The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-03-01


his right to sit as . member Of said
committee is fully sustained by this
committee.
"Second That through inadvert-
ance the Journal Of the senate fails to
note the appointment Of Senator High.
tower as q member Of said committee
and that his name as member Of said
committee was omitted from the print.
ed lists Of such committee at both the
1904 and 1906 sessions Of the senate.
eve further find that Senator
Franklin made all proper and diligent
inquiry to ascertain whether or not
Senator Hightower is member Of
said committee and that he was ad-
vised that Senator Hightower was not
a member Of said committee.
because of the omission of the
name Of ex-senator Hightower from
the journal proceeding sin references
to said committee, az well as the omis.
sion Of his name from the printed
lists Of said committee, Senator
Franklin after making inquiry al
stated above, was warranted In chali
longing the right Of Senator Hightowi
er to sit and advise with said com.
mittee if he desired to exercise
his right to make such challenges
Third, neither the record nor the proof
disclosed any fact even remotely re-
Hecting upon the conduct of either
Mr.. Senator Hightower or Senator
Franklin, and we fully exonorate both
senators from all wrongdoing, as well
as from all conduct unbecoming sen.
ator."
Another matter Of general import
ance was the action Of the senate in
amending the code chapter on employ
ees to provide that where an employee
contracts for employment and receives
money or goods on the strength of
such contract and fails to perform
same, he shall be deemed guilty Of
larceny unless he makes return of
such money or goods. This anlend-
ment is aimed to prevent the practice
Of "crop jumping" in the delta by
negro tenants and to prevent frauds
and faithful failures to comply With
labor contracts generally
The bill for the support Of the Beau
voir Soldiers Home was passed, car
rying $4,000 'for support for two
vars and additional Improvements.
The sum Of $4,000 is allowed for i'm
provements repairs, etc. The i'm
provements contemplate large increase
of capacity.
Claiming the Jones County bill to
have passed both branches of the leg
islature unconstitutionally, the citiz-
ems of that section are to use every
endeavor to have it so declared. The
bill is as yet unsigned in the Office Of
Governor Vardaman and the first at
tempt to kill it will be in the nature
Of an appeal there.
Should the governor deem it pro-
per that the bill should be signed
the matter will then GO to the courts,
where final relief will be sought.
This bill created the new county
Ct Jones and furnished one of the most
bitter fights in this legislature. 1t
went through the house in the first
days of the session without opposi-
ton, Representative Hilburn making
the statement that he thought it the
unanimous verdict of his people that
the bill was favored.
The House Committee on the Liquor
Traffic believes that it has solved the
&c. o. d." liquor traffic trouble. It
has at last devised a plan which seems
most likely to meet the case, and
which at late hour this afternoon it
took up and discussed from every
point of view.
The solution that this committee
proposes is to place privilege tax on
every express Office that allows liquor
to pass through its doors. The priv
1ege tax is proposed to be set at ST.
900 per annun. An express company
operating inthis state, with its numer-
Gus Offices, it is claimed, would refuse
any liquor shipments rather than at
tempt TO pay the privilege tax.
The senate this morning passed the
bill creating the Yazoo and Mississip-
pi Delta Branch Experiment Station
in Washington county. Senator w.
w. Stone, the author Of the bill, ex-
planned that it was no new matter, as
the act to authorize the preliminary
steps had been passed at the first SEES
sion Of the present legislature. His
people had gone to work and put up
money to buy the land necessary, and
now everything is finished except the
launching Of the station with q pro-
perly qualified branch.
New York, Feb. 25.-All steamers
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