The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE SENATORIAL
SITUATION.

The report of the Senate and House
joint committe, appointed at the last
session of the legislature to investigate
expenditures of the executive contin-
gent fund and special funds expended
during the past six years by the COVER
nors has been printed and is now beng
distributed. OF the first page OF this
paper will be found exhibits from that
report showing how some or the
amounts were expended by Ex-Governor
Vardaman.
If these exhibits place the white
Cheif'' in rather unenviable position, IL
must be remembered that they are not
from the pens Of 'muck-rakers or point
ical enemies, but parts of an official re-
port. The committee was composed OF
Vardaman and Anti-Vardaman men
and they all signed the report. The
exhibits are from the report OF Expert
Accountant, Chas. ]. Moore, which
was adopted as part of the committees
report.
Ex-Governor Vardaman appeared be-
fore the committee to answer inquiries
as to these expenditures. His explana-
tion of Table A is that he incurred ad-
ditional expenses in his visits to the
state institutions and drew also from
the contingent fund to cover them, but
in his testimony he gives no hint as to
what these additional expenses were.
His explanation of other expenditures
is that the money was expended as the
law directs.
Is there man in this county who
would entrust fund to an employe and
accept such explanation as proper ac-
counting? Possibly these explanations
will satisfy some people, but there are
many others who think that Mr.. Varda-
man should have properly accounted
for all money spent, as Gov. Noel has
done. The money was entrusted 10
him So, 900 per year, and some addi-
tional appropriations by the legislature
for special purposes. 1t must be re-
membered that when he visited the
state institutions his salary as govern
or was going on. The institutions paid
him the expenses of his trips. In his
Judgment it wes not enough in several
instances, and he paid himself again
from the contingent fund.
Now, these exhibits constitute a
grave charge against Ex-Governor Var
daman. To say that the money was
properly spent is no satisfactory expla-
national least we do not think that
will satisfy the great majority of tax
payers from whom this money came.
Nor does denunciation of political oppo-
nents who criticise this record explain
If Nor does the assertion OF the
friends of the ex governor that his
character is such that it places him
above any suspicion of wrongdoing ex-
Main it. Nor does the adoption of the
Rooseyeltian method of controversy by
usingtte s'sho-ter and uglier word ex-
main il. = HernanGo 1imes-PromoSer.
Trese fellows that tfink that they
are for Iercy or Alexan -er are just
honss-.y mistaken, for the most Part,
that's III. Possibly caused from some
thing they hal fer breakfast. or some
.,,;xlike taey base allowed to grow up in
sl,eir ,ninGs, unfortunately. No, they
.rs neg fer Percy nor Ale1andr, they
are just 'agira" vardaman, snd most
of theta are driven to admit 1t, and
say: "Well that's enough There is
not q mothers son of them that be-
,;aves there is anything in all tht char
pes against vardaman, most OF them
have, stopped talking such dope as that,
and rest their case on the charge OF