Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-16
THE

wishes absolutely control Their
perceptive faculty and their reas-
Oning powers. Such readers of
The BEACON, if any there be, may
as well skip this editorial, for it
is addressed purely to mems
reason, and contains not n APP
peal to passion, prejudice, likings
or dislikcs.
The mel that the voters of the
various counties of the State of
Mississippi send to the legislature
are not all statesmen, but most of
them, as everybody really knows,
are good. honest men. To main
tain otherwise is to impeach the
honor of the electorate, for honest
men Will not, unless deceived,
elect dishonest men to office. a
few dishonest men will creep in; a
few men, honest when elected,
may be later corrupted. But
with such an electorate as COM
priscs the white voters of MiSSiS-
sippi, the great majority of men
elected to office, including the
legislature, are honest men. The
presumption is so strong as to need
incOntrOvcrtiblc evidence to over
come it. And since such whole
sale charges of dishonesty and cor
ruptiOn are being made against
the last Mississippi Legislature it
is the duty Of every reasoning cit
izen to weigh we'll the evidence in
the case and decide justly in a
matter which affects 50 deeply the
good name of Mississippi.
The testimony taken in the two
Investigations in Jackson, II by
the House and one by the Senate.
has been published. \ careful
pilrusaI Of that testimony, which
Isl very full and takes a wide lati-
tudc, is enough to convince one
that the charges of bribery or 0
ruptiOn amounts to nothing. There
is no direct evidence whatever,
save only the uncOrrObOrated teSti-
mOnY of BiIbO. He alone testifies
that bribery was attempted;
(COWart denies it, and he was
impcachcd in every way, and
cOntradictcd absolutely by testi-
mOny that was not impeached.
There is much in the testimony
that is mere gossip, idle rumOrs,
street talk, etc, but it plainly
appears that there is no proper
evidence TO show any corruption.
The only evidence was that of a
proven liar, one whose own state
mcntS and admissions show him
absolutely to have lied. Every
witnesses, Judge Potter, JnO. NJ.
Allen, the newspaper corrcspOn-
dents, Nagdaman and anti Narda-
mar witnesses Contradicted him in
some important particulars. And
he cOutradicts himself. Which,
ever way one takes his testimony
he proves himself Il thorough liar.
If Dulancy bribcd him be is a liar
and Il bride takcr who would not
stay bought: if Dulancy did not
bride him he is 4 liar to describe
which there is no adequate ad-
jectivc. 1t is impossible to under
stand how any Mississippian can
uphold such a witness against the
honor and good name of MisSiSSip-
pi. And none really do. They
dcSplSe the man, yet uphold his
ISLANDERS against the state.
This is Il strange condition of
affairs, and to be explained only
by the existence of an unhealthy
and u~nrcasoning partisanship. 1t
is a great misfortune to MISSISSIPPI
pi that the cause of one of the
candidates for the greatest office
apparently requires the damnation
Of the good name of the state.
The truth of the whole condition
of affairs should be most carefully
Investigated by every man who
loves his state before he acquiescts
in its diShOnOr.
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