The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-23
Political BOsslsm.

Col. Green Clay has just conducted
to a successful issue heated contest
for the State Senate from the Mexico |
(Mo.l District. Enough votes are in-
structed for him to ensure his nominS-
ton; and thus the wrong through
which he was defeated two years since
is righted. The following from the
Mexico Intelligeneer and the Kansas
City Times reveal the cause of the Bit
terness of this contest The eulogiums
upon Col. Clay we heartily echo:
The Intclligeneer says:
Letters have.been written from this
place to Senator Vest stating that Col.
CLAY was an enemy of the Senator and
opposed to his reelection. A list Of
names was also furnished Senator Vest
of parties who could be turned against
Colonel Clay through his influence.
Relying on the good faith of parties
who wrote him Senator Vest has writ
ten a large number of letters to the
voters of this county, stating that he
has been informed that Col. Clay IS
opposed to him and asking them 10
vote against Clay. These are the tao
tics that are being resorted to to defeat
a man whose position on every public
| question is as open as the noon-day
sun. We have never seen in any can
vass a more disreputable, more out
rageous peryersion of the truth; a
more bare-faeed resort to deliberated
I falsehood than is characterizing the
conduct of nest of political mounte-
banks in this town. 1t is yet two
weeks until the primary, and before
that time the dirty methods that ar,
being resorted to in this canvass vii
{ be laid bare to the people.
D The Kansas City Times says:
4, On the other hand, Colonel Greel
Clay, the opponent of the gentlemal
referred to above, is one of the ables
q men in the State. He has large agrl
: cultural interests in the county which h
seeks to represent. He served sewers
!. terms in the Mississippi Legislature, an
Z. was for along time member OF IL
u Mississippi Board of Levee Commi
r sioncrs, He was also Secretary of l.
e CATION during the period when I'll
;. Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay was Minister
:. Russia. lie is strong as speakt
~ stropg as y debater, large-hearte
lie open-handed, generous, cosmopoita
10 broad in his views, cultivated, u Dem
4 crat of Democrats, anu n man WI
~ would-through the sheer force
~ intellect and individuality--becon,e
tower of strength in the Legislature
k the State.
or What then is the objection to Color
- Green Clay? The objection, did y
w say? Look at his neck. Is there .
ng collar there2 . Is there any collar th'
we with label on it2 Proud man, as
is. Brave man, as he is. True Der
,he crat, as he Is, he has simply refused
pledge himself to vote for the II
'er George G. Vest to the United Sta
rg- Senate. For this he is prescribed.
at this letters are written from ma'
iro at Washington City declaring u '
.., delta, For this his vastly infel
o'n ' opponent-seeking to bull the elect
the market with his galiy capariso
yer Vest collar-bright like a sunbeam
ate FURNISHED like a buckler, is to be Iii
nm over one who declares that the d
u" of State Senator is a place Of pu
rss trust, and that he will not prostitu'
oon by putting on any particular III
,In ,Io livery, nor by putting into any m
~ hands the key to to his conscience
his actions.