Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-02-15
Letter From Big Bud.

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heir report and We have done
pfOthing since but hear the evi,
5pfence gathered by this committee
,.&fead by the clerk of the House.
GGIle has been reading it several
Mays, and it will take a day or
fwo more to finish it. The commit
itee made their report and asked
g0hat the House vote to impeach
Dr. Butler, the superintendent of
{khis institution. DR.. Buffers
edfriends in the House at once moved
sfFhat the testimony of the various
l witnesses examined by this com
lsmittee be published so that each
Rdmember of the legislature could
|npead it himself. The chairman of
l'the committee, Mr.. Frierson, OBJ
Effected to this, said that they were
|Jlin the nature of a grand jury and
Five were not expected to hear both
E1sides of the question, but we could
!. lvote for impeachment and then the
|WSenate would try the case and DR..
II Butler could then defend himself.
n ~ anu from Missouri and have to
M be shown" before | will vote to
J{ruin any man, so | voted for this
N resolution, and while this was
3 voted down, we finally succeeded
Il in having the testimony read, and
P this is being done. The testimony
u of the witnesses examined show
! that there has been gross misman-
agement on the part of DR.. Butler,
and great immortality among the
asylum testified that he furnished
DR.. Butler with $40 dozen eggs,
I 400 chickens during the year, three
/ gallons of milk aud three quarters
4 of a gallon of cream each day, and
blthat he never paid for any of these
articles. And in addition had
used all the gasoline and oil for his
car he wanted without paying for
it. Governor Bilbo has been quite
active in DR.. Buffers defense and
Nit is reported that he said he
would re appoint him if removed
from office. OF course he could not
4 do this if the doctor was removed
q by impeachment.
n To show how much interest BiIb0
4 took in Butler, l append clipping
4 of the testimony taken from the
1 Clarion Ledger:
4 Hines, " superintendent of the
\ poultry an, hog departments at the
q Hospital, said that he was called via
telephone about Z or 1880 O'Clock on
! Wednesday nlght-Dr. Butler told him
!, % bring his books and receipts to his
1, house as he was wanted before The
I Senate committee and he would carry
4 him to town, was the opening testi-
mony. 81 packed my book and re-
| Seipts in grip and went to DR.. But
lets house-l got in the automobile
4 with him and Carl Butler and we came
to town. DR.. Butler said he wanted
fN>some of his friends to see my books
= ltherrommittee wouldn't let him 60
n COR pe!: He said They're putting up
u bio 1OJne.' Before getting to the
Y Dit Car. Butler said, we won't stop
acre, bAt go on to the Governors Man
\ sion.' The car stopped at the Capitol
hov yer. and Carl Butler got out, We
"A rode to the Mansion and got out and
] went in. The Senate committee wasn't
there, but the Governor and some law
4 yers were there. Judge Clayton Potter
Ef was there, and Mr.. Cassidy. The Lieu
ID tenant Governor, MIR. Russell, came in,
All and Senator Richardson came. There
III was another man there, his name was
III Butler; | don't know what his other
n%name is. Then there was another mar
|h there. two of them-I didn't know
kAthem, Mr.. Buck was there also.
N Hines said the statement, heretofore
kf-eferred to, printed by the friends OF
kDr. Butler and distributed broadcast,
u vas drawn up-'I couldn t read it all,
ks,ouldn't make it out, so they read 1t to
Nine, some parts twice. They wanted
40 show that DR.. Butler didn't get prac-
Ia ically all of the eggs hoh the farm
NC didn't accept in October, November
'r hid December. told them my books
W orc my records They told me,
he Nhat's alright; you hold on to your
d. &ok and receipts. | said, Yes, J will
,.vou may be sure that | will Then
sifned the statement-they wanted .
notary public, but it was too late.
Hines said the Governor said the in
vestjgation was an air-castle about to
fall-hp criticised Mr.. Keyes and Mr..
Frierson. lie said that jim Cassidy
would make monkeys out of the Wit
y nesses with his eyes. DR.. Butler saic
there's no i'll feeling between Us.
asked him if the statement | signed was
4 alright and he said, Yes; | wouldn'l
get you into trouble
"The Governor and Judge Potter
came out to the Hospital about a week
ago and examined the looks and re-
CENTS" continued Hines
y Miss Lena GaIIoway's second tostl-
Il mony was read. this reciting the fact
that Miss Addie Lancaster had been ii
At the hospital during the early part OF
N december; that DR.. Valley and Gov
= ,o-,n p,,t the former :