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

hing Wds uSou. WIZ Mh. l.. L.
Wainwright, who happened to be in
ne office. to ask Senator Donald to
rome ' to the Office, and | want
.ou to stay here and hear the CON
sersation." So he stepped oyer and
ssked him, and the senator came over,
Ind | said. Senator, ! understand
hat Senator Mcfarland has been set
side and you have been put in his
blace as chairman Of the penitentiary
eommittee.s l said, Il understand the
Encouragement is trying to cover
m these matters. and | want you to
he informed what he is fixing to do
and show you about it." He said,
.sYou were never so much mistaken.
You will see they have nothing to do
with the Boyce matter" l said, "Will
yoa agree to go in there and appoint
such men on the committee as Senator
Martin Of Natchez and Senator Ken
drick of Alcorn?' He said, Governor,
would love to do that, and you are a
good friend of mine, but | have prom
ised the acknowledgement OF the
State | will let him name that com.
mittee. This committee will not have
anything whatever to do with the
Boyce matter / said, Il want to
warn you what the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Is going to do. Let him stock the
committee and all your people will
need to know to defeat you for con-
gress is to know the facts. and we
will let them know It," He went back
and appointed the committee: The
first man named on the committee
was Senator Myers of DeSoto county,
the only man in the legislature who
was kin to BOyce. Who was the next
man? The next man was Senator Joe
Norwood, who was a candidate for
lieutenant-governor. 1t then turned
out that they had the wrong party.
He said, mo, l won't be a party to
this They put all the pressure to
his back that could possibly be put
there; and he said, "If never have
another office, ! will never be a party
to this" They kicked him off and
Senator Russell is now occupying that
job. (Cheering.)
neglected to tell you the third man
on the committee. When I mention
the chairman of the committee you are
going to laugh out. See if you don't
His name was Hobbs. They were
| running a secret caucus. They grew
nervous. They began asking ques-
4 tons, from which | could see that they
were trying to get the inside Of the
attorney-general's department so that
Boyce would know what to do. Mr..
BiIbo came to the door and handed
Mr.. Majors something, which he put
in his vest pocket. After a little time,
for effect. Mr.. Majors pulled out this
paper and read this question. It is in
the records. He said, Governor,
have you the Manchester Canal
weights Of the Manchester Ship Ca,
nal for a lot Of cotton shipped on one
| certain day." | said, (which Canal?"
He said, rs there two?" said, No,
know you are asking something that
you know nothing about. | want to
know who gave you that question"
He said, Il don't know who give you
that question" did the lieutenant.
governor give this question to your"
He said, Il am not on the witness
stand "You are trying to find in
formation for the acknowledgement
of Mississippi for the benefit of the
people who are fighting and defraud
ing the state So the committee
said we will cut that out. The next
day was Saturday. He came into the
office and said, Governor, have you
the Manchester Canal weights of all
this tw~enty-one thousand bales
shipped there?" l said, Eyes" He
said. Il want 1t for the committee"
I said, Il have a letter from the at
to~rney-general to be careful with these
as Boyce & Company are making a
special effort to get this information
through the members of the commit.
tee" He said, Il will see the com
mittee.' | turned to a young man and
said, Il want to know where he goes,
whether to the office of the lawyers
Of Boyce & Company He zane back
and reported that he had gone north on
the Y. & NJ. v. train. called up a
friend in Memphis and told him to
meet No. 4 and STE where Sam Majors
goes. He called me later and said.
4 saw him get off Of the train. and
he went to the Office of Boyce & Com
pany as straight as a martin to his
gourd." He came back, took a letter
and lost 1t out OF his pocket at Parch-
man. A convict sent 1t to me. | read
1t to the committee the next day,
very much to the chagrin of Mr.. Bilbo.
Well, they were going on then with
this farce, Mr.. Boyce said he was
going to bring his books right down
and show them that his transactions
with the State Of Mississippi had been
fair. Next thing | knew he was down
before the committee. | would pass
down and remain a little while. 1t was
a CASTOR and Alphonse affair. Like
this: Now, Mr.. Boyce, we want to know
II o have anything further that you
would like to state, not anything that
would be Of your private affairs.
went and picked out a half dozen men,
and most Of them Bilbo said,
I ant you to see it and hear it 50
that when ! come | can show you that
the rottenest thing ever pulled of in