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6 Months Up, Neither at Tryst
Bilbo, Lieutenant-Governor Under
Indictment on Graft Charge, May
Still Be Able to Preside Over the
Senate and Block Appointments.
JACKSON. MISS., Dee. 27—Gov
ernor Ear! Brewer Is writing his
i ennial message, to be submitted to
• , Legislature, January 6, under
ma n> difficulties, and the document
promises to be rather brief.
Owing to the fact that practically
* I of his time during the past two
weeks has been consumed with the
Hobbs-Bilbo bribery trial at Vicks
burg the Governor has been able to
g 1 v<■* but little attention to his mes-
Mge. and thus far he has not even
read the biennial reports from the
various departments of State govern
ment.
In regard to the recommendations
hr will make to the lawmaking body,
Governor Brewer is maintaining ab
solute silence. It is expected. how-.
*ver. that his suggestions will be few
in number and very much to the
point.
That the Legislative session is go
ing to be the most notable held in
Mississippi in many years, fraught
with much bitterness and partisan
spirit, is conceded on all sides. In
other words, it is going to be a regu
lar monkey-and-parrot time, the con
clusion of which no man can forecast
with any degree of certainty.
Factional Lines Shattered.
The old factional lines so plainly
marked at the session two years ago
have been wiped out in many places,
chiefly , due to Governor Brewer's
anti-graft crusade, and the work of
rhe Legislative investigating commit
tee.
Politicians of prominence and In
fluence who were sworn friends but
two short years ago are now bitter
enemies.
T > what extent factional politics
and bitter personalities are going to
• ; Mire the general trend of legisla-
- is the all-important, question. In
quarters the belief prevails that
litical leaders are going to be kept
so busy fighting each other that very
time will be left for the more
■ ’ious work of legislation.
The big question, of course, is what
he State Senate intends to do Con
or ting Lieutenant Governor Bilbo
• State Senator G. A. Hobbs, un-
det indictment at Vicksburg for
■ Vi -taking, tlie trial of Hobbs being
now n progress.
Neither of these men is disquali
fied under the Constitution and can
not be unless they are convicted,
l ieutenant Governor Bilbo, unless he
is placed on trial before the opening
of the Legislative session, will un
doubtedly preside over the Senate
proceedings. Heretofore he ha? had
a strong following in the body, has
practically dominated its proceedings,
and it remains to be seen whether he
has suffered any loss of prestige
smong its members.
Message to Hit Graft.
Governor Brewer’? biennial mes
sage is going to deal .strongly with
the Rilbo-Hobbs indictment, and all
other grafting charges developed by
him during the past few months. Just
how the Senate is going to receive
this criticism is an Interesting sub
ject of comment.
The prosecution at Vicksburg is
bending every possible energy this
week to get the Hobbs case disposed
«*f and Lieutenant Governor Bilbo
placed on trial before December 31.
Should this endeavor be success
ful Bilbo can not preside over the
Senate session until he has answered
’he bribery indictment. Tf the case
m once called it is certain that the
prosecution will force him to trial,
and, being in the custody of the War-
>°n County Sheriff, he could hardly
desert the trial and journey to Jack-
w,, n for the Legislative session.
On the other hand, if the trial of
Senator Hobbs* should result in a
mistrial or acquittal,, there Is some
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deavor to go immediately into the
Bilbo case
Awkward for Hobbs.
Senator Hobbs, however, will be in
an awkward attitude before the Leg
islature, regardless of what may be
the outcome of his trial. There will
be a goodly number of members
firmly convinced that he is guilty, no
ma ter what the jury finding may be,
and this will naturally cripple the
prestige and influence he ha? hith
erto held in the body as one of Lieu-
tenat Governor Bilbo's most intimate
friends and trusted lieutenant?.
Legislators from South Mississippi,
as usual, are coming cocked and
primed to renew their fight for a
constitutional convention. They offer
many reasons why Mississippi’s or
ganic law -should be revised, among
them being the inequality of Legis
lative representation, poor assessment
system, and inefficient method of dis
tributing the common school fund.
Even the advocates of woman’? suf
frage are to be enlisted in the cam
paign. and they may play a conspicu
ous part in the fight, as their forces
will be under the leadership of Miss
Belle Kearney, who has shown much
political astuteness—In work of this
character.
Marks Campaign Opening.
Simultaneous with the convening
of the Legislature, the next guberna
torial campaign may be considered as
formally opened, and this is going to
inject a great deal of politics into
the session.
Aside from Lieutenant Bilbo, who
has been an avowed aspirant for Gov
ernor Brewer's seat for more than a
year, it is practically certain that H.
M. Quin. Speaker of the House, will
be an aspirant, and it is equally cer
tain that he is going to command a 1
large following among the members
of that body. This means much fac
tional politics being played across the
corridors.
