The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-31
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM
THE STATE CAPITAL
BY r. r. Birdsall

There is a good deal OF speculation
among the members Of both houses
of the Mississippi legislature when an
| adjournment may be reached. The
| legislature has been here now nearly
| two months, and members are hoping
| that it will finish its work not later
than April 10. To do this, however,
they admit that they will have to
| speed up and exclude all extraneous
matters. The general belief now is
that instead of reducing the state tax
levy which is now mills, that it
may be necessary to increase it to
| 10 mills. Interest on the $5,00O,000
| of bonds voted by the legislature Of
1920 to be expended by the bonding
commission, must be taken care of
for the next two years, which will
necessitate an appropriation of a
quarter of a million dollars So far
no general revenue bill or general
appropriation bill has been passed
| by either house.
Representative Winter of Grenada,
has introduced a bill appropriating
| $500 TO provide a marker for the grave
of General Samuel Dale, Mississippi's
noted pioneer statesman and law
maker, with an appropriate inscrip-
ton 1t is stated that the only monu-
ment of honor ever erected out of
money voted out of the state treasury
OF Mississippi by a legislature, was
| that for James Lynch, a negro carpet
/ bag secretary of state. This is said
| TO have been for $1,000, and the monu-
ment to Lynch marks hts grave in
Greenwood cemetary at Jackson. Five
hundred dollars was voted by the legis-
Iature before the Civil War for mon
ument for Adam Rum, which is erect
] ed at F'ayette, Mississippi, but this
was a part of lot of money of Mr..
RUNS which has escheated TO the
state.
The senate disapproved the propo-
| sition of the house to put the state
revenue agent on a $4,000 salary
with 2 per cent commission. This
| amendment was voted in the general
salary bill when the house was cut
| ing and slashing that measure two
weeks ago, some Of the advocates Of
retaining the office of state revenue
J agent joining with others in cutting
| and slashing, seeming to regard the
whole matter as a joke Members of
| the house who are unalterably Oppos-
| ed to abolishing or Gripping the rev.
! enue agents office do not think that
! the house amendment will be voted
back in the bill, over the senate's
striking it out The general consen-
| e
/ should pass Gripping the state reve-
nue. agents office in any way, that the
| governor would veto the bill.
The senate amended the house sal
airy bill which cut the pay of all
state officials an employees as well
| as all judges, chancellOrs and district
J attorneys, from 10 to 20 per cent,
: and restored the salaries of each on
an average of 10 per cent below the
| salaries voted by the Legislature OF
! 1920 The house may concur in some
| of these amendments of the senate,
and refuse to concur in others, and
a conference committee of the houses
will doubtless result in an effort or
! efforts. to reach final agreements.
: The absence of talk about the race
! for governor at the state capital, is
! being commented upon as a little re-
| markable. since it looked for a while
as though the interest in the guberna-
| torial race. where a democratic nOmi-
! nee for that office is to be chosen, in
the primary of August 1928, would run
! concurrent with the senatorial pri-
mary which takes place next August.
The race for the Williams succession
| in the United States Senate has actu-
ally begun. Miss Kearney and Tcrlner
| Congressman Stephens are filling ap-
pointments and Senator Vardaman
authorizes the statement that he will
| begin a speaking campaign in a few
weeks.
Deep regret is expressed in Jackson
and throughout the state over the
critical illness of DR.. ]. r. Preston.
Mr.. Preston was for ten years the
well known superintendent of educa-
ton of Mississippi, having been chosen
to that position while superintendent
of the public schools of Water Valley.
There are only 4 members of the
house of representatives out of 140,
who were confederate soldiers. These
are Representatives Lee Mcmillan of
Carroll. w. H Griffin Of Amite, S. G.
Trammell of Kemper, and w. r. Den
ton of Lauderdale.
Lieutenenat Governor Homer Cast
eel. whose life was despa1red of for
some time, is strong enough to be
visitor to the capital city, put not able
to preside over the senate, at this
session.
According to reports the farmerS