The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-14
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/ Jacks M, Miss. April II. :
| Yesterce morning Captain
Frank Irkitt, a member of the
house from Chickasaw county,
after calling DR.. Dunbar Row
land, director of the department
of archives and history, a liar,
struck him three times with a
heavy cane-twice on the neck
and shoulder. and once on the
head, cutting a wound about two
inches long.
DR.. Rowland was sitting down
at the time, talking to Mr.. Cav
EFT, Of Noxubee, and, according
to Mr.. Burkitt's own statement,
he never gave DR.. Rowland an
opportunity to arise before strik-
ing him.
Finally getting to his feet DIR.
Rowland started at Mr.. Burkitt,
when several members of the
house ran In and put an end to
the fight, The assault was made
so quickly that no one had any
idea that a fight was taking place
in their midst till Mr.. Burkitt
had struck DIR. Rowland.
The trouble is the elimination
of what DR.. Rowland and his
friends claim is persistent fight
against the director of archives
and history, and of which they
think Mr.. Burkitt is the leader,
but from statements of the lat
ter gentleman after the trouble
today, this theory is not borne
out. His statements were cor
roborated by Mr.. Cavett and
other members of the house.
The hegirning Of tbs trouble
really dates back to the reunion
of the Mississippi Confederate
Veterans at Vicksburg last Nov
ember, when a resolution was
adopted relative to DR.. Row.
lands official history of Missis-
sippi in the civil war. At that
time a resolution was passed,
while com nending DR.. Rowland
for his work, called attention to
errors in the book, which it was
desired to have corrected.
The Claiborne county camp re-
Gently met and adopted resolu-
tions condemning the history,
and the matter was brought be-
fore the house Saturday, when
Mr.. Williams introduced resolu-
tions bearing on the question.
These resolutions were intro
duced following a meeting of the
veterans of the house Friday
night, at which a committee was
to draft resolutions
bringing the matter before the
house in behalf of the veterans.
Mr.. Burkitt and Mr.. Denton
were two members of that COM
and Mr.. Burkitt, after
seeing the resolutions drafted by
Mr.. Williams, suggested modi-
fcation, resulting in the resolu-
tions presented Saturday.
At the meeting Friday night
DIR. Rowland addressed the vet
Grams, and Mr.. Burkitt, it seems,
some of his remarks,
at least, as personal. But Sun
day, feeling that the resolutions
Saturday We're rather
Mr.. Rurkitt drafted a
set of resolutions, which were in
troduced in the house this after
noon, as a substitute for the
Williams resolutions. commend
ing DR.. Rowland's work. but de-
ploring the errors in the publica-
ton, though not holding the di-
rector of archives and history
responsible for these. The book
had been approved by Gen. Ste
phen d. Lee, commander-in-
chief of the Mississippi veterans,
and accepted by the legislature.
and Mr.. Burkitt said he did not
think this just. About the fight
today, Mr.. Burkitt said:
''Dr. Rowland was talking to
Mr.. Cavett when l overheard a
remark that seemed to have been
made for my benefit. As Mr..
Rowland is younger man than
myself, I went into the cloak