The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-05-23
JUDGE TRULY'S REFLECTION
ON LOWNDES.

ON LOWNDES.
At this point the speaker launched
forth into a discussion of the question
| of the distribution of the school fund
arguing that more of it should go TO
the white children. He was very se-
we're on the counties north of Vicks-
burg, saying that they had squander-
ed the school funds that had been
given to them. Such counties as Mon
roe, Lowndes and Tallahatchie, said
he, had more left over than some
other counties received. This money,
said the speaker, should not have
been left boarded in banks for coun-
" superintendents of education to
grow fat on the interest" The money
should have been given to the boys
of Warren and Jefferson. He then
stated that the school money was
wasted in nine counties north of
Warren. He wanted a change in the
law so that all counties could have
equal school terms and SO that the
teachers could be paid according to
their grade.
The above is from a recent issue
Of the Vicksburg Heald, and it is in
review of a speech which Judge Tru-
ly made in that city in support of his
candidacy for the honored position
of governor. 1t rather tends to cor
roborate and confirm what has been
frequently charged against this can
didate, that when in one section of
the State he uses arguments and ad-
vances reasons which are intended to
appeal to the people of that partic-
ular section, rather than basing his
candidacy upon high and patriotic
grounds which would appeal to the
State as a whole
Judge Truly's gratuitous fling and
reflection upon the people and Off
cials of this county is wholly unwar-
ranted. He knows as well as every
one that If the people of this county
profit by the large negro population
OF this county, it is not their fault
this matter was settled in the con-
stitutional convention after it was
discussed and considered by the wis
est and best and ablest men of the
State in that time. And if the pres
ent system is wrong he would con-
Ut way to remedy it speedily rather
than indulging in generalities about
the injustice Of the present system
and using this class of arguments in
sections where it is intended to
arouse prejudice, array one section
of the commonwealth against the
other. There is too much division
among the people of the State al
ready, without having the flames
famed by designing men who hope
to profit by the confiagration which
they would start
The charge that the surplus of
money arising from the school fund
is boarded in the banks of this coun-
ty for the county superintendent to
fatten upon is an unwarranted re-
f1ection upon the honesty, the integ
rity and the intelligence of one of
the county's best men, a man who |
many years as superintendent, and /
whose administration of school mat |
-ers in this county has been free from |
The breath of scandal and taint at all |
times. Then, too, it is a reflection
upon the people of the county to |
,hink that their public servants. the |
members of the board of supervisors,
would connive with any man to EN-
,loy the public funds for private
ends. This may be the Truly stand
lrd of administering public affairs,
,ut it is not the standard which OBJ
aims among the public officers of
his county, and never will be. And
We doubt very seriously If such a
condition of affairs exists in the other
counties he mentioned. although we
ire not permitted to speak for them.
Judge Truly has made serious
,harge against the people and the
public officials of this county, one
which they resent with all the en-
,hasis of their souls and which they
will remember when their time comes
1t the polls.
Fashions Decree.