Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

present state administration that close member
the Governors political family had gone to Washing
ton for money, and that he would return with eau
paign fund it would require six figures to enumerat,
Annayzed it that the fund will at least reac
800, 900.
The disposition has been to pay little attention [
this arrogant aspirant to seat in the United State
senate, because no one could at first seriously fec
that his appeals for support could find any respon
sive chord. In fact his candidacy was taken NOR
as joke than anything else, until it became appaf
ent that he was to be- assisted by a brutal, negr
loving President OF the nation, fepreseutativ
Of the most repulsive political party to everythin
Southern known to the history OF our country o
course as soon as it became apparent that the Re
publicans at Washington were ready to toss bar
Of money if need be into the LongiDo campaign
fund in Mississippi, it was no longer a puzzle t
understand why such papers as the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal aud New Orleans Pieayuue woul,
with glee avail themselves Of every opportunity t
misrepresent Senator Money and to bolster up th
aspirations Of Governor Longno. This condition
practically places the people of proud state at thu
disadvantage of realizing that they must rely soely
upon their local papers for accurate information
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this viii inspire every reputable newspaper il
Mississippi to redOube its efforts to prevent the
possibility Of realizing on the Roosevelt investment
The unlimited sum Of campaign funds at the Gov
ernors disposal to boost his senatorial aspirations
enables him to carry with him any number o
escorts he may require to cheer him at his pa6li,
meetings. to mingle with the few who come out t,
hear him eectioneer, and to freight the wires viii
any sort Of imaginary reports the strut6ng Cover
nor may desire to have printed in his subsidised
papers outside of the state. Hence no matter ii the
Governor is compelled to speak to a handful
Of people, as has generally been The rule the tele
graph reports sent out OF his meetings arc made ia
describe the meeting the largest in the history o.
the community enthusiastic and oabbling over with
e1cores for the Governor.
Thus, by the organization and furtbering Of a
HanDaized senatorial campaign in Mississippi the
Introduction Of new methods in our political customs
calculated to demoralize and corrupt Is made ap
parent OF course it remains to be seen whether
tue people will endorse such methods ut the polls,
for there can be no doubt in Che minds Of those who
care to ook for themselves that the description Of
this peacock campaign is here truthialy described.
Can the people Of Mississippi expect such repre-.
sentatiOn they would be proud to accept, at the
hands Of man who will resort to such varied and
questionable methods to secure a seat in the United
States senateg # there be those who are willing to
overlook tactics such as are herein outlined, on the
theory that the fight is desperate one and that the
end always ioatifes the means, let us take another
view Of The applicant, review in hurried manner a
portion Of hs public record soon to draw to close
as the chief executive Of the state aud see if it is
accord with Che higher ideas Of the Missssppian Of
character and honor. Even though We may be able
to look over strenuous efforts putiorth bya candidate
on the ground that politics are polluting anyway,
aud that those who are drawn into the whir pool OF
their Environments must resort to desperate rene
dies when the desperation Of the situation demands
it, there is higher aud far deeper question that ev-
cry voter has the right to ask, and that is the gen
teman's public record as an official such as to com.
mend him to receive the esteem and enjoy the conf
dence Of honest meni
There are still those who believe that it is not
always safest and best to concede that public Office
is merely private snap to be utilized as tothe Occa
pant seems most convenient for his own gain and
his own pleasure.
Governor Longino in his speeches, strives to
make his auditors believe that he is the embodiment
Of everything high, brilliant and noble. That his
administration is indirectly if not directly entitled
to the credit for all the advancement made by the
state Of Mississippi within the last four years. as
well as for the general bOasted prosperity Of the
United States, and all the other countries which
have moved forward, including the Republics Of
South America and several islands Of the Philip.
pines II we are to accept the true meaning Of the