The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-07-04
AoW IS THIs FOE FAIR METHODS OF cAMPAIcNING?

JVWeekt endingt June 20 unQ6r the c8puOn JACK Cutrer hned
81 .ooo,s had the following newspaper clipping:
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 14.John v: Cutrer, said
dale, was fined $1,000 in federal court here yesterday
for violating the Reed Amendment - :"
Tom Walker has the buying or shipping of ~whiskey, wine or
beer by Jack Cutrer. or by any other man out of Cincinnati. or
,ernor of Mississippi? BY no sort of reason or logic can one
man be held responsible for the individual acts or conduct of
another. - y
If we wanted to be least unkind We would say that John
ston is no more responsible for what Mr.. Curtrer did in this
matter than he is for the time Gov. Longino got drunk at the
Mississippi Bar Association at Greenwood. Now the fact that
the Ex-Governor got drunk at Greenwood does not detract from
the good name hefhas deservedly established among MISSISSIPPI
plans for sobriety of life and Christian aims and purposes. The
that no one regrets it more than this honored gentleman, and
we merely mention. it to remind the Ex-Governors overzealous
friends that it has been said that what's sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander.
But after this campaign paper prints the above; it follows
it with the following comment which is reproduced by the cX-
ford Eagle, Lieut.. Gov. Russells newspaper, with a great dea
of gusto, which tends to show that these two candidates are
betting the brainest man IN the race whenever and where they
can. But to what the Tribune has to say in trying to ayLblow
Johnston with a matter that he was no more responsible for
'Curtrer was accused of attempting to send a trunk filled
with liquor from this city to his home in Mississippi.
what Mr.. Cutrer could have wanted with a trunk of
whiskey in these Prohibition times, when all good citizens es-
pecially lawyers, who are officers of the court, and supposed
to aid in the enforcement instead of the violation of the law,
will be:a mystery to the good people OF the state. who delight
in the fact that the country is soon to DE rid of the curse of
liquor
law partner, and Governor Brewer are among the largest con-
tributors to Johnson's campaign funds, and are standing spon-
so for him IN his race for governor. We wonder II Curtrer
CnOugnC, Wnen ne uHQerlOO SAID smuggling Z Lnat he WOuiu
need this extra large supply OF booze to keep up his courage
and stimulate his hopes for the success of his candidate. Or
of fire water to drown the sorrows of defeat of himself and
the rest of the gang after the August primary. ,..
But being a prominent attorney and politician from
~Clarksdale' it was to have been exepcted that he was too
xly to have himself caught in this manner with the goods In
this connection it might be interesting to the public Just how
Mr.. Curriers' said candidate for governor has voted on'the va
rious prohibition questions that have come before the legisla-
ture during his twelve years us a mercber thereof. Will some
of his friends please advise the public on that polnt?
1--WE say 'Cutrers candidate because it is we'll known
that Earl and Jack Snlt and before making his announce,
ment Mr.. Johnston publicly stated tRatif he should become a
retire from the race and support him, and subsequent e
vents have proven that he spoke by the record;
Ito Coahoma,~ which has been. represented in tine legislature
by Mr.. Johnston during the past twelve years, in a recent
tissue called on that gentleman to state how he stood on
prohibition, and as no reply thereto has been made, 80 far
as we have seen or heard, The Tribune called on Rev. I. j.
Bailey, of this city, president of the State Anti-Saloon League,
for such information as he could give US on the subject. and mas
been informed by that gentleman that the legislative records
never voted for any OF the prohibition. measures coming before
at :"us. :tr acrio'. d1ran: that pc 'o,"
The Longino Campaign Committee has been trying to a.
rouse interest i'll Ex-Gov.Iongino, whom we hold IN high esteem
phrases and terms that Mississippians have GOT we'll used. to
within the past few years and words which have been worked
re that there has been nothing said by Mr.: Johnston
or by his campaign committee that in the least reflects oil the
:x-GovernaS said when he announced that his pubic life was
his platform and he invited the most careful scrutiny and dis
cussion of it. Mr.. Johnston accepted the Ex-Governors INVITA-
ton which he thought vas made in earnest. Bat when the t
and brilliant Coahoma statesman, the private soldier
for cursing him, began to show that the Ex-Governor and his
friends were mistaken about the great amount
Of money he left in the State Treasury as compared with
MS predecessor, the Ex-Governors friends began to hollow
calf rope" Misrepresentation" etc. yet the public records
If the State and such men as Col. h. Nj. Street and All Stones
figures back up Johnston. =
W. have been an ardent prohihihonist. In an humble way
we have used the few talents corrcitteed to us as effectively
% further prohibition IS Rev. DR.. Bailey, from whom we nave /
profound respect. The Grenada Sentinel has stood IN sea Q
,on and out of season for the best morals and the highest
standards of living. But we deny to DR.. Bailey or to Doctor L
Anybody else the right to set up arbitrary standards to meas {
ire the state-craft OF men by. DR.. Bailey complains t
n an open letter, which the Long1no COM
nittee liz using, that Oscar Johnston failed or refused to vote
or the bill to divide liquor fines with the witness or "detec-
i've" who turns up the tiger. In this Oscar Johnston was '
light. We have seen these detectives" who go into to buy +