The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-06-18
A 0RECIAN HORSE.

= is doing, Unquestionably this i
, the first and greatest consideration
3 and the public endorsement of Mr.
Catchings' candidacy Throughout
the district is a proof that its PEG
pie are fully alive to its impor
lance.
While this reason alone is sufli
cient to make Mr.. Catchings' re
turn imperatiyely necessary, there
exists an equally strong reason
why the gentleman selected by Il
few politicians of the district to
succeed him should not receive the
endorsement of the people Of this
or any other Mississippi district.
This reason is plainly and simply
because of the fact that Mr.. Henry
and his hackers represent the sd
ministration of Governor a, !,
McLaurin, his family and adhsr-
ents, Even to those who honestly
supported Mr.. McLaurin and sin
cerely believed in his fitness to fill
the high place to which he has
been raised, his conduct of the
office has been an experience more
humiliating and injurious to the
State than any other undergone by
it since the days of Ames and the
reconstruction period. The record
is one of such unworthiness and
incompetency that Mississippian
must needs hesitate before commit !
ting the history Of his own States
shame to paper. Either tortu-
nately or otherwise, the facts are
too well known to make the NOR
tifying duty of itemizing them |
necessary;-fortunateIy, in that
the people of the State have been
able to publicly ayow their con
domination, and place the disgrace
of the administration where it be-
longs, upon the heads of the
and his followers, in
stead of on the people of the State
Of Mississippi. The assertion 8
confidently made that al
known TO be no man,
.o,n,- creature Of the I'd
.ati5n, could receive the
support of the people in any dis
triot Of the State-not even in that
including Smith and Simpson coun-
ties, home and City of Roiuga
OF the McLaurin clan.
The candidacy of Mr.. Henry be-
came homeless indeed when it be-
came apparent that he had been
selected as a person likely to lend
popularity and strength to the
cause Of AlcLaurinism, and relieve
80 OF some Of the odium winch IS
has 50 justly formulated. Mr..
Henry is young and talented
man; one whose record in the past
has been. honorable, and whose
personality is engaging. 1t is a
pity, indeed, that he should have
been sacrificed in such a cause,
and his future married by an eXpe-
rience from which he may never
recover. 1t is an additional Of
Tense, and a great one, that Mr..
McLaurin's friends should have
attempted, through the subterfuge
of congressional election, to fast
en- their influence on the Delta, and
to foist upon the people as their ma
tional representative, one who
would bear the brand Of the most
and personal admins
5ration this State has ever known.
The personal friends of Mr.. Henry
we're many-those who esteemed
aim for his reputation were more,
They were loath to believe that he
lad been entrapped into the snare
If McLaurinism until the unani-
nous voice of the Governors or
yans, and the equally unanimous
Expression or even more significant |
ilence Of others proclaimed it. |
The fact could no longer be ques- |
Toned when brother of the Gov |
rnor arose before the meeting of |
he Democratic Executive Com
littee in Greenville, and bursting
through all rules of courtesy and
sage, in vehement and intemper-
te terms made plain the determi-
alton Of his faction to elect Mr.. !
Ienry over all obstacles or popu-
II preferences.
The conquest of the rich and
rosperous Delta has been mighty
to the McLaurins since
lie commencement of their reign !
{ rapacity. For three years we
ave been engaged in a desperate
fort, not only to save our prop
ty from destruction by She river, =;