Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-20
Our Jackson Letters.
JACKSON. Feb. y

Editor Of the Beacon
am very sorry you did not print my
speech in full, for my wife says you left
out the best part. You know | said tina,
! was speasing for the people Of ''Bnn-
combe' and | wanted them to see all
of it. | told the speaker that | was
sorry that he had. ordered the people in
the gallerie. not to applaud because !
conl I speak better when they were APP
landing me. Then, wnen | wrote the
litter home, as John Allen said, every
once in a while | wanted to put in zap
plause'' and tell the truth.
Well. the legislature adjourned last
Friday until Wednesday. The Senate
had adjourned for this time also, but ]
understand the supreme conrt decided
that that was a longer time than we
could adjourn without a concurrent
resolution and that our adjonrning had
raised the question of whether our
House had adjourned for a longer time
than the Constitution permitted without
this concurrent resolution: if so it would
make our acts illegal. The senate,
therefore. reconsidered their action and
adjourned to meet Monday morning and
they aid that even if they did not have
a quorum present they deuld adjourn
from day to day until Wednesday. |
was very glad to have beei, recorded as
voting mo against this adjournment
for while | am ~prodigal With my own
time and money, when it comes to af-
fairs of state it is different question alto
My good friend, Mrs. Anne
DAIMLER, mother of our worthy sheriff,
told me that she was Oily an and that |
would be too liberal on questions of APP
preparation. The other day when /
went home and told my wife how many
had opposed and would oppose,
she asked me what | was FOR anyway.
| favor inc, easing the appropriations for
Che public schools and old soldiers. hay.
ing announced myself as being opposed
toincreased appropriations for most any
thing else,
The other day the committee on appro-
priations recommended that we increase
appropriations $4,000 more than was
voted for tle support of the Mcneil sta.
lion two years ago. ! voted against this
and the opponents Of this bill succeeded
N reducing the appropriation to the
amount appropriated last session.
They wanted this $4,000 to build a hall
% accommodate visitors attending Insti ;
utes held at this place and had an item
or 5000 - buy lunches for those at.
told them that If we fur
lished the land, paid the hands, paid
he managers and bought the fertilizers.
hat if they could not make money
to build the hall and furnish
rec lunch (if they desired to do SOY the,
Experiment station WAS II failure and
night as well be closed up. Every in
titution, both eleemosynary and educa-
ional. are all asking for increased apA
,ropriations and if the ''low pressure
men, - as we are called, don't get to-
to defeat these increased appro-
'riations, we will be compelled to do,
What a large portion of the legislature
10. viz: issue bonds.
Governor Vardaman is going to make
Is a fine governor and is starting ont
light, in some respects, at least, The
manager of the farm at the Insane Asy.->
told him he mad a COW he wanted to
eud IN for the governors use. The
.oy nrr asked him if he Furnished cow
ili : '',- -,atp officials and member.
rr .eg! ,,ture, aud the man replied
ID hnt had furnished the governors
- ~" w u wv" '"'""ih""
ava theY IRE not any more Untitled to v
ne l frle nln'l US, - NJ can
COW where she hr'ong'.
'A' 'h' Nr'~ gong - De In FAVOR OF
prn 'uS niue TO mhch money FOR
,e has recommended tha we pass u bill
IP' rf'.'n& 91VV' oVo 70 tHf' 'Th "
Ap'''l an hta"I'h the "
'o' Is w "'i''-' ne D ''"'" aiIa'r- ne
We WON'T "lf private matters. il "a
nan ana ais W'if "a" osta All oi the'r
5"eV iN building a very me house,
YOU'D tNl 1T very looh'h FOR them 10
that mouse to furnish 1t ana
* nd 'he >ard4 sol MINK we can aifo d
o use 'nF present iorhitore Gas we are
~ very comtof'able) ana mo- borrow
money iof thl7 purpose
l Sa'a N my la't letter that we passed
olll rep -dilng the law torbldding tru'-
res I" employ 'helf relatives to tedch IN
heir schools The next day this was
'econsidered ana voted down by n large
majority voted for TINS amendment
because II mas a provision that allowed
rustees % employ relatives, II petltloned