The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-09-08
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WNpuHa' \ 4 tide Of dlspaagement and nnfayoabIo comment
that from every quarter flows upon the present state administration, and
we feel at times that It would be relief to 70 far away where 1t could not
be heard Of again. A veritable Comedy Of Errors" the administration Of
the present executive has but little in itto commend and applaud, and for
the good name Of the state one would wish the thing we're at an end and let
1t pass into ObsCurly and oblivion. But having tasted Of the sweets Of Of
flee and power his excelency would perpetuate further. his hold upon the
public pap By his election to the national senate, Unpleasant as it may be,
ii Is none the less the duty Of those pperswho hold the welfare Of the state
high above all else, to fight the Octopus McLaurtnism to the last ditch,
The governor and his adherents are Rboring hard to make 1t. appear that
the opposition to him is che offspring OF personal hate and further instgated
by the gndbug desire to break down the influence OF the free silver senti-
ment in this state, making Of the executive the chief High Priest Of the
cause and Of every criticism OF his attacks upon the principles Of free silver
That The governor has personal enemies in the state is not to be questioned
such Is the fate Of every public man-butto charge the antagonisms that
have been created against the administration OF affairs In this state for the
past two years TO personal dislike to the executive is exatlng the personat-
" az the gentleman far higher than it is entitled to be, and in making the
intelligence Of the state a hotbed Of hypocrisy and meannes marks the very
suggestion one Of rank absurdlty. Indeed, one Of the strongest indictments
that stands against the administration Of Gov. McLauFin is the desire mani
tested IN every Official act to make Of the government Of this great state a
personal affair, whose chief end is to gorlfy, magnify and advance the ind-
vldual political aspirations Of the executive It's the exemphfcatiou Of
this in every appointment, IN every state paper, and the action Of upon
every public question, that has brought down upon him the maedlctou OF
The best people ohthe state. The opposition IS due alone to the admins,
tration itself and 70 the many questionable acts that have characterized
IL and the unbroken chain Of reckless Indifference to every impulse and mo-
tive power that sayored not Of personal ambition and selfish benefit Al.
READY the cry OF persecution is being made to ring around the circle, but,
Strive as they mas, the record is written, and the administration must stand
per Sc, and Of Hs own doing, atanue and a disappointment, It is sig
niGcant fact that needs no establishment that the opposition to the adj
minstatlon has grown with It's progress aud has not lessened upon its
wane. In these columns appeared last week an open letter from an honored
gentleman Of this city showing the methods governing his excelency In max
ling appointments as influential as that Of justice OF the peace. For quite
two years the vacancy had existed, and il discussed certainly nothing was
done 10 I'm n until, in July last a petition was circulated uereand signed by
Iqute number asking The governor TO honor q good citizen Of this city.
None can deny the petition was a representative one, nor was thele a counter
petition, but the governor hauuts defiance Ia the face Of the petitioners,
and, at the suggestion Of his great schemn Of te coast, to whom, We I'm.
dertake to Say, the matter was referred, appointed one to the vacancy
away from an reasonable accessibility 81 those having business IN tht court.
IL ISL not necessary to uncover 70 The intelligent render the politics Of the
move whereby two adherents are bid for, the one the justice whose business
would hays been curtaled Il the appointment had been from here, and the
other, the gentleman across Back bay who was honored. We are told Of a
lsimlar circumstance which occurred, nc we mistake not In Benton county
where the entire voting population o. town sent upa petition that certain
men b. appointed % The municipal offices aud the executive sent the petit
ton TO some adhercnt in the back country to know whether Or not he should
make the appointments These are some Of the things that are makine
this Administration oduus Now, as to the charge that the great surge Of
condemnation that sweeps over the state Is due TO godbug onsaughts upon
the popular sentiment u this state. free and unlimited coinage 81 silver, 1t
rs bcled by every fact connected With the matter The efforts to make
McLanrin the great center and expoReHt 81 free silver sentiment in this
state Is az seuseless as Hlsa peverdoa OF Justice There are not few men
In this state who ongnk him. both Is % priority and Intelligent advocacy
lof ths great principle, and who when McLaurln was not known beyond The
confines IL the afpe staten OF Rankin, were battling for the cause Truly
he may bo said that the hardest blow that the cause q free silver has RS
tccIyedi ia this state has been the McLanrln administration. Posing as The
great exemplar Of free silver every mstake-and they are leglon-0f the eE
8ecutive ischarged 70 the cause, and bis administration has been fruitful 10
Mnishlng its enemies many weapons d attark. The cry % personal anil
imca3es and persecution and goldbag enmnF viii not go-the admlnistu-
luon m@t stand or fail its own meHt-Bloxi Review.