Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-02-22
Letter From Big Bud.

membership, led by the Speaker
land Clerk, went to the Senate
Chamber and, standing in a cir
Gle in the rear of the Senate
Chamber, presented the articles
of impeachment to the Senate.
1t was an impressive scene.
Speaker Conner, addressing him
self to the Lieutenant Governor,
said that the Lower House had
come before the Senate to pre-
sent articles of impeachment of
DR.. Butler, Superintendent of
the Insane Hospital, for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and
then Johnson of Coahoma read
the articles of impeachment and
the clerk of the House delivered
them to the clerk of the Senate,
and we all marched out. 1t is
rumored around the Capitol that
DR.. Butler said he would resign
if the House would withdraw the
articles of impeachment and ex-
purge all from the journal of the
House, but | don't have any idea
the House will do this. They
feel that they have done their
duty, and it is up to the Senate
to do theirs, and althouge it will
add greatly to the length of the
session, they seem willing to stay
here the extra time. We are
paid by the session, and the ex-
ira time will not cost the state
anything on account of the salary
to the members.
Mr.. Gwin of Hancock had a
bill passed the House authorizing
each county in the state to have
the lands that each county is en-
titled to in Hancock county sur
veyed and set aside so that the
counties can sell or otherwise dis
pose of these lands. There are
80, 800 acres in all, and Noxubee
has TAO acres. | suppose the bill
will pass the Senate, as it is a
worthy measure.
We had up the Compulsory Ed
ucation bill last week. This bill
provides that all children between
seven and fourteen, years of age
should. be compelled to go to
school for at least sixty days each
year. 1t had provision that al
lowed the Superintendent of Ed
ucation to be the one to say
whether certain children should
be excluded from attending
school, and said this would let |
the negro children out, as no SUI
perintendent would make them
go. | was not in favor of this
bill, and when Norwood of Pike
offered substitute, stipulating
that the Boards of Supervisors
could order an election, and any
beat voting to have compulsory
education could have it, (making
it a local option measure), |
voted for this amendment. and
the bill as amended passed the
House, but | voted against it.
Prince voted for it. Tom Brame
was not in the House, his cousin,
Judge Brame. had died that
morning, and he was with the
family. The ladies who were
pushing this bill, say they do not
want it with the Norwood amend
ment, and will endeavor to have
the Senate defeat the bill as
amended and pass the original
bill. Norwood, in speaking of
his amendment, said the delta
representatives would oppose the
bill because they had such large
numbers of colored children.
Johnson of Coahoma said that
while his county had only 1000
educable white children and had
II, 500 negro children. he favored
the bill; that we did not need
compulsory education for the
negroes the negroes sent their
to school-but that we
needed compulsory education for
the white children, and that the
longer he mingled with the pres
ent legislature the more he was
convinced of the need of compul-
sorry education. ,
The House, after vigorous
fight, passed a bill to reduce the I
tax on "Bevo" and other near.
beer drinks, sold in the original ]
package, from $4,000 to S25. 90. $
was afraid that would aid par {
ties in violating the law and make i
it easy for their dealers to sell {
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