The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-12

10 the common cause combi-
nation and then promptly receive
executive appointments of offlc-
es which they Were not worthy
10 hold and not qualified TO
fill, No, and John Allen knows
it,
In amy of these previous eau
cuse>. for fifty wears, was the
most rank. rabid and unreaSon-
able antagonist Of the leading
| candidate swiftly elevated to a
seat on the supreme bench. from
which the chief justice was dis,
/ placed to make place for him
! No, and John Alien knows il.
! In any other caucus was the
aid of the secretary Of war and
/ the attorney general Of the [ nit
. ed States ever invoked and Sc
cured To hold an an important
/ appointment in order thar the
office might be used a> a lever
agc To switch votes from the col
uIHn of the leading candidate
and transfer them 70 the sup
port of another candidateg No.
and John Allen knows it.
Was there any Parson Bill
White i'll any OF these other cam
! cusc> Was any man. actively
engaged in promoting the inter
e~ts of one of the candidates, ev-
cr indicted and prosecuted for
alleged bribing Of any member
Of these previous caucuSes for
| Fifty years No. and John Allen
knows it,
Did any senator elected by
any of these previous caucuses
| ever abruptly leave his seat in
the senate the moment the intel
| ligence was flashed over the wir-
es that man had been indict-
led for bribing Il xtate senator.
and catching the first train rush
madlv TO jackson. ard as soon
as his feet touched the ground
before he had heard syllable.
Of the evidence. open up with
the most vindictive and relent
,csS denunication Of the inform
AMI II any senator ever diI
such n thing, why did he do il ,
Why such fervid interest in an
ticged criminal. who was not
related to him by blood or mat
rimonial bond? Why. unless this
indictment touched him to the
quick. like the spear of Ithurial
that unmasked the toad
Were there any women of fad
II regulations involved in any
If these previous caucuses. 81 foi
fifty Years. and who testified
under oath that they were EN-
ploNed as secret agents. or aS
mediums of exchange between
5ribe-agents on the out side and
nribe-takers on the inside oi
the caucus
Did any private citizen prompt
ed by ii clandestine hostility "a
the leading candidate. ever hang
around one of the previous eau
cilSes for fifty years, then
make a hurried social visit tt
the general counsel of the Gull
and Ship Island railroad. in
quire for and procure bogus
1-year old railroad pass and thel
; bring it to Jackson to furtive
" play it on the eaucus to in
fluenee votes, admitting that h,
used il for politics. hut didn ;
know that il was dirty politics.
i I'm the practice of my profrs
J sion. have had to deal witt
2 many habitual dirt eaters VIII,
: | would admit TO me that they lik
!. | ell the taste of dirt better thar
bread. We are not informed tina
al such eases were the victim
! of hook worm Perhaps JOIN
I Allen has ease of political
: hook worm. | would sugges
a that he take thirty grains o
: 'thvmol. it might aid him j
S clearing up his conception of tn
) difference between dirt and ds
l. cency in politics.
S LII Johns memory Is still q o
and ii is. do not these gros
$ grim and grinning facts s,ibjee
) his veracity to a severe tension
a Now. John. u want to say tina
! if von repeat that defamation
i gain | will know that you ar
d political fakir.''
K John thinks he is entitled I
IA honorable mention for advi,
+ ing the governor to veto the M
j. ger bill. Doubtless the governo
n may have consulted other frient
o about such an important mea.
e nre, but he = the only one WI
j had the gall to abuse : privat!