The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07
THE FUNERAL EXPENSES.

understood Lots remove the outer covering Of gns singular document and
see what's 10 be found underneath.
The brt paragraph is unImportaut because beyond The intmauou that
l was designed 70 convey lnamey, that oar Aus9 is an innocent and much
prosecuted NAM 10 has little bearing on tine subject
The second paragraph gets down 20 business 10 seems to have been
framed Tor te purpose OF creating the impression that the news of Senator
Georges death aroused a FBeof excitement iu jackson only because the.
dead statesman had for several years Of bis life been citizen Of that town
"n m7 account according to ON @lPenL and patriotic governor it was.
suggested to him by some citizens Of Jackson That. as the body was 90 come
through Jackson anyway, his e"e.ency should telegraph tie faulty Of the.
ilHsuious dead. and ask that the remains be permitted to Ne ia state athe
state c2p". Here in paragraph we Hnd set forth by the goycuors self
That ~ the solicitation OF some citizens VI Jackson, he rs governor and In
behalf Of "Jhe people Of the entire state urged that the remains be per-
mllea to lie IN state at the captoI for n"ptler otenible reason than that.
Le dead man bad once been "a cJuzeno of Jackson" 81 joined 10 this opiut|
oo' qaolh our remarkable governor "and sent the dispatch"
lhIs were merely a Jackson alar, gotten up for no other reason than
mI j " george Mi IN'a some years jN jackson way NOT the mayor of
Jackson telegraph the request as coming from The citizens of that city,.
Why was 1t the governor of Mississippi teegnphcd Officially, and in the.
name Of 't5e people OF the entire state when not one citizen in Thousand
would have felt any Interest Ia any person whose only claim to consideration
consisted in his having for few years been citizen of Jackson We are
inclined To suspect TINT in paragraph . our remarkable governor has pcrpe-I
Paragraph $ another remarkable performance Of our remarkable goyI
aoor He was informed That the expenses would be betrayed by the United
States Senate His ezcelency has once been o member Of that body and
with hts usual knack Of acquringcorcct information, he seems TO have inn
Ibbod the impression that the upper house Of American Congress doyus al
portion Of It's surplus money to paying the funeral expenses Of deceased gen.
aenen who have distinguished themselves by living for some years in jack
SON Mississippi. Atal events wien one reads paragraph two and then
reads paragraph 3 ana cndeyos to harmonic the two, he will get mixed iuI
nus interpretation oI hs eAeeHchcY smc10jng lte plaeesany erconstruc
ton on his cSceIcncys Language Paragraph 3 contains some other inror
nation, one thing u.s. that his eccucncy asccrtaincd positively that tbeI
bills incurred In consequence Of his Official request as governor would not bel
paid by tbc United States Senate, and tns Information reached him before
he Legislature met in january last, The BIN for the expenses was present
ed to Che governor for payment out Of the executive contingent rppd. a5 cool
a years Tnfsw before the legislature met; and his excclency took cnougnI
Interest In the affair 10 look at me account and he reached the concfustonI
That the sum total was too much. Io was preparing his Official mcssape toll
the legislature at the time. and the members of that body could IegfIateI
only on those Things to which he should call their attention IN that or someI
succeeding message during the session. That session was suppoed lobe tcI
Hast Tint would be held until the year 1900 ffhc governor should refuse
leo pay the account out Of the contingent fund. then the only wy 10 GET nav
for ii was by q special act Of The legislature, and no such act copIdbc DwwdI
without the governors special mention Of II IN special mcsglra ia ne lee.
stature The governor sent NO such MESSAGE and he refused IA, nav ho buI
rom the contingent fund placed nj his dtspoqlI So the creditors n they
ever were to get any nay from the state for the funeral obseouies of this ct.
lien Of Jackson, would have To wait TIN the next century for the money dine
them. That section Of the code which provides for the establishments tcI
executive contingent fund, and the manner i'm which it. shall be extended
docs not appear 1 be complex or dfmcuIt of cYpp7bension. Hero fits.
"sec. 2l6l The executive contingent fund shall be extended under fe|
direction az the governor. and accounted for bv him fo lo 1cyI,t,ro ,tI
eah session! and the auditor shall issue mis- warrant ON the treasurer ne no
governor mny, from time TO time, y his written orlcr. direct. INIT ro MART
of such fund shall be expended for the private punosay Of ua goyrr,sr or|
his individual expenses"
We suspect there are few governors I'm the United States vo vo1a|
naye experioncod much drmcuIfv in finding fl, This soctto, a variant rrI
having such m account MS that under discussion. Our omarRoblog,c,rro
however was asmyFIdipg as adanpp. be rould sn, nothing b,t doncer mi
fine pawiflc violation of tho sanrIty Of The executive c,rtingart fund That
Inc had not always been snrElr and strict roostrctiontst Is shown Inv his
message OF knul o. 1897 Tn that document soe,sfro nj un Dy nj on !
GERS. he saws!
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