Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-06-25

wont do that. The chairman balu,
"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 lob 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 n said
to the chairman, 81 want to say, sir,
that II you will let the legislature hear
this testimony 1t will end the investi'
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, W
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
,ilrain. He came to me and asked
what. to do about It. | said, Tell 1t
to- the people, run for lieutenant-gov'
ernor and beat him." And he went
out and got on an old grey horse and
went from Gulfport to Alcorn county.
He is doing something. He told me
that he went one whole week on ono
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. | turned on Senator Rus
sell and said, you are trying to de-
struy 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 off with it II they
an.
Joseph Norwood asked him a ques-
tim. 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 instructions
[ 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 bach
on the people.
Representative Sisson sent a bill t.
the Representative Of Carroll county
which provided that no corporation
should ever be organized for owning
farm lands, and that they must dis
pose of it in five years. They coule
take a deed of trust upon the propert,
and buy it, but must not farm 1t, ant
could not W 1t for more than five
years. Don't you see that no banl
could lend money on this. They coult
not rent it out or lease 1t. Therefore
we must consider the business inter
ests of the country. said MI. Sissoi
said that bill is not written to pass
but one to howl demagogery about me
took this matter up with the Farmer
, Union of the State, and they got MI
! Oscar Johnson to draft a. bill. Whel
> It got to the Senate twoo amendment
were inserted. One was the time !
l was to 90 into effect, and the othe
. was that nothing shall prevent a col
poration from loaning money on land
and taking this land and leasing It TO
q five years. l said, 81 will veto It."
r said, Let me show you somethin
q now" We have a statute which prt
I hibits a corporation from owning NOR
o than two million dollars worth Of fari
h land. If they own more than this it.
q forfeited to the State: In South Mi
q sissippi If the corporations should loa
the owner that amount on the prope
- ty, and then make you notes payabI
four hundred years hence, and the
= take possession, and use and farm
for four hundred years and then ho
1t for five years longer. So, they he
1t amended; and the Lieutenant-Go
ernor got busy and said put 1t up
. the Governor. They said, 1--WE dor
want that; we want Legislation proper
u He then wfirfed around and foug,
a the bill. It then turned out that Il
e bill had been written by the lawy
~ for the Edward Hines Lumber Coz
pany, the greatest land grabbing GO
" Germ in the country. They are al
H. putting up campaign money for HI
10 to make his tour for office Of Governs
I don't want to keep you here 10
ST thfc hot niyht