Okolona messenger., 1902-08-06

Showers, with reference to the Jack
son transactions, and say the ones
were lawful and the others were un-
| lawful.
Did the governor ever intend to al
low Rainford or Showers either to re-
main ia office? No; not Il he could
bluff then out. And be did do this,
for every letter Showers wrote was
a retreat. He never made a stand. If
he had stood up, he would have been
in office yet. Since my resignation
would have satisfied G. A. Wilson (my
Office and salary of $3.50 per month
was really the thing he wanted), why
should the governor desire to be rid
Of Showers and Rainford since he 0ri-
ginated the idea Of putting the money
out himself? Thereby hangs another
long tail, but I will make il short And
this discloses other motives of the
governor. At the time this treasury
matter came up, the governor was
rather short on political following
His grand-stan6 plays had not been
so we'll studied then. His unfortunate
characterizing of Confederate senti-
ment as Confederate rot" and the
to lay the cornerstone Of the new cap
ital on the birthday of President Dav-
is, had been criticised generally
throughout the State. These are some
of the things that made the political
situation gloomy for him. Neither of
the Jackson newspapers, and none of
the principal newspaper correspond
ents, except his brother in law, e. S.
Wilson, were at that time his avOWed
supporters and friends. Neither of US
three who had gone out OF office or
position in consequence Of the treas
ury trouble (RainfOrd having been al
80 a newspaper correspondent was a
political friend of the governor at
that time. There are those Zone at
least) who have the governors ear
who are said to be longer headed even
than the governor himself. There is
an abundance of proof showing that
the governor is politically ambitious,
that he recognized more than q year
ago that his forces were weak and his
prospects were bad, also that he and
his close advisers have wrought won
ders along lines which they have been
working. Since that time every Polit-
ical enemy mentioned above has been
replaced with q friend, and every
lukewarm or Indifferent influence
mentioned above with possible ex-
ception) has been nodded into an ally.
1t is said in Jackson that every news
paper in Jackson, either by its owner
or an attache, and every prominent
press correspondent in Jackson with
the exception referred to abOve), or
- a.
drawing a salary or compensation by
and through the influence or appoint
ment of either the governor or his
brother-in law, Edgar s. Wilson.
This Is the cabal, or part Of It; and
with their allies they will no doubt
shape aad control politics and political
patronage In Mississippi for some time
time to come. None of them are my
personal enemies, and, as already stat
ed, they have not taken hold of my
actual prosecution with any expecta-
tion or determination to convict.
Perhaps I should not interfere with
their business, except that my de-
dense requires me to do so. ! do not
treat them as enemies personally, but
only as tentacles to Longino, reaching
for my ruin. And when theiv exist
ance as a combination is made possi-
BILE only by my destruction and the
destruction Of my friends; when they
deliberately fail to publish the part of
the testimony on the trial favorable to
me, while claiming to publish It ell,
thereby misleading the people and
press Of the State as TO the proof;
when they argue the States side only
in their editorials and reports, leave
false impressions as to the issue be-
fore the Jury, and give opinions on
the law which no respectable lawyer
would father; when they purposely
refrain from commenting on the pa {
initial and prominent-which the
governor, and others in their midst,
took in loaning the treasury funds;
when they (the Evening News) will
fully and falsely state that "lheTe is
strong evidence to prove that he
(Rush) Matched the scheme" when
the proof and fact is positive to the
contrary; when they color every item
OF news about the treasury to my