Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-06-22
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and tbeir retinue Of =retalners stood together for their common greed, and the public service was not con sidered ia the distribution of public office and the emolumeuts thereof. Then the Press Eagle, which has been MeCoy's personal organ for the last four years, notwithstanding it bitterly opposed Mccoy during the straight ticket" campaign but has since been bought over by patron age, was Mr. Alexauder's outspoken supporter.
 It is also to be remembered that the Graphic in that city campaign supported Mayor Bell and pointed out just before the election that ". B. Alexander was the candidate of Boss Triplett and the Light t Water Co.,, aided and abetted by Boss Mccoy and his garg.
 But there is quite difference between then and nova change wrought in less than a year Then the two bosses, united by the cohe- sive power of selfish interest and public pIunder, were billing and cooing together in the beatitudes of blissfaI peace. Since then, how ever, their interests have separated ia the division of offices and Boss Mccoy and Boss Triplett are now at each others throats, if the Press. Eagle to be believed. It is a quarrel over the spoiIs,6 and is the usual result of bossism. Now the Press Eagle, the organ of force and fraud and dishonest election meth ods,-the whilom supporter of May or Alexander, and Bosses Trip lett and MeCoy-eannot, seemingly, find language foo severe =in which to exeoriate the two first named. What change. my eountrymeR z AS long as Boss Triplett stood with Boss Mccoy our weekly contemporary was quite content to let Boss TripIett asa the Light < Water Go. force them mayor, by fair means or foul, upon the tax payers of the city
 Two years ago when these two bosses united forces to stifa the voice Of the people as expressed at the polls, rob Edgar Brewster of bis well earned nomination and dl- vide the spells of office between them, the Press Eagle was the er- thusiastie supporter of the two bosses tn all of their work
 The Press Eagle is quite willing that wall flower mayor should be foist6d upon the people when the aforesaid wall flower happens to be on its side Of tue political fence With our contemporary it is largely a case Of whose OK Is being gored Boss Triplett is all right 50 long as be helps "Bossn Mccoy to install himself into an office for which be was not nominated by the votes of the people and which was secured { bv partisan "skulldugeery, put Boss Triplett is ali wrong when ever be opposes the purposes of the Press Eagles pet, Boss Mccoy iG any of his ambitions for political plunderng.
 At all events, the present politi cal mudde in Jefferson county has brought to public attention the dis reputable methods, evils and ras- cality of bossism, and tt also denon- strates how quickly politicians held together by selfish ties can embroH a community in dIssension and dis cord by their q4arfels It is the direct result of the robbery perpe- trated t~o years ago.
 With either Mccoy or fripIett es- tabiished as the boss ot our pc litleal affairs may God save Jefer. son county. With either fa control we should have dictatorship es- abolished as tyrannical and ntolier abe as any that ever ruled over ancient Rome.