Anyone know anything about/have a copy of the poem "Lile Legislature"? Source: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1911, page 88-89 Legislative Department, Twenty-eighth District, Montgomery County, Senator MICHEL HAMILTON SCREWS, Montgomery, ALa. member of the State Senate, 28th senatorial district, was born May 4, 1882 at Montgomery, Ala. and is the son of the late Capt. Benjamin Harrison and Emma (McNeil) Screws. His paternal grandparents were Benjamin and Mourning Jones (Drake) Screws, of Glenville and Clayton, Ala. and his maternal grandparents were Dr. Daniel S. and Elizabeth (Jeffries) McNeill, of Wetumka, Ala. On the paternal side his ancestors were Revolutionary stock from Nash county, North Carolina. Capt. Benjamin H. Screws was a native of Glenville, Barbour county, Ala. , but since the war has been a resident of Montgomery. During the War of Succession he served as captain and adjutant of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He was a newspaper man, lawyer, and magistrate in Montgomery. He served as private secretary to Gov. Patton, was secretary of the Constitutional Convention of 1876, and the author of "Lile Legislature", a satirical poem on the carpet bag government of Alabama. He served Montgomery county in the State Legislature from 1890 to 1901, and was State Senator at the time of his death, Feb 22, 1905. Major W. W. Screws, the long-time editor of The Montgomery Advertiser is the uncle of Senator Screws. Senator Screws was educated in the public schools of Montgomery, in the University School, and at the University of Alabama. He took the degree of LL.B. from the latter institution in 1900. He has practiced law in Montgomery since June 15, 1900 with the exception of a short time spent in Texas. He was recording secretary under Govs. Samford and Jelks, 1901-1907. He is a Democrat; and a member of Court Street Methodist Church. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias, Elks, Tribe of Ben Hur, Red Men and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. His wife is May Jennis, the daughter of Dr. Allan and May (Sherman) Jennis, of Port Arthur, Texas.