The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11
MI 60 b. cAzln.n

his bbblsshlha stsrsl that he
pfor,@s= h pay . byeftsy4W les NltL
: pubIls onee ~ taxing ssrs N
he family during ths var ssdi N
sf5sf 10 1odrs that is<us he On.
desyo's n sxeils political pretu.
dice sgaina mo-. d. not think
shat he has written Of me- ia<
much n d. With ihs question ~ 10
bis pfcpc-ed action about tho saf/
dis postoficc, but I accopt his
challenge and will ~ Into tho sido
issues be nov raises First. 10
revive, tho nnbbclI fund question
upon which ] whipped him 70 often
In tho last canvass. II 10 always
n pleasure 10 me N meet the Judge
on that question, az II gives ZOO o
good excuse for telling that for ri.
~ dollars ! hired him 10 watch, ~
my attorney, the ooun. in his
county and the value Of the Judges
services may DO estimated from
what he now writes. lilo says
"The truth Is Desoto county has
been Democratic by 900 for 10
years"
When tho stealing Of votes Is
unembarrassed by any ono to
watch the count, I believe that IL
about the size Of the majority usu-
ally counted, but in the celebrated
race after which the Judge was
my attorney, Mr.. Manning was
counted only 1873 majority. 1t IL
true that this was the result al
lowed before I employed the Judge
TO see that IL was not manipulated
to make up the usual 900 against
me, and how much influence the
Judge had in bringing about this
result, is q matter Of speculation.
He next charges that | had been
for 10 months less s days. Repub-
lican member Of Congress" but in
the canvass when he feared Be-
, publicans might vote for me. be
: said | was not and never had been
= Republican.
| have always said | was not q
) Republican and she people can
!. determine which OF these conflict.
o ing statements by the Judge Is the
truth. He next says that | truth.
= !; lessly used the appointing power
take pleasure in stating that
have never believed in the hypo.
critical cant about Civil Service
reform. | have always believed
that | could find among my polit
ical supporters, men just as com.
petcn. to 6ll the public offices a.
tue men opposed u me, and | al,
ways tried to have my political
: supporters put In Office; but ne
man eau point to any attempt
, of mine to pay q private debt with
q public ofRoe. Again be says
. "For among many others, no re
moved q 6rst .class man "a Demo
: craft at New Albany, and put il
his place an ignorant negro from
Holly Springs (who did not resid,
= in towu by about 10 miies.") Now
. in these few lines the Judge la
made four miscellaneous Of facts
Firs;, Ibid not,smovc Nj Stephens
he resigned. Second, Mr.. Stephen
T. was then supposed to be a 6ral
tclass Republican and never turne,
Democrat, until sometime after
wards. Third, Horny Cunningham
who was appointed in his plac,
! was not ian ignorant negro" bu
a pretty fairly educated man an
though a colored barber was almo,
white being the son Of a whit
man and q mulatto womal
Fourth, he was not q resident
Holly Springs, As miles distar
from New Albany whom sppointe,
but was and had been for sometiu
resident barber In New Albany
And there is just as little tfut
In the next statement, that | Ia,
been crying over the clicking u
Democrats gave me last fall
Scarcely q week passes that I {
not receive some additional info
nation as 10 the frauds practic,
against me, and only last week
received detailed statements oftf
frauds practiced nj Horulake M
j Ingram's Mill In Dcsoto count
and ! have more cause 10 rejoi,
7 than TO weep over the verdict
the people. rendered at the ballc
box. feel absolutely certain tn
l was fairly elected and that judi
Morgan was fraudulently count,
in over me. and n the Judge 70
on as he has begun, Thing II vi
no, be long before many who sto
my votes for him, will feel Ill
some who voted for him in Sard
and who have already express
themselves ~ very sorry they d