Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-07-31
"A LIE OUT Of THE
WHOLE CLOTH ---B|LBO
TO The People of Mississippi:

being USED IN the present cdmpdlSh,
as am not candidate for Office my
self, but since my ungrateful former
friend, Rossie Collins, who rode on my
"coat tail' until it was "slick", get
| ting into the Generals Office, and a
| lot Of slanderers and lying newspa-
pers have been circulating a vicious,
slanderous and inexcusable, as well
as unthinkable, lie to the effect that,
If Russell is elected Governor, that
he will appoint me to the position as
| President of the l. l. & c., | feel
that this statement is necessary and
| iustifiable. This rumor is lie out
of the whole cloth. Such a PROPOSE
ton has never been thought of by me
or suggested by any friend of mine.
/ know that Gov. Russell never
thought of such thing. The whole
proposition is not only lie, and not
only a dirty and slanderous thrust at
me, predicated upon the attempt OF
certain political enemies OF mine to
connect me with some scandal in the
/ ASYLUM and BeauvOir Investigations
| in all of which they failed miserably
but it is another illustration of the
amazing supply of transformation
). that is characteristic of the speeches
made by Rosie Collins and the
statements made by some political
newspapers supporting other anti
candidates. Every informed man in
| Mississippi knows that the President
of the l. l. & C. is elected by the
Board of Trustees and NOT by the
tGoyernor and that this Board OF
Trustees has already been appointed
by me and that this same Board will
hold during the larger part OF the
next Gubernatonal administrators
regardless VI VINO the Governor may
be. The lie IS not even reasonapie
and an ordinary fool should hno"
that the election OF Governor Wiii
have nothing to 90 with the SELECTION
OF President of the L. |. q c.
Now, Notwithstanding the TACT
that was educated in the leading
teachers school OF the South, the
Jniversity of Nashville; and not
witnstanding the fact that l nave
successfully taught boarding schools
| for. bcys and girls for a number OF
years; and Notwithstanding the fur
Ither fact that my training and educa-
| ton would enable me to successfully
control and operate this institution
| and that without any "rax Payers
Scandal" as was had at the |. l. q
IC., under the present management,
YET have no desire for CHS position.
Fl could not be persuaded to accept it
even though my own Soard of l'us-
t.-s desired to elect me wonder
lhow these pious frauds, who seem to
be so solicitious about the l. l. q &.
Iwculd feel if | should announce that
| if Russell was not Gle ted that :
would ask my Board Of r~.tees to
make me President Of this :ollege,
and what would they do if l should
announce that every vote against
Russell would be construed as an
Endorsement of my application for
the President Of this institution? But
if this bunch Of political liars and
scandal mongers will just leave me
alone it is my purpose, as | have al
ready announced, to return to Poplar
vile upon the expiration of my term
as Governor and there live upon my
farm and re-engage in the practice
of of law. I'll re-enter the political
game whenever l think best.
In conclusion, l want to repeat
again that there is not even a sug-
pestion of truth in this lie and any
man who suggests and intimates that
there was anything wrong or i'm
moral in my conduct in connection
with the political Investigations at
the asylum and at Beauvoir, is
dirty, infamous and slanderous liar
and is unworthy of the respect OF any
decent, fair minded and honorable
man or woman. The political con-
spirators, with a stacked committee,
and the States resources at their
command worked day and night for
weeks and months to establish some
thing against me in those investlga-
tions but had to admit their failure
so to do. Now let me repeat that
any man or newspaper that tries TO
defame and destroy by reference
and insiuations my name and reputa-
ton is not only lying assassin but
a coward of the deepest dye. | ap-
peal to the fair and honest men and
women Of Mississippi to condemn
this dirty method Of campaigning.
The name and reputation of myself
and family are as sacred to me as it
is to any living man or woman.
ers,yoro dooI and |