The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-03
CLEAN MEN NEEDED

CLEAN MEN NEEDED
II our law makers be not men Of vir
tue, of integrity, Of dignity of charac
TER, of intellect, and Inspired by mobility
Of purposes what can We hope Tor the
repnblicf II the scource be impure The
whole stream will be contaminated II
IL foolish to expect the bad 10 produce
the good. You cannot gather roses
from iimson weeds, nor can you extrnci
~ the perfume Of the lilly from com
non %dogfennel Nor ia intellectually
all that Is necessary to tit II man for
public station. He may be endowed
/ with the wisdom aud learning of n
Bacon and yet be absolutely incompc.
tent to perform properly the functions
Of an Office. The career Of Lord Bacon
''the wisest aad meHncs Of men Is .
ctse IN points. He knew how his work
should be done but he had not The moral
ballast which Is SlNu gHi HOjt His dis
y ,nesty -immorality wrought his ruin
lnisnsed the power Of his place, he
rostiiuted the functions OF his office to
oil his pockets with filthy lucrc, aud ~
= 4 result, he disgraced himself, BETRAYED
and plundercd hiscountry and Swallowed
The nation with shame In all the his
tory Of this country there WAS never as
great n demand or more pressing uccrs
stty tur pure, upright, learned, and
patriotic men in office as there is to day
There are 80 many unworthy men oc
cupyinS exalted official stations, mcn
whose lives aud regulations are 50 black
and fnll of iniqnity that compared with
with, n tin horn gambler or u CHEAP
prostitute would stand ont Respondent
with write AN object OF iuctlaNte nd
Miration and love, The cnthroncmrnt
" smell men il menace to the pence.
.~l'psperiss and pcrpetuality of the re-
public. What il the country coming
toy Are the people mad Herr in onr
own beloved state the people are con
fronted with \ most serious case in
points, In the last issue of the todl.
rHtel oatr'er there APP cared an editorial
charging Senator ". Y. Sullivan with
q crime more hideons IN its hIackncSs
and more sickening in its cruel rpnso
Quences than he'll itself Is it trpr
MI Informed that Senator Sullivan XII. 8
II IL not, Win simple denial Il, him
sufnce | think not. II it he false
then 1t will be but httle trouble for him
~ deihonstrate 1t by human testimony
HI rnn get the testimony of the ON
woman u whom the wrong IL said ,p
have e & done He can secure the
eeesiMQpy of her muthpr m fact il
easy to stamp out The lie. iii be-
s%&eAgVo say that this man took the
2 him Nthe Senator for his own
20 not answer the charge. TO
Ssce the statement as a falsrhonl
iii the editor who lraGurrd his
ok SEi,cter, will not wipe ont the Stain
kR1Ch this charge puts upon the char
lc1ef of Senator Sullivan. The vbolr
hing j. susceptible of proof. aud Sem
|e Sullivan owes it to himself the r.o
: whom he would represent IN the
fS)on's council. and to truth, To refntc
Veharge. hope 1t is not true. A..
4 often said, | have no personal
toward Mr. sullivan. wonla
|f11 s<tpng him knowingly. but | shonla
111 1oins my duty 10 myself and ia
DMMntry We're | to remain silent
y man. whom | bell We totally
'7 I thc place is asking for the sul
the people to put him in the
I1iBsd Office within their gift.
.8ionnt. the editor OF ths CnHrar,
nee6 Mr.. Sullivan proof II that
slsct Sullivan and damn
III time to come. Let the
5e1oped, let the facts be told.
9d npou the guilty, yet the
1II1 IL and they have a