The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
ORGANIZING FOR
 LAW AND ORDER Meeting Is Held In Jackson At
 Governors Office DEADLOCK IS UN8ROKEN
6attleship Commission Has Not Vet Settled the Matter of Bids for the Silver Service for the
 Mississippi.

Jackson, Miss, January 31.-(Special)-
 Preparations have been going on for the
 past few weeks, so very quietly that few
 have known 1t at all, and fewer still
 what it all meant. Orders were given
 several days since to have the representa- tives hall cleaned up nicely and that has been done. The desks and the chairs
 were all moved out and the tiled floor given nice scrubbing, so that it is now
 as clean and neat as pin.
 Those who requested the use of the
 hall have declined to state what use it
 was to be put to and even the governor
 expressed surprise that the "cat had been
 let out of the bagP' Its a kind of surprise party" said Governor Noel, when
 asked what kind of meeting was to as- ! semble here next Monday, "and I am | hardly at liberty to tell what it means"
 However it is understood that the gath
 ering is to be one of representative men
 and women from every section of the
 state, and that the object is the forma-
 tion of a State Law and Order league, or
 something of kindred nature.
 It is proposed to organize one central
 league, with branches in every county
 in the state and sub-branehes in the
 beats and cities and towns The object.
 as the name would indicate, Is to see to
 the proper enforcement of the laws of
 the state, especially those in regard to the sale and the handling of liquors De-
 tectives are, to be employed by the cen-
 tral league and sent to any county that
 
 ! organization will be complete in every
 detail, the scheme having been worked
 out by some of the foremost thinkers of
 the state.
 The state organization is said to be the outcome of the Law Enforcement league in the city of Jackson-an organ
 ization that was perfected several months
 ago, but which seemed to have gone to sleep soon after it's birth. One of it's
 leading members stated a few nights since, when asked what had become of it: Just wait few days; keep your
 ears open, and you'll hear something
 drop" It is believed that this state
 league is what he referred to as "going
 to drop.'
 Anyhow, a great deal of interest is
 manifested and speculation is rife as to | what is on tapis.
 The battleshp commission held another
 session Friday at the office of the gov
 ernor, and took another ballot on the
 silveE service, the result being the same deadlock as on the day previous-Gover-
 nor Noel and Dr. Dunbar Rowland vot- ing Tor the acceptance of the design fur nished by Caldwell & Co. of Philadel- l phia, and ex-Governor Vardaman and Superintendent of Education Powers vot- ing for c. J. " Seutter of Jackson, who
 represents German & Co., of Rhode Isl-
 and.
 Seeing that there was no possibility of
 an agreement the commission adjourned till Monday, when there will be another
 meeting No doubt the result will be just the same Monday, as all the mem- bers of the commission are confident they
 are in the right, and there will be no changes The only way in which a de-
 cision will ever be reached will be when one member of the commission is absent
 from the city, and that is liable to hap pen. Ex-Governor Vardaman Is under engagement to lecture in various sections
 of the country, Superintendent Powers has visits to make to various counties and Governor Noel has declared his intention of attending the inauguration of Presi- dent Taft Tn the event no decision is
 made while one member of the commis- sion is out of the city the selection of the silver service for the battleship Mis-
 sissippi is likely to be carried into the next session of the legislature.
 Mrs. Eunice Lockwood, agent for the commission in the collection of the fund,
 and who was denied vote in the se- lection of the service at yesterdays meet ing by ex-Governor Vardaman and Su- perintendent Powers, has issued a state
 ment in which she declares 1t had been l agreed beforehand that she could vote in the selection, and that the selection
 was actually made and the commission adjourned when on the protest of one of the members the governor reconvened the commission and she was eliminated, thus creating the deadlock. Mrs. Lockwood explains that she preferred the Philadel- phia designs, believing 1t the "best re- turn for the money contributed by Mis- sissippians" and in view of the fact that all the manufacturers interested are out side of this state, she sees nothing in the cry that the contract should be award ed to a Mississippi firm as in the end they will have to have the service made in the east.
 The board of trade has determined that the state encampment of the National Guard shall be held in this city next summer and has instructed Secretary Stephenson to get right to work to se- cure it. It has been determined also that the encampment will be held in July, beginning on the 24th
 It is stated that it will take about S4O00 to secure the encampment, but Jackson
 has never yet failed on any proposition of this kind when she made the effort to get it. These encampments turn loose some $50.000 or $6O, 900 wherever they hap pen to go and as a business investment nothing better could be desired. 1 Replying to query from the sheriff
 of Bolivar county Attorney General Stir
 ling has advised that foreigners must pay
 the g poll tax just as do all other cit l izens of the state, and that 1t makes no
 difference whether they are naturalized
 or not The poll tax Is one that is re- l uuired of every male citizen of the state,
 and if he lives in Mississippi he Is cit-
 izen.
 Steps have been taken to secure char
 itv hospital for Jackson, and strong 1 committee of moneyed men named to
 place the enterprise on foot Maj. R. w.
 Millsaps, vice president of the Capital Ma | tional bank. was chairman of meeting held to talk the matter over, and he
 was made chairman of a committee com | posed of Messrs. c. H. Alexander. Mayor | Crowder. Father c. A. Oliver, W. J. Mo l Gee and l. Dreyfus. These will report