Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-05-05

stand these things are not high to II
taxpayer; o. no" DIN the taxpay,
anyhow" 1t required pure patrio
ism" to defeat the rabid, vicious an
horrible Vardaman, who sometime
appeals to the taxpayer and says terr
bic things against the pure and unde
FLED, and as it required pure patr
otism" to defeat this man, it likewis
required public money and public oflc
to feed and clothe the "Conservativ
Patriots" who so unsel6shly lai,
themselves upon the sacriGcial alta
for the salvation OF our Noble State
Again. after we knocked Vardamar
down and out. we heard his threat t,
appeal to the people at the polls. ane
feeling in our heart of hearts. our con
servative patriotism" rustling. anc
fearful lest he might mislead the foo
common people" and the taxpayer
we went right after him again, and
investigated him and his contingent
fund and triumphantly discovered that
he could not prove how he had spent
the states money-to some extent al
least-and we found, or appeared to
find where he had charged up nearly
$40 account, and that there was near
ly (if not more than $1,000 of this
contingent fund) out of the $4,000
that he used, that he could not (after
the lapse OF three or four years. re-
member, The legislative committee
OF 1903. not having checked him up
at his going out. we do not know but
that he stole this money, and we are
going to have this testimony printed,
at the states expense of course, and
scattered broadcast. so that the CON-
mon clodhopper will not be fooled by
this dangerous man" We have the
entire state machinery behind us and
we have given out the public money
and Those who get it must pay us for
killing him out. We want him finally
and eternally crushed, and we want
every conservative patriot" whether
he got an office this time or not, 1--WE
will create one for him next time) to
vote and use his conservative and
patriotic" influence against him at the
next election.
Next, after having done all the
alb we, we appropriated approximately
Sl90,0O0.00O more than was appro-
priated in 1908. (for. you must know.
gentle reader. that the institutions Of
The state we're also to be cared for
avishly and things NECESSARY are
much higher now than in 1908, and
hose patriots" must be supported in
proper style as well as Others.
Well, having appropriated as above
said, the question naturally arose
where we should get the money, some
ool Vardaman man said: Lets
'aise the states levy to 8 mills" not
IN your life. the taxpayer would feel
hat at once. and we conservatives"
want not to dim our future with the
,oter, let us not raise the levy, lest we
hereby raise He'll, but rather let us
ssue bonds, and thus fool the taxpayer
for he will have only about $4,000
nteres! to pay per year, and he will
ever feel it), but if we raise the levy
e will kick. So we authorized the I
Of 100000 in bonds which :
J not enough to meet the deficit caused {
Y the heavy sums appropriated but
'e will be gone when the kicking +
omes.) Some say we did it for per-
lament improvements. though we ap-
ropriated less this time for perma- n
ent improvements than we did in
908. Some say we did it for the r
ommon schools Of the state. and still
theirs say. we did it for the Confed-
rate soldiers. simply. and believe |
II the whole truth when do so, say ;,
lat when we were utterly demoralized :.
y the senatorial fight and thought not \
hat we were doing until after it was
one. E
We also recommend the Agricultural
IiCh School Law and hope we get it b