The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-05

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~ Gov. McIAurin l1ow Tat r..
0ord0nso character oa6 nuocity
was vouched for not only u e.
Jno. B. Gordon, but By VARIES q,
tinGuiahed citizens Of Texas, inclu6s
ing Gov. Culbsrson recently e1ectod
q. 8. senator from that state, vt -
thought It necessary to spend o1oo
from TIE executive fund to send 3
special messenger TO Texns to -
vostisnte certain mythical charges
against Mr.. Gordon and his capao.
ify ~ an architect but the result
of that invesigation has nsvw ben
made known.
In the governors speech at HAaIe-
hurst, reported in . paper known
and certainly commonly understood
to be his own organ, he uses this Ian
guage:
II vetoed the bill and incurred
the denunciation Of those who were
moro concerned for an opportunity
to vent their spleen than fhsy weEo
about q state house, - well ~ tt
Legislature criticism Of . great
many good citizens who were desir-
Gus Of the building Of . state house,
but did not know the merits Of the
bill. It is now admitted by every
impartial citizen who has invesd
rated the matter that by The veto !
saved the state from the perpetSa-
ton Of . Job and N outrage upon
it."
The governor, when I quoted this
extract from his Hazlehprst speech
in my speech At Meridian sayp that
/ "endeavored to prejudice the
members Of the Legislature BY dig-
torting what I said at HazlehursA
/ never intimated that the Legisla-
ture was putting up . job On The
state. ] have never uttered word
ok rejection upon the Legislature.
So far as the record now stands
upon this, whatever was done to-
wards the adoption of tho 0ordou
plan was the act of the Legislaturs.
II IL had not been for the governors
veto the Gordon plan would have
been adopted. The capitol building
would have BEEN possibly completed
by this time according to that plan,
or certainly largely under way
therefore if . job was attempted to
b psrpetrated who were the per-
petrators Of this attempted jobl
Manifestly the members Of the Leg
lsature and this charge or aseer ton
of the governors, notwithstanding
his denial is q deliberate reflection
made by the chief executive Of the
state upon every member of the
Legislature who voted for the Cor
don plan. It il possible that in the
heat of public speaking that the
governor unadvisedly might have
used such language, but this y not
the case In the Hazlehurst speech.
This speech was published n the
Jackson Bulletin; was no doubt nv
en- to the publisher Of that paper b.
fore delivery and was not steno-
graphically reported, therefore II b
. cold, deliberate assertion on the
part Of the Governor that the Legis-
lature attempted to perpetrate job
upon the people.
By way 1T carrying out this de-
Sign on the part of the Legislature
to perpetrate . job, that body pro-
ceeded to elect ex-Gov. Stone, ex-
Senator Dean and your own distin-
guished fellow citizen Col. Van
Young. ! ask Of you fellow citizens
if any job could have been perpe-
trated upon the people Of MISSISSIPPI
pi with the assent or oonnivance Of
any such commission The fact
that such q commission was elected
imbued every man In tho state of
Mississippi with absolute confidence
in the honesty and integrity Of the
Legislature and with the further be-
lief that tins honest intention of tho
Legislature would b faithfully and
to the letter carried out BY this conn.,
mission.
Istated IN my M9idian speech
that the advertisement of the Capt.
toll Commission Of Nay Il, 1896,
had been gotten up By ono Of the
architects who competed for the
plan and that according to the nm
derstanding Of this architect moth
ing but preliminary drawings and
specifications would b expected at
such competition. Several Of the
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