Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-12-16

NV ~f''t'@s o"< thc[ At2itkcu tHa
before they we're vardaman men o
Percy men they were MissIssippiann
and II was their duty to the peopl,
LOT Mississippi to render an homes
verdict on the testimony before them
THE LEGIsLATWE VERDICT.
4 The following resolutions was in
trodnced into the House by u. d. Ca
\ vett, one OF the most ardent varda
man men In the State, and as clean !
man as lives within the State;
vim view OF the scandalous rumorl
which have been circulated. touching
the recent Senatorial contest. the
House of Representatives takes pleas
ure in saying to the people Of Missis
sippi that we are convinced that tn,
conduct of every candidate in Tho
Senatorial contest was dignifled and
honorable and upright. and that Nc
vote in the CAUCUS nomination was
procured by any improper means, OF
corrupt influence, and that the cleo
tion of Senator Percy is free from
fraud or corruption. And. regardless
of whether we have supported Sena
-, percy in the recent contest q
viii support him in the approach'hF
Urinary, we record with pleasure ou'
confidence in his chivalrous nono'
and personsl and political INTEGRITY
and our; desire to hold up his nanas
in the performance Of his hign ou.
ties as a Representative OF TINS grea'
com m onwealth In the Senate o. ehe
United States
This resolution. introduced py
vaydaman man. was voted TOT ny
every vardaman man and by every
anti srdatnan man present IN tne
House and Senate when y was ~
,roduced. There wasn't single as
.ant,np vote. 1t is a unanimons YER
a,ct cannot stand before the peo-
n,s az the state and pirate to them @
~, narsona, honesty. The most dis
honest man Is oftentimes the glibbest
liar.
They can go to the people OF my
county. among whom was born anu
have lived all Of my life. and ind out
II the finger of pollution has ever
touched my life.
But i can introduce, as evidence
before the people of the State Of
Mississippi the verdict Of their Leg
islature. coming from, every nook and
corner OK the State and was per-
sonaiiy known to not more than half
q dozen of'them when L went to'
Jackson, Aoutsiae' my county represent
tatives Holding this verdict in my
hands, rendered by your Legislature
after an investigation such as I have
described. am not justified in say
log, as do say. that / carry as STAIN
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pRrsfARYi pRDpoSED - vARDA.
MAN RArKs
Il n ~. g}s,s; 4i,1i .A
y On the last day 'of the Legislature.
went before it, and later, went be-
lore the State Executive Committee.
md asked that the Senatorial pri-
mary be ordered for November of
his year saying that the fight was
going Ito DO q bitter one, and II pro
onged into next year. would ENTER
nto the election ofcounty cficerssand
nto tho election of state Officers,
you'd make faetional lines among |
me people Of mississippi which wonid |
70 bard To obiitefate; that the vel
are OF the people OF mississippi de-
nandad that the matter be SETTLED in |