Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-19

+ yesterday contains the following addi-
tional chapter in its controversy with
Senator McLaurin:
Two weeks ago Senator A. ]. Nc
Laurin published through a number of
papers in and out of the State a SIAN
derous, malicious and wholly unpro-
voked attack upon The Herald and its
editor His alleged provocation was
The Herald's reproduction from
State exchange, the Southern Sentinel,
without comment-of a passage from
the speech of Hon. E. N Thomas,
stricturing the McLaurin Board of
Control; with dozen lines of pointed
lished attack he was particular in say
ing that he did not intend to notice
The Herald any more" having done
up that cooperation owned sheet" he
would leave the people to bear in
mind in future that The Herald abuses
me because | have all along been
true to the people" Poor, prosecuted
patriot. He reiterated this pledge of
silence in a speech in northeast Mis-
sissippi ON Saturday, June l. He said
in substance that he would take no
(, further notice of what The Herald
might say of him. that its abuse of
MIN was an honor" On the next day
The Herald's reply to his attack APP
peared. The his "blushing honors"
carrying the coal on his back a week
he crawled from under his shell: to
take whole lot of notice" Of fhy
TIerold
& sf4e Senator's second epistie-which
IS published IN teday's Herald lis
greatly modified. Its tone is lowered
:. Ion the defensive he speaks soft"
but carries no big stick" The ram
= assaiant changes to the COM
ing supplicant. He INDUCES no
ton of abuse attack on The Her.
Tor its editor, ''as the spokesman
Die railroad and other conscience
public servant corporations in
fight to become master of the
lie; a man owned body and
Rches by the financial pirates who
Robin gthe people of the South
tIy votes for the Republican party.
3per that sees everything through
RAILROAD glasses; to whom no cin
dfdate is acceptable unless he belongs
to the Y. & NJ, V. Railroad, but II It
~tel2ng5 to il he receives The Her
M ncomiums Now the
nas disappeared-the
lie on the stage roar
ing gentie as'any sucking dove" In
this transformation We recognize tho
old Ans-the truculent blustrous bull
ly, who facing res >tence, tucks his
tail. lets out some squawks, and scoots
!. for cover
'N The Senator's attempted extrication
/ from the tolls in which The Herald
has tiSad1htnavfll despite the slush-
" f4R1H; to those who
40 - <He facts, and the Sen
ators As We will show, the density of
pis moral perception is even more
ainiy revealed in his labored attempt
70 ARpllkhifhself out of the hole, than
Arst publication. His reply to
ozat ton of his deceased broth
IL. @,.ax.
pla u "a direct confession. But
th5 nat0r, ostrich like, with his
head The sand, doesn'e know it.
He hugs the delusion that he
can ~ III DE people all the time
He fai ~ perceive that there is not
a read ~ subterfuginous expla-
nation - ~ufipot read between his
lines, tim ~ Delta planter in deal
ing with 3fhe late Walter McLaurin.
the ex-warden, bought-not law-but
the political pull he claimed, on a
board of which his brother. Governor
1IcLaur'a. was president As one of
that board asserted subsequently to
the editor OF the Herald. and as the
Delta planter looked upon it,, he was
the victim OF a hold-up. He was made
to pay for the tribute claimed for the
McLaurin influences.
And SO it was throughout the Nc
Laurin administration-the Senator's
obfuscate confession lifts up the lid
from its foul odors and crop of scan
dzls. In the award of convicts, in
the purchase of supplies, in the mat