Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-04-24

school Of thought FROM that OF M
Russell. That he WIS candidate
OF 10 man or set OF men but that j
standing for his coHyi ations and fish.
!ag Tor them vigorously made him
nationalist, then he would have t
plead guilty to the charge. That h,
would do without office in Mississippi
+oroyer before he would seek the fayoI
Of the people of tire State by hanging
on to some mans coat tail and trying
. to ride in in that fashion.
He went into some details in re
ferring TO his personal life, his RECORD
and his own political views He stat
ed that he had the good fortune for
some six months TO be student at the
state university, but had been forced
to leave on account of adyersities and
had later worked his way through the
law school of Lebanon University,
That in those days the spoon that he
had in his mouth contained consider
able pewter rather than being of the
silver variety.
Goes After Tax Commission.
He went after Russell and the State
Tax Commission vigorously, and it was
very evident before he had discussed
this proposition long that he had his
audience with him. Frequent applause
met his arguments in this connection
He showed that the State tax commits.
CiNn VIZ nttArIu hArniH 80 nj
lecited the fact that the people of
Washington County had filed affidavits
with the Board OF Supervisors Of the
County that their property WAS assess.
ed at its actual value, and that the
Poard'ha SO found, and that when the
State Tax Commission attempted to
make the board of supervisors carry
out its order to raise the assessor :nts
in Washington county that the Board
Of Supervisors refused to DO so, and
the State Tax Commission went into
the courts with the matter, lost out and
withdrew their suit. That the people
Of every county in the State could have
done the same thing and defeated the
,aise their property where it was as
sessed too high. He advocated the
absolute adjustment of the state tax
commission and the saving to the peo-
pie Of the salaries andSeXpenses of the
useless adjuncts to the Governors Of
flee. which were without power to
function; went then into his own record
and cited the fact from the record that
he had introduced or been the author
Of practically every bill that Russell
had referred to and taken credit for
among them the agricultural high |
school bill, the anti.land corporation |
hill, and the drainage laws Of the State, |
and much of the other legislation that
had been enacted during the past four
years during the present administra- |
ton.
Recalls Land Bank BILL
He charged the present administra.
ton ably assisted by the Lieutenant
Governor, with defeating the Land
tank bill, for which he said that he,
Johnston, had made a fight in the Leg
islature, and that he had succeeded in
getting the bill passed by both houses,
when it was vetoed by the Governor
and sent back to the house for pass
tge over the Governors veto. That
that the Governor
appeared on the floor OF the
House, and debated the bill with him.
Johnston, that the bill passed the
House over the Governors veto and
only lacked one vote of passage in the |
senate. He stated that the principles /
md some of the main features of this :
ill had been adopted by the Federal /
Government in its farm land banks. t
Johnston went vigorously after the +
lieutenant Governor for his position c
N the age Of consent law in MISSISSIPPI
Vi, citing from the record the fact that v
lie, Johnston, had introduced a bill to 4
aise the age of consent in Mississippi 0
rom ten to fourteen years and charged il
he Lieutenant Governor with having c
oted against it. r
He said that Russell had charged s
III VAIN DCtJith lilN CslLNlddlC VI GLdIl u
'rewer, and defied him to prove it; n
hat the fact was we'll known that Gov
rnor Longino had appointed Earl n
rewer District Attorney when he was p
overnor, and that the record showed R
nat he had voted against the recon- h,
of Governor Brewer when Il
e was the Governor of the State as a,
item If not more often than he had fl
Oted for them That he had fought Al
" and written the anti-corporation ~
nd holding bill which the Governor, n
rewer, was opposed to, and threaten w
to veto, and that it had been en- #
ted into law IN spite of the opposi =,
on OF Governor Brewer thereto. He .c
ated in vigorous manner that Rus. q,
III was simply appealing to passion II
ID prejudice and proved conclusive. h
to his audience, as was evidenced -
: wild applause, that he had been in
in the passage Of this anti III
nd holding bill. thereby saving to the =,
rmcTs of the State hundreds Of acres p,
land which would have been gobbled .
, by CORPORATE ms. He charged that u
r. Russell knew these things OF ~;