The leader., 1903-08-26

5Iglound that you were really ;
Noe, man, but had joined The Var
daman club at jackson for another
and ulterior purpose which yor
explained, and that you were, al
that time, in Lincoln county in
i the interest Of the candidacy oil
Gov. Longino. Knowing that
Gov. Longino was your personal
friend, and had, in various ways
[shown his friendship, / set it dowr
as commendable thing in You t.
reciprocate in this way his kind
ness while you were on visit tt
| your old friends in Lincoln, and
thought no more of it. You vii
also, perhaps, remember that dur.
ing the same visit to my Office yor
| volunteered to denounce in very
severe terms the conduct of Mr..
] Chrisman since he was elected
State Senator, saying among other
things that he was constantly
Idrunk while in jackson in attend.
ance on the Legislature and was a
disgrace to Lincoln county; fact
you had been calling your friends
attention to here in Lincoln dur
ling your visit and saying that it
was nothing less than what you
| prophesied Of him before his cleo
tion four wears apo.
Now, if you told me the truth
about Mr.. Chrisman, with what
sort of consistency do you write to
him condemning the.use Of whisky
by Critz and his friends, and how
much faith do you expect me to
have in what you say about the
candidates for Governor?
] think it very likely that the
friends Of both Critz and Varda-
man are drinking a good deal of
whisky in certain places. Maj.
Vardaman, himself, has been
known, while in saloon towns,
during his campaign, to invite
large crowds into bar rooms to
drink at his expense; so, to say
the least, honors are even between
the two gubernatoriaI candidates
on this score.
To make a long matter short, |
want to say this to you, good
humoredly, in conclusion: If you
come to Lincoln county to work
in the interest of Maj. Vardaman
or write any more letters down
here trying to prejudice Prohibi-
Itionists against Critz, | will pub
lish this letter in The Leader with
appropriate comments, and leave
you to explain to the public as
best you can.
] remain, Yours truly,
B. Z. HOBBS.
/ On the next morning after we
had written to McGraw, we met
Mr.. Chrisman not far from the
postofice and in conversation in
formed him we had written to Nc
Graw, declining to publish ither
one of his letters, and repeated TO
him the principal reason we had
assigned for doing SO; at the same
time telling him if he cared to see
the letter, we would show him the
copy we had preserved, OF to ask
Mr.. McGraw to forward him the
original. He dismissed the subject
pleasantly, and we thought that
the end Of the whole matter until
next evening, when we received
from him, through the Brook
haven postofice, the following:
Chrisman's Second Letter to Hobbs.
August 10Th, 1908.
lMr. B. I. Hobbs, Brookhayen.
! Miss.
/ My Dear Sir & Friend:-You
sent me an oral message by my
son, that you would consider The
propriety of publishing McGraw's
letter; and, that you would give
me an answer today; up to this
time | have heard nothing from
you.
/ take it that you have over
looked the matter, and | again cal
your attention to it. McGrav
was your correspondent and re,
porter in this county for years
"He was your friend, faithful ant
just to you;o knowing this man a
we do, you and | are compelled Il
believe what he says, and tax,
what he says as true.
For McGraw is an honorable
man; so are they all, all HONORABLE,
/ men, here me for my cause; ant
be silent, that you may here; be
lieye me for mine honor; and hav,
respect to mine honor, that yo,
may believe; censure me in you
: wisdom; and awake your senses
! that you may the better Judge
slspeak not to disproVe what Brutu
spake. But here / am to speal
what ] know. Z
Hobbs, let us be honest and jus
/: towards each other, what will yol
do in the matterg Write you
answer on the back Of this letter
Your friend truly.
CHAS CHRISMAN.
Die. G. G. to j.
/ enclose you Crossing tn.
dead line. A Criminal not
Saint The negro Problem b
senator Money and ask you if
GHRISAIAN