Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-25

the house. Can't tell now Cney VIII
fare in the senate-hope both will pass.
Some tried to cut out the student-la-
Dor fund at the I. & C. but knew of
the workings of this fnnd-how many
poor girls were benefited by it, and
helped to keep it in the appropriation.
NOW LISTEN AT THIS.
Some claim that ex-Gov. Vardaman
has never made an itemized report of
the contigent fund Of $4,000 a year
(S2O, 900 in alp that he had control of
while governor, BUT NO DOUBT HE Will,
IN DUE TIME ACCOUNT FOR EVERY DOL
LAR, for none but a very ultra-political
enemy doubts the honesty and integ-
rity of Vardaman. He is spendthrift
and not much Of fnancier, but there
was NO GRAFT in his administration.
Harden Brooks sent me last week a
bill amending section 331, so as allow
the board of supervisors of Noxubee to
sell bonds to repair the court house.
received it Saturday morning, got rec
ognition, introduced it and had it re-
ported to the Judiciary committee. Iva,
who is a member of that committee,
had it acted on that evening, reported
back to the House Monday morning.
got it up and passed it and got unani
nous consent to have it sent over to the
senate without laying over day. Wal
ter Price took it up Tuesday, had it
referred to the proper committee, re-
ported back and passed by the Senate
and it will be signed by the governor
this week. Pretty quick work when
you take into consideration the con-
gested condition of the House, and
speaks we'll for the popularity Of your
representatives. l was guyed some by
my friends about having this bill passed
to issue bonds to repair our court house.
They said: "Cavett, did you not say
Noxubee was a rich county" l replied
Yes, one Of the best. "Well then,
don't you get back all monies collected
by taxation. l said Nearly all, ~ you
don't levy any additional taxes for
schools or other purposes?" l SAID
"No." ''Then why can't you srepair
your courthouse without issuing bonds?"
| said 81 don't know, but we have a
fine board and I am willing to back
their judgment and pass the bill giving
them this authority -
| got the governor to pardon John
cunningham; don't mean big-hearted
old John Cunningham out at Clifton
vile (they have not caught him yeti
bot colored name-sake of his, an old
Confederate negro, who has not learned
that what was called ''foraging" in the
war is called ''stealing" now. But 1
serve notice on my friends who want
any more negroes pardoned that they
must get the board of supervisors to
sign the petition, for they haye pro-
tested against the governors pardoning
any more convicts without paying the
cost. So you see l still have a pull on
the governor.
Col. Gordon addressed us the other
night md told of his brief but glorious
senatorial career. and he told that love
was the key to all hearts, and that the
old Republican senators responded to
this as readily as other people. He
made great hit, and it was a most
fortunate appointment,
Capt. Ratliff came to see me not long
since. He is quite philosopher. He
said the reason he could never convince
his wife was because she would not
listen at his argument, but was just
studying what she would say in reply,
and said, L am glad you told me that
for now | know why ! can't convince
Sallie and Walter Price, for know that
] have the best Of the argument. and it is