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

were not three changes made nv !.
hi m in the whole judiciary of the
state. When Gov. Stone subse-
quently succeeded Gov. Lowry the
number of changes made by him in
the appointment of judges and chan
cell0rs did not exceed the same
number.
When Gov. McI4aurin was induct-
ed into Office although many OF
these judges and chancellors ana In.
fact most of them had been on the.
bench for years, were endorsed for,
reappointment by the people, and
the bar, yet the governor reversed
this and only appointed about three
Of the judges and chancellors. The
petitions Of the people and of the
bar were disregarde1 and the con-
trolling factor in Gov. McIaurin's
appointments seems to have been
WAS the applicant a supporter of
miner or "Will this appointment
aid me in some future aspirations
for officer
1t made no difference whether the
applicant was a goldbug or not. II
he was supporter of Gov. McIaur-
in that was sufficient for him to ap-
point him. This was carried so far
that when Mr.. Adam Byrd resigned
the Office of district attorney and
was appointed to the vacancy Gre
ated by the death of Chancellor
Graham that he appointed as dis
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to the understanding of his neigh.
bors voted for Palmer and Buckner.
Take the last appointment made
by Gov. McLaurin. The Hon. w. P.
Cassidy Of the 9Th Judicial district
has served at least years upon the
bench and most accepta bly, as testifi.
ed to by the endorsements of the
bar and the petitions of the people.
He was endorsed by nine-tenths of
the lawyers in the district; by every
county official in the district; by
every political convention either
district or county, of the democratic
party which was held after the in
auguration of Gov. McLaurin, and
yet he not only disregarde1 these
petitions of the people, but strange
to say appointed an attorney of the
Y. and M. V. r. r. Co.
Take the facts PERTAINING to his
failure to reappoint Col w. HI. Sto-
vail of Coahoma as a member of the
upper Levee district. Col. Stovall
had been president of this district
since its formation and had 80 sue
cessfully administered the affairs of
the district that its levees were in
first class state. The district was
reducing its debt, every dollar of
money received by the Levee board
from taxation had been carefully
and scrupulously accounted for.
Col. Stovall was endorsed by 80 pei
cent Of the voters of the district and
of the property holders of the dis
trict and yet without reason and in
utter disregard of the wishes of the
people he deliberately refused to re.
appoint Col. Stovall-
Mark you, / am not making any
criticisms upon the fitness or capac.
ity of most of his appointees but the
gentlemen who were in Office and
who he refused to appoint were
equally capable and fitted for APP.
pointment and the people wanted
them, yet the governor would moi
give the people the officers that they
wanted.
ask you if any other reason car
be given.than that the governor in
utter disregard of the wishes of the
people desired to appoint his owr
personal friends or supporters and
that he was prompted rather by
this motive than through a regard
for the wishes of the people or the
fitness of the appointee.
THE GOVERNORS ATTACK ON
GOLD BUGS.
/ think you.will agree, ladies ant
gentlemen, with me that my address
to you SO far has been without any
allusion to my own personality be
cause l deem that that has nothins
to do with the issue now before thu
people, but will say that hau
never since cast a vote, voted any
other ticket than the straight demo
cratic ticket, nominated at the right
time, at the right place and in 40
cordance with the views of the le
gally recognized and constituted au
thority of the democratic party. ]
voted for Bryan and Sewall, nomt
mated by the democratic convention
at Chicago. I did this, although
believe that the doctrine of IL to J
is not sound financially, but the SCI
ence of public discipline is that th
individual voter shall yield his own
personal convictions to that OF tn
majority !of his party. l did thai
in 1896. / have never failed to az
it in the past and shall never fall u
do it in the future. But there seems
to be two classes of goldbugs in tne
governors estimation those wns
support him are good goldbugsi
those who venture to critlcise M
administration are bad goldbugs. u
a goldbug supports him he can VIC
late the constitution and appoln'
him to the Office; if a goldbug sup
ports him he can appoint him a
trustee of one of the institution
of the state, but any goldbug VINO
does not support him is to be cas-
into outer darkness.
Is this kind of goldbugism tns
burning question before the staM
of Mississippi todaya The peopN
of Mississippi bv an enormous ma.
jority have decided in favor OF .ls