The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-21
News At Mississippi Capital
By E.. E. FRANTz

Jackson. Miss, March @.-tSpeciaI)-i The 1920 session of the Mississippi legis- lature is drawing to close, a resolution having been adopted fixing the date of sine die adjournment for March %, and # is not believed 1t will be possible to hold a quorum here after that day, even though scores of important bills may De on the calendar. A great deal IS yet to be done Most of the big appropriation pills have been gotten out of the way but the largest of all, perhaps that pro- viding for permanent improvements at the state colleges and other institutions, is yet to come up, and then a monster bond issue is to be passed If the nm movements agreed on are to be made during the next two years.
 So far the ways and means committee has made no report and not dollar has been raised. It was agreed at the be- ginning of the session, however. that the ways and means committee should wait until the appropriations committee had gotten all it's bills out of the way and that is all but done. Millions more than ever before have been appropriated, and more millions are yet to come. It has been no trouble to pass appropriation bills at this session-and that is new and heretofore unheard of fact for a Mis- ssissiupi legislature. The low pressure clement can muster but about forty men, and they have never been able to make their influence felt, wherefore they seem to have become resigned to see the state ruined and sent headlong to the bow VOWS.
 The appropriations for the support oi all state institutions are one-third and one-ha1f larger than four years ago, and large sums for new buildings and other permanent improvements are yet to come Salaries of every officer and man ano woman in the employ of the state have been heavily increased-the increase: amounting to 50 per cent or more, ant totalfng an enormous sum, but the law makers simply took into consideration th' fact that old salaries did not meet th' high cost of living half way, and th' raises asked have been voted freely.
 OVERRIDES CONSTITUTION
 In their eageFness to give everybody substantial increase in salary the law ,rnakers have not permitted the constitu tion to stand in the way. It says II pIstn terms that the salary of judge' shall not be increased during theIr terms hut that made, no difference. Judge' of the supreme court have been pal' $0O0 per year, and it took some figuring and camouflaging to squeeze that up U ssooo. the notch demanded It was no cafe to make a direct Appropriation fo this increase, wherefore new duties wer heaped on the six justices and for Whlc they are to be paid 5000 each. The are 10 be known as kind of neN fangled commission with authority to des ignate what opinions are to be pubilshe and to do a few other things out of tn ordinary Circuit judges and chancellor are in the same boat, and in order | earn their increase in salary they ar now required to inspect the jails at tn several county sites in their district every time they hold court. good cal renter or reliable contractor could d that in a few minutes Tor s or slo pc 3nspection-but the legislature was no dodrine a constitutional provision for tn benefit of any old contractor. These al facts told on the floor of the senate an house, but they did not have any mor effect than do dew drops on the oac of the Muscovy duck
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 One of the biggest and most lmportar measures killed by the legislature tn week was that proposing the remov' of the state university from Oxford Jackson, as demanded in bill offere hv Representative Sheldon of Washing ton county-a distinguished gentlema who served the state of Nebraska as go
 ernor few years ago. His idea was