The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-02-11
AN OPEN LETTER.
HON. cHAS. SCOTT, OF BOLIVAR
RAKES THE GOVERNOR.
Timely, Terse ana Tart Reply BY the
Brilliant Delta Representative 70
Our Seif-EuIogized Governor. A Se-
we're and Caustic ,Arraignment.

In DIS recent SpeeCu III AcEIuid
the Governor of Mississippi, Ans
McLaufin, took occasion to al
tack the Hon. Charles Scott,
private citizen of the Delta cour
try, and in the face of decenc
and pure politics, as will be seen
this attack was the b0ldest ef
| frontery eyer perpetrated from
the stump. There is such a viz
tue as magnanimity and there ar
times, too, when patience cease
to be a virtue and that time ha
now brought out one of the mos
sensational papers so far injectes
into the campaign-the open let
ter by Mr.. Scott, replying to th
charges so absurdly made by tn
Governor. Below The Echo give
space to the highly interestin:
letter of Mr.. Scott's:
Governor A. ]. McLaurin. jackson, Miss:
Sir-You have seen fit in you,
wisdom to devote much of you
valuabletime to me and my person
al affairs in your recent attempt tt
answer the Murray Smith speech
/ supported you, Anse McLau
rim, for governor, so did thou
sands of other misguided anc
mistaken Mississippians. 1t was
not long before the scales fel
from my eyes. | soon discovered
that you had small regard for the
wishes or welfare of the demo.
cratic party. Your ever thought
and, purpose, deliberately planned
and premeditated before going in.
to the gubernatorial Office, was to
build up a McLaurin party, rather
than democratic party, through
out the state. This with a view
of capturing the United States
senatorship for yourself, aud dl
viding the less valuable offices
among other members of your
family and clan. About the same
time you discovered an interest
ing fact, viz: That | was not tt
be used by you for that or any
other purpose. There our way:
parted. They have divergec
wider and wider ever since.
have never regretted the breach
Indeed, as the rumors of an ugi.
scandal in connection with th'
state capitol started the publ,
ear, I rejoiced that our politica
friendship had been of the yer,
briefest duration. AS the sount
of your drunken orgies and quar-
antine quarrels outraged the de
cent sentimcn of the state, thi
feeling of qualification broadene(
and deepened. And when you
name, at home and abroad, be
came byword of ridicule-ever
of reproach-I blushed that Mis-
sissippi had such a governor, ant
that I, alas! had been blinc
enough to favor his nomination
and election.
Fourth. Now comes the un
kindest cut of all. Do you re
member the eulogy governor
You read it to the admiring audi
ence at Meridian with great sell
glorification and pardonabl'
pride. A charming idyl, truly, 1
glowing eulogy which you salt
was the product of my, poor pen
For months past your newspa
pers have produced and reprodu
ced this forbid and laudatory ar
tlcle ad nauseam. [ said nothing
They were ignorant OF its origi'
and were, therefore, not to blame
But Anse, when you had the bolt
effrontry to flaunt this article il
my face, patience ceases to be
virtue, and | now speak. Th
state, the while, will split its yer.
sides with laughter when | lef
the cat out of the bag and stat
that,
The eulogy on Anse was writer
by Anse.
A blind man can see that it
perfervid and fla.nboyant phrase
came straight from your heart
What did | know then or nov
about your astonishing the Unite
States senate by your wonderfu
achievement:
"One day npon the floor # tn
senate, .charnp npioning the ca Sc G
tariff reform, the next he cure
a township Of land for each of tn
colleges in the state; one day h
had the appropriation for th
government building at Merida
increased from $5O,000,00 to $50
100000, the next prevented th
grant of thea Northern Pacif
railroad company of 100000
acres of the finest mineral LAND
| in the northwest; one day he OF
posed the granting of 81, ,000,0 ,0G
to three WESTERN states, wit
which to experiment with Ru
sian thistles, and Ehe next he il
} troduced and served the passas
| of a bill restoring 80 the publ
domain vast amounk of land
! Mississippi
j The article, Anse, nAyou hs
stopped to think miuuteA is n,
in my style, and here agakn ye
! will be put to shame by a 6knp
statement of the facts. In 5:
IL was not the editor of the BoIfty,
lCounty Democrat. I did, hoNle
! Ier, control its policy. / was Z
J supporting, the good Lord .
give me, you, Anse Mel La !;
! for governor of Mississippi,
1 wrote you that the paper Wa
: YOUR service. Shortly thereaff1