Another prominent occupant of the
Statehouse who is charged with hav
ing a covetous eye on the Governor
ship is Professor J. N. Powers, State
Superintendent of Education, and it
is whispered that “Farmer” H. E.
Blakeslee, of the Department of Ag
riculture. would not be averse to
moving his office around the corner
to the Executive apartments.
There are other candidates, active
and prospective, scattered over the
State who will figure prominently in
the Legislative session, getting their
•forces organized for the fray.
May Fight Appointments.
Right at the outset there will be
an interesting complication developed
anent the judicial appointment made
by Governor Brewer, whic' will be
presented to the Senate for confirma
tion. If Lieutenant Governor Bilbo
is tl>ere to preside, it is generally be
lieved that he will oppose all con
firmations, basing his opposition not
on his personal hostility toward the
Governor, of course, but upon the
ground that Governor Brewer vetoed
the bill providing for an elective ju
diciary system, and thus defeated
“the will of the people.” All appoint
ments made by the Governor up to
the special session held last June
were confirmed by the Senate, but
quite a number have been made since
that time.
Elective judiciary sentiment is not
especially strong among the voters.
However, there are a large number
of influential members in both houses
who sincerely believe in an elective
judiciary system, and it is expected
that they are going to join hands at
the approaching session with the ad
vocates of a constitutional conven
tion, in order to have their wishes
carried out.
Another new proposition to be sub
mitted will be a bill providing that
members of levee boards shall be
elected by the people of the various
districts, instead of appointed by the
Governor. This will provoke a lively
fight.
Probers to Report.
A very large amount of attention
will, of course, be commanded by the
report of the joint Legislative Inves
tigating committee, composed of Sen
ators Anderson, Owen and Ellis and
Representatives Bramlette and Evans,
which has been hard at work for the
last six months, probing the various
State offices and institutions.
In addition to demanding a more
equitable Legislative apportionment
and better taxing laws, South Missis
sippi is coming up to Jackson this
year with a spirited fight on oyster
legislation.
The State Oyster Commission in Its
biennial report recommends the leas
ing of oyster beds, and this will he
bitterly opposed by ovstermen. who
have perfected an organization to
wage a fight on the ground that the
plan of the commission would place
all the oyster reefs in the hands of
large corporations and deprive them
of a livelihood.
Many recommendations of vital im
portance for the simplification of the
code of judicial procedure will be
submitted by the Association of
judges.
There will be human interest meas
ures galore, of course, among them
being Senator Walker's bill provid
ing for eugenic marriages, copies of
which have been sent to all the mem
bers for their perusal.
Vanderlip to Found
California Colony
LOS ANGELES. CAL . Her. 27.—After
having made a complete survey of the
Palo Verde ranch. Frank A. Vandetlip.
president «*f the National Pity Bank
of New York, who purchased the U.-
000-aere tract in October for $1,750,000
will confer with associates in regard io
improvements.
Mr vanderlip has suggested the sub
dividing of the property into villa sites,
with the idea of having some of the
wealthy men In the United States es
tablish a winter colony there.
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Mrs. .John Van
Alstyne, who
left her hus
band saying:
“Love will
work out the
problem. If at
the end of six
months, I keep
the tryst, love
will compel me
to do so.” Col
orado Springs,
whore they
spent their
honeymoon two
years ago, was
to he the
trysting place.
Neither hus
band nor wife
kept the tryst.
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Unusual Agreement to Disagree Likely To Be
Permanent, Developments Show.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Dec. 27.—
Neither John Van Alstyne. a St. Jo
seph (Mo.) capitalist, nor his young
wife kept their tryst here to-day. and
it is believed their unique six months’
trial divorce failed to heal their love
wounds. Half a year’s separation was
to decide whether a permanent di
vorce would be sought or whether,
after all. their love was enduring
and they would take up the marital
state anew. On this date, according
to the agreement of the novel divorce,
they were to be reunited here or
make the arrangements for final di
vorce proceedings.
There is some speculation as to
whether the inference should be that
the six months’ period of separation
has proved intolerable and the
wealthy young man and his wife have
thrown the agreement to the winds
and had a reunion. The general be
lief is, however, that the trial di
vorce will be permanent.
This city was made the trysting
place, because two years ago it was
where the young couple came on their
honeymoon after their marriage in
Missouri.
The agreement permitted both to
travel where they wished, to go for
social pleasures and even flirtation,
and required Van Alstyne to send his
wife a monthly check which, how
ever. was to contain no message of
any kind. And she, on the other
hand, agreed not to write to him.
Love alone was to bring them back
to each other here to-d»y if love
withstood the time of separation.
