The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-07-25
.ouTRAanous 1Hrnops.

OUTRAGEOUS rlETH0Ds.
me managers Of the Money campaign
r>sst be hard run for material and mus
regard their situation as desperate in
deed when they descend to the disgrace.
fuI and miserable expediency Of printing
he article, which appeared short time
aeo in the Okolona Messenger, in tn,
shape Of circular, and distributing
broadcast 70 the voters and at the pub.
lie places in the State.
The matters contained in this article
have been 80 often and satisfactori,
answered that their use at this time 4
dear evidence Of desperation as well az
anutter lack Ct regard for truth and de-
sepcy. The article is rehash Of divers
charges against the Governor with re-
ference 70 certain appointments and
With reference TO recent pardon.
The first Is complaint on account Of
the appointment Of B. Q. Branch, al
Vieksburg, TO be notary public, ithay-
ing transDirod, AFTER APPOINTMENT that
said Branch was negro.
As Is well known the appointment Of
this man was requested by petition in
The following language:
"B. @. Branch OF Vicksburr. we'll and
favorabiy known to the business men and
community Of Vicksburg, is an appli-
cant for the oifice Of notary public. He
u located IN the northern part Of the
eity where there is no such officer. His
appointment will make IL convenient for
the business men of the northern por-
ton OF the city and we hope theappoint-
ment will be made" ....,-..,
This petition was signed by county
officers, business men, lawyers, mer-
chants, wholesale and retail, and the
mayor Of the city, and finally bore this
endorsement:
"While not personally acquainted
with Branch endorse this because OF
the above endorsements and ask for his
appointments" Signed: Patrick Henry,
Judge OF the 9th Judicial District.
On this application, and without know
ing that Branch was a negro, the APP
pointment was made and this is the tea
pot in which the Okolona Messenger
and its schocl'of politicians attempts ia
brew Q tempest.
The next complaint Is with reference
TO appointment Of ]. G. Chapple, a me-
gro, as notary public of the city oi
Gfeenville. That appointment was made
on the application Of the Circuit Judge
Of that District, the City Attorney, the
Mayor, the Chancery Clerk and promi-
mont attorneys at law and others, all
Democrats, who certified that Chappie
was colored man of high character
who ought to be appointed to serve his
own race. The application was signed
bynone but prominent, recognized Dem
ocrats, and in view Of the fact that it has
been customary in Mississippi in proper
cases TO appoint negroes to be notarys
public, upon application OF the repre-
sentative whites, the appointment was
made.
The writer. Is informed that an exami-
nation Of the records of the administra-
tions Of Govern ors Stone and Lowry will
disclose that both appointed negro no
tarys.
The assault on the Gov. as to appoint
ment OF anegro commissioner of elections
IN Wilkinson county is worse than puerile
Ifthere is man in Mississippi who does
not know that the law requires that the
election commissioners shall be taken
from the different parties, and that it has
been the custom in the large black coun-
ties, where the negro najorities are the
greatest and the Republican vote most
dlfiicult to handle, to appoint negro
election commissioners selected and re-
commended by the Democratic whites,
for reasons that are obvious, then that
man Is SO ignorant Of the political his
tory Of Mississippi that he ought by the
understanding clause to be precluded
from voting and If, perchance he did
break into the polls, his vote ought not
to be counted.
1t isa fact, and there is no sense in
denying II, that during the days in Mis-
sissippi when elections were the closest
and most important, nothing could be
done by Chief Executive more calcu-
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