The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-12-23
Ais LrrrLE BELIEFS

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togial Eotk ye d nt vent our personal spleen against anT man. and our
eanig n tho discussion Of that gentiemans candidacy ior CHIEF executive
We a~eopposed 70 aeeuug Nr yadamaa governor because 70 do not
believe hs executive ability 70 bel that quality that would give 70 tho
because We believe him tba as rank a denagogue ia reality as he has
Because We recogaze and believe him to be the leader ana chief Of Ire
ter, IL any than governmental suicide for the people Is elect any man gov
ernor whose htetPank in his platform f either McLaaria Q at-Mc-
Because We believe that il McIaurns administration las been 4 faa-
Because we believe the time IS ripe for the people to set aside nero
clean men WHO win hold tbe states Interest paramount to everything ele.
and whose whole ambition VIII be to serve che people honestly and faith
we also believe taat Mississippi has men who are free from the fac
are u every way qualified 70 fl the office Or governor aud tat ; a duty
gn NM n sactIon ~ n i" $50 500 W. ro omesls Hon amont suea men.
clean man who is nee from the contamination that besmfcnes bob the
whom We believe the peopeshould select their onces and that man, i.
df politician G@aa2 T. Biloxi s@s oR Hsraid. 2 pom y h0lau'in ad Fa'aanan GAS
"McLaurins paper, the Biloxi Herald would Be- jut e charitable.
lust as accurate iustas true and equally as misleading IS the opening
clause Of the overhead ponderous production. Since tile hour Mt yafdaman
formally resigned the editorial sanctum tor the tented field, his conneetlop
Inc Commonwealth either a editor or publisher ceased, save the
rev communications from Cuba, not q lne-not a word-ednoua Of other
wise has he written 70. this Journal. Nor has he ever attempted, directly
or remotely, to dictate Or influence the policy Of the same we trust this
statement win be sufficient to prevent a repetition Of the same errors. It
certainly should bring great relief to the friends Of Major Vardaman to!be
assured by the editor ofour esteemed contemporary that hts personal feeling
for the Major IS aof tile very kndebl II his ayery kin5estn Hnd e4nrae
sion lr such endearng terms as frank demaogue'-whch differs in degree
and not in kind, from did hypocrte,-we ate constrained to query
what complexion his estimate would assume toward that unfortunate ina-
drop the ashes na vat or ylsHol Sd that not even i trace would
pc let 70 ten The tale Of the horrible exit Of this most unluekl@t on sup
poaatlous cusses.
In the next paragraph the esteemed Herald boldly declares avtn av
man for governor whose chief plank in his platform is McLaurn Or ana-
heLaarln," 70 also generously donates one OF these blanks to Major Yarda.
man, and obAgagy places him squarely In the middle thereof. Doubtless
the Major win render due thanks for his act Of voluntary kindness. mas
much as he " a gentleman of courteous instinct aud grateful mepory. "A
and selecting therefor hisown timber aThe man whose chief nlank IL Ms
platform is 1IcIaurn' would surely be in perpetual andimmlnent daaaer
OF immediate downfall His matfoFn taking fba rbfnf p1onbt n,-.e L