Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-18

anu virtue or possibly have pfeVemed 7
ihe child from entering the path Of rec {
tItude and virtue at all t
Department of Education.
The department Of education has be
come one Of the most important, II not
the most important, department ol the
state government There are many
recommendations made in Superlntend'
cnt Powers report to the legislature
which deserves serious ceasderation. ,
No class of'our people contribute more !
to the well'being Of society than the
men and women who have consecfated
their lives to the education and develop
ment OF the minds and bodies of the
boys and girls, upon whose shoulders in
few years all the responsibilities OF
hame and government win rest. School
teaching has become a profession. The
relation OF the teaefier to the child IL
almost as sacred as that OF parent, and
you cannot expect a teacher to discover
and bring out in the child the better
pats efsits aatawes AFJesa .the ta2Ghex II
shall he trained, any more than you can
expect a doctor, or a lawyer or
preacher to succeed in their professions
without preparation.
Abolish the Saloon,
If I were called upon to name the one
thing that has wrought the most harm
in the world caused more poverty,
heartaches, blighted lives, frustrated
ambitions, than all other agencies for
evil combined, should say the inteIn-
perate use Of Intoxicating liquors.
Whisky taken immoderatey is hurtful
to man physically, spiritually, mentally
and financially. II is an evil, without
a mitigating incident. 1t is the deadly
drug into which the Jewels Of the hearts
best love are dissolved and pourel into
the mouths of men to madden the brain
and destroy the soul. 1t Is verify the
Crcean vortex from whose yoluptuous
whirl. comes human swine to scatter
the seeds Of sin and DEATH from which
will surely spring the tares Of sunless
sorrow. | trust that YOU may see fit
to enact laws at once which will forever
wipe this stigma from the state Of Mis-
sissippi.
Public Service Corporations.
The right Of the state Of Mississippi |
TO regulate public service corporations
in intra state matters is settled beyond
dispute. and the duty of the state to
regulate them does not admit OF ques-
tiop. The public must be protected
against the greed and cupidity of these
corporations. and the public convenience
demands that there be some remedy for
their indifference. There is no question
before the American people today which
touches more vitality the material IN
terests of the masses than the matter
of passenger and freisht rates on the
railroads.
The Judiciary,
Ordinarily, a poorly paid public OIL
cial as an economic agency is failure.
The state should not ask its citizens TO
render efficient and intelligent service
. without giving to that citizen far
: oo,npeusaiion for such service The cost
$ Of living has increased, and all the eX-
, renses Of maintaining a home have
D nearly Goubled in the last decade, lhe
G Circuit and chaneery judges receive TO-
t dav the same salary that vas paat them
by the state twenty years ago-twenty-
Y seven hundred and ffty dollars per year.
=. This salary Is too small to tempt a law
rpr who is capable of performing the
functions Of that great office, even II
!, there were no travelling expenses and
Z hotel bills to pay, but with these not
r inconsiderable expenses added, II makes
Q the compensation for efficient service
n exceedingly small
c Elective Judiciary.
e While | think there is no cause OF
e complaint or lust grounds for criticism
c of tbe men who have served the state
lie n. Judges under the apopintive system
/. ror do believe the character OF th'
n inioes will be improved by change IL
n he method of selecting them, still | be
e love the method of electing by tn
le neorle more nearly accords with tn
ls Democratic idea Of government, and ou
10 al respect and Difference to a deman
4 tLrougllout the state for change i
- the system
"a State Depostories.
= rvneriapce in other states has demon
'e strota5 the wisdom of state depositorie
:, T. 7 believe that a prudent, wise system {
a stotc depositories will facilitate tf
u ooIlection Of taxes. simplify the di
IL hnrsement Of public funds, prevent II
: congestion of money in the state trea
ury. Keep the money in clrculauon-
Reforming the beneticent Junction !,
ia which money was created-and at u
Of soIno time add to the states revenu
wv Tb;s 1 recommendation is made, of cours
no ,,.;tb tbe idea in view that the legisl
Of t,,ra shall provide by law for such SAT
nt Guards as will render impossible the 10
v 81 tbe states funds by peeulation, b'
d, Investments, or misfortune on the pa
in @ af +ha borrower; and to also provl
he a. or.;nst the possibility of such depo'
IS tories becoming a corrupting influence
W, state politics. ....
.ft Soldiers Home.
at your attention is directed to the
re ,ort of the board of trustees OF the >
at a;ors, Home. cannot too highly CO.
we ,nend the fidelity to duty and the ct
o;oncv of This board in carrying out 7
1aaisla+ive viii in the management
% his splendid home for ndlgent "a a
VI i,or,o1oss t,,, cx.Confederate soldiers. Wh
ne tborc has been some little friction, a
.ie oa,r n' and then a little complaint on !
III o nor+ of tbe unfortunate old fellows, 81
an a. tbo oninion that the home COT
NJ not he managed better, more care a
Vi rind,v attention given to the old $
IN IN diers than have been accorded. thein
.m 'u tbis home by the board of trustees,
mr. superintendent and the matron'
px. w The State Militia
rs. Tho state militia OF Mississippi. is
be- hotter condition today than, ever per
ak within its history. Under the wise
ere devoted direction of Adiutant Gene
ers Tr;dre a degree of efficiency has D.
lch attained which it has never enjoyed
fore and it is a golden augury OF vi
may be accomplished IN the lu'uf''
eff. County COnvicts'
ate One Of the necessary reforms .
md sbould be made in our penal system
ith the care or disposition OF the co.'
on, eonyicts. No convict should be worl
'er- under contract on public works, at
ure mills and on plantations 'by men zen, '
the are interested in the product OF the ?
ted y;ct,s toll Some of the most atroei
mr. and conscienceless crimes that have D
ed nernetroted ~ in this shate are charges
ron r. r., an,,ntv contractor. have knC
in the poor convict driven to exhaus' .n -
the or whipped to death to gratify the y
re or anoer of the eonseienceless driver