The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-15
Letter From DR.. HOyle.
jackson, Miss, Jan. 9, 1904.

We are in the Capitol build
ing this afternoon resting from
our labors, our speaker having
gone home to arrange his com
mittees, the House and Senate
both adjourned until Monday af-
ternoon 3 o'clock-of course it
was not a matter of choice with u.s.
but | presume we could not help
it-as we could not work until
our various committees were ar
ranged. | think we have a good
legislature, more than an average
one, and | think when all get
properly in the harness they will
work we'll. | believe upon the
whole it will be an economic one,
from a few maneuvers we have
made, | feel that we can hold the
boys down. We have a magnifi.
cent building, the State Capitol,
no such a building in the South
and when it is lighted up at night
it is a grand sight, there are ALSO
lights and a complete system of
waterworks and heating operations.
We visitedthe old Capitol grounds
and buildings this morning, and
it made me feel sad to see its lonli-
ness, it's glory has departed, and
it is now only a fit habltation for
the owls and the bats. We have
a large lot there, that could be
sold for a good sum, that would
go far towards fitting up our other
institutions. | think it the right
thing to do, to sell all that land
move the Confederate monument,
also sell the Governors Mansion
and all our other unused grounds,
and take the money and thereby
save making such appropriations.
| am told here that we could get
Goo, O00) two hundred thousand
dollars at least for these grounds
and thereby save at least one half
of it and build a new Deaf and
Dumb Institute out at the Lunatic
Asylum and build the Governor a
better mansion neal the new Capt.
toll. This ground could then be
sold for business houses etc.
Jackson has made some con-
siderable progress since | was
here II years ago but is not yet a
city by any means, | understand
property here is as high az it is
in Memphis--and board and liv-
ing and rent etc. are out of all
question-our Lee and Itawamba
delegation are all together here in
one room, for which we pay for
room and board four of as, $12O|
per month. | think more than one
half the Legislature are young men,
and eve since Tuesday we have
had an incessant flow of oratory-
%spouting gas-this is always the
case, and we can't do anything
until these young bloods get
through with it. l don't think
we will have q long session, al
though everybody seems to think
we will. Prohibition, Public Edu-
cation and a new Code seems to-
be the leading subjects and | don't
think there will be much discus
sion on these subjects am salts
fed the appropriations will not be
as large as last Legislation-and l
think we will get through with.
out increasing taxes, or selling
bonds-at least l hope So. l have
been to some extent investigating
the subject Of having all our pub
lie institutions help support them
selves. | favor the plan of our
asylums-deaf, dumb and blind,
and all our people that are able
something to help take care
of themselves, either work on
farm or in some small industries
or factories, where they can help
us and relieve us in part of the
burden Of taxation in caring for
them. l talked to two Of our insti-
tute men last night-Deaf and
Dumb and Orphanage-and they
agreed with me that if they were
given a chance they could support
themselves nicely. / will say for
Lee county that she has as good al
delegation as any county in the
(if you will excuse
me- and they r anxious to do
all they can for our people to