be the object at which the
committee is aiming.
The fact that the last epidemic
was mild in type and caused few fata-
lities, and that the protection against
such mild form Of disease caused
untold business and commercial losses
to the people of the state, has impress
ed the people, or large part of them,
that state quarantine is useless ex-
pense, If not serious handicap.
The matter will doubtless cause
sensation when reported to the House,
and fight will inevitably follow. 1t
is expected that the board Of health
viii muster its forces and make war
TO pass the appropriation.
The Stegall bill for the relief Of
Pontotoc and the resumption Of traf-
fic ON the Mobile, Jackson and Kan
sas City railroad held the menter of
the legislative stage for while.
The immediate passage Of the Ste
gall bill for the relief Of Pontotoc
is urgently recommended by the sub
committee on railroads, which re-
turned from the scene Of the tieup.
The subcommittee report was SUBJ
united to the whole committee, and
the document shows a remarkably
distressing condition among the mer-
chants IN the towns along the M. j.
and Il. C. railroad. Business failures
are predicted if the Legislature will
not give some relief.
The committee found the inhabit-
ants of Pontotoc county almost a
unit in urging the passage of the
bill. While travelling along 80 miles
Of the railroad, the committeeman
were met at the depots of all the
towns, and on every hand the people
we're clamoring for action by the
Legislature. Under the ruling of the
Chancellor sustaining the injunction,
the committee found that freight
rates almost equaled the value of the
goods, since freight at present has
to be carried by runabout cir
cult.
In speaking Of the depots from the
towns, the committee found that at
Philadelphia the distance was one
fourth of mile, at Louisville, one
half Of a mile, at Alderman three
fourths of a mile, at Louisville one
hat and at Pon.ptoc between one
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