Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-03-06

read it. and the House only
adopted it out of confidence ir
Henry and then the Senate ac'
corded him the unusual privilege
of coming before that body or
Monday and explaining the bill,
and they also adopted it. So il
we don't have all the good roads
legislation we need, it will be
Henry's fault.
On yesterday, Gov. Brewer
wrote an open letter to the pub
lie. in reply to a letter that a Mr..
Pittman, member of the House
from Pontotoc, had written his
home paper, in which be said
that Gov. Brewer had offered to
dismiss the suit against Bilbo.
provided the Senate would con-
firm the nominations and pass
appropriations to pay the amount
due the Burns Detective Agency,
some SO, 10000, which Gov. Brew
er had contracted to pay. The
Governor wrote hot letter and
denied this, in toto, and said that,
on the other hand, he had been
yproached by friends of Bilbo
who had offered to do these very
things if the suit was dismissed,
but that he made no traffic at all
for legislation and that Bilbo
would have to stand his trial.
He also charged that Bilbo and
his friends had done everything
they could to prevent this inves-
tigation, but that he intended to
keep the fight up against crooks
of all kinds and while he would
not be a candidate for any Office,
he intended to take the stump
next year and show the people of
Mississippi all about the crooks
in this state. [ wish your read
ers could all read this letter in
full. The friends of Bilbo in the
Senate have been able, so fal, to
prevent Ia single executive ses-
sion to consider Brewers ap-
pointments and it seems that he
is going to commence to fight
back. | am very glad to say
that the House, yesterday even
ing, passed, by acgpod majority,
the appropriation to pay this
SO, 600. 90 to the Burns Detective
Agency and | hope the Senate
will do the same.
I note that Judge Carroll and
Tom Kimbrough are candidates
for the circuit judgeship of our
district. Both of these are splen-
did gentlemen and good lawyers
and our district will have a fine
Judge if either of them is elected.
Tom Carroll has made us a most
Judge, being impartial
and fearless in the discharge of
his duties and, so far as | know,
has given general satisfaction to
the people of our county and of
the district. Tom Kimbrough is
endorsed by the bar
Of West Point and | believe will
get the appointment for the un-
expired term, as he was a school,
mate of Brewers. He is a rela-
tive of some of the best citizens
Of our county.
Tom Brame has never been ac-
cused of taking too much of the
over joyful" but he had to
make some explanations, as he
walked from the train last Sun
day night, leaving his good wife
ehind and didn't know that he
had lost her until he went to get
into a cab. Fortunately, a clev-
er gentleman, John J. McInnis,
was along and came to Mrs.
Brame's rescue. Tom did not
tell me what she said to him
when they got to their room. but
f Mrs. Brame is at all like Sallie, |
what she said to him was a plen.
".
To show the circulation of the
lear old Beacon, | received a let
,er last week from my oid-time
friend, Beach Ferris, in Califor-
MA, telling me how much he
owed to read the Beacon and es-
oecially the letters of your Big
Bud. | certainly appreciated
his letter and when the legisla-
;ure is over, will reproduce it,
IS | will have more space at that
lime, and will have something
% say about the death of his gal |
ant father on the battlefield of |
Chicamauga.
Miss Mary Price, after an ex-
ended visit to friends in Bir-
and to relatives in
dattiesburg, spent a week here
Il Jackson, with her father and
She graced the Senate
With her presence almost daily
Ind had a fine time and returned |