The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10

Hardy Is first of all a politician. and the white
washers are trying so hard to be politicians that
hey o. X. all he does. Much of the money ap-
propriaed for the A. & NJ College is used to build
mp political cliques
President Hardy's failure to receive anything OF
he nature OF a cheer the day the College open
I'd. while other speakers were cheered heartily
significant enough; but since then the knowl-
edge that the sheriff of Oktibbeha County and
number OF deputies were present on opening day
has become generally known This fact was in
tended TO be kept secret but murder will out.
what IT intended to do with the sherirs
posse has not been explained fully II has been
whispered about that: IF anybody had Missed
President Hardy they would have been arrested"
This Is no Joke. That very statement has been
made by who Is supposed 10 be on the inside
and 10 speak with authority a sherif's posse to
keep President Hardy from being Missed, That
is the only explanation that has been given for
he presence OF these upholders of the law 1t
has not been learned whether a sherir's posse Is
20 b. provided to make the hearers OF President
Hardy cheer his talks II may come TO that The
feeling that the Hardy-Noel clique had. that a
posEe was needed Is admission that President
Hardy knows he t. in very bad favor. This is
probably the first time in the history of education
tn America that college had TO have posse to
protect the head OF College. from-what?
Hisses7 II Governor Noel. the man who asked
for the sheriff and deputies. give any other
reason h should
Time after time the Hardy-Noel clique has at
tempted To do in secret what they afraid or
ashamed 20 do openly. and their acts SO done
have come TO light II was evidently intended TO
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matter first leaked out through a man who was
asked to serve deputy. After the hint was
given that much prccaution was being taken
against the hissing OF President Hardy or what
ever else may be- suggested being feared by
the Hardy-No"l clique II was an easy matter To
follow up the hint. when Governor Noel was In
terriewed az Jackson. be denied that be- ordered
n" sheriff TO have a force OF deputies at the
College. but rambled on aud gave Il way saw
Ing he told the sheriff To hts Judgment
IN the matter. The Governor further admits
that he discussed the matter with the sheriff
over long-distance telephone. Sheriff James Is a
genial man: and smiled broadly when he said:
I'm not going TO make any statement about the
deputies at the College" His refusal to deny that
deputies WIRE at the College IL I'm itself an asimi~
sion that they were there. and will ne 81 con~id-
d~rrd. lie himself there. So were a number
who have no more interest in education than
they have In high art. and they mi ght have been
called 10 act deputies II the terrible crisis
Of Kisses for President Hardy had taken place.
IL haS been impossible 20 learn To what use the
Governor wanted TO put the West Point Military
Company. which he directed To be held in readi-
ness for prompt service IL called on at the time
tho College opened There Is good reason
for thinking that number of the deputies. or
those who understood they would serve as depu-
ties IL called on. were secured by representatives
Of Governor Noel. rather than by Sheriff James
Certainly the game OF politics NJ the College IL
being played strong when the military forces OF
the State are used 20 keep the President from be-
Ing Missed. Last year President Hardy said In
chapel that the sheriff OF Oktibbeha County. the
military force OF Mississippi. and the whole army
and navy OF the United States were behind him