The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-07-28
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Friends of Hon. G.. II. Alexander in GrenddG Co
ALEXANDER FOR THE RUN OFE--WHY?

But is this statement true? Is he the
enemy Of corporations and corporate !
wealth? He says that he is; but listen:
Shall we believe it just because he
saws it is 90? To be opposed to and be
opposed by corporations 10 q popular
thing for a politician in Mississippi. So
il he thinks it will gain him votes and
make the voters feel that he is being /
fought because he stands for 1.-THE PEG
pie" against 1.-THE corporations" no
wonder he claims It.
But again, l ask 10 it true? How can
we find out? Shall we just take his
unsupported word for it or shall we ex-
anime his past record to see where he
stood when he had the chance to prove
his words by his deeds?
Surely all voters who have not sur
rendered to the vardaman clubs any
''coat tail hangers" that divine right
: to reason and think for themselves. will
(examine his record and not take his
unsupported word for it. So to the
record let US 60.
/ / 1t is an u~ndisputed fact that when
a member Of the legislature he voted
ito exempt hanks from all municipal
taxes. Whose friend wa he then?
| 2 1t is an undisruted fact that when
he was q member of the legislature he
voted to exempt 8 per cent money from
taxation. Whose friend was he then?.
8 1t 10 an u~ndisputed fact, admitted
even by him, that he acted ~ the hired
lobbyist before the legislature for the
! merger of a part Of the Southern and
Y. & M. v. railroads and received for
| his services 500. Whose friend wa
I he then?
4 1t is an undisputed fact that when
a member Of the legislature he voted
against an income tax law. Whose
friend was he then?
S 1t is an u~ndisputed fact that when
governor he vetoed a bill allowing cor
| porations to own only $3.50, 900 worth Of
| cleared lands and approved one permit
ting manufacturing corporations to
own 49, 900, 900 worth Of cleared lands.
Whose friend was he then?
6 1t is q fact that he served As gov
ernor four years with the full knowl.
edge that the Mobile & Ohio and the
| Southern railroads had merged and
consolidated, without taking q single
step to annul the merger Or collect rem
alties from them. Whose friend was
he then?
7 1t is an undisputed fact that he
did back-date the notes Of the state
4 given to the Equitable Life Assurance
h Society Of New Yerk, one Of the larg-
est corporations in the world, and to
the Mississippi Bank & Trust Co., (his
pet bank,) and thereby defrauded the
taxpayers Of over 81, 666. Whose friend
was he then?
9 It is an undisputed fact admitted
even by h,m) that both the Postal Tel
egraph Co. and the Western Union Tel
egraph Co., two of the largest public
service corporations in the United
States, favored him by letting him sent
kilograms free of charge over theil
lines and he accepted this privilege ant
did send many kilograms free over bott
when he knew it was a violation of law
Whose friend was he then?
Do the telegraph companies let ordi
! nary citizens do this? Did they Civ
/ him this unusual privilege because hi
/ hair was long, or because he was thei
! enemy? Or was it because they tina
that as governor he could be of som
assistance to them?
8 1t is an undisputed fact that Col
I E. L. Russell, president of the Mobil
: & Ohio railroad, rendered Vardama
= the use of a private car to take himsel
4 and family and staff to St. Louis to tn
e Worlds Fair in 1904. Who was hi
friend then? Did railroads take an
farmers to St. Louis or haul their col
ton free of charge?
p ~ 1t is an undisputed fact that tn
+ Illinois Central railroad did furnish hi,
a private car and free transportatio
Is for himself, family and staff to S
n Louis and return free of all expens,
r Who was his friend then? Did any !,
c boring man get a like favor?
p Now ! think l have given ten goo
y ~reasons for questioning James X. Va
Id daman's statements that the corpor,
" tons are fighting him and that he is
ID poor mans friend. And / have yet
y see the first reason why the corpor,
=. lions are opposed to him.
$, Public service corporations have
their employ the shrewdest men go
= will buy, and they are always on Il
.. lookout for weak spots in the charact
of the peoples servants, so l don't in
agine that they will be very scared
the great misfortune, to Mississippi,
Vardaman's election to the sena