The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1907-05-03
Succession and Citizenship.

JACKSON, MISS. april %, 1907
/ EDITOR ABERDEEN WEEKLY:
The Waynesboro News-B Beacon Of
| April p, speaking of the claims Of
my competitor for State Auditor,
among other things says:
In the election of Mr.. Maxwell
to the office the question of an Aud
itor being allowed to succeed him
| self would be solved, for he is OPP
| posed, it is said, by a man who has
/ served in both the Auditors and
| State Treasurer's Office. he having
been deputy in the former and clerk
in the latter
Section 1874, constitution of Mis-
sissippi, page IS, code of 1906, set
ties or solves the matter of an Aud
itor succeeding himself, for it plain
! ly says that he shall be ineligible to
Immediately succeed himself, but
not one word as to a deputy. Sew
enty-fve per cent of the sheriff S
offices of the various counties have
been filled for years by deputies,
yet the constitution prohibits the
sheriff from succeeding himself, but
says nothing against the deputy do
ing so.
Neither the constitution nor any
other law of our State prohibits a
deputy from succeeding the princi-
pal, and it has long been a custom
to promote the subordinate when he
has proven worthy. Can any man
say that l have not? My long con-
tinued service under the different
heads of the offices Of Auditor and
Treasurer answers that question.
The whole of Mississippi recognizes
the merits and rights of subordi-
mates to promotion.
The News-BeacOn further says:
Moreover, it is said that Mr..
Smith claims Monroe county as his
home, yet registers and votes in
Kinds county.
Now, as to this, | know it viii be
conceded that l have a perfect right |
to claim a home in Monroe county, |
where | married the best little wo-
man on earth; where a number of /
years of my life were spent prior to
accepting employment at the State
capitol, and where | am now and /
have been for many years a proper
ty-owner, willingly and cheerfully
contributing in taxes to- the support
OF the county government and 9TH
erwise sharing its veal or woe as
the caprice of fortune may decree.
| believe the people of Monroe coun-
ty are my steadfast friends and
recognize my right to have a home
them, and that they also
concede me the privilege Of register
ing and voting in Kinds county
while holding a position in the en-
ployment of the State. 1t has been
my good fortune to serve the State
IN some very important subordinate
positions and it is with pride that
[ point to acceptable service and a
clean record, clear Of reproach or
suspicion that can initiate against
promotion to the full commission
If the Auditors office.
| doubt not that the people of old
Jhickasaw county, where | was
BORN and reared to young manhood,
viii tell you that | am accorded a
home among them. Many of them ,
me when as boy | car ,
led a musket in Seventy-Five with !
he men of Okolona when the ne {
.roes tried to take charge of the
,olls at the election. ;
Monroe and Chickasaw counties !
re dearer to me than any other l
pots on earth, and l have an abid- t
ng faith that they are not only
eady to accord me a home" when :
yer circumstances may change my
Dcation, but that they will give me :.
hearty welcome. Il
Yours truly,
z. J SMITH. t,