Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-02
STEGALL WRITES LETTER.
BoOze-Fighting Vardamaniac Attempts
to Defend Hims elf.


recently made a speech at WinOna
saying that he had been Gap
preached" by L. G. Dulaney with
a bribe offer, and who testified be-
fore the house investigating com
mittee that a bribe had not even
been limited at during his cOnver
sation with Dulaney, has "writ a
little piece to the Daily News-a
remarkable epiStle in which he
does not even spell his name cor
rectly.
A few days since the Daily
News printed an editorial show
ing that Stegall had either told
deliberate falsehOod in his speech
at Winona, or had falsifed under
oath before a committee of his
colleagues. Here is the way he
tries to explain himself. the letter
being reproduced as nearly YER
batim as possible, for Mr.. Stegall's
chirography is something fearful
and wonderful to behold.
"pontotoc Miss. Aug. %.
Page 1
! Editor of the Jackson daily Muse
Dear Sir some one was telling Me
that you was giving me fits for
Statement that made in my Talk
at WinOna and CarrOltOn. | Ans
wered every Question ask me last
Winter and the committee has
Got me Correct. When Mr.. Du-
laney ask Me to Support Mr..
Percy on the last Ballot and then
come to his Room at Once | never
thought they Was anything
| Wrong About the Matter at that
time & No q Never Seen a Single
Cent passed to No Man for His
Vote. | am shure Since | have
Senator pollard of Greenwood and
Bilbo speak that it was done and
| am Shure again that Mr.. Du-
laney was Put up to Buy my Voto
away from Nardaman By Men
| w IlUC llCIC III lily COuLCN UL1CA
come down There last Winter to
do so themselves But they Hint
ed to Me what | said about the
conversation Between dulaney and
Myself is the truth | am not in
lieing Business | am not Crazey
about Gov vardaman l wouldn't
tell lie for him to Be elected
Bailiff of Beat No 4 I all want is
fare Dcalc l am sorry for Du
laney his Friend Got him in to
this. and now they are denOunc-
ing him as a Old Time Bribe giver
around Jackson. | hope You will
let up On me in you're paper"
Editors Note: The above is
submitted merely as a literary
curiosity, and not with the idea
of ridiculing the honorable repre-
sentative from POntOtOc.
The fact remains unaltered that
StegalI told a deliberate falsehood
on one of two occasions. He
either told an untruth in his
speech, or he swore falsely while
on the witness stand, and has
conclusively proven, that in
event, he is unworthy of belief by
any intelligent man.
Stegal testified emphatically-l
Bill is always emphatic, by the
way-that never, no, never, on
any occasion, did anybody at
tempt to unduly influence his
vote; that bribery was not even
limited at; that he drank whiskey
with the friends of all the candi-
dates, and had a good time gener-
ally while in Jackson; that he was
in Dulaney's room on one occasion,
and the latter gave him a drink,
but did not even hint at buying
his vote. And then, fired with |
enthusiasm fOr''the White Chief,'
by BilbO's prevarications at Wi
mona, he decided to do little pre-
varicating himself by telling of a
little incident that never hap
pened, and had no existence what
ever save in Stegall's imagination.
And this is the sort of teSti-
mOny on which all of the So
called bribery charges are hashed.
Stegall is but type of the ment-
ally and morally irresponsible
creatures who have taken the
stump to whOOp it up for Varda-
man.-Jackson News. |