Okolona messenger., 1911-11-23
HOW THEY DID n

Editor Messenger
Sections l and 2 Article II Of the
Constitution Of our State read as {
follows:
Section /. The powers Of the
Sta Of Mississippi shall be divided
i1to three destinct departments, and,
each Of them confined to separate
maeisracy, to-wt; those which are
legislative TO one, those which are
= Judicial to another, and those which
are executive to another"
Seton 2. Nc person or persons
being in or belonging to one OF these
departments, shall exercise any power
properly belonging to either OF the
others. The acceptance SoE an oihce
In either Of said departments shall
Of itself, and at once vacate any
Office held by the person SO accepting
ia either Of the other departments,
In the face of these provisions OF
the orgapic law, there were four
persons in Grandma NoePs recent
extraordinary aggregation ot States
men, who according to my way OF
thin king. we're Ineligible to hold their
seats. One had position and drew
ary from the Agricultural De-
partnent at Washington, two others
were connected with the Levee Board
and the loarth was a sergeant on the
Penitentiay farm.
The Iast paragraph in Section Al
Of the Constitution reads as follows:
The seat Of member OF the
house Of Representatives shall be
vacated on his remoeal from the
county or judicial District iron
which he was elected" 1t seems It
me this provision is plain enough 10
even the hairless wonder" to under
stand, yet he omits to order election
to 6lI vacancies in ten cases cause
BY removals as | believe, because
majority Of the old members wei
common causers" on whom he couI
rely to vote for the nefarious scheme
he had concoated for the late extr
ordinary session. Three of thes
gentry that sat through the sessic
and voted for all Noels measures hi
removed from the state some tr
before the calling Of the Legislatu
together, and one Of them on h
return to Oklahoma where he left
family to come back to MississiI
and regulate our affairs, got drunk
a beast in Memphis and publ,
admitted he was robbed in a disre
utable dive, another came to Jacks
full as a goose and remained
that condition during the sessi
These men claim to be thoroug
impressed with the belief that it "
perfectly legitimate to beat Vardam
in the secret caucus by any me
fair or foul, and that the election
Bilbo to he Lieutenant. Governors
was blot upon the fair name
Mississippi
One member who had removed
an adjacent county and registe
and voted there filled his old seat
n Loyalty sustained the adminstrat
Il Six members, who 1t was said
NJ invited to attend, but declined to
SO because they knew the consttu
forbid them to hold their S
did not answer roll call, but as these
"a mer we're equally divided in obnic
j suspect our governor purpo
omitted to take cogizance Of the
A that they had removed from
NJ counties. and call an election t,
| If the vacancies. Hence these cour
were not fully represented.
| wondered at first how it was
\ could line up the Common ca
L crowd so perfectly after the We
M rendered by the people in Al
N last, but remark Of one of the 6
IA threw much light upon the sui
NM He said; "A majority in each +
&%(tere either beaten at the poll,
sRG1 not dare make the race,
MA constituents learned Of
n. Etron in the secret caucus, and
noodlv da6ant"