The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-29
TOOK HIGH GROUND.
GOV. LONGING DECLINED TO MAKE
ANY USE OF MONEYS ELEc-
TRIC STORY.
His Campaign Committee Issvcs an Ad-
dress to the People Of Mississippi.

His Campaign Committee Issues an Ad-
dress to the People Of Mississippi.
The Longino campaign COM
mittee on Monday gave out the
following statement which en-
bodies correspondence between
Mr.. Hallum, of Arkansas, and
Governor Longino touching Sem
ator Moneys connection with the
nElectric Telephone matter:
To the People Of Mississippi:
Senator Money, in aso-called
defence against the charge of the
Hattiesburg Progress that he re-
ceived as a gift $60, ,O0oof the PAN
Electric Telephone stock while
chairman of the committee on
Postofices and Post Roads Of the
House of Representatives, states
that the charge made by the Pro.
gress was issued in circular form
by the Longino Campaign Com
mittee. In order that the public
may not be deceived, and may
see for itself the high plane on
which Governor Longino has cast
his campaign the following cor
respondence, ante-dating the Pro-
gress editorial, has been today
furnished this Campaign Com
mittee:
AN OFFER.
Sweet Home, Ark, July 8, 1903.
Governor Longino, jackson,
Miss:
As you are engaged in hot
contest with Senator Money for
the United States Senate you
would not object, i presume, tole-
gitimate information which will
insure your triumph.
In 1888 DIR. j. w. Rodgers
formed the Pan Electric Telephone
Company and gave away millions
of stock in the moneyless corpor-
alton to senators and representa-
tives in congress for the infu-
ence of their names in floating the
worthless stock-worthless be-
cause it was a direct interference
with the Bell Telephone Company.
And Congressman Money was
one who bartered the influence of
his name because of his official
position for a block of Pan Electric
stock. | have an authentic ac-
count of that shady transaction in
a book written by myself in 1887.
There was an exhaustive congress
ional investigation and the eyi-
dence of Mr.. Moneys participa-
tion is contained in the sworn
statements of DR.. j. w. Rodgers,
the promoter, who gave the block
of stock to Money, Senator Gar
land and.others.
My attention to this has just
been called to these facts, related
in my book, in an order for the
book, and a request that I give
my authority for such statement.
My exposure of Senator Gar
lands connection with the Pam
Electric Telephone ended the Sen
ator's political career.
A banker of your state ordered
the book and demanded my au-
thority, which / gave him by letter
of this date. Whether or not he,
is your political friend he does not
state, and / think it but fair that
you be put in possession Of the in
disputable facts.
| give Moneys connection in
this affair incidentally was
after Garland.
! am very respectfully,
JOHN HALLUM.
OFFER DECLINED.
July 7th, 1903.
Executive Department,
Jackson, Miss.
John Hallum, Esq, Sweet Home
Ark.
My Dear Sir:-I beg to thank
you for your communication of
July 3rd. / have noted its con-
tents fully. / am, however, MAX
ing my campaign upon whatever
merits | possess, and not upon
the demerits of my opponents.
Again thanking you, ] am,
Very respectfully.
A. H. LONGING.
Having no knowledge of the
laboye correspondence but follow
ling the well known wishes of Gov
ernor Longino in such matters,
land its own inclination as we'll ,
this committee, upon receiving
requests for copies of the Pro
gress editorial, has invariably re-
piled through it's secretary that il
Ihad no connection with such mat
tier, and that it had seen only a
/ few copies which had been sent il
by some Of the governors sup
porters.
Since this committee has been
lmis represented by Senatoi
Money in this matter, it ventures
| to remark that since the Progress
editorial gives dates and cites
pages in the printed testimony be
fore the congressional committee
raised to investigate this scandal
second only to the Credit
Mobilier, and which leading pa.
pers of the United States have
lsaid did more than anything elss
|, TO defeat the Democratic Party il
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