The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18

- investigating the records. see
Sample Is doing his damnest to get
things straight. He said, 81 enclose
you a recap Of the amounts, which
put on your books and destroy the
originals" ! said, "Mr. Boyce, where
are those vouchers?s He said, Il
have lost them" Have you got them
for last month"; He said, NE do
you mean to state to this committee
you have bought millions OF dollars
worth of cotton and the only receipt
you have is the vouchers and you have
lost the vouchers?" "Are you willing
to give me your written consent that
these thirteen people you have sold
this cotton to are authorized to turn
over to me the weight, grade and price
of cotton delivered to them" He said,
NO, | won't" | said, Why" He
said. Because that is my private af-
fair" | said, rs that all?" He said,
Yes" | said, "Well, in order to
demonstrate that this is nothing |
don't already know, ! hand you a list
of every person or firm you have ever
sold cotton to from the time you were
born" | showed him a cable asking
these people to not let us have this
information. did you write it,"
Yes, SIR" "Did you protest against
Mr.. Bryan getting the information,
through your attorneys" He said,
Eyes, | did that | said, "If you are
honest with the State, why are you
unwilling to let me look at your
tracks," l said, II will promise you,
Mr.. Boyce, II you will let me have
your written consent that these thir.
teen people may turn over the original
invoices sent from your office, | will
promise you that I will get w. J..
Bryan to cable the consul ana send
them here before this committee, ana
If | can't show by them that you have
beat the people of Mississippi out Of
three hundred thousand dollars, | will
dismiss the suit and apologize to you
for bringing it." He said, mo, l
won't do that" The chairman said,
"All you people will have to get out
of here, This committee will not have
Mr.. Boyce catechised by the gov
ernor."
There was a young man there who
come from the piney woods of the
poorest of the poor. He had walked
into the University in a hickory shirt
and asked for any sort Of work to
earn an education. He mopped floors
and scrubbed windows and earned a
living. He had gone out into Oxford.
and a kind lawyer, Mr.. Stone, gave
him a job to clean his office at ten
dollars per month. The people of his
county elected him to the legislature
while he was yet a student. This man
was then a representative sitting in
the chamber, and he rose up and said
to the chairman, II want to say, sir.
that if you will let the legislature hear
this testimony it will end the inyesti'
cation. | am in favor Of an open door,
free ballot and fair count" and they
put him out, and sent old Hobbs
around to see him, and he said, Eve
will see you when you want to run
for an office again" Jim Mcclure
said, when you attempt to attend to
this young man, watch out that the
people do not attend to you This
young man returned to the University
and tried to complete his education;
and Senator Russell, who owned the
paper in the town, denounced him as a
villain. He came to me and asked
what to do about it, said, Tell 1t
to the people, for lieutenant-gov-
ernor and beat him." And he went
out and got on an old grey horse and
vent from Gulfport to Alcorn county.
He Is doing something. He told me
that he went one whole week on n
dollar and eighty cents. Senator Rus.
sell accused this man Of being a thief,
and every man, woman and child in
the house picked up and left him as a
single man. I turned on Senator Rus
sell and said, "You are trying to de-
stroy this young man because you
cannot control him. You may destroy
him. but before you do 1t you will have
to rumple all over the governor from
Yellow Rabbit to Vinegar Bend. ]
love to help a young man Of that kind.
Let's see them get of with 1t If they
can.
Joseph Norwood asked him a ques-
ton. and then he said, Gentlemen, |
am ready to vote" Boyce and his
attorneys prepared a speech and Sen
ator Donald read 1t to the house as a
part Of his speech. They ordered five
thousand copies printed and sent all
over the State of Mississippi for
Boyce & Company.
Those are some of the o~bstructions
/ have been up against as your gov
ernor.
Let's take some Of these ~slanderous
things up for a minute. They say
that Governor Brewer has gone back
on the people.
Representative Sisson sent a bill to
the Representative of Carroll county,
which provided that no corporation
should ever be organized for owning
farm lands, and that they must dis
Of it in five years. They could
take a deed Of trust upon the property
and buy it, but must not farm it, and
could not own 1t for more than five
years. Don't you 9 that no bank
could lend money on this. They could
rnut n ont or lease 1t. Therefore,