Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
LETTER FROM BIG BUD
Editor Of the Beacon:

Sne immunity bill was called up by Rer
cner OF Kemper, acting chairman of tn
Judiciary Committee, and after shol
speech was PASSED by the house almos
unanimously, only nine votes being ca.
against it. When the roll was calle
every one voted AYE" until Cavet
was called and voted no." woul
have made speech against the repes
OF this act, but saw it was no Use
This act was recommended by the Stat
Bar Association last summer to cover
radical defect in the Code. Under tn
law IS II etood then it was almos
impossibless convict any one of briber
and when James was before the Gran,
Jury and questioned about giving
bribe to establish the county of George
ne refused to answer, and said if he di,
80 he would incriminate himself. Thi
brought to the notice of the Bar Asso
citation the need of an amendment tx
this act, to give one Of the parties t.
the transaction immunity and force
them to testify, hence the recommenda.
tion. The extra session passed this act,
giving the Judge the power and the op.
position claimed it was aimed at Bilbo,
because he was accused of taking a
bribe in this case, It seemed to me
that, if he was innocent, he would have
wanted full investigation, but when
Circuit Court met and a SIMMONS was
sent FOR MIR. James it was found he was
out of the state and he remained out
until court adjourned. So this Legisla-
ture is making haste to repeal this act
and prevent the facts in the case from
being known. The names of the par
ties voting no, on this proposition, are
Cavett, Hamblen, Dendy, Gillespie,
Nicholson, Parks, Convey, Montgomery
and Smith. Twas in hopes that Brewer
would veto this bill, but the Legislature
is SO nearly unanimous for it, I rather
expect he will approve it. When this
act was in its passage. Senator Varda-
man was in the house, suppose seeing
that the members voted for it.
Gov. Brewer took strong grounds in
his address against issuing bonds to
pay current expenses, saying "that
the money must be provided by taxa
tim to pay expenses. and expenses
must be reduced" This is what have
contended for all the time. He adyo-
Gated an inheritance tax, and tax on
incomes, and to raise the tax on cor
porationss. I note in this connection
That the Grenada Sentinel states that
the American Express Company paid
only SO cents into the county treasury,
for their county taxes. This is alb
,urd if true. The Governor also
that the right to appeal
10 the Supreme Court be denied to blind |
Tiger cases.
He sent in his final message to-day, |
Saturday. asking for the sum of
b2 900 90 to be expended by him in en-
forcing law in Pike County, where the
strikers have been giving trouble ever
since last fall. The same men in the
Legislature who have cursing Noel for
keeping state troops at McComb and
Water Valley, saying it was unnecessary
to man, voted to give Brewer this
money and l predict that we will soon
have an end to this strike. The
strikers say that Noel was not sup
ported in this by the Vardamen men
and they thought the troops would be
yith-drawn when he went out.
: happended to see where the Cover
,or's mother was asked, when Earle
n.ewer was inaugurated governor, IF
\ at was not the happiest moment of
IN life," and she said, Il was just as
'snusy when my boy joined the church."
GAS SO impressed with this that / in
,r,duced resolution asking that it be
'nread on the Journal of the House, and
md published to the world, as an ex-
,mple to our mothers in the state, and
/ was adopted by rising vote, unani-
asSpsly
Miss Kate Power told me that Gov.
srewer's grandmother waited on her
when she was married
I'D that she MRS. Brewery helped to !
Istablish seven Presbyterian churches
f1ne early days of Mississippi. Roose- 9
lii we'll said, that every boy deserved 9
blv three things. good Ancestry, Edu- n
Ition, and Opportunity. So Brewer
ks the good ancestry, has educated
), self and improved his opportunity
"a I predict will make US good
Evernor. He says he wants no petit
ms for Office sent to him, that he
hi turn down any man who presents f
3 and think this is good move. t,
10 all know that the average man will N
I'm any and all petitions. | have heard h
at lot of mischievous men had man
sipn petition to hang himself. nj
jOf course Walter Price voted against v,
e repeal of the immunity bill. 1t
alters not how loyalty man sup
SOD Vardaman. If he does not sup n,