Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-24
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM
The STATE CAPITAL
By =. z. sirdsalI

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crease IT. rt'stands at nine mills, and
some members had hop / to reduce {
to seven, but talk is current now
among legislators that it may be nee
essary to Increase the levy to ten mills
There, seems TO be no PROSPECT of an
appreciabIe decrease in the appropria-
fions from the session Of 1920, and =
is pointed out tlat an additional ap-
preparation must be, made is pay the
interest On the $50oo,OQ0 bond author
lied two ago for public improve
ment under the direction of the bond.
ing commission.
The Roberts bill Introduced in the
senate does not embody any of the
drastic features asked for by, the wo-
mems national party, but provides for
the removal of disabilities and limita
Iitions imposed by the laws Of Missis-
sippi on account of marriage, and that
women shall fhavej the same rights,
privileges and immunities granted by
the laws of the state to men. except
] the right tos serve on juries, which
/ Sshatet Roberts thinks may be pro.
vided, after lproper accommodations
are had atsthe &ariousI COURT houses OF
.Fthe. sfateifoT the comfort and conven.
fences on women Jurors. =
The restlessness Of 'members Of both
houses Is greatly ,acceuntated on
bright. sunshinyn, days, The expression
is common that too much time is. be
ing lost and that the legislature should
cut cut all extEaneqds matters and
pass revenue and appropriation bills
so that the members can buy railroad
tickets. 1t is barely possible, expert
enced legislators say, to @ adjourn BY
April |, if longer sessions are had, and
less talk dss indplged in.t
The fees hnd salaries committee od
the senatel had not on Monday report
ed the house bill which slashed the
salaries of all state officials, all judges
and chancenors, district attorneys and
employees of all kinds right and left
The committee is. understood to have
had several meetings and hopes by
the middle or latter part of the week
60 make it's 'fSpcrt s.s is esther 4 new
bill will be, substituted or salaries
raised by the Senate. seems to be the
two questions under consideration, 9
| The senatorial. race for the nomina-
ton Of the August primary seems to
be taking on some life Mr.. Stephens
is campaigning in south Mississippi,
Miss Kearney wiH speak at Crystal
Springs on March 81; and begin cam.
paign tour thereafter, and the Varda.
man club of Jackson is holding weekly
meetings at the courthouse, at which
| speakers frcm different parts of the
state, largely senators and representa-.
tives, address it, ! 1i
| Speculation widely varies as to prob
able date Of Adjournment Of the legis-
lature. It has. been in session for
llabout two months and a half and very
little legislation of a general charac-
ter has been enacted, No revenue bill
had reached the governor of any i'm.
portance up to Tuesday of this week
Many sessions of the legislature, it is
stated by members, have, finished their
labors and adjourned in, less time than
this one has been in session, S
: The chamber of commerce and 9th.
er civic organizations here are making
preparations for the centennial ami
versary OF the capital city jackson
was named for Andrew Jackson and
has been the seat of government OF
the state of Mississippi for hundred
years. Those who have the matterlip 10
charge state that a program of inter
est to all Mississippians Is being ar
ranged.
There seems to be an even chance
that reapportionment of the IL cir
cult court districts in Mississippi may
be had, and reduction of districts &c
perhaps fourteen or fifteen accom-,
plished. .sYThis matter was allowed t
rest for some time. and has been re
yiyed in the. senate by Senators, East,
Nixon and others, who believe that
such legislation should be had.
The house and senate seems to be
still hopelessly' deadlocked on the
compensation of county officials. The
senate favors the fee bin with iimita
tions, and the house favors a salary
bill. One house or the other ihusi
surrender it's views before an agrees
ment can be reached and a good deal
of stubbornness seems to be shown
at both houses,
In the sixth district there are fom
congressional candidates for the John.
son successiorin congress- These are
Collins. and Wilson. of Jones, Lee OF
Pearl River and Evans .of Harrison. In
the seventh sdistrict Quin Is being cps
posed by Wall of Lincoln with q pos.
stbflitys,'ofa . othert entrtsss and, In tie
fourth district sisson, .is opposed BY
Buhbya of: oh tckn saw. and. Millars ~