The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-07-07
viii cell YOUR attention to the


will csill your attention to the
fact that Of SOL 40 drawn dur
n; the four EARS from the sew
cral insttItlons, there is on
item of 800 allowed by the trus
tees Of the Insane Hospital, for
expenses incurred by Governor
Varxiaman during his entire term
of office in connection with his
work at that institution This
800 was not alone for money
spent In going TO and returning
from meetings of the board of
Trust es. for. of course, this
would be trivial, but Governor
Vardaman gave his personal at
tention to experimenting Of the
building of the additions 70 the
asylum made during his admin
| istration and was out there with
his horse and buggy every day
Cor several months In looking af-
ter this work and If | am cor
rectly informed. this 800 WAS
properly allowed by the board
| of trustees TO compensate HIM
in part for money expended by
him while engaged in the work.
This Board Of Trustees WAS
| composed of men OF the highest
character. including Col. X. j.
Harding. Of jackson, sheriff of
| Hinsis County. whose integrity
| no man ever questioned and who
| stands as high as ANY man IN
| the state for both vafor and hon
or. The other gentlemen were of
| equal high standing We did not
have Col. Harding before our
committee, otsr time Xwas very
limited, but. wit hout his permis-
sion. ] refer 10 him as 10 the
correctness of the statement
now make. This amount and no
ct her. was drawn by Governor
| Wanda man in connection with tn,
institute and the accountant 5 re
port bears this out.
| On the 2-9..O5 Governor Var
iaman received$75 from the
penft entiary trustees to make q
"trip to buy mules, and on the
l2-2S. .05 drew S73 frCmthe cond in
gent fund. The hast $75 was an
ladditional amount spent in his
work om this trip.
| There is no showing that the
| $50 paid by the soldiers on the
5-1l. .O6, was paid out Of any
other fund For two trips, one
ITO the Soldiers Home and one
Ito the East Mississippi Insane In
stitute. the expense as shown by
the report is 500 $25 of this
was drawn from the contingent
fund, and $50 from the So
Home fund. Exclusive of o.
ear service. Governor Vareiama.
railroad fare was about $780,
for these two trips. The othea
items on this exhibit amounting
to $l31 .04, are susceptible of liks
explanation and study of tn,
exhibit would bring any intelli-
gent and unbiased man TO the
same concl:islon
4 1t is charged that Governor
Vardaman was reckless and ex
travagant with this contingent
fund. To refute this | only asl
that you read the report of the
account. Take for instance his
trips: One WAS to New Orleans
on the occasion of the boundar.
suit: TO St Louis and Kansas
City to purchase mules for the
state: Inspecting yellow fever al
Natchez. visit to city insane
hospitals in Illinois. In fact. YOU
will find that each and every
rip charged 10 the eontingend
| fund was for some every day
common sense purpose. OF course
the purchase Ofmules. the selling
IF COTTON. putting down uprising
at Oakley. were quite prosaic.-
but nevertheless. were stern dut
|: les that Governor Vartlaman at
tended to well. as this report
will show. l defy anyoneto point
to single trip Governor Var
daman has made. and as shown
by the report. that has not been
altogether and entirely for the
states benefit. He is charged rs
icing extravagant when his en-
tire travelling expenses. includ-
ing the amounts appropriated by
1.-THE institutions. amount TO 81. 49,
10. As Exhibit IL of the same
report shows Gcv. Noel expended
| 81. 161 %. for similar expenses
durilrg his first year IN office