Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
EXPLANATION FROM HON
FRANK BURKiT.
From the vicEsourg Herald.

Gov. Vardaman:
Did you not draw from the ST.
Louis Expedition Fund on warrant
No. 1868, dated Sept. 2, 1904, 500, y
for the purpose of attending the St. n
Louis Exposition to be present at the 5
Mississippi Day celebration, Sept. /
18th.
Did you not also draw on warrant
No. 1867, in the name Of Frank Bur
kit, 500 on this same date? L
Did you not have the warrant
cashed yourself as shown by your en-
dorsement thereon?
Did you turn this money over to
MIR, Burkilt?
1t is patent to the ordinary mind
that these questions were intended to
i%nsinuate that Gov. Vardaman had
used my name 10 Sledl d "uiu'NN
dollars from the peoples treasury,
and it futher d~iscIoses to what depth
Of depravity the minions Of plutocracy
would descend to bIacken the charac-
ter of an honest man. who will not be
subser,ient to the will Of corporate
power.
If Mr.. Moore had been really anxl-
Gus to secure information to enable
him to make his report. as he pre-
tends, instead of manufactures cap
ital for the Common Cause. | could
have enlightened him as regards war
rant No. 1867, in a very few words
Up to this good hour | had congrat-
ujated myself that my name would no
figure in any of the crimation or re
elimination which has characterize
This contest for the United States sen
ale and given our state such a
~unenviabIe reputation, but it seem
that nobody is to be exempt from TN
crusade oil menaclly,
With your permission | Will Ell
deaver to relieve the anxiety OF w
Moore in regard to warrant No. 49o
which Insignificant as the matter
inquiry may seem, is, in my oplnlo
fully as weighty as any OF the chars
brought against V%ardoman. |
facts are substantially these; Not h'
ing the record before me, | shall ha
to RELY on memory, which may pro
faulty in some minor details, | {
certain that DR.. 0, B. Quin OF "
Csmb City; |, c. Enoch, Of Jacks.
V.P. Sill Of Sanatobia and mys
were appointed members Of the N
sissippi Exposition Bureau, by y
L,onaino, shortly alter the act \
nassed in 1902. When the bur
~ areanized was elected secret
tbe governor being ex-oficio presld
W. served without compensation
state paying actual expenses, Tor n
" three years, for it will be rem
bered the exposition was pos5po
from 1903 10 1904. In January l
Vardaman succeeded Longino as
error and ex.offcio president OF
bureau. During the spring and $
mer Of that year the bureau held
eraI meetings to facilitate the busl
Of securing a creditable state eA
at ST Louis. | do not remember
tber we held a meeting in Angus
that year or not, but | know tina
the Both day Of August, I9O4'
at the time grand commando
KNIGHTS Templar Of this state, let
home with a goodIy party OF iratf
attend the twenty.ninth trIennla
cIave, which assembled at San
cisco. CAL, on Sept, 5th, of that
1t was to return and meet the
members Of the bureau at 81. Lo
the 18th day Of September. u
sippi Day. where | was billed
address. Delay Of trains perven
arrival in time for the celebrate
learned when | did arrive tn
Bolin did the work assigned me
am sure much better than |
have done. | met Governor VaI
on the exposition grounds, and
now remember it, he inform
that a meeting Of the bureau ha
held alter my departure tor the
and that each member had bee