Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-10-14

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SM E5T public Of the dastardly ways Of
N&ALNEE She schemiDg political fakir or the
l~TN designs upon the masses Of the
NY VI rascally gang ever seeking TO live
N~ST OF their credulity, has anything
but path Of aowers or bed Of down. Whether
fortunate or unfortunate this has always been the
policy of TIE present editor Of TIE MESSENGER.
While it hes never been our policy to abuse our
editorial columns by continually filing them with
vituperatiOn and abuse there are often times, when
to perform our whole duty, as we have seen it, we
have been compelled to lay before the public the
true character Of men whose designs upon the pub
lie have been evil and dangerous to the public good
For this We have never expected to escape the
shafts Of dbuse which would be hesPed upon as by
those who we're exposed. We hare no inclination
to change this policy, ere we likely to be intimi
dated byany attempt to create prejudice against us
by those whose villainy We expose.
It is no secret that Mississippi has been in the
hands d gang Of political highwaymen during the
past iORr years. 1t has been no secret that this
gang has been supported by both the daily papers
ct Jackson. The resslt Of the recent primary
promises cessation Of the reign Of this desperate
gang, practically the annihilaten Of both Of thOse
dailies, the Clarion Ledger and the News beca1se
they are in the weakest and mOstlimbecil, truckng
hands. and cannot be locked upon other than they
really ere as merely iae papers willing to Job ioE
anything in sight. TIE pabliC has them sized uR
in their true worth, end their OircuatOns are the
merest aeint
TWE MESSENGER has gained the everlasting
hatred Of these newspapers, because it hes beeu
openly opposing the Jackson gang, and because q
did everything legii@stely IN its power to over.
throw that gang, and for the nomination Of Msioa
Vardaman for Governor and Senator Money for re-
election to the Senate, both Of whom we're opposed
with au the desperation beth Of these papers
possessed.
Ia their desperation to defeat Major Vardamaa7s
nomination, no libel vas too glaring for them to
cOmmit, no falsehood COO vile to find its way into
their columns They ere probably advised Of the
unlimited length to which they may go, IN the as
suraOee that under the present arrangements of the
courts h their immediate vicinity their aoquittal
could be relied upon without any evidence to sus-
tain them or any regard Sor the law.
BE this as it may, there iscOnsOlatiOn in the
EehectiOa that the courts for such ofenses do not
close for two years. and probably before that lapse
Of time since criminal iibel is punishable in any
county il the state where single copy Of the pab-
HcatiOn is circulated, there may come q day Of
reckoning IT is at least worth the effort, and that
will be made
just nov the gang thrOugh the Clarion Ledger
and News is showing weakness in it's desperate en-
deavOr to create al the preiadice By the publication
Of additional libeOus natter eli OF wach has been
exploded years ago. We desire to say plainly
that in ell the pages OF rot published by these
papers touching the character Of the editor Of THE
MESSENGER, there is not one iOta Of truth. For
che present thai s enough to say to such curs who
have been bowling about character assassins.
OF the sensational stuH published from the Gin
oinnati Enquirer, We have not a word Of comment.
Il gives the lie to ITSELF if any one will read it care
fully. As to the quotations from two dashiag Kan
sas writer's, namely, one John A. Oliphant and
Robert o. Deming:
From the day that Kansas began to attract the
attention Of investors until as late as 1890, when
the climax came, it was infested by gang of high
wayman, whose villainy was only exceeded by the
Stiffness Of those who tumbled headlong into their
traps and we're feeced. Thousands Of men who
had toiec for years to improve and pay Tor piece
Of land which had been sold to them at moderate
figure by the General Government we're induced by
The willy money lOaner and schemer to mortgage
bis land On the pretext that with the money he
would receive he could stock bis place and become
rich in a short time. Hundreds Of thieving scOun-
drsla who had never amounted to anything in a