Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-11-22

until perfect peace IL found in holiness.
rhe election contest In New York bids fair to the
mon important result Of the late elections The
bnflre country is almost as much concerned IS New
York itself in the promised exposure Of Tammany't
election methods and the publishment Of the guilty
mAn. Aside from the beneficial effect which sue
ful prosecution viii have IN deterVing gang poll
ki0ns Ia other cities from committing crimes against
th6 ballCt, 1t must be pemembered that Tammany'f
4ranas have more than once decided the election O
il RFesdent OF the United States. With it's perfectly
system 81 repeaters, bulldozers and ballot
b0x 1brE 6rs, immense maioFities have been manu-
as will And fFaad Id elections has been
dncted t0 fine art. The cleansing Of Tammany'l
AAgean stables viii be the longest step that hai
been takes III many day for the pHridcatiOn Oi
aerican politics The most important feature oi
ahe ease wi consist in the fact that complete ven
tiIaEiOn or dishonest election methods will bring
with it the knowledge how to present them in IN
ture However the detection Of frauds Ia elections
IL very dAEenIt matter after the election is over
Inaividual wFoDgdoers may be punished for false
registration or attempting to cast illegal votes and
recount OF the ballots may disclose enough irteg-
uIsrties and frauds upon the face OF the ballots to
change The results. But rule the illegal voters
who are caught form very small percentage Of the
whole, aud the ballot box suffers leave no traces
behind them for the ballots they put in the boxes
are always regular and legal on their face. What
IL needed most s the exposure Of the tricks OF the
trade as practiced by machine bosses and their ward
pluggers, so that the people everywhere may learn
how to guard against them. The proVerbial ounce
Of prevention is worth more in politics than almost
anywhere else.
Missseippi is threatened with little information
al trouble over the killing Of negro in q JUSTICES
court at Galfp0rt, which occurred a few days since.
Secretary OF State j. w. Power last Saturday re-,
ceiySd letter from the Hon. j.. g, Hunt, British
consul at New Orleans, portion Of which was as
i0ll0we nSir have the honor to enclose to yOn q
letter, to be returned, which have received re-
spectDg the death Of one George Inness, cOored, a
British subject at GuIipoit, Miss "Asit appears
from this letter that the deceased nnarmed was
killed in the very presence Of the judge before whom
he had been tried, and presumably In the presence
OF others in the court, may ask you to be SO good
as To canse full Investigation to be made concern
Ing the truth Ot the whole matter as stated in the
letter and to report the same to me" The negro in
question was sailor from che British bark at Gull
port and was arrested "a some misdemeanor charge
After this conviction ia the court room at Gulfport
u controversy arose with Constable Cause and the
n6gfo was instantly killed. The shooting took place
IA Justice Kelley court room and the officer was
after wards exOnerated. The secretary Of state has
turned the letters from the British consul over to
GOV: Vardamap, who will make Al Investigation ot
TIRE matter.