The new South-news., 1906-04-07
The MISSISSIPPI
LEGISLATURE
RESUME OF THE PAST We K
Subjects Of Legislature Recommend
ed and Acted Upon From Day to
Day.--House and Senate Bills Pass
ed aid Other Items Of Interest.


Tho Committee 90 Appropriations
admitted o report which caused eoa-
siderable discussion and some rather
sensational speeches. The excitement
wa caused BY the submission ~ smc
correspondence between Jadse ". IL.
Hardy and Mr.. OPry Of Haliies-
bur-. in regard 10 claim presented
by Nrs. OPry for services ~ sieuo-
sraphcr Tor Judee Hardy while he
was acting a. code commissioner. The
correspondence showed that Judge
Hardy had employed Mrs. O'Pry FOR
seven months and as code commits
sioner had endorse cd and approved her
bill against the State for fi20. Sew
crai other leifers were introduced.
ono of which was from Judge Hardy
IN which the statement was made that
hc bad paid Mrs. O'Pry. This che
lady denied, and said shc had never
received q cent for the work.
TIC House refused io accept the
Senate amendment which excmpts
money loaned at q per cent and re-
fused also to exempt money ON de
post. This will make a conflict be-
twoon the two houses over the rev
cnuc chapter. The House also re-
fused 10 reconsider the chapter on
pcniieniiary. but decided TO reconsid-
or lhe bin which creates an agricnl-
tural bureau and which passed the
House. The reconsideration will
come up after the revenue matters
are disposed off,
The Senate passed the committee
provision which permits the working
OF convets on the public roads.
The House ADJOURNED out of re-
spcct 10 Representative Macr, who re-
eeiycd q Telegram announcing the sud
den death of his mother
The House committee has decided
10 report adversely on the appropria-
iion to the Mississippi State Board of
Health for quarantine purposes The
committee has acted but has not yet
reported, and 1t is not known whether
hcrc will be n minority report or not.
II the report Of the committee is
adopted It will mean that the state
will be without amy fund to conduct
suaraniincs during the coming sum
mer Ia case of cHdcn4ia. hui tAal
seems to be the object at Which th9'
committee IS aiming.
The fact that the last epidemic
Sas mild in type aud caused few fata-
litics, and that the protection against
such mild form of disease caused
nniold business and commercial losses
10 the people Of the state. has impress
ID the people, or a large part of them.
that state quarantine is a useless ex-
pense, il not q serious handicap.
The matter will doubtless cause
sensation when reported to the House.
and a fght will inevitably follow. II
Is expected that the board of health
will muster its forces and make war
10 pass the appropriation.
The Stegall bin for the relief of
rontotoc and the resumption of rraf-
&c on the Mobile, Jackson and Kan
sas City railroad held the men,cr of
the legislative stage for while.
The immediate passage of :he 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 sab
mitlcd to the whole committee, and
the document shows remarkably
distressing condition among the mcr-
chants in the towns along the NJ. j..
and X. c. railroai Business failures
are predicted If the Legislature will
not give some relief.
The committee found the inhabit-
ants Of rortotoc county almost a
unit in urging the passage of the
bill. While travelling along l50 miles
OF the railroad. the committeeman
were met at the depots of all the
towns, and on every hand the people
wcr clamoring for action by the
Legislature. Under the ruling of the
Chancellor sustaining the injunction
the committee found that freight
rates almost eqnaled the value of the
goods, since freight at present has
TO be carried by runabons cir
cult.
In speaking of the depois from the
towns, the committee found that a
Philadelphia the distance was one
fourth of mile. at Louisville. one
half Of mile. at Ackerman three
four,hs of mile, at Louisville one
half and at Poniotoc between one
half and three-fourths of a mile. TIL