Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-10
MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR LONGING
TO THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE,
Recommends An Appropriation For a Soldiers
HOme---The Work of Writ Adams AppIauded.
Touching Reference to The Death
OF Colonel Power


sage of Governor Longino to the leg
islatare which assembled today was
one of the longest ever delivered by
chief executive of the state.
He first took up the question sf
finance, saying:
1.-THE Legislature Of two years ago
seems to have marked the parting of
the ways between an old and a new
sentiment of governmental liberelity.
Your honorable body at that ses-
sion was liberal above all your prede-
cessors, for many years at least, in
the appropriation of funds for the
assistance and maintenance Of the
state institutions and the proper OBJ
jeots for state aid.
"It has been gratifying to note also
that the spirit of progress and liberal
ity manifested by you has been heart
lily approved bv the people, who have
come to know of certainty that tax
money, when iudiciously expended
for the comfort, education aud gener-
al benefit of the masses, is not extrav-
agance, but safe and becoming in
vestment by the state''.
The state treasury matter is gone
over in full and all of the correspon-
dence given.
COLONEL POWER.
"It becomes my sad duty to make
formal announcement to you that Col.
]. L. Power, late secretary OF state,
departed this life at his home in Jack
son on the 24th day of September, A.
D. 1901
His love for the state of Misisssip-
pi knew no bounds, and his loyalty to
Its every interest was complete; his
respect for its laws WAS reyerential,
and his contempt was supreme for
those who wantonly dishonored and
disobeyed them. AS private citizen
his friendships were fervid and en-
during, his enmities few, his philan-
thropy great and his charity sublime.
In his death the state has lost one of
its most public spirited and useful
men, and the administration OF which
he was part, one OF its wisest coun-
selors.
STATE REVENUE AGENT.
1.-THE amounts collected by and
through the state revenue agent and
paid into the state, county, municipal
and levee board treasures, for the
past two years is unprecedented in the
history Of that Office, and is ample
evidence of the efficiency of Agent
Writ Adams, who has conducted all
suits instituted by. him with fairness
and impartiality. By reference to his
report 1t will be seen that he has paid
into the state treasury the sum of
s346, 552. %, into county treasures the
sum Of $435, 654, SO, and into munich
pal treasures the sum of $43, $50. 40,
and into the levee board treasures
the sum Of sS,521.59, which, together
with amounts in hands of tax ool-
lectors ($52, 100. .82) makes grand to-
tai Of 81, ,096, 95S. 05, less his fees.
1.-THE success of the revenue agent
in collecting these several sums Is
sufficient proof OF the wisdom of the
legislature in establishing this office
and clothing 1t with wise laws. am
informed that the revenue agent has
certain suits pending In court for tax
es claimed by the state, which, if sue
cessful, will considerably augment
the amounts already paid into the
state treasury. His report is full and
complete and will put you in posses
sion Of the transactions of his office
for the past two years.
SOLDIERS HOME.
The governor approves an appropri-
alton for soldiers home. saying in
part,
"Much has been said and written OF
late on tho subject OF the states duty
to the homeless and dependent Con-
federnte soldiers in our midst, and it
Is to be seen that there exists now in
the public conscience a we'll defined
cretainty Of conviction that duty
rests upon the state Of Mississippi to
establish and maintain, at public ex-
.pense, a soldiers home, where the in
digent old Confederate, if necessary,
may spend his few remaining days on
earth free from the disturbing annoy
ances Of want and helplessness.
I'm forming this conclusion as to
lhe public wish, have not taken
counsel from that sycophantic class
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