Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-03-31

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any field of carnage who, in calling the
meeting to order, dramatically inquir-
ed, What means this sea of upturned
| faces?" and then proceeded to solve his
own riddle by calling for reports. The
first to answer was appOintee Judge
w. A. Roane. long-haired apostle of
Vardamanism from upstate. who report
ed substantially that in his neck of the
woods 1.-THE cattle" were thriving and
increasing. and were all for the White
Chief.
When he spoke at Gulfport he was
there presented to the audience by ap-
pointee Judge" w. H. Hardy, who
being gentleman gifted in speech and
plausible address almost beyond com
parison, gave the White Chief a send
off in euphemisms more soothing in
phrase than accurate in statement.
A few nights later the White Chief
was billed for Pascagou!a. Here he
was taken in hand by appOintee Lord
High Commissioner of Something, do
not know what, Hon. w. D. Bullard,
who. in brief words and excellent taste
presented to the PascagOulans the ap-
pointing power to whom he was indebt-
ed for the name of which cannot at
this moment recall. Mr.. Billiards.
brother, appointee Judge" R. l.. Bull
lard. of Hattiesburg, is also one of
NdTuaHlan appOInLeS61 appOlnCeuS L
believe, from Scott county.
And 80 it goes wherever the ex-gov-
ernor goes on his vote-hunting expedi-
tlons, he there finds members of the no
BILE army of appointees upon whom he
confidently relies and who do not fail
to rally around the flag he bears and
by personal effort and appeals, drum up
a crowd in recognition of past favors;
and in token, too, of his excellent judg-
ment in matters political, as evidenced
by the wisdom and patriotism he dis
played in the selection of themselves
for posts of honor which, usually, are
, also positions of emolument.
If cut loose from his appOintees, and
; it is estimated they alone number more
than 1900, and from the personal in
f1uence they are exerting for him; if
deprived of the support of those men
whose records long ago established their
hate of the Democratic party, and its
leaders under whom was won the rev.
Olution of 1875 which resulted in the
| forced resignation of Governor Adel-
bert Ames, at one time military satrap
of Mississippi, and the impeachment of
your former distinguished fellow-towns-
man, our saddle-colored lieutenant-gov-
ernor. A. K. Davis-to repeat. if the
support of his appOintee and their fol-
lowings and that of the agitators of the
Vardaman type who antagonized La
mar, George and Walthall and, by
every art and trick of demagoguery
sought to defeat the two latter, be-
cause of their opposition to the chime
rical sub-treasury scheme in 1892, were
withdrawn from Vardaman, he would
scarce have a respectable corporal's 8
guard now advocating his claims to
further political preferment.
Take away from him the support of
his appOintees, Judge" Eugene o.
Sykes, of Monroe county, a chevalier
sans peuret sans reprOche, of appointee
Judge" w. A. Roan2, of Yalobusha;
Harrison: of appointee Judge Bob
Cochran, of Lauderdale; appointee
Judge" R. L. Billiard, now of Perry,
ct id OD1ne genus; of appointees to mill
tary honors, General c. M, Williamson
and Colonel Robert V. Rachford, Arc
AIDES 0nlbO and their comrades of the
governors staff, seeking glory, with
maiden swords, along primrose paths
that lead neither to the cannon's mouth
nor to the grave; of appointees of excel
lent record all along the line to the tune
of more than the proverbial thousand
and one, embracing every occupation
ano station from village official to chief
justice of the supreme court, inclusive,
all of whom, f1guratively speaking, are
now tearing their shirts" to boost
him along and then deprive him of the
one time populist hosts and the alliance
crowd led by Frank Burkett. of ''wool
hat" and good bye to George and
Walthall" fame (bY the way, the ablest
of the lot as he is now the first in merit,
if not in place, 1.-The best and noblest Of
the race, among all the majors anti
Democratic ieutenants), Hon. John A
Bailey, hon. Polk Keeton and others of
their ilk. together with the extreme
wing of the prohibition party under the
leadership of the late jealous, able and
sincere partisan, B. T. Hobbs, of the
BroOkhaven Leader.
In Vardaman's following are men of
many political creeds opposed to the
Democratic party who have for years
impeded its progress and prosperity as
far as it was possible for them to do.
Among them, too, there are, to be
sure, many honest. earnest, patriotic
citizens, and among these are many who
are misled, because of being misinform-
ed as to the facts, throug h the agency
of designing demagogues.
Mississippi history, has so many lies
been told from the hustings, nor so
many ISLANDERS and infamous concoc-
tions of the brain been published in the
press about any candidate as has been
the case within the past twelve months
in reference to Percy and Alexander,
whose greatest sins are their superior
ity, in intellect. courage and morals and
political worth TO Vardaman, ana their
wisdom and patriotism in opposing him
for the United States senate. Nor has
a more honorable or patriotic legisla-
ltUre, tskinH It 20 0 whole, ever con-