Just before her departure to Venice
after the trial divorce agreement was
made, Mrs. Van Alstyne said:
“John was good to me, but we just
couldn’t get along together. Neither
wanted a divorce, however, so we
decided on the six months’ trial. Love
will work out the problem. If at the
end of six months I keep the trysr,
only love will impel me to do so.”
IEV IAX Li
ILL AID STATE
If Properly Tried, the Governor
Declares, It Will Solve Geor
gia’s Financial Difficulties
New Year Sees Civil
Service in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Dec. 27.—On Wednes
day night next the present police
commission will die automatically and
Thursday morning Augusta policemen
will be under the civil service. It is
understood that there will be a meet
ing of the civil service board Thurs
day night, January 1, 1914, when the
board will organize and officially take
over the police and fire departments
of the city.
George W. Wright, chairman of the
fire committee of City Council, whose
term expires on January 1, will be
named chairman of the new civil
service board.
The civil service commission was
created by an act of the last Legisla
ture and its members are elected for
five years.
Denver Millionaire
Turns Into Author
Organ Grinder and
Monkey Ride in Auto
PATERSON. N. J., Dec. 27—Vin
cenzo Carmano, of No. 28 Elm street,
an organ grinder, who has tramped
the roads and streets of North Jersey
with his organ and monkey for years,
rode in a $6,000 limousine this after
noon and evening, and had his organ
and his monkey in the machine with
him. The mac hie belongs to Mrs. E
T. White, of Ridgewood, who is one
of the committee in charge of the
Christmas celebration there.
Last year Carmano, his organ and
his monkey were highly enjoyed fea
tures of the oelebration. This year
there was unanimous cemand that he
come again. When Mrs. White came
to engage him she found him averse.
He said that last year, when he of
fered himself and outfit for transpor
tation on the railroad, the train crew
would not allow him on board. Rather
organ on his back and the monkey on
his shoulder and tramped the long
miles to Ridgewood. He did not
propose to repeat the experience, so
he had the automobile ride back and
forth.
Governor Slaton expressed himself
Saturday as entirely optimistic with
regard to the finances of the State next
year, and is looking forward to New
Yera’s Day with particular pleasure,
as it is upon that date that the new
tax equalization law goes into effect.
The Governor believes that this
law, if proparly triad pot, not only
will solve all of Georgia's financial
difficulties of the present, but will
make a repetition of past untoward
conditions impossible.
“The various county commission
ers are electing local board* of equal
izers. and if these boards are made
up of the very best citizens to be
found in the counties, the success of
the law is assured." said the Gov
ernor. “There is nothing lacking
now. but the right sort of local
boards—everything else had been
done to make the new r law work
smoothly and equitably.
Pensions Still Vex.
“Of course, we shall be confronted
this winter with the annual question
of how best to distribute the pen
sion and common school money, but
1 hope this is the last time that vex
ing thing shall have to be reckoned
with. We shall do the best we can
this year, in justice to all parties, as
has been done in the past in adjust
ing this situation.
"There are over seven hundred new
pensioners this year, and there has
been no provision made to take care
of them. We shall have to decide
whether to let them wait, or to take
a litie bit from each pensioner now
on the rolls and make up the deficit.
It will take about $50,000 not appro
priated to handle the new pensioners
—and they can only be paid now by
taking something from each of the
pensioners at present admitted. That
would seem rather a hard thing to do,
so it may be that the new ones will
have to wait a little while.
“In seeking to suggest to the ad
ministration how best to distribute
the common school and the pension
funds, it should be remembered that
it takes more than 90 per cent of the
State’s total ad valorem taxes to pay
these two items.
“That statement will astonish many
people, no doubt, but it is a fact.
And many a Governor has bad it to
keep him awake at nights, while he
tried to imagine some new way of
distributing it to make it fit the situ
ation. Somebody has to wait for his
pay and as more than 90 per cent of
the somebodies concerned come front|
one of tw’o classes, it is not difficult
io see where the waiters must come
from.
- Law Promises Relief.
“One of the great benefits 1 expect
to come of the new tax equalization
law is that it will enable the pres
ent and future Governors to take
care of the common school teachers
and the old soldiers promptly, and
with no delay in either direction,
believe that within a year or two we
shall have wiped out all we are be
hind. will be able to let up on bor-
rowing money for any cause, and
that we shall still have a lower tax
rate than we now enjoy.
“As I said before, the new tax law
goes into effect next Thursday. With
the right sort of local boards, and
I understand those county commis
sioners that so far have acted have,
in the main, selected mighty good
men for these jobs, the new law will
prove to be the grandest and most
helpful legislation effected in Georgia
in years—indeed, since the war!”
Kappa Alphas Will
Convene in Memphis
Daily Newspaper and Initiation To |
Be Features at Sessions of
College Fraternity.
