Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

be small and made up by private
purse, to which | was ready to con.
tribute. Afterwards it was supposed
that the U. S Senate would pay the
expenses and they we're made greater
between two and three hundred dol.
ars, l believe. When the senate re-
fused to pay them | was asked to pay
them out of the contingent fund. Up
on investigation [ believe l could
arbitrarily do it, but that could not
lawfully do it.
L offered to contribute ten dollars
and If necessary twenty five dollars, of
my own money. But the contingent
fund was for public, not private pur-
poses, and as great a jurist and states
man as L regarded Senator George, |
do not believe had any more lawful
right to pay his funeral expenses out
of that fund than to pay the humblest
honest mans in the state. | would
Willingly have paid the entire bill out
of my own purse, but every dellar L
had when inaugurated, together with
my salary was gone and l was not
financially able.
The men who originated this cry are
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memory. They maigned him in his
lifetime, as they do me now. But
they thought they could make it do
duty to excite prejudice.
1t would extend this address too
long to answer all the misstatements of
Mr.. smith. Let these suffice.
In reference to the methods and
men, who incubated the scheme" to
defeat me. On the night of therst Fl
of this month, three days after Mr..
Smiths speech, caucus was held in
the club room in Vicksburg betwe an
Mr.. Smith, Mr.. e. N. Thomas, of
Greenville, and others, to work up a
scheme to defeat me and Mr.. Thomas
stated afterwards, that night, that
they had schemes matured that
would defeat mo. | state this on in
formation entirely reliable.
No, fellow citizens of Mississippi,
never gave out any interview in Wash
ington last summer. In my room
with number of gentlemen, and one of
them newspaper correspondent, who
wrote after | left and sent that which
purported to be an interview. Anothe r
correspondent showed a copy of it to
me as | was getting on the cars, and
told him it was unauthorized and
asked him to stop it.
THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES
HIS CANDIDACY.
/ have not desired to be candidate
for, the senate. If had received as a
Democratic administration the loyal
support of those who claim to be
Democrats | don't think | would have
been a candidate. But with the de.
nunciation and abuse OF those who
claim to be Democrats there is but
one way open for me to pursue.
| announce to you that | am can
didate for United States senator for
the term beginning March 4th. 1901,
and L ask that state Democratic
primary election be ordered for this
Office, and that the man receiving the
majority of the votes be the nominee
of the party for election. In my last
regular message | advocated the mem
oraliZing of congress for an amendment
allowing the election of United States
senator by the people. AS the consti-
tuition is now, the only way the people
can have direct vote for their choice
for senator is by a primary election.
1t is the fairest way. 1t gives no
chance for bosses and schemers, but
every man is allowed to vote for his
choice. l am willing to risk the peo
pie. My accusers have put me on trial
and | am entitled to jury composed
OF the entire Democratic party. No
man ought to object to this fair mode
of election. | served for little more
than a year in the United States SEN
ate. If I served you efficiently and
you feel that your interest and the in
terest of the country will be as safe
with me as any other, l most respect
fully solicit you to elect me to a full
term in the United States senate.