Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-01-11
Letter From Big Bud.

l shonld not go off and leave her will
the "bag to hold, l had to stay ant
bt help dry up the lard and grind the sau-
t sage, so did not get here until Tuesday
n evening. When | came into the hall
Ethe Governor was reading his message
n and when he finished, l had quite ar
" ovation given me ny the members who
A had formerly served with me, and a lot
III of the others Gncuding some A. & NJ.
II boys who had met me there) came up
4 and told me how glad they were that |
Il was once more member of the House.
Il Speaker Connor had me sworn in at
N once, and therefore | was qualified to
u vote for the amendment to the u. S
~ Constitution forbdding the sale or
n dmanufacture of liquor. Mississippi is
$ the first state in the Union to adopt
i this amendment, although the legisla-
81 lures of several states are in session,
and some Of the South Carolina prohis
'3tried to get this done on Yesterday, but
n the liquor men were strong enough to
iii get the votes necessary to defeat the
ST. resolution asking that it be taken up
81 We only had three votes against it
n the three members from Warren voted
4 no" Our bone-dry law has been Of
Sigreat benefit to our state, and hope
4 that enough states will vote to ratify
i this amendm ent, and am sure it will
prove as great blessing to the whole
country.
I This will be our important session.
All of the state institutions have put in
their budget. and | am told that these
foot Up about fourteen millions, but of
course these will have to be cut down
livery materially.
| am very much disappointed to learn
that our revenues for last year, in spite
of all tie fuss and disturbance kicked
UP by The Tax Commission, will be
little less than the year before; they
only shifted the burden Of taxation and
collected no more money, We have
never had enough revenue to run the
state government since | have been
coming to the legislature always had
to issue bonds, and | fear we are up
RRganst it again, for it will take much
more money to sustain our institutions
of +arious kinds now than formerly.
called upon the Governor after ad-
journment on yesterday, and found him
} quite cordial, and told him | had come
\ lown prepared to support his admins
Vibration very cordially when thought t
u was for the best interest of my people
EHon. Tom Brame was in his office and
8said, Il expect to have to fight the
HGovernor million dollar bill for the
! beneit of the colleges" | told the
SGovernor not to mind Tom; that he was
Mike Judge Calhoun said about my good
friend, Clay Sharkey. The Judge said
Clay was always up the right tree, but
occasionally got off on the wrong limb.
Just before came down here Harden
Brooks said, "NoW, M. Cavett, when
you go to Jackson, don't try to be at
p<every roll call and attend all committee
gmeetings, as you have heretofore done,
4 put take it quietly, and have some fuu;
Ake Mrs. Cavett to the picture show
and have good time" said, "Al- |
right, Harden, am going down with !
AnimOsity towards none, prepared to
cooperate with anyone who is trying |
to enact good laws, ETC." He said, |
"That is alright, but | don't want
you to be an angel all at once. | want |
you to reserve the right to jump on 0v-
cry one with both feet, as you have al |
Says done; if you don't. we will not |
know Big Bud" But | am afraid |
will be only "looker on in Venice"
IS am told all the important commit
es are filled up, and work is done in |
e committee rooms. will endeavor,
wever, to come up to Tom McClura'3 /
IpectationS. told Tom that when |
AaNed bull pen at school, | either
sanCed the ball or knew who had it.
de said, That is alright, if you don't
yet the ball, you will know who has it
6iov." So it is up to me to do the best
can, but l feel somewhat lonesome
shis evening: Sallie is a. the College,
ny old committee meeting, and | sit
ing idle in the house. nothing to do
but scribble this letter Speaker Con-
pr has been very kind to me, indeed,
Ind says he will give me the best com
Zaittee appointments he can.
want to say that if any of my con-
tituents don't take The Beacon and
Will go to Mr.. Ferris, he is hereby en-
lowered to send him the paper for the
ession, and | will pay for it. for l
how that the most of my constituents
Is,t their knowledge of the doings Of
Me legislature from The Beacon.
Tom Brame has scat in front, and
eorrohs seat was in the back, 50 he IL
sted on my taking his seat appre-
lated this, but Of course could not take