The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-21
HIS WIRES BADLY CROSSED.

HIS WIRES BADLY CROSSED.
During . hull Saturday the jurors in
the court house took up . discussion Of
the gubernatorial ace and It developed
that q division of sentiment existed %
q marked degree. To settle the matter
a straw vote was taken which shoWed
Quin. 6. Bilbo S and Reilly I. IL 10
stated that not one Of the votes east
for Bilbo spelled his name right
Gulfport Herald. April goth.
The above is respectfully referred to
the attention Of the esteemed editor Of
The Gulfport Advocate, who recently
made inquiry for information concern
ing a news item The Commonwealth
published relative to MI. Quin's
strength among the people Of Gulfport
and vicinity. If he continues to get ~
many votes as all Of his opponents
down there. his friends will be delight
ed with the conduct of the Harrison
county people in the contest for gov
ernor.- Greenwood Commonwealth.
Straw votes are ''fearfully and won
derfully" made. Brother Gillespie.
Consult your files and see if you did
not publish a few four years ago; it 10
our recollection that you did. Straw
Pvotes taken and sent throughout the
State by the managers Of the Percy
and Alexander headquarters in jackson
four years ago, demonstrated conclus-
lively (?) the absurdity Of Major Vsrda-
man continuing in the struggle, both
of his opponents having him ''beaten
to a FRAGILE" Every time q partisan
rooter gets in q crowd he pulls of a
straw vote, and the returns" are al
ways t o his liking. We feel confident
Mr.. Quin will receive q very respecta-
BILE vote in Harrison county. and he
deserves it, being a perfect gentleman
and claiming a large personal acquaint-
ance in the county; but We will wager
a cask Of liquid fish bait with the edi-
tor of The Commonwealth that Mr..
Quin does not receive one-half Of all
the votes cast in Harrison county on
the third day of August, as the above
article would lead the average reader
to understand; and for the information
of Brother Gillespie will state that We
have drank with him and are some
what partial to his favorite brand. Bet
or no bet, that's the question!-Gulf-
port Advocate.
Brother Brash is a pretty clever
fellow and gets up a bright and
interesting paper, but he has got
his wires crossed in the above
comments. In the first place, the
editor of The Commonwealth has
not made any claims" as to how
the vote of Harrison county would
be in the Gubernatorial race
but on the other hand we have
merely published news items from
the press and from reliable gen.
tlemen who have been down
there during the present cam
paign, many of whom advise us
that MI. Quin has a splendid fol-
lowing among the good people Of
each of the coast counties, and
that he will easily be first in the
running in that section. In the
second place, The Commonwealth
didn't take or publish any straw
votes" four years ago in the Var
daman-Alexander-P ercy contest
for the Senate rship; nor did we
make any claim in this paper that
Vardaman would be defeated
because we didn't believe that he
would lose. We did claim that
Mr.. Alexander would be second
in that race, and the result veri-
fled our prediction. We didn't
have faith enough in the out
come of the contest four years ago
from our SIDE of the case to even
wager a small vial of liquid fish
misunderstanding the extent
of our thirst for the vile stuff at
that time-but now, that we have
been riding the water wagon"
for such a long time, we will take
a chance and bet Brother Brash a
full quart of William Jennings
Bryan's favorite beverage, grape
juice, that Hillrie Quin will re.
ceive at least one-third of the
votes of Harrison county at the
August primary. And if this isn't
strong enough to satisfy your
sporting enthusiasm, we will
double the wager that Quin will
run second in the Gubernatorial
hurdle race!