Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-02-09
THE MISSISSIPPI
LEGISLATURE
OUR CORRESPONDENTS WEEK
LY LETTER.
Subjects t Legislation Recommended
and Acted Upon From Day to Day.
House and Senate Bills Passed and
Other Items of General Interest.

House and Senate Bills Passed and
Other Items of General Interest.
The drug bill, known as the Lock
wood bill, was killed by action Of
the House Committee on Health and
Quarantine in voting unanimously
to report the bill adversely, and tack
has been taken by Mr.. Lockwood OF
his bill. A substitute has been com
posed which eliminates many Of the
Objectionable features regarding the
use of alcohol in the preparation Of
patent medicines and enlarging the
percentage allowed to be used. The
bill, as modified, also leaves out that
section which demands the publica-
tion of the formula on external rem
edies. The bulk of the fight from
outside sources on this bill was TO the
effect that small salves and external
applications had no space on their
surface for printing formulas. Mr.
Lockwood 5 revised bill will cover
only such remedies as are to be taken
Into the stomach
81 have not given up the fight, "
said Mr.. Lockwood ~ wanted the
original bill to be enacted into law for
the protection of the public, but if |
can't get that through now, l am will
ling to work by degrees.
The Lumber Investigation Commit
tee is working behind closed doors,
and have had many witnesses before
them. Nothing positive can be had as
to the evidence thus far, but it Is gen
orally understood that the committee
has been unable to prove the existence
of combine in the technical sense
of the term. 1t has been developed
that the lumber manufacturers have
common access TO a rate schedule
prepared for their use and ii is known
that the rates az fixed lii this schedule
are generally adopted by the manu-
facturers, but they claim that they
have 10 collusion in the matter and
simply accept or reject the rates as
they chose They say there is no under
standing between them or combina-
tion between them whereby they are
bound to accept the rates, but that
they can accept them if they choose.
The evidence is being taken in short
hand, and the report will be of con
siderable interest when published
The historic old governors mansion
occupying square in the heart Of
jackson 5 business centre is to be
pfcsereZ from al invadiag spirit of
commercialism. 1t was nc weak fight
that was the forerunner of this con
clusion. The present governor had
in his first and second messages, not
openly recommended the sale Of the
property, but his inclination was ra-
ther that the interests oe tue state
would be best served by tae abandon
ment of the attempt to keep an official
home for the chief exeertiga. This
opinion might have been inspired by
the meager appropriations from for
mer legislatures, which have been III
adequate to keep up the cid building.
Former governor Longino had favored
the abolishment of the official home.
A spirit Of commercialism, based on
the extreme high value at present
placed on the property, and the indi-
cation that sale could now be made
to financial advantage, added to the
argument Of those who favored the
sale of the property. But against this
were splendid appeals from Messrs.
Smith and Holmes, Chairman Brown
of the Appropriations Committee, and
Mr.. Barber, of Harrison, each appeal
ing for the preservation of this his
torlc old spot as the one connecting
link, as stated by Mr.. Smith, "bind-
ing us to the moorings that connect
the glorious future with the glorious
past OF Mississippi history"
The official ruling Of Attorney-Gen-
eral Williams on the Sample anti-lob-
bying resolution, which is to the eff
feet that the paid attorneys Of cor
porations or other parties Interested
In legislation cannot 60 before the va
rious legislative committees 70 deliver
arguments for or against pending bills
without first entering their names on
the lobbyist register will in the future
be strictly observed by all Of the
house committees, and it means that
in the future attorneys will be YER,
scarce around the committee room.
while prospective legislation is bein-
considered.
The whole system of the manage
ment of the penal institutions of the
State Of Mississippi is to be changed,
the Board of Control is to be abolish
ew, and the advice Of Governor Var
daman, suggesting that a single head
of the Mississippi penitentiaries
should supplant the present system, is
Sentence Confirmed.