Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

There IS nothing of which to is
ashamed IN the personnel of tn
board, and yet for appointing them L
received the ill will of Mr.. Chas.
Scott, who, Mr.. Smith said never told
an untruth in his life. | therefore beg
to read an extract from the pen OF
Mr.. Scott, in June, 1895, in the Boil
var Democrat. 1t speaks OF me, but L
hope [ will not incur the charge of i'm
modesty for reading it. Listen;
CHAS. SCOTT QUOTED.
"The subject of this sketch is with
out doubt the best known and most
universally admired gentleman IN the
state of Mississippi. He is man OF
keen perception, shrewd Judgment,
bright intellect and penetrating obser-
walton. AS a lawyer, he STANDS near
the head Of his class in the state, as
man he is loved and esteemed by the
people of Mississippi with the excep-
ton of few chronic Office seekers,
who harass him with jealous hatred,
because in their shriveled mind is
cherished the idea that were he out OF
the way they would secure some
Office" 4 X "As senator he
stands unrivalled and at the head of
the list of representatives, from the
various states, in the halls of congress.
When appointed to fill the unexpired
term of Gen. Walthall, he was COM
paratively unknown outside OF the
boundaries of his own state, but wh,n
his term expired last March his name
was familiar to the reading public
from ocean to ocean, and IRON the
great lakes to the gulf. In the history
OF the American congress no other
man ever gained such widespread
popularity, or been accorded such
merited recognition, while serving MS
initial term in that grest assembly OF
brainy and learned men.
Mississippi is proud of her junior
senator. His loyal mind scared far
above local or political prejudice.
One day upon the floor of the senate
championing the cause of tariff re-
form, the next he secured a township
of land for each of the colleges IN
this state one day he had the appro-
priation for the government building
at Meridian increased from 500, OOO to
$780, 900, the next prevented the grant
of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany of $4,000, 900 acres of the finest
mineral lands in the northwest; one
day he opposed the granting Of mil
lion dollars to three Western states
with which to experiment with Rus
sian thissles, and the next he in
troduced and secured the passage of
bill restoring to the public domain a
vast amount of land in Mississippi.
THE DECREASE IN VALUES.
Mr.. Smith says values have de-
creased during my administration and
cities Figures furnished" him by
careful painstaking and capable
gentleman who he does not uame.
/ have not examined the records TO see
whether his Figures furnished'' are
correct or not. One thing is true,
however, values have decreased. And
they will continue to decrease as long
as silver is demonetized, and one half
the money of the world destroyed.
argued that all over the State in 1895,
and predicted the fall in values. Mr..
Bryan, Senators George, Walthall.
Money Jones, Morgan and hest of
"r~at thinkers predicted 1T IN
md pleaded to save sill
lction, to prevent this
Jul. pIlii5l "a -, -,
the party s platform and nominees, and
even now he mocks at the calamities
he confessedly sees which are being
wrought by the characterization of sill
yer. Mr.. Smith and Ex-Governor
Lowry, or the 'painstaking" figurer
furnisher, who ever he was, will fail
to convince any thinking man that
the fall in values is attributed to my
occupancy of the Office of governor.
More lands are improved and houses
built; there are more horses and
mules; and larger crops are produced
now than when Gov. Lowry was gov
ernor. But lands do not make as
many dollars from four and five cent
cotton as they do from ten and twelve
cents cotton. II half the money of the
country is destroyed prices of cotton
and labor must fall one half. 1t is the
grasping greed of Lombard street and
Wall street who wants to destroy all
the money except what they them
selves have that has ruined values.
Mr.. Smith selected as the representa-
tive of the opposition to open the
campaign, says that taxes are 615
mills now and that is an evidence OF
maladministration of the governors
Office
The legislature makes appropriations
and levies taxes to meet them with
the governors approval, the governor
having the veto power, which can bs
overruled by two-thirds vote. think
the present legislature has been Geo.
nomical in it's appropriations, and ii
has not levied greater taxes than neces-
sary to meet them. I vetoed few ap-
preparation bills, and was sustained
in every instance. Indeed, neither
house to which l have sent veto mes.
sage ever passed it over my veto, and
this is a record refutatory OF Mr..
Smiths baseless assertion that there
was an open rupture between me and
the legislature. But if anything was
wrong in the appropriations Mr.. Smith
has been state senator during the
entire time have been governor, and
he ought to have called attention OF
the senate to any reckless or extrava-
CANT appropriation. II he ever OPP
posed by voice or vote any appropri-
alton while he was in the senate II
nveer got out on him.
Mr.. Smiths attack upon the admin
istration of the revenues is direct
attack upon the legislature OF which
he was member, and l will here give
a plain statement of facts which will