MEMPHIS. Dec 27 —The twenty-
seventh biennial convention of the
Kappa Alpha fraternity will be held
here Monday. Tuesday and Wednes
day next under the auspices of the
Memphis Alumni Chapter, which is
one of the largest and most represen
tative graduate bodies in the frater
nity, numbering more than 100 mem
bers, representing 22 active chapters.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the occasion in the way of
social entertainment A special fea
ture of the convention will be a daily
paper and a model initiation.
The Kappa Alpha fraternity was
established at Washington and Lee at
the close of the Civil War and has
restricted its activities to Southern
institutions, excepting Leland Stan
ford and the University of California.
The Atlanta Alumni Chapter, which
is the largest in the fraternity, will
have a good delegation, headed by
William Miller and George and Dixon
McCarty. The Tech chapter will be
represented by J. M. Reifanider, R. B
Donwody and R. D. Smith.
Women Will Start
A Farming Colony
EDMONTON, ALBERTA. Dec 27-
Henry Howes, of Buahby F’ark. Bristol,
England, who Is organizing the Wom
en’s Co-operative Farming Society. Ltd.,
will establish a co-operative farming
colony within 50 miles of the city.
Glris and women from England. Ire
land and Scotland will be located on the
land and care for milch cows, poultry
and pet stock and produce gardens.
CUIS TREE TO
operation on Murphey declare that
several shot entered the brain, but lu
has a chance to live. He has been
perfectly conscious ever since the ac
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Weapon Left With Companion
Discharged and‘Several Shot
Enters Brain—May Recover.
AUGUSTA. Dec. 27.—A very pecu
liar accident occurred on Christmas
Day to John Murphey, a farmer liv
ing near Augusta. Murphey, with two
men companions, was out hunting
and came upon a tree, which had a
nest, apparently the nest of a squir
rel. in one of the forks of the
branches. Murphey’s companions sug
gested that they shoot inlo the nest,
as there might he a squirrel In it.
“No, 1 am going to climb the tree,"
said Murphey, "and if there is a
squirrel in the nest I shall run it out
for von hoy? to shoot, and if there
should happen to be an o’possum in
it I want to catch It alive.”
Handing his gun to one of his fel
low huntsmen, Murphey climbed the
tree. When he got up about fifteen
feet a squirrel ran out of the nest.
The man to whom he handed the
weapon did not know how to handle u
hammerless gun. However, Just be
fore he got his gun pointed at the
squirrel the load was discharged,
striking Murphey in the hack of fli /
head. He fell to the ground with an
ugly wound and was rushed to the
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DENVER. Dec. 27.—Surprise lies in
wait for the readers of “The Soul of
Paris,” a collection of essays by Verner
Z I teed, oil magnate and banker, whose
name is a power in financial and social
circles in this country and Europe.
All sound the same keynote. Reed,
so closely associated with the world of
systems, formulas and mathematical
computation, appears as a mystic aes
thete and sentimentalist.
In the tirst place, the reader discov
ers that cities have souls, and that the
nicest “urban-soul” in the whole wide
world is Paris.
‘Spoonville’ Off Map;
Now Galled Edgemont
OROVILLE. Dec °7.—The people of
Spoonville, In Lassen County, are at
last to be relieved of a name against
which they have been objecting for
years.
The joshing to w’hich they have been
subjected on account of their address
has led to various attempts to Induce
the Postofrice Department to change
the name of the postoffi'c
A letter from the First Assistant
Postmaster General states that here
after Spoonville* is to he known as
Edgemont
LINCOLN CLOCK FOR S2.60
COLi MB US. LND.. Der. 27 At a sale
of- the personal property of the late
Samuel M. Fitch, former County Audi
tor. his son bought a Seth Thomas
clock, owned by Abraham Lincoln for
$2.60.
Misses Love’s Lips;
Nose Injures His Eye
KANSAS CITY, MO, Dec. 27.—Inno
cent, big and bashful is Charles Lend,
of Bethel. Kans.
With his sweetheart. Miss Lillian
Sectain, ne was in the shadow of a
large tree when he seized her In his
arms to place a kiss, the first he had
ever given in 27 years.*
Handicapped by intense embarrass
ment, his lips missed those of his sweet
heart, but his eye struck the end of her
nose in the darkness, ripping open part
of the lid and badly scratching the eye
ball. He will not lose his sight.
Elope on One Horse;
Ride 50 Miles; Jailed
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.. Dec. 27.—
J. R. Cowan and Miss Lillie Dear-
man who had eloped from Bunch,
Okla . and made the 50-mile trip on
one horse, were arrested at Fayette
ville, Ark., and jailed when they ap
plied for a license.
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