Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-21
BIG BUDS LETTER.
THINKS THERE IS A CHANCE OF
THE DEADLOCK BEING BROKEN
Noxubee Will Get an Increase of $4,000
in Her School Fund-Pension APP
propriation Increased.
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We are still nammcflnS away Ill
the election of United States sen
atOr with about the same results
and the deadlock is on about as
fast and hard as it was at first.
Each candidate thinks that when
the breakup comes lightning will
strike him. Some of the members
say that there will be no election
by the legislature at this session
and that Mississippi will have
only one senator for the next two
years. | am not in favor of this
and will vote to elect some one.
1t may be settled by the time this
is published, as the "break- up
may occur at any time.
| announced my position before
leaving hOme-had friends Oh both
sides and all told me that they
were satisfied that | should vote
for Alexander first and if he went
down then to go to Nardaman.
| have stood that way ever since,
but have been beSeig ed by all par
ties. Two attorney friends called
me out and told me they had come
to ask me not to vote for Varda-
man. | ask them if they wanted
me to violate my pledged word and
they said Eyes, in this instance,
and we have some letters that we
want you to read" [ said ''all
right, but let me tell you that if
YOU tell me that Nardaman had
killed his mother | will still vote
for him when the gallant AleXan-
der retireS." OF course this ended
the interview. Then when ! had
voted with the Nardaman
crowd to continue to vote in the
caucus and to scatter our vote in
the Joint meeting of both houses
50 as not to elect except when the
caucus had made the nomination,
| was urged by the governors
friends to vote to reconsider this
measure, but / said '|nO, although
am opposed to this secret ballot
ing | will abide by the will of my
c.owd as long as there is Il chance
t. nominate Alexander. We
have had number of petitions from
all over the State asking us to vote
for this or that man but | don't
believe the petitioners have
changed II single man. All had
lined up before we were petitiOned
and of course could not change
then. My good friend Tom Heard
has been one of the most active in
getting up petitions, but we all
know that were Tom Il member of
the house and voting for Narda-
man he would not quit doing so if
every voter in NOXubce asked him
to. Forest AlIgoOd and Mr.. Brame
were in jackson this week and
they can tell you about some of
the letters we have received and
especially one that Mike got from
a ''friend' of his.
We passed the bin appropriate
ing 81, 100000 for the public
schools. Col. Street had a Substi,
tute that provided Fl, $50, 900 for
the schools and then to pass a bill
providing for fund of 800, 900 to
be donated to the counties that
needed it most. We voted for
this as we thought it fair, but it
was voted down and we voted for
the 81, 800, 900. This gives our
county $4,000 more school fund and
Superintendent Powers says that
this will run our schools at least
one month longer, so the patrons !
of our schools can see Jim Jackson /
and have this done. This does not /
mean that the tax levy will be in
creased but the schools get more |
out of the present amount raised. |
Burkitt champiOned this bill and /
it was said that the wiley old fell
low had two motives-One, of /
course to help the. children and !
the other to kill the ''Training |
that he is so much opposed |
to. He knew that if we gave the
public schools $500, 600 more that
it would not be likely that we
would give 500, 900 for this school.
We will raise the pensions 800,
600. All agreed that the old vet
eran need more and will not need
that little long for they are fast
passing away.
The trustees of BeauVOir have
asked for larger appropriation,
as there are at least fifty appli-
cants waiting for more rooms so
they could get in. If we increase
these funds the other beneficiaries
Of the state will have to get less
as we cannot raise taxes with the
boil weeYil over half the state.