The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-15
'oNE WHO LOOKED
I'M GIVES OPINION
On Political Afiairs at
jackson. Thinks chief
Justice Whitfield Par-
ty to o. Plot.
HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN

HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN !!
In the fierce rush and turmoil of the |
election for u. S. senator, fight, in
which it is claimed, men forgot their
oaths of office; forgot their duty to
their constituents: forgot the interest
OF the state, and followed after and
worshipped the golden calf. In that
election where charge and counter
charge Is made of rascality, venality,
bribery, corruption and fraud; where
whiskey, wine, money and levi women
played an important and probably a
dominating part; we have been content
to let the matter drop, believing that
this Legislature, which has to answer to
the people for its deeds and MISDEEDS
would meet its fate at the hands of an
outraged people, sooner or later, and
that the right would triumph over evil
in the end. But there has ever been
for us refuge in time of disaster;
! BULWARK behind which we could
fall, knowing that within this fort all
foes OF the masses of our people were
forbidden entrance; one unpoiluted spot
in our sorely tried, heartily distressed
ard overburdened state, where the high
and the low, the pauper and the prince
might meet on a common ground and
have their rights adjusted without in
vasion of the golden calf or the stencil
of political deals and traps.
This sacred place, this holy spot, this
altar, at which we have heretofore
knelt, believing that justice would be
our portion is the Supreme Court of
the State. Alas! The trail of the SER
pent is in our ''holy of hoiies.' The
ONE bright, particular STAR of our
judicial armament has been dimmed;
thirty days ago it was still shining
bright-tLe pole star of our hope in this
mad whirlwind of degradation, sin and
shame. The one man who held the
power of life and death of our people
in his hand; he, who more than any
other man has thrown back the en-
croaching power of COMBINATION,
gold and organized rascality from our
people. The SOUL of the SUPREME
COURT of our state, JUDGE ALBERT
H. WHITFIELD, will resign as Chief
Justice and Become a mere clerk in
the court where he has been master
80, HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FAIL
LEN!' whether knowingly or not, to
aid in carrying out a nasty political
deal whereby one of the faithful can be
rewarded by the governor for joining
in the combination to defeat Vardaman
for the U. S. senate. The Chief Justice
of our state thinks of throwing off the
ermine he has honored so long and step
ping into an inferior place to give way
to political henchman, who has done
valiant service in the combination"
among the Conservatives. - God help
US. The poor old man says he will 60
so that he might have a longer term of
office. He is afraid that certain man
will be elected Governor by the people
| and he, the Chief Justice, would not
get his place and is poor and must care
for his family.
Great and merciful God! Is there no
man in all that maddered, diseased,
crazed, debauched and furious crowd of
men, who have for one hundred days
beset the capitol. who will tell
him, our honored judge. that Missis-
sippi would not let him starve? Must
he sell his birthright for miserable
mess of pottage in the shape of a long
er term?
How are the mighty fallen"' The
glory has 6er arted from Israel. In all
this rotten, corrupt and hideous mess,
which has been in progress at our state
capitol for more than three months,
THERE is NOT ONE REDEEMING
FEATURE.
But the election comes next year
| LET US WAIT AND HOPE.
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