Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-01-16
Kate Powers Letter

great law findhlHb DOuleS III Nno hN"
capitol, which is already famed in the
land for its beauty and perfection Of
arrangement. ;.
Promptly OF the stroke Of twelve
o'clock-noon-on Tuesday after the
first Monday in January" the gayels
fell, and the two houses entered upon
the organization of their respective
bodies. In the senate Lieut.. Gov. Har-
rison presides until his successor, Hon.
Carter, takes the oath Of Office. In
the election of a president pro tenn.
the august body honored itself in hon
oring that knightly Christian gentle
man, Hon. Il II. Moore, Of Bolivar,
than whom there Is no nan IN legls-
latiye circles more worthily beloved.
In the choice of minor officials a mark
ed tendency toward bringing the young
men forward was manifest, There
was, howeyer-as God grant there
will be so long rs our memories last
otlphS ~ LppdthS ipi nv Oiu 9O'HiNi"
who had fought and bled and almost
died for our country. This resulted in
o division Of the plums in the sena-
torial fruit basket, as follows: The re
sponsible position Of sergeant-at.armS
was given to q student who has not
yet reached his majority. MIR. p. NJ. B.
Selph, Of Tate county, whose educa-
ton at Mississippi College (CiiDton)
is dependent on his unaided efforts,
He has, thus far, proven a good Of
lcer, courteous, but firm, and we pre-
dict that he is going TO keep order in
the court" no matter how high excite
ment may run, whel the fighting times
are at hand. The young sons Tor
grandsons) OF Senators Belk, Moore,
Sanders, Hicks and j. Hiram McGehee
(of last SESSION. are serving as pages,
while the doors are guarded by two
old soldiers. who won their badges OF
honor-lifc-long ~wounds-on the field
Of battle, II. j. Thornton and J. j..
Ball. Al the clerks desk. that peer of
his predecessors, John Y. hurry, Jr.,
again guides the holm. That he will
do 1t well all men know. who have
known aught of the senate in recent
years. At the postmistress' desk, Miss
Minor Of Noxubee, holds sway-a
young girl of gentle name and IN.
usual intelligence.
Across the great corridors, at the
south end of the building, the lower
house was organized with Secretary OF
state J. w. Power presiding, Quite a
spirited contest took place for speak.
err between Hon. u. N. Thomas, OF
Greenville, and Hch. Sidney Smith, of
Lexington, which resulted in the Del.
ta's man gaining the coveted chair.
Indeed, it looks very much as II
the Delta had Ats ecO6NNGtC some n
| nfs ii'great'-but long deferred-eX. n
ectations. n
That popular Washington county Il
ditor, H.. Pink Smith, was again elect b
d clerk, to the great satisfaction Of is
IL who have the States best inter is
SITS at heart. Just here it may be fl
interesting to state that the two young fl
having in charge this important Il
ranch Of Legislature work are natives c
{ the same town, both having been d
'orn in the little town among the hills a
I old Tippah-Ripley. Here they were n
cared and together played ana stud G
ed ultil their paths, as youths, took e
hem apart. The combination is a Ii
arely fine n and does old Tippah S
roud. Two doorkeepers are requir- 7
u in the house also, thanks to the b
cry numerous entrances thereto Zone G.
f these, Mr.. Phillips, has been elect
d. while the army Of would.b be pages d
at this writing Speaker Thomas has a
.ot been able to choose the necessary d
light out OF the ole hundred and sixty t,
wo applicants) is truly formidable. n
he sergeant-at-arms of this popular, n
nut unwieldly body, Mr.. A. II. Hutch f,
nson, isn't going to find his job an r.
asy one by any manner of means, +,
nd will e.rn every dollar of his sal Y
ry, Miss Miller, the postmistress- {.
lected over Miss Olivia Swayze, of n
City, former postmistress, and II
liss Kate Hemingway, Of Jackson u
viii also be kept pretty busy, as the a
antilles and constituents Of the repre- II
entatiyes seem "unchmmonly fond of 4
heir folks" il we may Judge by their Y
correspondence. II
The election Of state librarian was D
no first genuine excitement in which #
no two bodies unitet. Wednesday at
80 p, m. they proceeded to the cleo a
iol Of a librarian, thus settling at b
nee and getting Of the calendar a d
natter that, in other times hung, like II
he sword Of Damorles, over the as p
emily until late in the session. Since ~
inc o'clock Tuesday morning the O
andidates and their sisters and their "
ousins ald their aunts," with q few s.
eminine friends for good measure, !,
ave been 'cornering" the arbiters of =
heir fate. The scene, continually II
has had all along, too strong h
tinge of pathos in it to make ac- b
the many jokes about the fe- =
lale candidate-her methods and her =
lck Of method. 1t Is a dead sure fact 4
hat mighty few of our women are go u
nc to enter this race, unless the prize a
{ Its end is needed for those who are ii
carer to them than their own youth s.
nd privacy and sweet home life. Very !,
ew Mississippi women go into poll. II
les TO get their so-called rights Il
When II does go, it is not for self. h
ut for some helpless father, depend. W
ut mother, or the children of the
ousehold who have no stronger shield
them and life's hard battles
hon tho froiI nrp, hut otrOOa hoo.4