The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-12-01

\ Governor-elect Henry l.. Whitfield
who will take the oath of office sue.
ceeding Governor Russell at high
noon on Tuesday. January %, 1924
and Lieutenant Governor Dennis Muir.
lphree, who will succeed Lieutenant
lGoverpor Casteel, taking the oath oil
loffice on the morning of Monday
January 21, were both recent visitors
Ito Jackson. Each of these estimable
gentlemen, who are to become soon
the first and second officers of the
state, are well known and popular in
the capital city, where they have
many friends and admirers, running
back for a number of years.
Governpr-elect Whitfield was state
superintendent of education and re.
sided In Jackson for several terms
| before he was chosen as president of
the Industrial Institute and College
afterwards known as the Woman's $
College at Columbus. Since that time
he has been frequent visitor to Jack.
son, and is as well known here to lead.
ing citizens as one of their own num-
ber Lieutenant Governor Murphree
was for twelve consecutive years a
member of the legislature from Cal
houn County, being known everywhere
throughout the broad confines of Mis-
sissippi as The Man from Calhoun. -
He is fine parliamentarian, as was
attested by the fact that he was three
times unanimously chosen by his col
leagues of the house of representa-
tives as speaker pro tenn. He has had
wonderful and varied legislative expe-
rience, being a member and chairman
Of very important committees of that
body, and bis familiarity with the con-
stitution and statutes of the state is
said to be full and accurate.
capitol and the hotel corridors that
the incoming governor and lieutenant
governor, both of whom are irrevo-
cably committed against the issuance
of bonds for current expenses and are
pledged by their campaign declara-
tons to do anything and everything
in their power to ameliorate the tax
burdens of the people. had an informal
1 conference while they were in the
city, and gave mutual assurance of CO
operation along all lines which will
make for retrenchment and reform.
1t is understood from those who
talked with the soon-to-be governor
and lieutenant governor, that they ap-
preclate the fact that this should be
business session of the legislature,
and that each will cooperate with
that body to that laudable end. Those
who talked with Governor-elect Whit
field said that he reiterated his cam
paign statement that he would ap
er the passage of revenue bills and
that he would not then approve any
appropriation bill which did not come
within the amount of revenue to be
raised by the revenue bills.
It is also stated that while the lieu
tenant governor has no voice in the
agrees with the governor about not
approving appropriation bills in ad
vance of revenue bills, and it is stated,
by those who have talked to- Lieuten-
ane Governo' Murphree, that he is as
sembling the senate committees, with
infinite care, putting the veal of the
state over his own or that of the am
btion of any other man. 1t seems
TO be generally agreed that the gov
ernor and lieutenant overnor may be
relied upon to do team work, and it
is believed that the legislature will
fully cooperate. with the min order to
bring the very best, most economical
and quickest results to their constt-
uents.