Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-03-04


Vote Against Any Measure that Will
Benefit This Section.
Bditor of the Beacon
AS | wish this letter read by
your subscribers / will ask that
you give it space in your next is
sue.
In the first place since 7 have
been criticised for the publication
of Banks letter [ wish to state the
facts about this. / received this
letter while voting for Alexander,
and as thought it a splendidly
written letter | showed it to sew
eral friends, and one Of my best
friends in Macon expressed a de-
sire to see it, and | sent it to him.
He was so much pleased with it
that he wrote and asked permis-
sion to publish it, and withhold
both Banks and my name, I
wrote him he could publish it if
he liked and give the names. /
was at that time voting steadily
for Vardaman. / did not think
that there was a single man in
NOXubee county who was closer to
Capt. Banks than myself, and it
had no effect on me, and L did not
think there was a man in NOXubee
county weak enough to let this
letter change his opinion of Var
daman, and if there was he had
better get out Of our column now
for he surely will not be able to
stand the storm, for we have a
battle before us, and letters like
this will be considered child's
play. | was by this letter like an
old Methodist minister was about
an excellent sermon he had on in
fant baptism. He had changed to
the Baptist denomination, and a
young Methodist Ga good friend of
his) asked him to give him that
sermon as he would not need it
any more. So he did as / did, for
that friend of mine can ask few
thing of me without my granting
the request. No man, woman or
Childin Jackson was in doubt about
who | was voting for. | always
voted an open ticket, and after
Nardaman was defeated L was ad-
vised that | had carried out my
promise and not to go to the Var
daman rally, that it was too early
to commit myself, etc. | said no
Vardaman was the choice of the
people, had made most gallant
fight and olive or die, sink or
swim" | was going to cast in my
lot with the "White Chief" I
wore my Confederate Uniform,
and took front seat on the plat
form. | was not on the program
for speech, but when Hebron
told me he was going to call on
me l said ''Have the band play
Dixie and | will be ready"
| told them that this was not
my first AppOmattOx. That Gen
eral Lee with his wOrnOut incOm-
parable soldiers in 1865 had to
yield to overwhelming numbers,
but that his brave soldiers left
that field with the proud satisfae-i
tion that they had done their du..
ty, and that | was satisfied that.
every son or daughter in that
house had rather trace their des-
cent from the humblest man who
wore the grey and went down in
defeat with the immortal Lee than
to have descended from the proud
est that wore the blue and was on
the victorious side, and that /
was satisfied that in after years
when one or our descendants
should be looked over the old
journalism his heart would pull
safe with pride if he could say
'My father or grand father was
one Of the immortal seventy, who
tried to carry out the wishes Of
the people of our great State.'
l said that Noxubee county had
only one vote in the Vardaman
column this time, but in 1912 she
would have four. / can't give
you all of my speech, but suffice it
to say that lady friend of mine
from NOxubee, who was there said
she was delighted. When I went
to the House the next morning I
found someone had told my col
leagues that / said we would have
four Vardaman men in the next
House, and Mike had his Irish
up and ready for fight, but
when l explained to him that /
said votes and not men he was
satisfied. I told him that if Var
daman carried the State, as l be-
lieved he would, the whole of the
legislature would vote for him as
we did two years ago for John