Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-30
The w. G.. Il. L. Leaders Ac-
corded Il Generous Rcccp-
ton by the Gallant Leg
islatOrs.
Mrs. Smell Addresses the Legs
laturc in Favor of COnSti-
tutiOnal Prohibition.
The Wave of Reform Steadily
Rising and Spreading.

quest from our State President, Mrs.
Mount, | went to Jackson, Jan. 10th.
The day was very beautiful with floods
of sunshine and soft Southern breezes,
and fragrance of violets and jonquils.
1t was the first time | had been in
jackson in some years. | could not,
even with the glory of the day falling
upon me, repress feeling of sadness
and almost of sickening repugnancet to
going up from the depot to the Capt.
toll, for the memory of how
RoDERICK DHU GAMBRELL AND JOHN
MARTIN
had met death, was as wildly with me
as though the tragedies we're of yester
day. l asked the driver to stop on the
very spot where Roderick fell, and l
felt as though the spirits of those I'M
seen, but who nevertheless fight with
US, were very near me as | reverently
stood at that historic spot. The driver
ran his pencil into the bullet holes yet
marking the planks, and as l looked,
lifted my heart to God in prayer for
our beloved cause, for the triumph of
the right, for the complete destruction
of that licensed monster-the hungry
liquor traffic.
We had not been in Jackson long be-
fore reporter of various newspapers
requested an interview, which was
granted. Not many years before, no
reporter would have thought it worth
his while to Immediately call for "white
ribbon" news. We have not toiled in
vain-precious seed are waving now in
golden harvests, and they who went
forth weeping shave come again rejoic-
ing" Mrs. Mount and were the re-
cipients of special courtesies from
members of the Senate and the House.
Representatives from her county and
mine were ever ready to show us every
attention, and could not have been
more kind if we both had held in our
hands the ballots that could have given
each the places most to be coveted by
political aspirants.
JUDGE JAS. T. HARRISON,
Senator from Lowndes, seemed to take
great pride in being our special escort,
and there is no man in the State who
can excel the Judge in gallantry. 1t
gave me special delight to meet such
men as Lieut.. Gov. Evans, whose fer
vent, God bless your as he told me
goodbye" fingers with me yet. Judge
Critz was another gentleman of such
pronounced elegance and worth as to
make it matter of great pleasure to
see him decidedly among the leaders
in the Senate. When the Industrial
Institute and College was under dis
cussion Judge Critz made a speech
that / wish every woman in MISSISSIPPI
pi could have heard. He said so many
superb things for woman's cause, not
those syllabub nothings that the aver
age orator filings at women as one would
toss boquet upon stage, but such
expressions that intelligent women who
have force of character and individu-
atty of opinions might we'll value.
MR.. WILL HENRY,
of Yazoo, was to our mind of great val
lie to our State in his work as member
of the House. No man could claim
precedent over him, nor could any leg
islature rank as inferior that claimed
him as one of the body. l recall also
Mr.. Pink Smith, clerk of the House,
whose clear, ringing tones can be so
clearly heard above all confusion. The
Speaker of the House was also kind to
us, the distinguished looking Mr.. Var
daman.
CAPT. FRANK BURKITT
was so brotherly and so ANXIOUS to be
of service to us that we completely for
gave him for once not seeing as we do
the need of the l. l. & G. If Capt. Bur
kit sees the error of his opinion he
has sense enough to change it. We are
indebted to him for kindness, and l
like him for his good heart and his
fearlessness.
was glad to see one of my former
neighbors,
CAPT. ROBT. BANKS,
who said that he reserved the right to
say and think of me as he pleased, but
would not suffer any other human be-
ing in the world to utter one word of
unkindness in his presence. We also
met one of our railroad commissioners,
Mr.. Joe Askew, who kindly gave US the
use of his office in the Capitol. Mr..
Askew's crutches are his credentials of
honor won in the service of our pre-
cious Southland. ! cannot but wish
that we were solidly together IN this
last fight for home protection, and
perhaps we shall be yet-who knows !?
If Prohibitionists claimed more, and
did not so often count men as oppos-
ing, we would gain more believe. And
as far as Mississippi is concerned, it
looks as if we Prohibitionists were lin
position to claim the whole earth! Let
us go up and take possession.
The Capitol was in the greatest state
of untidiness. It's dilapidation would