Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-04-22
BIG BUDS LETTER

of us feel that We have accomplished
very much for our state and county,
still we all did the best we could, and
representatives of no counties stood at
their post and did their duty as they
saw it any better or more constantly
! than did the representatives from Nox-
ubee. O'Byrne. 1.-The gentleman from
Ireland, " do not think missed more
than one roll call, became very popu-
lar in the house and voted his convic-
tions on every measure that came up.
He was on several important commit
tees, and was always present to take
part in their deliberations. Iva Dor
roh was a member of the judiciary
committee, and very influential one,
because he was at all of the meetings,
and kept himself posted as to the
measures brought before them, and
made most active, and useful men,
Der. He posted himself on parlimen-
tary laws, and no young man stood
higher in the house than did Iva, He
was not always popping up claiming
LI1C dILC1ClOI1 VI C11O 11OuSCS OuL Wu0n
he asked for recognition he generally
received it, and held the attention of
the house and predict honorable and
successful career for him. l could not
get over in the Senate very often be-
cause 1 never like to leave my own
seat, as there was something going on
that was interested in all the time, but
from all account, Walter Price made a
reputation that any senator might be
proud of. They found out, as we long
since did, that Walter was truthful,
honest, brave and intelligent, and, of
course, this gave him an influence with
other members. | was solicited nearly
every day by members of the House
who had bills gone over to the Senate,
that they wished passed, to ask him to
look after them in that end of the
Capitol. AS for myself, did not miss
roll call, and the journal will show
that | voted aye or no, on every ques-
tion that came before that body. My
name came up near the top, and I nev
er asked to have my name passed on
the roll call of any bill. but voted at
once aye or nay. I answered every
letter received and tried to carry out
the wishes of all of my constituents.
The Senate failed to eXpell Bilbo,
but thick they ought to have done so,
for l believe after his attempt to trap
the bribe-giver, that concluded to keep
the money, and would have done so,
had not Mrs. Neal been called before
the grand jury, and he was afraid she
might tell something that would lead
the, "Wicked feeth when no man pur-
sueth." Neither party can claim not
to have had rascals, and e-givers,
and bribe takers in their ranks, but |
do not believe that any state could
have offered purer or better men than
were the candidates that came before
US for the high position of United
States Senator. l do not believe Per-
CIV would have countenanced anything
like bribery. and his speech when he
came before US the other day, to throw
down his commission, if thought there
was any taint on it, was most manly.
and like Ivanhoe; "He rode down the
list, struck the shield of our Brian De
Bois, Gilbert, with the point of his
lance" and it is going to be fight to
the death. No man could look at him,
and believe for a moment that bribery
or corruption could live in the sunshine
of his presence. Then we know that
]. K. Vardaman, know nothing of this
money being received. Of course he
was told that money was being offered,
but never knew that it had actually
been taken by one of his men. If he
had we know that he would have de-
nounced it at the time. hope we will
all feel like Percy did, when he said
that the welfare of the great State of
Mississippi was above the interest of
the success of any man or set of men,
and that we feel like this also is true of
our county, and that We will have a
straight, manly, square fight between
these two men, and there will be no
mud singing, so that whoever shall be
proven to be the choice of the people
in Noxubee, we can say that the man.
tie of jefferson Davis, Lamar and
George has fallen on worthy shoulders.
/ offered resolution generating Per-
cy from all knowledge in connection
with the bribery case. and it was un-
animously endorsed by the House, but
l told them at the same time, T was
going to vote for Vardaman in the
coming primary.
think it very unfair to criticise
Vardaman because he cannot account
for all the contingent fund when two
years have elapsed. and the vouchers