The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15

Specifically and Positively De-
a mics ihc Charges Of she
Okefoua Messenger.

Okefona Messenger.
A correspondent of the Appeal in
terviewed the Hon. TT. II. Money at
Washington a few days ago as TO
the charges made and reiterated by
the Oko.ona Messenger. What Mr..
Money says SO clearly disproving
these charges, every reader of the
Appeal will readily believe. As we
said when We published them to
bring them more closely to his altep-
ton and give him the opportunity he
has awaited himself of TO deny and
disprove them, there is no purer or
more thoroughly upright man in
Congress, nor one less likely TO come
within the reach of suspicion. Mr..
Money has just completed his fourth
term in the House-eight years of
storm and strugglc--during which
he has been among the foremost and
most useful members. He has been
a conspicuous figure among the rep
resentatives of the republic, and has
always been regarded as man Of
influence by reason of his untainted
reputation, his readiness in deoate
his Industry as n committeeman and
his resources as parlIamentarian.
As a member of the Postoffice Com
mittec he is regarded as q very encv-
clopedia OF facts as to the depart
mcnt-pcrhaps the most useful in
the whose affairs il
supcryiscs and controls. To him is
largely due the Star route investiga-
ton, which has resulted in an ccono-
mic management Of postal affair.",
securing for the first time in the his
tory Of the country revenue great
er than the expenditures and weed
ing out the thieving contractors who
were tapping the treasury every year.
Mr.. Money is an honest, eaynesu
worker a member Of Congress of
whom Mississippi may be proud
Memphis Appeal
THE INTERVIEW.
WASHINGTON, February 23.-You
correspondent called this morning
on the Hon II. ID. Money, Of Mssis-
sippi, and handed him q copy Of the
Appeal Of the 18th inst, contain ing
the following extracts:
Senator George, of Mississippi,
seems TO think that the gDverum NJ
has done enough for the ennobled rail
way SPECTATORS. 1t has given Hun
tington and his associates an area oil
land equal to that of three such States
as Mississippi, and yet these job
bers would have more and retain that
forfeited by bankrupt or defnnct rail
ways they have bought. The gov
ernment has added $50,000,0O0 il
ten years to Huntington's private
fortune, and each Of his partners, il
like manner, has been made a CrU5u:
to lord it over California and tn,
West. A Mississippi newspape
asks the name of the Congressman
who, worth only $40, 900, borrowed
$4,000 from Huntington and voteC
steadily for every concession demand
ed by the railway aatocrats,-Amert
eau Register.
REPRESENTATIVES, MONEY SAID To BE TIL
| NAN
Commenting on this the Okolonl
Messenger says: The above woult
imply that the money was borrowed
and afterward the voting was done
as q sort Of compensation. We know
Of case which is very similar, The
| figures being exactly the same. On
II D. Money, who says he is not wortl
more than $4,000, did vote for Hun
| tington's Southern Pacific railroad
scheme; did create q monopoly in
stead OF aiding competition; die
thereby contribute largely toward in
creasing the private fortune of thu
railroad magnate from 100000 t.
$50,000000, and did borrow in Apr
last $50, 600 from Huntington, giving
deed of trust upon property which
is assessed at an amount far below
the sum borrowed. This is history.
Having read them in the editoria
comments Of the Appeal, your CORES
pondent asked Col. Money what h,
had to say upon the subject. Col
Money evinced very little interest il
the matter, and remarked but fo
the invitation Of the Appeal, which
had always been friendly to him, h,
would not notice it Mt all. He stated
that he had made all the explanatio,
which the case demanded during hit
canvass for the nomination which
explanation was satisfactory to his
constituents, as shown by their hav
ing renominated and elected HIM.
But" said your correspondent
"the Appeal copied these paragraphs
and by so doing has given them :
circulation not otherwise attainablt
and did so to enable you, through tn,
columns of the Appeal, to vindicat'
Yourself and let the truth be know
Very we'll" said Col. Money, 9TH,
facts are that two friends of mine
Messrs Wesson and Persons
we're the owners of very large trac
OF valuable pine timber land in Lin
coin county, Miss; on this they hat
valuable sawmill, but they had NJ
way of shipping their lumber excep