Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-08-25
THE S.NATURIAL SITUA-
TtJN.

say in point upon the senatorial
situation; however. We found
that thc investigation by the
House Committee and the senate
Committee had nc. been printed
and 30 - waited until We could
get soc1e correcs 5l'a from which
3 % comment.
The people OK Mississippi are
eru.led % the exact fact rela-
tive to al that occurred in the
late caHcus 8. Jackson, ard while
these investigation az 4 rule,
DO no- get all 'hs facts. there Is
in II, ease before Us enough in
formation 10 make the face O.
every Miss:5sippian bllsh with
share.
Ii will Re remembered that in
the House Committee report there
were five members on the con =
uittee who were: Messrs. \. c.
anderson Of Tippah, Lee u.
Russell Of lafayette, Herber.
tolmes Of Tate, VI. p. Fey 4
Newton and Van Is. BOddie %
Washington. The first two gen
t.e-len voted fcr Ex-Gov. Va
taman throughout the entire
caucus; the other gentlemen vo-
TED for Percy n The last ballot.
There were two reports wher this
fr;shed their lab -
one signed by the first two named
gentlemen; the other signed by
the others. The minority report
signed b. Nessrs. Anderson ard
Russell WIS fun ard cou,-ehea-
s.ye IN which they state arr -
denim The working If the caucus
and say that there vas the IN
prDpe- use ofliqlo- at least upon
one member ~ the blouse chang
Ing him from his original con-
vscrtOrs and that this i-frua- -
overpe-sUadet q vote against
his real convictions. They say.
1.-The evidence shows further that
N other instances other members
u the legislature were apDroa q h
e! ans asked Il money or poIIti-
cal position would persuade ther,
u change their vote" ana Even
the patronage = the Fedora
government u shown % have
teen brought into play ani asei
IN this .a-rr.z-s- 40 ss----
1li that the executive patronage
Of Mississippi vas used With tel :
ing effect We % not mean OF
this statement that cur chief ex-
ecut.ve promised any 0fice u
any person e influence ms vote
there l. no evidence Of thai
but We 90 say nat the Governor
conferred and advised Continual
y and this was vel known 10
every member q the caucus.
win all the opposition" ezlii-
dates, their friends and members
Of the caucus a. 70 tire bes,
method 10 solid.fy tEe 'opposi-
ton ard % persuade SON. men,
hers supporting FK-Gov varta-
mad 10 change their vote, vas
highly improper. ~Oths- mem
bers Of the caucus preferred NJ,
70 state before your COMMITTEES
for whom he voted q the anaI
ballot. "Whissey vas used ex-
eessively during the caucus"
And, while the minority gave
n the above report the majority
gave Tire caucus an entirely clean
slate; they found no fault in any,
thing that vas done.
The evidence before the CON-
mittee certainly bears out the
minority report and any unbiased
citizen who reads the srme Will
say 50 and this Is what the people
OF the State a.. entitled TO know.
We shall try TO give quotations
from some Of the evidence before
his committee showing these
things, also fair summaries drawn
from this report
Ii will be remembered thot this
House Committee had nothing to
DO with the Bilbo- Dulaney bril-
berry matter; that was left en-
Grely with the Senate and thew
made a report, now in print, upon
hat feature.
This record of evidence is a
lasting blotch on the fair name
Of our state and from what YOU
can gather between the lines ssths
half has not yet been told" In
fact the comr-ittee was lucky to
get as much IS they did.