The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-05-20
LONGING HAS THE BEST OF IT.
The Governor SHES Well aimed gricl
at Senator Moneys Glass House.

The Governor SHES Well-aimed Brick
at Senator Moneys Glass House.
In a speech at Grenada last
week Gov. Longino came back at
Senator Money on the race ques-
ton in a way that made the glass
in the Senator castle fairly rat
tie.
He said that Senator Money, in
all the speeches made, so far as
he was advised, in the present
campaign, had sought to place
him (Longino) in a false and
prejudicial light with reference
to immaterial matters in which
he Longino) had had no part Or
parcel, such as the Indianola
postoffice incident. The govern
or said that although his position
had been often stated in the pub
lie prints to the effect that he did
not believe the postofice ought
to have been discontinued, and
interruption thus given to the
business interests of that town
and section, the Senator had,
nevertheless, sought to 60 be-
yond that and to place him in
some false light of sympathizing
with the negro postmistress,
Minnie Cox, with whose appoint
ment or removal he had naught
on earth to do.
THE Senator does not seem
to have proper regard for con-
sistency," continued the Gov
ernor, for in his efforts to thus
create prejudice, against me by
suggesting that | approve Of
negro Office holding in Missis-
sippi, he seems to-have over
looked the fact that the In
dianola postofice is a presiden-
tial Office and that the appoint
ment of a postmaster was twice
confirmed by the Senate while
he was a member of that body
and no protests or objection to
Minnie Cox, (the individual, or
MinnieCox, the negro, was made
by him when the appointment
came in for confirmation by the
Senate. In fact, to quote from
Senator Moneys political speech
delivered in the Senate On March
18th last, and which has since
been scattered broadcast as a
campaign document, where he
said: There have been negro
postmasters throughout the
south, and there has been no
trouble made ON account of them.
I have helped confirm them
right here. In fact, / stand here
today, having served several
years in the Senate, and | have
never yet moved or signifed
any willingness to vote against
the nomination of anybody who
has been presented here for
any Office in any State, whether
they have been white or black. y
The governor then read from
the speech of Senator Money:
Then they say why this
ebulIition of passion at this partic-
ular point at this time with a
woman in Office administering
the office satisfactorily; woman
fgood character, as | understand,
some one has said, as good as that
Of anyone else in the world. y
1.-The Senator said the Gov
ernor, then assented to this
claim of good character for Min
ME Cox by admitting it to be.
true and declaring that he had
to say against her.
Having thus declared that he
had supported the confirmation of
all negroes appointed to federal
Offices during his term in the
Senate, we find goodly number
to his credit, = continued the Gov
ernor, when we recall that dur
ing Senator Moneys term in the
United States Senate the follow
ing appointments to federal Office
have been made in Mississippi:
James Hill, register of the 9.
5. land Office; John r. Lynch,
in the army; /. {.
receiver of public
moneys; Keys, postmaster at
Ocean Springs; Piernas, post
master at Bay st. Louis; Richard
son, postmaster at Port Gibson;
Perkins, postmaster at Edwards;
md last, but not least, Minnie
Cox, postmaster at Indianola. =
Gov. Lonigno then referred to
he condition Of affairs in Mis-
Iissippi and to the progress which
hn State was fdalxinU IN tha "a.