The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-05-27
VOL. 30.
A Friendly Criticism"
RoUNDAwAY, MISS,
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ly2 Just few DAYS ago you pub
lished BilbO's so-called defense, In
which he poses a. the only leader Of
respectable legislation and denounc-
e the 2S Senators who voted for his
expulsion az boOdlers, corruption
lists and weaklings, but fails to tell
the people that Senator Mcmillan,
who was one of Nardaman : ac-
knowledged leaders in the caucus
from the first to the last ballot, voted
for his expulsion. Nor does he tell
| why Senator Mcdowell, a strong
Nardaman man and a lawyer select
ed by Bilbo to defend him in the
Senatorial investigation, refused
when the testimony was all in, to
make a speech in his defense, and
then voted for his expulsion. Nor
does the editor Of the Weekly, who
has always been noted for his fair
ness, politically and otherwise, men
tion these important facts, but swal
lows BilbO's statement as fact
and gives it your endorsement. But
| you don't stop with this, but give
endorsement to Bilbo's denunciatiOn
of such distinguished gentlemen as
Senators l4eftwich of your own cOun-
ty, Anderson of Lee, the two Frank
Inns Of Lowndes and Pontotoc, with
others whose lives, political and So
clal, are not only above reprOach |
but Justly moral and religious guides |
to the young men of the country. |
But who is Bilbo? If he accepted |
the alleged bribe and held it as he |
did, isn't he just as bad as Dulaney? |
But, Mr. Editor, no one knows bet
ter than you, that when the Bilbo |
affair was made public he, of his /
own accord, gave the names of half |
a dozen respectable gentlemen. in
Guiding a distinguished Baptist di-
vine and one poor fallen woman a /
street walker and confessed wine
bihher and pick pocket. as witnesses.
and strange to say, the only one of /
these to cOrrQberate this man was
this poor woman, while every re-
spectacle man contradicted him
fatty. Now, really. don't you think
if the VarClaman crowd are to use
this man, discredited and disgraced
as he is. they are resting on a weep
ing willow?
But you follow this with the ed
itorial above referred to, in which
you fling too much mud and utterly
fail to present the issue in a broad.
manly and instructive way, such as
you are so capable of doing. Is it
true that honest John Kyle, Mr..
Alexander the very type of the Chris.
tian gentleman to be found in this
or anv other State. Adam Byrd who
is one Of the people and who enjoys
the confidence of every man in his
district whether he be Nardaman or
anti Nardaman, and the Governor
who has been an acknowledged lead
er in prohibition, in the Baptist
church and in law and morals, have
all become corrupt politically, NOR
ally and socially, or have we reach
ed the place in politics where it is a
sin to oppose this man in his am bi-
ton?
The most vulnerable part OF your
editorial is your unjust criticism of
the Governor. | was not Noel
man for personal reasons, and did
not vote for him, but admire many
things he has done. 1t is true that
Nardaman supported him, but
don't you think you should have
told why? The truth is, the ques-
ton was put square up to Noel and
Brewer in the run-off, and that,
too, by a Vardaman: "Will you
be a candidate for the Senate in
1912" Governor Noel said posi-
lively he would not, while Brewer
declined to say, and then it was,
and not until then, that Natdaman
declared himself for Noel and pass
ed the word along the line. and
Brewer was beaten. You charge the
Governor with ingratitude. and eau
tiously fail to tell your readers why
he is not for the ex Governor. When
Noel refused 10 be Governor by
proxy and asserted his manhood,
then it was that he became an in
CRATE and brought on his head the
indignation and continued abuse of
your white Chief" AS l said be-
fore, | was not Noel man, but l