The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-07-13

in Lowndes county, Why do not have
these equal rights before the people?
presented an issue; a legal issue;
political issue; and official public
service issue; and Of course a DEM
ocratic issue. can show that /
could not have gotten the same treat
ment that this party, Mr.. B. A. Lin
coin, received. dare say from evil
dence ! hold that neither the court
nor the grand jury would have given
me the same protection that it gave
to a Lincoln. And the ridiculous
thing of it all was-the claim Of Mr..
B. A. Lincoln that he was the cause
of the Crook Audit. In which he
was too poorly smudged with white
wash to cover the job. Mr.. B. A.
Lincoln was elected on the merits of
this kind of great self investigation.
] say: Had ! not single-handed ex-
posed the illegal procedures on the
part of the supervisors there would
never have been a Crook Audit. No
one can deny this truthfully. Had
MIR. b. A. Lincoln performed his le-
gal duty as county auditor for which
he was specially paid, or paid extra
by Law. there could have been no ex-
pOsure for me to make. Then it log
ically follows that Mr.. B. A. Lincoln
was elected because he had violated
the laws governing his office and /
was defeated because | exposed his
1 inefficient and illegal acts. Then !
say to MIR. y. A. Lincoln, your de-
mOcracy has not been proved by my
defeat. This Crook Audit is Mr.. Lin
coln's camoufage. And he has no
democratic right TO pass over my
head TO an office of the state with
merit. And least of all to the office
of the Supreme Court Clerk.
I | deny and charge that you are not
fundamental democrat or a proper
party democrat. Or, that you were
ever a fundamental democrat. And
charge from the basis of inside
information gotten by word of mouth
from an honorable gentleman, now
deceased, that you are as the son Of
Capt c. L. Lincoln the recipient of
an oath made in a little cabin, in
the late seventies, South of Rural
Hill school house, by about thirty
men, binding themselves and their
sons by a perpetual oath to God to
keep your father in public office and
your fathers sons after him. This
is the famous mysterious power of
the Lincolns. The reason for their
taking this oath was denied me. 1t
was Mr.. T. A. Stinson, to whose hon
or / now relate these alleged facts
and who declared to me that he took
1.-The oath. And this same oath was
Testified to by another who was eff
fected by this oath latter Mr.. Stin-
sons DEATH.
/ Let me pay just tribute of honor
to whom full honor is due. The late
Capt. Atwell Lincoln, who was killed
on Flanders battlefield would not
consent to be party or recipient of
such political benefits. His funda-
mental democracy would not allow
him; that is, if / am to believe Mr..
\ B. A. Lincoln's own words to me just
before he left the service of Mr.. d.
ID. Richards as deputy Chancery
Clerk and entered the service of the
cotton mills as bookkeeper. Mr.. b.
A.. Lincoln also said that he intended
to stand by and get the political ben
efts of this oath-bound clan, or a
lsimilar oath-bound benefit. ! will
take oath to the above statements
of Mr.. Stinson and Mr.. Lincoln. And
will relate much more if denial is
made
Citizens where do you stand?
Our democracy is gone. Our dead
lie upon the worlds battlefield in
France. What is your duty? Is 1t
ito crush" me for my best life work
lighting as soldier by myself
against allied oath-bound odds. Are
you being usedby this autocracy as
tool to crush" me with your vote.
They admit that they cannot crush
me, but they say they are now go
ing to defeat" me by your votes.
Voter, friend or foe, can you af-
ford to do it-"crush" or defeat" a
fundamental democrat in a year when
our blood has been spilled in France
for democracy? Can you do II? Can
Won stand fer this oath-bound au-
tocracy, the like of which is unknown
in Mississippi.
The mystery of the power OF the
Lincolns" is solved. ! charge that 1t
il. an autocracv. Mr.. T. A. Stinson