Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-04-24
Letter from Capt! Bob Banks.
Edisss Of shs Beacon :

i Now, that the Legislature has
adjourned, we are, it seems tc
!. be deprived of the pleasure Of
having The Beacon's weekly let.
tyr from big Bud"
I To the writer, the deprivation
is much in the nature of a per.
sdnal loss. To him, the commu.
nications were not only enter.
timing because of affecsion fol
ipld Cavett"' (may the Lord
live himD but they were instruc-
tive because they happily pointed
dut and explained the salient
features of various bills before
The Legislature. Their genial
llumor, their wit and, sometimes.
atirical allusions to persons
whom, to put it plainly, the au-
.thor loved not, were peculiarly
delightful.
Indeed, / sometimes think and
haye so declared to others, that
one or two Of Big Buds recent
tsietters to The Beacon were as
well put, as well-conceived and
well-timed, as we'll as persuasive
ly expressed, as any ever sent
II cut from the states capital that
Ifell under my eye. You may
say that is too extravagant
praise. Maybe so; but think
mot.
C One cannot, in my opinion, be
extravagent in praise of the eff
forts of friend when those ef-
forts are honest, brave, intelli-
gent; and employed to defend the
right and promote. as he believes,
Igood government nt-engaged in
with patriotic purpose to the end
that his country, and particular
BIly his particular commonwealth,
linay be run on a high plane.
That such was the object of Big
Bud is made clearly manifest to
)Ithe commoncst understanding.
It requires no reading between
the lines to discover it was his
desire and intent to aid in put
ting an end in Mississippi to
Bilboism, which is but another
name for the turpitude that per-
mits men of position and power
to become unscrupulous spoils.
men and tricksy traders, one
/ with another. in legislation, seek
ing through unhallowed traffic,
through perpidious fraud and in
famous, felonious conduct, to
prosper and fill their filthy tills
kSwith pelf most nefariously filched
nfrom the pockets of the people
|lWhom they hypocritically, and
with pernicious plausibility and
Emphasis, claim to serve.
And so it is, the recent letters
If Big Bud, wherever read I'm
Mississippi, have, | think, done
rood. Would to God the State
lad his like in every community |
10 uncover and expose the petty |
|plitical thefts and grand lar
|enies of our bribe-offering and
1iribe-taking placemen. Men of |
liis tribe are needed to oust the |
ascals who pirate so loudly of be-
Ing of the people and for the
|oeople, while in truth and in
||fact, they only wear the liverv
of the Lord to serve the devil in
wolves in sheep's clothing or
rather the M .p;lor would be
better to say they are knaves
drumming with the crowd. crying
Stop thief! SLop, thief" while
themselves the thieves, raising
the alarm, the better to get away
with the goods concealed about
their persons.
Woe worth the day, when so
large a proportion of Mississippi
became so BILBOIzED (if | may
coin a word from the name of a
person to stand for nothing that
lis decent, but everything that is
mean, sordid and disreputable in
politics) that men of certain
faction may with impunity at
Tempt to influence the Chief Ex-
ecutive of the State may seek
10 swerve him from the path of
bficial rectitude and public duty
by proposing to barter political
influence, favorable legislative
ction upon measures ne pro.
noses, senatorial confrmatson of
Is appointments to Office, and
upport of his administration
Fenerally in exchange for his
romise to cause to be dismissed
criminal prosecution pending