The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-05-13
Gov. Noel in Washington.

Gov. Noel in Washington.
A special from Jackson bearing
date of May 18th says: old Mis-
sissippi can't be lost by Arkansas.
The state across the river has another
governor while Acting Chief Execu-
tive Pindall is in Washington attend
ing the governors conference, and
while Gov. Noel is at the nations ca
ital for the same purpose, Lieut.. Gov.
Manship is in charge of Mississippi's
affairs
+ After the conference at Washing
ton, Gov. Noel will attend the arbi-
tration congress at Lake Mahonk. He
will be absent three weeks.
The temporary incumbent is wear
ing his honors easily, and it is not
likely that the cares of state will sit
heavily on his shoulders during the
period he is in charge. In fact, the
genial lieutenant-governOr believes
in the motto, Never trouble trouble
till trouble troubles You" and will
give his attention only to such exec
utive affairs as are of urgent impor-
tance, and the ordinary routine of
work that passes through the execu-
tive office In this task he viii have
able assistance in the person of Pri-
vate Secretary w. ]. Buck, who has
been the actual if not the nominal.
governor of the commonwealth on
more than one occasion. especially
during the heated campaign last
summer, and is thoroughly conver-
SAINT with every duty expected of the
chief executive.
During the forenoon a large num-
Der of personal friends OF Our
Luther" dropped in to see how he
was running things, and some were
even unkind enough to express sur
prise that the ship of state had not
been already dashed to pieces on the
rocks, while others with grandilo-
quent air declared that he was run
ming things better than the regular
incumbent, the opinion, of course, be-
ing based on superficial observation.
Jimmie" Lusk, the irrepressible
knight of the grip, who has been
Lieut.. Gov. Manship's closest friend
and boon companion since boyhood,
strolled in during the day and pro-
claimed himself a duly authorized
of the toiling masses" "
and fiercely demanded to know what .
the acting governor was going to do
about it. He was instructed to tell
the toiling masses to keep on toiling
and perhaps one of their number may
get to be governor some day.
Another friend who requested that
his identity remain concealed, called |
to read a poem to the temporary ex-
ecutive entitled Luther Lift the
Lid" and after a careful study of
the sentiment and meter of the effu-
sion, the ieutenant-governor took it
under advisement.
The temporary ruler of the state
sticks to his announcement that the
only change in administrative policy
will be a closing of the Office at $50
o'clock each afternoon while the
Jackson team is at home to permit
himself and Private Secretary Buck
to attend the ball games at League
park. Both are thirty-second degree
fans, while the regular man on the
job evidently knows nothing about
baseball. and cares less, for he has
never attended the games at League
park, a fact that causes many of the
of the state house to hold
he opinion that Gov. Noel has missed
about three-fourths of the JOY OF Iiv-
ng.
This is the dull period at the ex-
scutive office, and there is no cause
o fear that Lieut-Gov Manship will
)verwork himself, or get an attack ]
If nervous prostration while he is fill !
ng the role of governor. From a /
financial standpoint the temporary j
Incumbent is up against a losing i
same, for he does not receive the {
Governors salary during the latter's
.bsence, and in order to remain in !
Jackson during the next three weeks !
ie has been compelled to cancel sew 2
raj important lecture engagements, + I
which means that he will have to T +
make up for lost time during the +
ummer Chautauqua period. I