The leader., 1903-07-08
WAS A SLIM AFFAIR.
FIRST REPORT OF MONEY CAUCUS
AT WIN0NA GROSSLY EXAG-
GERATED.
A Forlorn Hope---IIis Friends Concede
the Senator Beaten Unless Some
thing is Done Quick That Will
Turn the Loneino Tide.

Wlnona, MISS, July "a
great deal of stuff has been sent
out from this place in regard to
the Money caucus that was held
here Thursday, and some of it is
calculated to mislead the people
of Mississippi into the belief that
it was a great big affair with del
egates present from all parts of
the state. The truth about the
caucus was that it was a very
slim affair. In the interest of
the truth, your correspondent
has secured the names of those
present and participating in that
caucus. In his speech at Green
wood last Monday Senator Mon
ey stated that he did not regard
Governor Longino's candidacy
seriously, and yet at that very
moment it seems that a call had
been sent out to his friends
throughout the state to meet in
caucus at Winona for the purpose
of organizing avigorous campaign
in Moneys interest, or if the
Winona meeting had not then
been arranged Money became
alarmed at the result of this joint
debate between himself and his
opponent atGreenwood, and sent
out hurried calls throughout the
state for his friends to come
over and help him" In the re-
ports that went out from here,
boosting this caucus, it was sta
ted that more than thirty coun-
ties were represented and that
it was a large and enthusiastic
meeting. The people of Mississ-
ippi will be surprised when they
are told just how small that meet
ing was, and when it's personnel
is published the people in some
of the counties will be greatly
surprised when they find out
who stood sponsor for them in
that caucus. The News CORES
pondent has obtained a list of
that large and enthusiastic
meeting representing more than
thirty counties" which is by
counties as follows:
Adams, w A Diers; Alfalfa,
G L Teat, G R Edwards, S N Gill
liland, w M Noah; Alcorn, w J
Lamb; Carroll, H D Money, w P
Stuckey, Jas. Somerville, T W
Sullivan, j R Bingham, J A Nc
Bride; Clay, ] w Heard; Clai-
borne, F A Polsey; Chickasaw,
Able Steinberger; Grenada, Max
Ginsberger, A S Bell, W P Doty;
Harrison, Jas. Kidwell; Holmes,
H ] Reid; Jones, J M Arnold, Ar
thur Fridge: Kemper, T D Stem
mis-; Lee, W T Stribling; Leflore.
E D Stone; Madison, V S Nc
Clelland, J F Burchard; Mar
shall, R W Banks; Montgomery,
B F Ward, W S Hill, DR.. Taylor,
j R Binford; Oktibbeha, G A Al
ford; Simpson, George Donald;
Tallahatchie, H w Sanders, P H
Thornton; Tunica, F A Montgom-
cry, G W Dougherty: Warren,
Barney Forster, r M Kelley.
John Brunini; Washington, H T
Crosby, Wat Stone; Webster, M
E Higgins, ] E Bridges, F N Ar
mold, J T Dunn; Winston, H F
Jones; Yazoo, J S Williams, T Fl
Campbell; Yalobusha, Volney
Moore, G w Armstrong, J L
Sanders, l T Blount.
This list is given to the people
of Mississippi as those participa-
ting in the Money caucus, the
names being not published in the
reports sent out from here by
the friends of that caucus, so
that the public may know exactly
what the import of this meeting
was. The old time supporters of
Senator Money were conspicu-
Gus by their absence. It is a
matter of frequent remark in
central Mississippi that most of
the former influential supporters
of Senator Money in his old con-
gressional district are actively
supporting Governor Longino in
this campaign. In the above list
it is stated that there are at least
half a dozen, who themselves or
their close kin, are disappointed
applicants for Office at the hands
of Governor Longino,. and who
were therefore presumably
friends of the governor until they
failed to get what they wanted.
Instead of there being more than
thirty counties represented as
was claimed by friendly press
agents, it seems that only TWEEN
ty-fve, just one third of the
counties of the state were rep
resented. Nearly half of the
representatives were from the
counties of Carroll, Montgomery,
Webster and Attala. The News
correspondent is reliably in
formed that the concensus of
opinion in the caucus was that
Money was defeated, that moth
ing but quick action between now
and the primary could save him.
DIR. B. F. Ward, who figured
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