The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1899-04-01
A SEVERE ARRAIGNMESr
OF The Memphis Commercial Appeal

Duplicity and time-serving arro-
gapce gre vices which cannot be over.
looked III those who assume under
false pretences to be organs of public
thought. These vices are made con-
spicuous only, when disguised under
the semblance of virtue they are 90
truded upon public attention, and Il
double-faced policy is adopted 10 fur
ther the sinister interest OF selfish
and ins!ncere marplots. The Memphis
Commercial-Appeal is postgraduate
In the school Of double-dealing and dis
stimulation. 1t has 10 fixed or honest
views In Its relations to the grave
questions which agitate the public
mind, but In its erratic course it tries
to shift with varying winds and cur.
rents, and to veer its sails with popular
breezes. Most of the stock of the com
pany which owns the journal is repre-
sented by gold bugs, yet it pretends to
favor the free silver element. It does
not give an honest expression to its
views, through fear Of losing the bulk
Of its Mississippi circulation, which
doubtless represents the greater num-
her Of its readers. 1t therefore blows
both hot and cold. 1t advocates ex-
psnsion with the ardor Of q Mckinley
neophyte, Notwithstanding the fact
that from s. to 80 per cent Of its read
ers are against territorial aggrandize-
ment over stretch of ocean covering
several thousand miles. 1t never fails
to vilify all. particularly Democrats
who venture to differ from the con-
clusi0ns it assumes to have reached.
Moreover, it is generally conceded that
monopolies are sheltered under its
wing, and that it is generally enlisted
against the people on all issues in
which their interests are involved.
Furthermore, that paper seeks the
opportunity of controlling Mississippi
politics, and in this endeavor distorts
facts and perverts truth. The belief
of many ia that the Commercial Appeal
is really more reliable gold bug Re-
publican sheet than Il Democratic
paper. In this connection we publish
scathing article written by Mr.. M.
A. McKinnon and published in the last
issue of the Senatobia Democrat as
follows:
disappointed politicians and their hench-
men, newspapers OF gold bug proclivties, led
by the COmmercial-Appealo Of Memphishave
inaugurated a campaign against the cleo
tiOn OF McLaurin to the United States Senate
that for vindictiveness and brute ferOcity
has no parallel In the history Of the State.
Just why the old line Democrat should al
low the Comme ercial-Appeal. democratic
"only for the stuff" a paper discredited. de-
nOunced and repudiated at home and by
every genuine democrat in the State OF
Tennessee, to influence him in making up his
mind cannot see; but they do. Candidates
in Memphis flee from the support OF this
paper as from a scOurge knowing its support
is more fatal than the Asatic cholera or the
Bubonic plague. Five years ago it support
ed Wilkins for Mayor Of Memphis and the
people rose up on their dew claws" and
elected Clapp by a rousius majority. One
year ago it snapped sides and advocated
Clapp for reelection to the Mayors Office
and the people took up Williams and old
Pap liadden and scarcely left greasy spot
of Clapp 1t supported Josiah Patterson for
Congress against its eX-cditOr, Ed. Carmack,
and the people elected Carnack with great
unanimity and one year ago he was re-elcct-
ed by an almost unanimous vote. 1t sup
ported Turley for the seat in the Senate
made vacant by the death of lshan G. ttar-
ris and came sonear running his chances that
it took all the immense strength and popu-
larity OF Bob Taylor to save him. 1t de-
nounced Benton McMillin every day for 365
days, ut the end of which time the Democrats
OF Tennessee took him up and as my friend
Jim Casey would say, nominated him by
"agamotion" for their governor. lfthe pco-
pie OF Memphis where it is published, and OF
Tennessee, where it is presumed that 1t finds
it's greatest circulation, pay SO little atten-
tion to its teachings. why should our people
listen to it at all except to do as they do
find out what the COmmercial-Appeal wants
and then do exactly the opposite. But
enough Of this old political street walker"