The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-19

for a bond issue when the whole
truth is that his name appears on
both these petitions, as attested
by the Chancery Clerk, the ques-
ton naturally arises in the aver
age citizens mind, how did Mr..
Kennedy vote on these two bond
issue questions when presented
to the people for their ratifica-
ton? Did he sign one way and
vote another? Was he consistent
in signing for the bond issues
and voting for them also? We
will leave you to judge. If Mr..
Kennedy was against all form of
bond issue as he says he is, why
did he not sign a counter petition
when presented to him, as we
are informed by reputable citi-
zen that such a petition was pre-
scented to him, and let his sigma
ture count for naught in all petit
tons concerning this question
which he makes an issue himself.
The phrase all going out and
nothing coming i'm is one that
we cannotg see has any connec-
ton whatever with government
al affairs SO far as the county is
concerned. At no time in it's
history, so far as we can ascer-
tain, has the county been a
money making institution. We
are, and have always been,
called upon to pay tribute each
year for maintenance of county
affairs. The catchy phrase might
make some believe the county
was such, but we do not think
there is one so ignorant in Beat
5 as to entertain such an idea.
All Supervisors who have pre-
coded our next Board of Super
visors, whoever they may be,
have believed in exactly what
Mr.. Kennedy. says: "That the
expenditures of the county should
not exceed the income of the
county, and are called on, by
law, to provide an income suffi-
Gent to meet the expenditures of
the county. Again, there is no
one so base in this District, that
we can think of, who does not
desire that the county get all it's
moneys worth when paid out,
and the mere mention of such a
thing looks like a reflection on
our peoples loyalty to our coun-
ty, or upon our good officers who
are in charge of our county af-
fairs.
If elected, Mr.. Kennedy does
not appear to take into consider
alton the law by which he shall
be directed in the discharge of
his duties, but relies on the fact
that he will be governed by the
wishes of his people, which is a
fair promise. However, there
comes a time when the wishes of
the people and the law may dis
agree, and when under the oath
of office administered to every
man on his induction into office,
he is compelled to be governed
by the law of his oath, whether
it be the will of the people. or
not. Conceding the law to be
enacted by representatives ofthe
people, therefore the will of the
people, yet our laws, unlike the
laws of the Meades and Persians,
are changeable, and such prom
Use is likely to get one = trying to
follow both the law and the will
of the people-into trouble with
his own conscience, and proba-
bly, with his bondsmen.
Mr.. Kennedy, we fear, like the
writer, has never yet had a real
conception of the many and va
ried duties of a Supervisor, or
the difficulties under which they
labor at all times.
AS to "a select few" the pres
ent Board, we chink and believe,
as all fair thinking and fair-mind-
ed men open to business conviction
believe, have done as much I'M
der the circumstances as any set
of men acting, as Supervisors
could have done. There is not a
one of them who has not made
success in private life. They are
men of varied experiences, tried
by a lapse Of years that ripen
into a knowledge of business
that nothing else can give. They
have reared their families among
us; they have shared whatever of
prosperity or adversely the coun-
ty has offered, and as their heads
have grown gray facing Whatev-
er the country demanded of them