The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
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
ed and Other Items Of Interest.

ed and Other Items OF Interest.
After the most dramatic debate IN
the history of the present session OF
the Legislature, during which Speak
er Thomas deserted the chair for the
arena, and delivered an impassioned
speech against corporate interests,
and was opposed by speakers fully
his equal in eloquence, the house
adopted a new law for the old, and
new era has dawned in this state
for all corporations, if the senate will
concur in the measures advanced by
the lower body.
Under the present law, corporations,
except banks and manufacturing COM
panies, cannot own more than $780,
900 worth of property. By the
amendment adopted in the house
there is no limit to the personal prop
erty all corporations can hold, and
they may in addition, hold and own
land to the amount of $1,OOO,0OO,
while manufacturing corporations
may own as much personal property
as they please, and land to the extent
Of $2,OOO,O00.
The two houses of the legislature
adopted new policy in the hope of
getting through by the first of April.
Both houses voted to hold afternoon
sessions for the present, but whether
this will continue is doubtful as no
special headway has been made on
this account. The house adopted the
chapter on schools, and raised the
salaries of the county superintendent
to $3.50 minimum and 1,2OO max
imum Appropriations to permit the
governor to appoint school books COM
missioners, SO as to keep the Book
Commission out of politics, was voted
down.
AS will be seen by the appended
correspondence the Glover-Chamber-
lain controversy has been brought to
a happy conclusion, due to the good
advice of friends of both parties. Mr..
| Chamberlain arrived from Hariston,
and was seen by Mr.. McNair, near
neighbor and a friend of the family
and after brief conference between
the gentlemen representing the two
parties, the following statements were
| issued:
"Having been informed by SEN
ator Glover through his friends that
he did not take the. active part
thought by me to have been taken
by him in the investigation of the
charges against Chancellor Fulton, /
disclaim all reflections due to any mis-
apprehensions, and withdraw any per-
sonal allusions to him.
S. D. M'NAIR.
"For D. H. Chamberlain, Jr.
"Mr. Chamberlain, having with
drawn any personal illusions to me
regarding the charges preferred by
him against Chancellor Fulton, and I
having applied certain epithets to him
in a speech in the senate which re-
fected on his honor as man and a
gentleman, hereby withdraw the
language referred to.
CIV. A. ALCORN, JR.,
::HENRY J. DAVIS,
~. J. HENRY,
"For Senator J. A. GLOVER.
Representative Denton Of Meridian,
is pursuing a bill through the house
that has already passed the senate
for an appropriation of $1,000 for a
hospital at Meridian. The bill has
been reported favorably by the COM
mittee on humane and benevolent in
stitutions, and has been transferred
to the committee on appropriations,
which has not yet reported on the
measure. The city of Meridian has
already contributed $1,000 toward
the maintenance Of the hospital, and
the county $1,000. The hospital will
be conducted on the same plan as the
two at Natchez and Vicksburg.
The senate had another tilt with
the McIlhenny College Trustee bill
and some three hours of argument fol-
lowed up the calling up of the meas
ure. There were forcible arguments
pro and con, and considerable high
flown oratory, though it is doubtful
if any of the arguments had much ef-
feet on the general result or changed
a vote. The senate mind was appar-
emily made up when the bill was
placed on its passage, and if the
roll call had been taken without dis
cussion, the result would, it is be-
lieved, have been practically the
same which defeated the bill.
The bill revolutionizing the method
of controlling the penitentiary calls
for three trustees to be appointed by
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