Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-04-03
Letter from
Big Bud.

~ p" AVA \ ASASN AWFUL ~ HI
grandson and page" for Speak
er Quin, after a great deal O
trouble caused by highwater
succeeded in reaching the |. C
depot in time to catch the trail
for Starkvllle and reached the A
q M. College on time that nigh
and had the good fortune to NEE
Sallie. Louise (Mrs. Swami
Halle (Mrs. Roberts) and my
three beautiful granddaughter
Sallie Spann Swami, Rosa Swanr
and Sadie D. Robert, waiting tt
give Us a hearty welcome HOME
for | am at home whenever
reach the home of my children
| say beautiful grand-daugh
ters' and | use the word advised
ly, for | proved it not only by
their mothers but by a dozen col.
lege boys who were there to es.
cort the girls to the movies. y
But it almost compensates fo1
being away from home for some
time to be greeted with as hearty
a welcome as received from all.
The Legislature might as well
have continued in session
for another week as we left
a great many bills on the calen-
dar that Should have been passed,
for it is too wet to do any farm
work at all. | had two insurance
bills that the Insurance Commits
sioner, Mr.. Henry, said would
have netted several thousand dol
lars per year in taxes to the
state if we could have passed
them, but | could not get the
floor and they were lost.
We succeeded in getting our
tick" bill amended SO that coun-
ties like ours alreaavl operating,
ulIuer Jil. law, would la0t nave u
hold an election las the first bill
passed required) and under the
present law the tick board" has
the power to enforce the law.
Corn Club" Smith was with
us the closing days of the. session
urging tine passage of the bill
that gives consolidated school
districts the power to issue bonds
for the purpose of building or re-
pairing school houses, ETC., and
he had it passed.
The Senate finally Smoked"
Gov. Brewer out and had him
(very Unexpectedly to them
give the names of the parties
who had. as he said, offered to
confirm all nominations and paw
the Burns detective bill and aid
him in passing all legislation that
he desired, provided that he
would dismiss the suit against
Bilbo. Senator Donald, Bilbo's
best friend in the Senate, was
the Senator named and it was
like the explosion of a bomb in
camp when the Governor gave
this information, backed up by
from worthy and re-
men. DR.. Donald did
not deny the charge, but wrote
out an explanation and read it to
both House and Senate, but the
House seemed not to be in
sympathy with him and refused
by good majority to have it
spread on the journal and a ma
iority Of the House Penitentiary
Committee sustained Gov. Brew
er in his contention that Boyce &
Co., in agreeing to bring their
books to Jackson and submit
hem to that committee for ex-
animation, was only four-fushing
md never intended to bring the
Information that he so much de-
sired. The minority of the COM
nittee seemed to want to exon
9rate Boyce & Co., but a large ma
ority sustained the Governor. H
The Senate was able, by having Il
ldopted rule requiring g two
bird vote, to bring up a minori- y
y report or to call a bill from a
committee out of order, to pre- {
7ent the passage of a resolution
o pay the Burns Agency the bal {
nee due them, and | was told
hat a majority of the Senate fa- |
'ored paying Burns, as the House
lad already passed it. The Gov
'rnor states that they have not
!llowed him any funds to take
Iepositions and proceed in the {
prosecution of the case against {
3oyce & Co., whom he claims de- {
rauded the state out of about F!
100000, am very sorry that !
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