Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-16

e0 30 as 20 aod the Governor ana super |
intendent of Education to the Board
Burkitt first introduced bill repeating
this act and providing that each should
have separate board but after Hardy
and several of the trustees had resigned
he withdrew this bill and offered this
amendment and it passed the house
by large majority. ! was very much
opposed to adding these officials to
the board as it gave the governor too
much power to be member of board
of his'own appointing, and the Superin-
tendent of Education has so much work
now that he has called for and needs
an assistant superintendent. but thought
probably it was better than to take the
only substitute offered viz: board of
three trustees with salary of $4,000. 90
each. Brewer and Powers are both lew
ell headed men and can be trusted to do
the right thing and l hope their man
sgement of our great institution will be
conducive of much good. They will be
given a free hand and will have the
support of the legislature and this will
remove friction.
Henry Minor Faser was down to see
US and when Henry Minor comes down
there is always something doing. 1t
will be remembered that he. in the last
hours of the last legislature, when it
was almost impossible to get up bill,
took his seat by the side of our vener-
able speaker and literally forced him to
recognize the member who had his bill
in charge and got it passed. He has
been honored by being made president
of the Pharmaceutical board and you
bet that board will have to work, for
he is bundle of energy and credit TO
our state.
Bill Arp use to say that when Sam
Jones got after him for contribution, he
would always say chow much Sam"
and at once come across. am this way
about Henry Faser.
Sam B. johnson of Lowndes, is the
character Of the house, he frequently
refuses to vote on bill and will get up
and say the reason he did not vote was
because he did not understand it and he
did not believe half of the members
who voted "aye" understood it any bet
ter thar he did. It takes brave man
to make this admission. David Harum
(! said that he was unwilling to say the
old deacon cheated him in horse trade
but be did not want to 90 into court
an swear to 1t, :" So good many Of
us may pot always understand bill
but very few would care to have it put
in the journal. He has divided the house
in four parts:
lst. Confederate Villains.
End. Horny handed sons of toll.
3rd. School teachers and university
men.
4th. A few gentlemen.
His originality is greatly appreciated
by the House and he is quite popular.
| see Gov. Vardaman has come out in
strong terms advocating the recon-
sideration of the Appellate Court bill
and l suppose the house will do so and
pass the bill this week, for he has great
influence with the members.
I introduced bill at the request of
some of my prairie friends amending
the road law, so that only land owners
or the agents of nonresident land
owners could vote on issuing bonds
for building roads or other improve
ments and this looks fair to me. 1t is
virtually placing mortgage on the
land and it seems to me that no one
should be allowed to do this except the
owner.
We have had so many instances of
persons being on the pension roll that
are not entitled to be there. or being in
first or second class. when they are not
qualified for these classes. called to our
attention, that we adopted resolution
empowering that committee to look
into this and to send for persons and
make an examination. Some counties
have as many as 80 members in the first
class and we know that fraud has been
practiced and we want the various pen
sion boards to realize that when per-
son is placed on this roll who is not en-
titled to be there, worthy soldiers ere
being robbed of their just dues. We
hope to get all negroes and Unworthy
confeds off Of tae roll and thereby in
crease the pensions of the really needy.
l have several letters calling my atten-
tion to some from our county who the
writer's claim ought not to be there.
Hon. Tatum Dent was down this week
but did not Icome in the house. There
are so few members of the Senate who
were there at the time he was a men,
ber and / expect he felt like stranger
in the senate chamber. Tatum was a
good hard working member and reflected
credit and honor on the county.