Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-23

left for Washington the State Senate, |
in which he he'd two brothers, was be-
ing claimed as sure to defeat the COM
mittee bill abolshing the Sandy Bayou
board of control But his plans mis-
carried-the proof that a cleaning up
of an institution he had made an Au-
gean stable was too strong. We quote
further from the Senator'S defense:
The Herald says. speaking of me:
He was employed by the rail-
road as we have been informed
and believed, to lobby III favor of
bill in the session of 1900 to
compromise the amount of the
States claims as decreed in this
fair ana impartial decision" I
was not employed by the railroad
to lobby in favor of the bill to
compromise, nor to anything else
for the railroad in the case. and
no truthful man will say that !
was. The Herald did not give
the name of its informant.
But The Herald offered to give its
informant, if the Senator would re-
ciprocate by stating his authority for
the slanderous falsehood he uttered
against us. II will be noted that his
denial is quite narrow, for one of a
clan whose boosted motto is leach
for all and all for each.' He does not
say he was not paid either directly
or indirectly, any fee or consideration
for his admitted efforts in favor Of
the compromise bill; and that he did
not share in any such emoluments
paid to another brother for in
stance. Nothing less than a denia
with such scope can meet the circum
stances of situation SO clouded b,
the Senator's admission that he Dill
urge the State Revenue Agent to &C
cept the compromise; ana upon
ground too fiimsy to command belief
The Herald's reply to Senator McLau
rims attack brought many response
> to this office. A former State Senate
. from a Northern district said: Il
not suppose Senator McLaurin wi
. deny that he was in the railroad lobb
q against the compromise bill, as tn
. thing was too evident. But the pre-
ence of him and his clan in that cas-
was anything but helpful to it,"
= Since his denial we have receive
= the following:
Y 4, note that Senator McLaurin
= denies being employed by the rail
? road at the time you noted. But
:. he was in the employ OF the L.,
~ N o. & T. railroad in 1888. Do
10 you not remember that the rail
10 road vas seeking in 'SS to get the
~ Legislature to pass au act quitting
the title to the large body of LAND
they owned in the Delta. The
railroad had the services of some
six or eight attorneys to assist In
having the act passed and A. j..
McLaurin was one of these at
torneys, and If my recollection is
correct. each of these attorneys
was paid fee of $1,000.
We well remember the bill in que
ton. And that, while it was merit,
ious. jealousy of legislation in I
railroad interest caused it to be
terly opposed. That the railroad G
ployeo LOBBY to overcome this Cpl
sition was notorious. But who wot
fhink, today that Anselm j. McLs
rim was one of the lobby hireling
If the Senator denies what is alleg
in the above letter, we can give h
the name of the writer.
There is one allegation in The II
7u' aids article which. with all his talt
in regeneration, bis art in dodgi
Senator MoLaurin leaves untouch
We said that he was known far q
wide as the greediest seeker af
railroad favors in the State. His
satiate thirst for passes, until the
cent law, is proverbial" Failure
plead to this count in his indictm
proves that with all his monumer
cheek, the Senator has mis- limitatic
Dei But what are the plain people
~ think of their champions admiss
' that, after all his lip service agai
20 the railroad robbers, his warni
"a against railroad attorneys and edit
IN he figures on the railroad books
y ~ the record breaker in holding up
railroads for passes; for himself
N the clan McLaurins? But, perh'
N the Senator has saved his denial