Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-23
SCATFING REBUKE
FROM THE VICKSBURG HERALD
Editor McNey After Uncle Anse with Sharp Sdck Makes
Interesting Reading, and Other Chapters May Follow
Dailx News Special.

Daily News Special.
Vicksburg, Miss, June 22.-The
Vicksburg herald of tomorrow morn
ing will contain the following e1ito-
rial from the pen of Capt. j. 5. Nc
Nelly:
A jackson telegram to the Memphis
News-Scimitar makes the following in
terestitg statement:
1t is learned here that Lniu"t
States Senator A. ]. McLaIrin
will deliver a speech in Vickshurg
next week and one in the county
&, nlev lere, probably at B)tinl or
oak Ridge near by villages. Just
what tie senator's speech will be
81 Is anticipated with the keeneet
inter, 81, as his recent cad attack
ing the Vickshl'g He;a'1 and
the " riolic reply of rha. ls'Cr
and the IeioinGer of the senator
has aie the situa,o1 one
..ght with intense interest IN
all Ut >. ne ID %,IiSo5tN a. ate'
suit down on the coast -h:s week,
and the indefinite time or trying
tie case prevents his SCI dates
for the speech here bein; known
ut this time.
IN he Herald Of the 14tl inst WI
Referred replying - a number of TIL
sbifty peas in Senator VI ,Laurin'
! sseonu ,lstle, or account Of space re
,inii,sd. = hat he may nave thes
united oints before him when b
speaks in Vicksburg soIae are her
supplied. The following is ore of hi
"denials," which invites notice
AS to the Herald's statement
that | lodged the rate law until
it's enactment was certain, | am
member of the Interstate Com
merce Committee, and WREN it
was reported favorably by the
committee it was by vote of six
for and five against the rate law
was one of the six who voted
Y to report to the Senate in favor
of the rate law. When it came
M in the Senate | made speech
in its behalf.
AS the Heralds accusation aims
yitals of the Senator's boz ST
championship of the plain peopl
pa railroad appressors, this denial
e scant. 1t is in fact anoth
&c, rather than a denial of
Herald's statement. Perhaps 81
cific recital of certain circumstanc
on which the statement was bas
may draw him out more positive
inst how long the rate bill was hu
rp in the committee we will not und
take, from memory, to say. But t
readers of the press dispatches m
recall that during that stage of I
proceedings, Senator McLaurin "
repeatedly REFERRED to ais the doubt
! quantity. For Instance, on Februa
I4th Following Washington pre-
-special appeared: THE Senate Int
4 state Commerce Committee stands {
to five on the rate bill, with Sena
MeLaurill doubtful. Senator Bal
labored for several hours last nil
nth Senator McLaurin trying to
Dress upon him the necessity of sta
ng by his party, colleagues"
II cannot be denied that this
Tightly inconsistent with the ri
Professions of Senator McLaurin
HE railroad control issue. The a
hon arises, why was he, one of
Democratic committee members,
much slower than his party
leagues, in reaching conclusion
the bill? What occult influence
holding back this boosted defender
the 'plain laboring people" aga
the epampered plutocrats; at sue
crisis? Who was this patriot, WI
eye is so quick TO see railroad col
IN others, getting his orders, or
spiration from, while figuring as
"doubtfuI' committee man? Is it
cause we have led the senator OF
the thin ice, that he so lightly
steps the Herald's charge that he
dodger when his vote was so es
tial? AS Senator McLaurin has
very free in charging others with
ing controlled by railroad influenc
cannot complain If the quoted sp'
be coupled with one that reported