The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1899-04-16

penses OF a commission to locate
such industrial school for girls,
and "deferring final action until
after the assembling of the next
succeeding legislature"
Thus, the obstructive tactics Of
the opponents Of the bill were
not ended with its passage
through that body; but, as sub
sequently demonstrated, they
were to be, and were, renewed
and kept up with determined
vigor on the report of the bill to
the senate after its passage
through the house, when and
where every inch Of debatable
ground was fought over with the
skill of parliamentary tacticians.
Hour after hour the fierce contest
ragged in the senatorial wing of
the capitol. Speaking meta
phorically, the opponents of the
measure, like the Saladin of old.
with tdrbaned heads and keen
pointed scimeSars of sophfstry at
their command, flashed against
the double-edged sword of logic
and reason welded by the irwin
chile Richard Occur de Leo s. who
stood mistaken and una npro-
missing for the bill as pas and
who, finally piercing wit their
keen edged swords and alter
ing down with the pondero S axe
of young woman's rights the
entrenched lines and fortified po-
sitions of their enemies. over
which waved the black FLAG en-
blazoned with the defiant signal.
"DEFEAT TO THE APPRoPRIA-
IoNs"-the victory was W. and
ere the smoke of battle cared
the vision of the field, there was
seen to lie the mentally titanic
Reynolds, Simonton and billiard,
indistinguishable amidst the
bleeding and mangled dead of
the senate who opposed the
measure. Theirs was the daring
Of desperation, but it was met
with the stimulus that counted
only the object to be attained.
AS evidencing the seriousness
of the contest and the unrelent-
ing earnestness of its opponents,
some, and chief of whom Sena-
tors Reynolds, Simonton and
billiard, afterwards became warm
supporters Of the college-and
the latter a subsequently APP
pointed trustee-and like the
"noble Roman" they all were,
after their eyes were opened to
its grandeur and usefulness,
threw their whole souls and ac-
tive influence in and to its sup
port-the motion thus to limit
the appropriation was defeated
merely on a tie vote Of IA to IA,
the 1t. Gov. Stands not voting.
And thus the battle over the es-
tablishing of this grand institu-
ton was at an end. But though
the victory won with the irresist-
ible courage and persistency Of
the Ajax Telamons of the senate
was complete, it was neyerthe-
less achieved by the narrow
margin of a single vote. Aye!
The enemy's last works being
carried only on a tie vote.
Now, you who knew Mrs. Pey-
ton can better imagine than
words can express, her Xious
solicitude during these utful
days when she was pre- .t in
jackson and watching ner usly,
yet hopefully, every pulls beat
in the wrist of her legislat p as
pirations, and marking, UNI
blanched, the pauses-yea, to
her, at times, awful pauses,
seemingly prophetic of their end,
and can imagine her sigh of re-
lief when she finally realized that
victory had rewarded the efforts
of herself and friends.
The epigrammatic utterance Of
DR.. Johnston, that words are
women, and deeds are men"
had no just application to the
life work and character of Mrs.