Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1914-01-16
S0LONS START IN
BUS|NtSS-L|KE WAY
MUCH LEGISLATION is BEGUN
TWO BILLS BECOME LAWS.
EVENTS IN STATE CAPITAL
Doings Of the Various Departments Of
the Government of the Common
wealth Reported for Ben
eft Of Our Readers.


The senators and representatives OF
the Mississippi Legislature have es-
tablished fine record for first
weeks session. as the journals will
show. and among old followers of leg
islatiye work there is no recollection
of an opening week where there was
so little of friction and SO much dis
patch of business While very little
constructive legislation has been COM
pleted, there has been good start
made, and the number of general bills
which have passed one or the other
of the houses is considerable.
Two important bills became laws
during the week. One of these was
that making provision for the ex-
penses of the session, carrying S115,-
500. The other was that providing for
payment of interest on loan of $780,
000
But there has been considerable leg
ialation started, and some of it passed,
by one branch or the other. Among
the more important of the unfinished
measures are:
House bill known as the MAY
Lewis-Mott" anti-liquor bill, designed
to dove-tail in with the Webb-Kenyon
chapter of the United States statutes;
passed by two-thirds majority, and
in the hands of the senate committee
Senate bill known as the Anderson
Burkitt measure, for the election OF
United States senators by the people
during 1916 and 1913, and every six
years thereafter.
Senate bill changing the manner Of
selecting members of the State Board
of Health so as to give less absolute
choice to the governor.
Senate bill providing for state ed
ucational commission, to be composed
of persons actively engaged in some
one or the other phases of educational
work in the state.
Senate bill removing the restrictions
on the killing of buzzards or carrion
crows.
Quite a number of bills introduced
have been considered in committee
and favorably reported, and the out
look for a week of action on these
is considered quite favorable.
The keynote of the whole session so
far has been work, and work together.
There has been an absence of wind
jamming or oratory, and all the
speechmaking so far has been con-
fined to brief formal explanations OF
measures under consideration.
The bill drafters have been appar-
emily working overtime during vaca-
ton, Judging from the number that
had been drawn ready for introduce
ton when the session began. Since
Tuesday there were introduced up
wards of 200 bills, in addition to sun
dry resolutions requiring committee
reference. Over $50 found their way
to the clerks desk in the house, while
upwards OF so were introduced by
senators.
The feature of the week was the abb
sence of anything like friction, espe-
cially along factional lines, and a
large majority of the workers are ap-
parently determined to follow the adj
vice of the presiding officers advanced
at the outset and ignore politics and
transact states business.
There is, of course, no telling when
some attempt may be made to start
something" but it is estimated that
the conservative forces have things
fairly well in hand, and this prompts
the belief among the few legislators
in town that another busy week is
ahead of them.