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

Aooo W ocASuO tn18 0VpO1Mtu11Dt.
l charged In my speech ct leorid-
ian, that when the 00vornoe ap-
pointed Hon. Adam Byrd, District
Attorney for the 10th judicial Dr.
trict, he "willfuliy, knowingly and
deliberatsly'' violated section Is Of
the Constitution. Inow withdraw
that charge and apologies to him for
making it. In view OF al the facts
and accepting tho Governors expla-
nation as given by him In his Me-
ridian speech, am bound to con-
clude that he did IL in i9ncrance
and on account Of his absolute in
capacity to oonstrue . plain provis-
ion Of the Constitution.
TRAFFIC IN JUDGEsHPs.
charged in my former speech
that during the caucus for senator
in the session Of 1896 the air was
filed with rumors of deals ON the
part Of the Governor with refer
ence to the appointment Of Judges
and Chancsllors and promises were
made hero and there that il this
Senator or that Representative
would abandon their choice and
vote for Gov. McLaurin, that he
should be Judge or Chancellor. I
further, by way of making these
charges specific, said that during the
caucus for Senator in the session of
1896 that one Senator, whose name
/ would give il the statement was
CHALLENGED, said that he was told by
one Of the Governors brothers dur
ing this time. that If he would leave
the Money caucus and 60 to Nc
Laurin that he could have the man,
ing Of the Chancellor in the eth
Chancery district Of Mississippi. I
stated further that it was an open
secret that in the Money caucus,
one Senator stated that he had been
told by . brother of the Governor
that il he would leave the Money
caucus and go to Gov. McLaurin for
Senator that he could name the Cir
cult Judge in the 9th Circuit court
district Of Mississippi.
The Governor in his speech at
Meridian could make no other an
swer than this:-!sI consider this to
mean that / made the promises al
legged ID the sentence. / neither
made q promise of appointment in
consideration Of support for Senator
nor anything else, nor . deal of any
kind and if any one else ever made
such a deal or promise it was with
out my knowledge or connivance
and if / had known il I would have
unhesitatingly condemned it,.
The charge was specific that these
promises were made by brothers of
the Governor and the Governor will
have q hard time persuading the
people Of Mississippi in view of it's
history for the last seven or eight
years that these brothers were not
authorized by him to make these
promises. It has been the boast of
the Governor and his brothers, that
what one said was the voice of them
all, that they acted in concert and
that no brother ever made . pledge
that was not binding upon all the
others.
I might further say that shortly
after the nomination of the Gov
ernor there was published and cir
throughout the state of Mis-
a piece called 1.-The reign of
pull wires. "This piece foreshadowed
with singular accuracy nearly every
judicial appointment that has been
made by the Governor. and but re-
ueated what was current rumor
throughout the state that this man
or that was supporting the Govern
or in his aspirations and would be
Judge when he should
come into his Kingdom. It may be
true that it is simply a coincidence
that in every case these rumors were
found to be true and eliminated in
the fact of the appointment but il
true, it is q singular coincidence.
Further along the Governor says
in his speech at Meridian: "A Gov
ernor who would prostitute the high
Office of the state would be guilty
of the lowest depth" It is possible,
as said before, that these rumors,
SO widely prevalent of anti nominal
ton promises of Judgeships and
Chancellorships in consideration Of
support ripened into full fruition
after nomination and election were
nero condolences, If so the Govern
or has not .'prostituted the high
Office of state. If it is not a mere
coincidence, then the Governor to-
use his own language has "prosti-
tuted the high Office of state and is
guilty of the lowest depths"
THE GOVERNORS PLAN FOR
CURING A DEFICIT.
The Governor prior to the session
of 1897 devised wonderful plan
by which mere change in tho sys-
tenn of bookkeeping and Of transfer
ring funds from one account to an
other in the Office of the Treasurer
would change . deficit of St - rev.
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