Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-04-28
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| we nave maue no very rdulCal changes
IN the present laws, but have amended
and simplitied a great many of them
In tying to make it possible to prove
the right Of children born Of common
law marriage to interest property we
have sdone away with sthe necessity
Of marriage license and now all that
man and woman have to do to make
their marriage legal is to announce that
they have taken one another for hus-
band and wife and live together as such
and under the law they are legally weG
ded | fear if our colored brethren find
this out it will decrease the revenues OF
my friend Charlie Scales very materi
ally for they are very much inclined to
this taking up together
We made it a misdemeanor for man
to buy whi'key from an unlawful
source. but he can avoid the penalty By
imposing on the seller, Every law
that the prohibitionist asked for to put
down the G. o. d, liquor traffic, was
passed, even passed OR requiring a per
on getting a gallon of whiSkeY G. 0. d.
to drink it on the spot. The Southern
Express company refuse to handle this
business, so we were not cursed with it
like the towns where the American Ell
press company did business and it had
gotten to be such an evil that the people
had determined it should stop. The
wholesale liquor dealers would ship
large quantities of liquor to fictitious
persons and any one co1ld 60 and get it
and parties could goin together and have
gallon of whiskev shipped to one per-
son and divide it up, and the officials
were poworess to prevent it, but since
the enactment OF the various laws asked
for by the prohibition counties, that
company has announced that they
would not handle this business any
longer although Gen, MrClurg their at
torney, had told us that under the laws
Of the United States they were forcel to
do so.
We could not pass our bill exempting
money loaned at 6 per cent and bank
deposits from taxation, for 1t was known
that the Governor opposed it, but as the
dutchman would say we got it into a
tangle and forced the House to agree to
adopt an amendment forbidding tn
revenue agent to back assess deposits.
My legislative experience ha, con-
WINGED me that to avoid one man legise
ation it is absolutely necessary to cur
tail in some way the appointing power
Of the governor think it would be a
wise measure to provide that no mem
her of either Houses should be eligible
an appointment to any office of honor
trust or profit during his term of office
for haying this power makes the Cover
nor all powerful. Not a mea.urs that
he favored failed Of its passage and to
show his power only last week both
Houses had, after due deliberation and
long and able discussion, passed a bill
allowing corporations to hold pine lands
and personal property to the extent Of
en- million dollars, This measure was
Sked for by the large mill men of South
Miss. such as the Dantzler, Enoch and
White, all southern men who by in
lustry and good management had &C
q1lred large holdings of these pine
lands and wanted to establish car and
other factories, build railroads etc. and
who claimed that they could not estab
llsh plants to do all this under the pro-
posed limit of two millions and were
supported by every representative from
South Miss, save one and had rrovis-
ion in 1t forbidding their holding
stnmpage-that is lands after the timber
had .heen cut off worth S25O.0OO. 900
Still when the Governor saw fit to send
in mossage,disapproying thi, section of
the chapter and though he gave no new
reason why it should not become law
both Houses at once,aiopted concur
rent resolution striking it ont by good
majorities. am not contending that
his position on this question was not
correct for although | voted with
my South Mississippi friends, Z (for
it did not hurt us and they wanted
lt) still recognize that good deal can
b. 5 nd for and against the bill but the
fact remains that the Governor washable
without bringing any new arguments or
facts against the measure but by
simply expressing hi, disapproval Of it,
make both Houses reverse themselves
IN question that had been discussed
and argued on by the ahlest members of
both Houses for over a week. This is
what | want to correct.
Well it is all over and | can only saw
III | recognized at all times that was
the representative of great and good
people and tried to conduct myself ac-
devoted my whole time to
my duties of legislator, studied every
question and tried to vote without fear
mi favor or | thought best for my con-
.ttuents, answered every letter and
granted every reqne't-so far as lay In
my power Of my constituents and en-
ieayOr d to uphold the dignity of the
position and to follow in the footsteps
IF my distinguished predecessors, for
Noxubee county has always been noted
Tor the ability of her representatives.
There was bill introduced equiring
Ill Life Insurance companies to invest
10 per cent, Of their revenue in the State
and although it would not have affected
my company. the Union Central, as we
we're the one and only company now
Gaming money on Mississippi lands still
that it would injure great
many of the insurance agents and policy
holders throughout the State rs it would
olce a number OF companies to leave
he State and believing it wrong 10 force
he managers Of these companies to in.
rest their money anywhere they did not
zee fit to do so. opposed the bill.