The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-08-02

declared me the politician. which
lam not.
80 please publish this. or what
you may prefer to say more briefly
and clearly than / am saying.
Il hardly know what to say az ia
the sudden elevation to the high
honor of Judge which the cores,
pcndent assigns to me. Perhaps il
one knew just which court it is, eu.
pFeme or Justice. the scale OF my
satisfaction might be better deter
mined.
| The Commercial Appeal circu.
lates widely in this country and re-
ports to it's readers cannot be too
accurately stated. Political state
ments often show the heat and bias
of personal feeling. which is unfor-
ltunate. Your friend.
w. H. HUNrLEY."
Since writing the above. / have
made a personal investigation mt
both the local telegraph offices. and
learn from the managers there that
no wire report of the Harrison speak
ing was sent over either line from
YazoO City to the Commercial Ap-
peal or elsewhere Friday night.
Inasmuch as | have had num-
her of inquiries from YazoO City and
elsewhere as to the authenticity of
the report. and calling in question
many Of the statements made there
in. and especially on behalf of DR..
Huntley. | ask you to kindly give
space to this. Very truly.
+. X. BIRDsALI,
YazOO City Correspondent CONNER
cial Appeal.
After reading the above. every
man seeking the truth as to the
status and utterances of Vardaman
or Harrison as reported through the
columns of the Commercial Appeal
must take the statements published
therein with a liberal grain of salt.
Other instances of political bias
can be cited: At Calhoun City when
Vardaman spoke there, the crowd
numbered 5000. and again at Brook
haven, on last Monday. Vardaman's
crowd numbered 1000, attracted
without brass band or spectacular
display. The crowds were enthusi-
astic at both places which showed
that the people of those sections
are largely in accord and will vote for
Vardaman. Also we are inform
ed that a report of the BrOOkhaven
speaking was sent to the CONNER
cial Appeal. yet not mention of it.
nor the one made at Calhoun City
either, was made i'm that paper.
There could be "A motive behind the
suppression of reports favorable to
one candidate and exploiting reports
favorable to the other: Vardaman
championed increasing the postal
rate on the big newspapers and mag
azines of the country, which under
the rate that existed then was char
acterizcd by the leader of the house
as scandalOus larcenOus graft"
These big newspapers and maya
zines were paying about $50 900 900
less than it cost the government to
carry their publications to their sub
scribers. Vardaman championed
the bill that increased the postal
rate on these big syndicated publi-
cations and thus incurred their dis
pleasure. MIR. G. p. j. Mooney, the |
talented editor of the Commercial |
Appeal. attended the meeting of
the American newspaper publish
ers, held in Washington last June,
and went before the ways and means
committee of the House as one of
the representatives in the fight that |
association was then making for a
OF the postal increase
rate that was due to become effect
i've, and did become effective, July
LIST of this year. We do not know
what Mr.. Harrison's record is on
this fight. but if it is like his record
on other important fights that ben
eft the people against syndicated
it is so passive. or negli-
gible, that no one that we know has
ever mentioned it. The question
then becomes pertinent. why does
the metropolitan press exercise such
political bias between
The two candidates for the u. s.
Senate in Mississippi? One of them
mas not incurred its displeasure. the
other has.