East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-06-16

Does he deny the franks furnished
him by the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies, two
of the largest corporations with
which we have to do? Does he
deny that he accepted Pullman
car rendered him by the Illinois
Central r. Il. Co. to attend Mis-
sissippi day at the st, Louis
Worlds Fair? How many farm
ers and horny handed sons of
toll enjoyed the pleasures of this
free trip along with the Governor?
/ Well, it may he said that his con-
sistency was manifested in the veto
of the Merger bill, of which we
have heard so much. Let us in
vestigate this question. How
many farmers and laboring men
did he call into consultation when
he was deliberating upon This CO.
lossal and momentous question :.
How many objects of his great
hearts love were called into his
confidence while his brain was
taxed with this problem and he
was in that attitude so often eA-
pressed by himself, I'LL be
damned if do, and I'll be damned
if | don't?' Who was his coun-
sellor then? Hon, John Allen, a
railroad lawyer, was the one from
whom he sought advice. "A law
yer representing one of the very
roads involved in the merger
scheme. And, this lawyer, know
ing that the merger was Just as
effectual without, us with, the bill |
stated that it made no difference.
except that to- veto it would be
good politics. " Hence, knowing
that the railroad wouldn't get mad
with him, and knowing that he
would need good politics" " in the
fnetheranee Of his political ambi- /
tions, he vetoed Che smeasurc I
Then, i'll contradiction of hi>
metger veto, he does not deay that .
Ifori iho sum Of Sl0o. 90, he acted |
as a'lobbyist before tie legislature
TO effect q railroad merger. To |
whose hand WaS lie playing whcl |
he roted-to gEcnpt from taxation
money loaned at 'S per cent. |
Was this in favor of the 'hor?iy
handed sons OF toll or in fav, + |
of the banking .irstitutions and
money Lenders OF the couMtr1
Yet he is trying his best to array |
the farmer and luborcr again, t |
these very Institutions. Cam wei
do without them? Howl
AS TO his qualifications Us am
iceholdcr, lie beasts, With a
,gyeats deal Of pride, that ho has
.lever owned thtrty days rations
so
ahead in his lifss Does this draw
You to him! ls3 this the preser-
,tation of merit that entities him
to- your consideration? If u man
has any property at all, he certain
ly has the equivalent, at least, Of .
30 days rations ahead. Therefore. !
his statement amounts tosan adj .
mission that all the taxes he has
ever paid to the state is his poll
taXes-just enough to qualify him
as voter and enable him to run
for office, which he has always
done. If his statement AS to this
be, true, presuming him to be a
man of 90 years of age, and pi,e
suming that be began 70 pih poll
taxes at d, lie Las paid, in taxes,
in all his life, thu sum total of
$500, yet, he has drawn from
the -tseasury OF tile state many
thousondsSef dollars, legitin ptely
COLLECTED, and if his records are
scorrectNand they make out the
caseuntil he rebuts it), he has re.
ceived thousands of dollars Of the
people S money, to put it mildly
ex-ofllclo, for which he has never
accounted.
As to, the negro question. Nav
we not discover his inftlelity by
comparison Of his pre- election