The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-29
TELL IT ALL.

Vrirr John Allen is forcing
tnn Governor so many eN-
.-.r. concerning his official
.-.l rot be- amisS for his
r.nry 40 ask Of the Private
,r..rM.un of his connection
N. hamilton, Allen 4 Co..
.r.rfay lease. and how he
r.. to rct the bondsmen out
.M-tnrIs. leaving the state in IA
,.. d. tre tune of something near
UarIrcd thousand dollars. --
'u.a.lw Messenger.
n wa remember Alright Private
lain was one of the bondsmen
,I through some technicality
M.moI and admitted by the courts
\. Fnnl was declared not good
rr,br whole crew defeated the
r-na-r. for which the bond was
.r and the state lost about
SmauN. as stated by the Mes
.rrau GrccnyilIe Democrat.
,Inr one has said in substance
..t otclI q half truth is to per-
r- fact. and the above trenches
g-, closely upon the suggestion.
1t..a fair sample of the fair
as,, and honesty(0 that has
rnr .Imaetcrized the McLaurin
.rr.r- I'm dealing with matters
I'M. affect the administration and
e.8HaI fortunes of the governor. |
Ne submit that if the above trans
action bias left smirch across the |
uprmliun of Mr.. Allen, that the
a1,fmor's connection with the
g.rar j, more reprehensible, in
that 1t involves 4 cool, calm con-
dananant of "A crime against the
state and deliberate violation of
tfa constitution he has sworn to
-4.Dggt and honor. In bringing
-, ,nf. 71atter our contemporaries
.l,a INVOKED . spirit it will be
Mrd to exercise, but "a their line
0tp1icy is to play only on NE |
feeling and impulses of the peo-
p'ea, eNomplifed in the specious
plea of 'goldbug prosecution"
|H,t watch how they will dodge.
We have tried at other times to
have The GreenvilIe Times and
paper, of that iIk meet direct
issue with failure and we do not
hope TO succeed any better now
than then But here's to the mat
ter at stake; assuming the state
meul- hy our contemporary are
correct, did not the executive APP
00uGthis same Colonel Hamilton
t0a place of trust' Is he not now
holding by appointment of the
governor IAN office of profit"
while there stands against him as
one eot the principals to the credit
of lao state a judgment for this
.dauuW. defalcation that is refer
red 10 The constitution of the
state Section IS, says; ''No per
sons liable as principal for public
moneys uuaccounted for shall be ,
eligible to a seat in either house "
of the legislature or to any Office p
D.. profit or trust until he shall t
have accounted for and paid over a
lI sums for which he may have .
been liable" y
Here is the constitutional pro- .
vision, and its violation is mat
Zen 0t known record. If Mr.. Il
Allen, as one of the bondsmen, q
las committed crime in taking :.
.ayaatage Of legal technicality, Il
10 eyode the payment of this Il
money! Us the executive any less e.
worthy the ban of condemnation 4
n the dual act of honorlng the =,
principal Of that transaction and -
The aagrant disregard of a plain "
nd specific prohibition of the a
.a.o- constitution ! Mayhap o
bis /, another case where, like the NJ
,old5ugs who are good or bad as 4
hey are for or against the gov "
m"r the bondsmen's dereliction v
intensified by being anti-Mc- Ell
aariu and the principal is washed el
,mtr than snow by his advocacy Of
# this same official. This thing h,
t llcLaurinism US it has been ~
Implanted in Mississippi, is a a.
wonderful influence operating, t.
one is for or against it, to CT
IcansC from native or acquired r
ices. or forcing beyond the pale h,
f regeneration. Another beau
il is that il gives ablution 7
ul relieves Of all Accountability III
Jr SINS committed by its votar- th
Is and renders hopeless the con- hi
itou, of those condemning. Is ii;
NOT time for the great body OF =, ~
eopc to step and wonder as to u
.ucrc we are drifting Biloxi IN
'o.Iaw.
'ua NAEESNMLE LINES 10 your Il
.0- humble servant, It's pre- "
mpIuu, offered in all modesty, " "
tH8t It's esteemed uyoh-" -.
De above admirable reply to the d
Messenger, Democrat, and pa t,
Es of that ilk' was bearing it p
hud to the exclusion of other o