The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-03-20
"cEASE, VIPERs, YOU BITE A
FILE"
11o1 Chestnut st

IlVl chestnut st.
st. Louis, Mo-, March $1,000
Editor Democrat Star:
In your issue of March 5, received
by me March s, / find publication OF
an illigitimate abortion begotten
outside of legal wedlock, and given
birth by the board of super"
tors" of our grand old county of Jack
| son at it's confinement, first Monday
in March, yet not a line, word, sylla-
BILE or letter, have / received from any
| member thereof, since, nor from them
or any citizen of my county previous
to that miscarriage of justice, cour-
tesy and reason, that in any manner
even intimated a desire for me to
yacate the honorable office, to which
was elected by the sovereign peo-
pie of my county.
Good breeding and good manners
are defined as follows To so regu-
late your conduct and language as to
give no just cause for offense to
others" AS repres entative of the
well bred and refined people of our
county, the board owed tito the dig
nifty of their own office 20 be civil
and courteous to the peoples elected
representative in the Legislature
And If they had reason to believe
that my constituents desired my res
ignation, and had gone about it in
a courteous, honorable and respect
full manner, they would have found
me equally courteous and respectful
An imbecile can lead a horse to
water, but even a sage cannot make
his drink. Our State Constitution
declares that our government is
composed of thre departments-the
Legislative, the Judicial and the Ex-
ecutive-each separate and distinct
| would like to know in which of the
three the board was attempting to
deliver themselvs of the issue re-
ferred to. "A shoemaker shold stick
to his last" Biting files Injuries the
teeth of the viper and do no harm
to the file. When | title fish get
into deep water they are in danger.
When little boys get spanked for
their pranks they get little sympa-
thy, and even if they are hoodwinked
into the indiscretions by parties with
axes to grind, they should not squeal
when they get "koched" with their
tail in the crack. In the minds and
experiences of the members of this
august tribunal no doubt ST. Louis,
Missouri, is for, far away" and per-
haps they think that a representa-
tive in the Legislature, like the kings
of some countries, should be a pris-
oner, confined by the boundaries of
his State
Governor Noel, all State officers
and every member of the Legislature
will unhesitatingly declare that no
member served his county !and State
more legally and intelligently than |,
and 1 challenge the board and all
critics to severe test of this claim.
Ask our next door neighbprs, Hons.
Bloomfield, Clark and Gexsand our
Senator G4cDonald.
While | took active and sometimes
leading parts in many measures of
greater Importance, | desire here
and now to say without any fear of
successful contradiction, that, l. al
most unaided and alone, made all the
efforts during our session of 1908 re-
Stive. to the silver service for the
battleship Mississippi, to be present
ed in Pascagoula's harbor, and after
making many efforts to get State
appropriation, | was maker and legit-
innate father of thereSOlution appoint
ing the Governor and others as a
committee to solicit the money from
the people, And | have watched the
many meetings, resolutions of thanks
and other compliments paid to those
who worked under my resolution, yet
the same spirit begetting the board S
conception and abortion was cunning
enough to see to it that the real faith
er of the effort was ignored. Ii II
was the purpose of the board and
their abettors toexpose my real ana
sad poverty by the publication OF
their attempted "ukase," then they
are to be congratulated on their sue
cess, and to this | would have been
compelled to plead guilty, yet every
member of that body knows full Well
that l am many times a grandfather,
and long since past the poll tax age
and their reference thereto is simply
subterfuge, and unworthy or men
whom had previously thought to De
my friends. ox
When | read of the "labors OF
the mountain that UAOu6Is Ao
abortive mouse" my mind 1Iasheu
hack to the midnight meeting or the
little Priest Green and the few Oh
his deluded followers, consplrlng 70
take judgment against me wltnout
notice or hearing, and that maue ne !7
sad NV memory then passed sun
further back. to an incident Wnlcn
l.ouced !. me- to smile, viz, our Ola
friend. the late Capt. T: Z. houes'
was a courteous old gentleman even
when greatly provoked; on one oc-
casion a smart Ellick" assumed TO
arrogate to himself the right 10 dN-
tate to the old captain, and ne very
courteously remarked, WIN you
oblige me by going to hell for nan
an hour?'' :,
Hoping my opponents will repiy'so
7 can have an excuse to get in more
facts. l await the issue: Lay on
McDuff. and the devil take the man
who cries enough"
NJ. A. DEES,
Representative for Jackson County
in the Mississippi Legislature from
1908 (unless prevented by death)
1912