The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-06-02
A POLITICAL ECLIPSE.
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all come out of the ballot box just
like Mr.. Dulaney wants them.
That is common report. He is
behind Mr.. Henry's candidacy and
Mr., Dulaney has been feeding out
of the Golfers of the levee board to
the extent of about $1,000 per
year for nearly four years and
don't think has done any more
work than have done in that line.
The First National Bank made his
bond, and he presented them with
the levee deposit;the First'National
Bank paid $500 on the salary OF
the gentleman that represented
Dulaney, SO he has had sinecure
and the taxpayers of this district
dance to his tune to the extent OF
about $4,000, and he Is behind
Mr.. Henry's candidacy.
Mr.. Dulaney is the gentleman
that opposed the State of Missis'
sippi buying a farm-convict farm
land l see in the papers that by
buying this farm the State would
save about $4,000 per year, but
Mr.. Dulaney did not want this
farm bought because it would take
from him the convicts that he has
grown fat off of during the past
few years. He has the faculty of,
or good luck, of getting convicts
with seemingly little trouble when
other people with trouble could
not get them. Mr., Dulaney's
father-in-law l understand is or
this levee board; his brother-ln-law
is the engineer Of the board, and
believe gets $3, 900 year salary.
Mr.. Jayne is now President of the
board, and when out advocated q
reduction of salaries, but after he
got in the board doubled his salary
and now receives twice the salary
OF his predecessor. Mr.. Wat Sillers
of Bolivar county, the distinguish
ed attorney of the board, the man
whose services have been SO supe'
rior to those of his predecessors
that the board has increased his
salary from 81, 300 to 80, 400. They
are all, as l understand it, fol
Judge Henry. If l am mistaken
about any of these assertions
would like to know it.
Mr.. Jack Cutrer, the sweet
singer of Coahoma, the politlcal
boss of Coahoma, the President
of the upper Levee Board is be-
hind Mr.. Henry's candidacy. Now
my fellow citizens, if we secure
Governmental control of these
levees it means cutting off the the
official heads of these gentlemen
who are behind Mr.. Patrick Henrys
candidacy for Congress. | now
ask you as sensible, sane men do
you believe that the officials
of these boards believe that Pat
rick Henry would successfully
advocate governmental control of
the levees, that they would further
his candidacy!
II
Judge Henry feels a deeper in
terest In the taxpayers of this dis
trict than any man | have ever
known to offer Tor Congress, and
goes on to show how his patriot
ism, through his law partner, got
the appointment of a special Judge
in his place for Vicksburg, put
ting the State to an extra eX-
pense of ten dollars per day for
four weeks.
Now before he was made circuit
Judge at Vicksburg he served for
four years as district attorney.
Now he is offering for political
preferment. l say that the tax
payers of this district have got a
right to look into his record as
district attorney and upon that
record determine whether he Is
entitled to further promotion at
their hands. And now am going
to give you that record,
HIS ATTORNEYSHIP RECORD.
The record shows that during
the last four years that Patrick
Henry was district attorney in the
city of Vicksburg that only
3 1-4of the cases appearing
upon the criminal docket in War
rem county ever went to trial. 1t
shows that there were only twenty
nine convictions during that four
years; it shows that there was
ninety-two pleas of guilty enter
ed during the four years, and
that there was acquitted at trials
thirty-seven. The record shows
that over ninety per cent of the
cases appearing upon the criminal
docket in Warren county during
the last four years that Patrick
Henry served as district attorney |
in that district were nolle pressed |
and undlsposed of. In other words
that out of every hundred GRIM
inal cases appearing upon the
docket in the city of Vicksburg
for the past four years that over
ninety per per cent of them were
lolle pressed and undisposed OF,
he great majority getting off BY
he failure of the district attorney
% prosecute. | say that you
search the records of the district
attorneys throughout the State of