Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-23

iVtice tnat the grand army men hOn
ored themselves in turning out with the
old Confederates in Mobile in respect te
his memory-this grand Southern sol
der!
President Roosevelt said that Robt.
3. Lee was the greatest soldier of the
English speaking people. Well. when
old Federal soldiers join with old Con-
federates honoring our great men. il
seems that the war is about over.
| am beginning to think that Gen.
Meagher. who commanded a. famous
Irish brigade in the Federal army, was
about right in what he said to Judge VIM,
Price, who lay wounded on the battle
field at Seven Pines, and said to Gen. Mea-
CHER, II never expected to see the IA
nous Irish patriot wearing that uniform
and fighting to enslave a brave and noble
people, " and the Generalr replied, why,
young man. you are very much mis-
taken; am fighting to preserve the
best government the world has ever
seen." And since this government has
done so many things to aid the Southern
people-g1ven US money at all times to
relieve the distress of oyerfiows and
disaster; stamped out the yellow fever;
given US rural delivery and aid of every
kind to help the farmers; and now go
ing to give us regional banks. which
will give the farmer money at low rate
of interest on long time; now begin
to believe the General was about half
right.
Well, we passed very stringent bill
in the House, regulating the running of
automobiles. If it passes, no auto will
Re allowed to run over twenty miles,
be compelled to halt when they see that
horses hitched to vehicles are fright
ened, under heavy penalty. If this law
is passed and can be enforced. l won't
mind riding in an auto.
The legislature has been invited by
the citizens of Hattiesburg to go there
next Saturday, entirely at their ex-
pense, to inspect the Normal School,
which has been conducted with such
signal success by good friend, Prof. Joe
Cook. The people of Hattiesburg GER
tainly have nerve, for they raised $780,
600 for the establishment of this school,
and now are going to this expense to
show the Legislature what magnifi-
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sa,ess eha I si2tor scntifI 70
some Of this credit, for we have given
Hattiesburg scme of our very best
young men, who have contributed large
ly to its success.
] hear that our stringent whiskey bill
is likely to strike several snags in the
Senate, and / see that one man has an
nounced himself as candidate for Gov
ernor on "Local Option" platform. |
think this will be pretty catchy plat
form, as believe great many of our
people would prefer this solution of the
question. Bishop Galloway always said
that he didn't care for statutory prohi
bition unless we could have constitution
al prohibition for it could be thrown
into politics at any time, and it seems
that his predictions are about to be full
filled.
The parties who have charge of the
Reformatory bill have just called me up
TO ask that l take the leadership on the
question in the House, but ! was COM
PEELED to decline as didn't feel equal
to the task, but promised my hearty
support.
From what l can gather, don't
think Bilbo will have as easy sailing to
get in the Governors chair as did be-
fore / came down here.
There is evidently no good feeling on
the part of the white Chief" for ne
recognized the fact that Bilbo allowed
Percy to be nominated with, as he
claimed himself, the bribe money in his
pocket. This has been an acknowledged
fact, ana I've always been surprised
that the Vardaman men felt under obli-
cation to Bilbo. Mrs. Vardaman was
present at almost every meeting OF the
caucus and knew that Bilbo could have
nominated her husband and didn't, by
telling of the bribe money, so under
stand she has no use for him and has
never invited him to her house.
Vardaman refused to be introduced
by Bilbo at the fair; would not go over
to vicksburg, though urgently asked to
do so. This breach is found to widen,
and probably we can defeat him at the
polls. If we can get the Elective judi
ciary bill declared constitutional and
have the judges and chancellors elected
by the people, it will aid very material
ly in defeating Bilbo. A great many
of my loyal friends, believing that ne is
the strongest man, have an eye on the
iudgeship and will likely vote for him.
This is human nature. Noel was
strong advocate of the Elective Judi
ciary system, but when elected ne found
flaws in the way it was carried, and al