The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-28
Hon. S. {. TRAVIS Speaks On The
Senatorial Situation In This State

to name, for my benefit and the bene
fit of those such as l, the man whose
vote was changed by undue influence
and the means employed to debauch
him. have read the legislative in
vestigation, every newspaper and ar
p, ticle touching the caucus that | could
! lay my hands on, and heard all the
candidates, and have nowhere seen or
heard a scrap of testimony tending to
show that any member of the legisla-
ture changed his vote by undue infiu-
ence. All that has been said on the
subject has been confined to general
charges and denunciation. do feel
that II there is anything rotten they
should state the facts relative thereto,
giving the names of those bribed and
the means used to bride them. While
so far as Alexander Is concerned, the
caucus cannot properly be considered
an issue in the campaign, wish to
digress sufficiently to mention few
points which have occurred to me
after careful investigation
Criminals Should Be Shown No
Quarters.
Please understand that I will go as
far as any man of my means and
ability to ferret out. prosecute and
punish to the limit fraud and corrup-
ton, wherever found. Such criminals
should be shown no quarters.
Many men are marching to the
music of this slogan" under the hon
est conviction that they are serving
God and country. I am strongly of
the conviction, that when the truth is
seen and known, as the truth must
be seen and known at last,
according to Solomon. who says,
the lip of truth shall be
established forever, but a lying
tongue is but for moment" that they
will then concede that the caucus is
an irrelevant issue. I put this ques-
tion to them now: "Whereln does
the caucus, clean or rotten, qualify
any man for the senatorship?"
Some voters. it seems, are deter
mined to punish somebody because of
the caucus They WILL of course,
concede that no innocent man should
suffer because thereof. If they are
determined to rebuke the caucus and
follow the logic of their position they
will vote for Alexander, for the eau
, Gus did more to him than to either OF
: his opponents and did it first. He has
the first and best right to complain
Of the caucus, because he had less tC
-, do with its creation than either Of
!. his opponents and was kicked out o.
it before either of them. Then, if one
is determined to rebuke the caucu:
should he not vote for Alexander?
# What of The Caucus
n Briefly, what of the "rotten secre
q caucus" anyway? If it was wha
these terms imply, it is a shame ant
m reproach. not upon one man, but upol
Is the whole legislature and the state
re represented. If it is not what thes
n terms imply, then the originators an
10 propagators have inflicted a grea
IN wrong upon the state and innocen
IN men. The facts with reference to tn
Il. caucus are of record and open to me
IN in search of the truth. 1t has bee
# asserted that maybe some things ar
IS not of record but those who wer
sc parties to the caucus are bound b
IN the record, because they made
rk while under oath to turn on all tn
TO light, and they, therefore, have +
If right now, being released from thi
of oath. to be heard outside Of the re
in ord. Those who were not present {
NJ not know the facts, and therefor
In have no right to go outside OF Il
record, to support their cause, Their
All by bringing the whole state in
inf shame and disrepute. A fair play al
es fair deal should hurt no man.
ed According to the Record.
m. The truth of record is, the cauc
no. was called by the friends of all Il
,th senatorial candidates. The candida
he who had the largest number of ST.
i'm. porters had the most to do with
we creation. 1t was democratic, preci'
lon ly as every caucus has been duri
+b. the last forty years. Some now co
md plain of having a caucus because
were democrats Why did such co
plainants join in the call for the CT
fen Gus? Some say the vote should ha
the been by word OF mouth instead Vi
Mr. ballot. The law provided a vote
crv word of mouth when it came to t
nlnntinr In thn nnon snssinn- u