The Brandon news., 1904-03-10
JUSTICE TRUIY'S
TERN OF OFFICE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DE-
LIvERS HIS OPINION.
FAR REACHING IN EFFECT
Holds Till End Of Unexpired Term.
Lightning Plays Curious Trick
With a Loaded Gun.-The Bed of
Jefferson Davis and Other Effects
Will Go to st. Louis.

Jefferson Davis and Other Effects
Will Go to st. Louis.
Attorney General Williams has Civ
en- Gov. Vardaman an official opin-
ION on one Of the most important mat
ters that has ever been handled by
an attorney general of the State of
Mississippi, and one that will attract
attention the State over. There has
been considerable agitation of the
question for the past several months
ever since the appointment Of Judge
Truly to place on the Supreme Court
bench to fill out the unexpired term
of Judge Price, Of Magnolia, who re-
signed, as to whether the appointment
held good for nine years, the full term
of Supreme Court Judge Of this
state, Or whether it was for only the
unexpired term. The best lawyers in
the state have been called on for opin-,
ions In the matter, and they have, as
usual, differed. IF the term expires
with the term for which Judge Price
was appointed, the governor will have
to make another appointment-If it
is for the full nine years years he will
not, but the question is one for de-
bate and decision one way or the 9TH
er in the very near future III view Of
the fact that the senate, the confirm
ing power, will soon adjourn. The
Governor asks the Attorney General
for his opinion on the end Of the
terms of Justice Truly of the Supreme
Court, appointed August IA, 1908;
Justice Whitfield, appointed March
9, 1903; Circuit Judges Mcdonald,
Boothe, Kimbrough, Wilkinson and
Miller, all Of whom were appointed by
Gov. Longino in 1908; Chancellors
Mufdrow, Wilson, Mayes, McCool and
Moody, all Of whom were appointed
in 1903, and asks for construction Of
sections 1O3, las, Isl, 153 and III Of
the constitution Of 1890, also request
ing the Attorney General to examine
the case Of Bray VS.. Howe, 50th Miss.
The governor states that he makes
these inquiries in order that he may
know whether it is his duty to take
action with regard to the judgeships
above referred to. To this inquiry the
Attorney General makes lengthy re-
ply as the case demands, and in which
he takes the position that the term Of
Jutsice Truly expires with the expira-
ton of the unexpired term he was ap-
pointed to fill out, concluding as fol-
lows: ga Supreme Judge appointed
in vacation for full term, at the ex-
piration of a regular term, his ap-
pointment having been confirmed by
the Senate, holds for nine years from
the beginning of such regular term.
A Supreme Judge appointed in vaca-
ton for an unexpired term, such ap-
pointment having been confirmed,
holds till the end Of the unexpired
term. The confirmation of the vaca-
ton appointment Of Circuit Judges
and Chancellors fixes their tenure at
four years from the date such ap-
pointment went into effect"
Trusty Wants to "Cuss.'
The members Of the Board of Con-
troll of the Mississippi Penitentiary
are up against hard proposition. The
difficulty arises out Of the stubborn
ness Of one pair Of oxen. AT the, saw
mill camp on the Parchman Planta-
ton. in the Delta, the Sergeant in
charge, called "Bishop" Galloway,
has issued orders to the effect that
there shall be no swearing or cursing
around the lumber camp. No matter
what the circumstances are, no matter
how justifable person may be, the
Sergeant says there shall be no "cuss-
ing" No strong or strange oaths can
pass the lips of any of the convicts.
One of the TRUSTEES does not like this
order, not that he is particularly fond
Of profanity, but simply because it is
necessary. This trusty works pair
of oxen that haul logs from the forest
to the mill, and he declares that the
oxen will not bulge from their tracks
until they are "cussed.' You can
speak to them in a soothing, geutle
voice, or roaring commanding tone,
but they will not move one step. Now
the trusty files petition before the
board to allow him to "cuss". the OK
en-. He says that he has no personal
feeling in the matter, and that it IS
matter of absolute Indifference
whether he is allowed to "cuss' or.
not, but the oxen will not move unless
he "cusses," and the state cannot get
lumber unless these oxen haul it from
the forest to the mill. Several mem
hers Of the Board Of Control have
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For Raising Rough House.
Columhia. Tenn-T T. Tucker.