Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-08
Letter From Big Bud.

Jackson, Miss, March 5th, 1918
Editor the Beacon:
We had quite a breezy time in tht
House last Friday evening and mirabilC
dictu, l got mixed up in it, kind of OF
the Bilbo side.
HISTORY OF CASE.
It is customary biennially for thu
committee on pensions to make an in
vestigation of the old soldiers home anC
early last week Mr.. Cavett of Noxubee
of this committee, offered a motion
which was adopted by the House. thai
a subcommittee of the eleemosynary
committee make the investigation this
year.
A day or two later citizens of Colum
bia and Gulfport extendeo an invitation
to the appropriations committee to visi
the Boys Industrial school and King:
Daughters Hospital located in these
two towns. at the expense of said citi
zens, and the committee. headed by
Mr.. Howerton, made the trip.
HEWITT IN THE BREACH.
Representative Hewitt, of Pike, il
was divulged on the floor yerterday tel
ephoned Mr.. Howerton at Gulfport,
that MIR. Cavett had authorized the ap'
preparations committee chairman to se'
lect a committee to investigate Beau
voir, and it was upon this authority that
Mr.. Howerton selected Messrs. Everett
and Finch and made the investigation
Mr.. Hewitt, it is stated, sought infor-
nation of Clerk George B. Power as tc
whether Mr.. Cavett had not meart fol
the appropriations committee to make
this investigation for the pensions COM
mittee. aid was informed by the clerk
that Cavett named the eleemosynary
committee to do the job.
Mr.. Hewitt then phoned me at the A.
A. & College and told me that the elee-
mosynary committee could not 60 to
make its investigation, and that COM
mittee headed by Howerton of Lee was
on the coast investigating the Kings
Daughters, and could investigate Beau
voir if ! said so. l told them that as
far as was concerned, that | had no
objection. so he 'phoned Howerton. as
stated above. This committee visited
Beauvoir and made their report Friday
evening, and had it read to the House,
but it was good, long report, and two
thirds of the House never heard it, but
Howerton asked that the House adopt
the report. Oscar johnson moved that
the report be recorded and filed. and
this was adopted. Then Macarthur of
Clay offered resolution coDdemning
the Howerton report. Said they had
not investigated thoroughly, and asking
isor the appointment of special COM
mittee, to 60 at once and give this in
stitute a thorough examination. This
was the most severe reflection ever
knew put on my committee, appointing
another to do this work when the
House had not heard the report of the
first committee, and l took the floor
and beseeched the committee not to ap-
point. the second committee until we
lad had the report of Howerton
printed and read by the members, and
then if they disapproved it to appoint
It's committee, not to reflect on the CON-
Aiittee and condemn them unheard, but
" appeal fell on deaf ears; the very
n ,sct that this committee was composed
:, the Bilbo faction was enough to con-
denim this report by the House. So the
roll was called on the adoption of the
Macarthur resolution, and it was carried
by vote by 40 to 10. Howerton asked
u was going to vote against the reso-
S,tion, and SAID, mo, would vote
for it." for while ! wanted the House
10 treat them decently, if the House
thought another committee necessary,
a would of course vote for it, but the
|(larion Ledger, in reporting this case,
I'D not report me as voting, but the
sournal had me down as voting aye and
he reporter says he will correct it. !
n not believe we ought to reject re-
Art simply because it was made by men
,oring Bilbo. Howerton is close, but
lest, and voted to impeach Butler,
4 klough Bilbo was opposed to it.
Nv the way, nurse who was dismissed
YpAn the insane asylum writes letter
Ahe Clarion Ledger. and says that
';,boA and VALLEY were just as guilty as
,utlerA
The three million bond issue was
nade a special for last Wednesday.
Etone of Washington handled the bill, and
(hoved the necessity of the passage of
!his bill, at once, to pay off liabilities,
[Iready accrued and now due. He said
Iome of the members proposed issuing
b eight mill levy, and not issue bonds ;
e said that if we were to levy twenty
LIN levy that none of this money would
e available until January. 1919, and we
seeded the money now, and the only
av to raise it thst he knew Of was to
lsue bonds. but in spite of this fact,
E,out thirty-two members voted against
ia bill. II received constitutional
kaiority, and has gone to the Senate.
lll of these thirty-two members knew
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