The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-13

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Aberdeen Examiner: Whatever may
be the facts in the penitentiary lnYes-
tigation, which has occupied the at
tention of the people and OF the Mis-,
sissippi Legislature for number oil
DAYS, we do not believe that Gov.
Lowry or Superintendent McQuiston
are criminally guilty of defrauding the
State out OF a single cent 10 IS not
our purpose TO malign the majority oil
that committee, nor TO cast slur upon
their personal honor. The personnel
of the committee, as our best iniorma-
ton shows, is as follows:
Mr.. Powell of Desoto, of the major.
ity, was appointed Circuit Judge OF
the fernando District, by the Hon.
John NJ. Stone, and was applicant for
reappOintment under Gov. Lowry, but
the executive was pleased to give that
commission TO the Hon. Mr., Roane.
II is fair to presume that Mr.. Powell
is opposed TO the present administra-
ton.
Senator Morris of Wayne county is
also said TO be opposed TO the present
administration, and appears from a
county in which the entire lndepend-
ent ticket was elected, II our informa-
ton is correct, and politically presum-
ably opposed 10 the existing orders OF
things.
Senator Boone OF Alcon and Prem
tiss counties is said TO have been OPP
posed 10 the denomination OF Gov.
Lowry. His friend, Mr.. G. + Stanley
of Corinth, was an applicant for the
position of chancellor of the First
District, but the commission was ten
deied TO and accepted by the Hon.
Baxter Mcfarland of Monroe, who,
by the way, has few if any superiors
on the bench.
Senator Casey Of Issaquena is n
graduate OF West Point and was an
| officer in the Federal army since the
| war, and his fortunes are now identl-
fed with those OF other property own
crs of this county. He is one OF the
members who made a minority re-
port.
Senator Binford OF the majority, a
member from one of the oldest fami-
| lies in Montgomery county. He is n
| Democrat but as 10 his views and
preference in regard 10 the present
administration we know nothing.
/ COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE by THE JACK
son "LEDGER."
II our friend of the Examiner did not
mean "to cast slur" upon the major
! itv of the committee, he was sadly
unfortunate IN his choice of language.
Had he not disclaimed such an in
tention, we should naturally have
thoulht that the purpose OF the state
ments above was TO question the mo-
tives of the majority and to impute TO
them malice and injustice, and to dis
credit their statements.
But what then is the purpose OF
these statements? Why in this con-
nection mention the fact that one was
disappointed applicant, and another
had a friend who was an applicant,
etc?
We have not entirely agreed with
the majority report, and we think that
Mr.. Scully must have made erroneous
estimates, but we believe those mem
bers were actuated by commendable
zeal and determination TO do their
duty. We believe they are bold and
fearless men, whom it is well for the
State TO have in her legislative halls
We indorse all he has said in com
mendation OF Senators Binford and
Casey, for we believe it TO be just
and we would be as slow as our con-
frere to believe the Superintendent or
the Governor "criminally guilty of de-
frauding the State out of single
cent" but we believe the members of
the majority are the peers of any Sem
ators we have.