The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-07-18

trutn or falsity; your cOmmlttee
stands sponsor for it. and is called
upon to furnish the proof, or con.
fess its falsity. Your reference to
special trains. slush funds, manu-.
factured enthusiasm, ETC.. needs no
reply because of its utter falsity."
You intimate that / have in
some way misrepresented ex-Gov-
ernor Longino. and in the CONNER
cial-Appeal of June 9th, there ap-
peared statement from Judge r.
H. Thompson which purports to
contradict my statement with refer
ence to the construction of the new
capitol. but it does not do so. Your
candidate has made his record as
Governor Of Mississippi the plat
form upon which he seeks election,
thus by his own declaration max
ing that record the legitimate SUBJ
iect of discussion; hence it does not
lie with you to complain if his Off
DIAL record is published to the world
in order that the people of the State
may be fully advised when they
come to choose between the various
candidates for governor. Til I
there may be no mistake in connec-
ton with Ex-Governor Loneino's
record, submit the following state.
ment of his record, as understand
it. and ask that the people of Mis-
sissippi be automatically advised by
you il these statements are true or
untrue. If these statements are not
true they should be refuted; if they
are true, they constitute a record
which the people Of Mississippi will
not indorse. These facts are:
That Gov. LOngino pardoned a
negro named John Nance. con-
yicted of raping a white woman.
Gov. McLaurin denied this pardon
with the comment that L will not
pardon a negro who has committed
an outrage on a white woman; let
John Nance stay where he is. |
agree with you that he has been
there too long-he should never
been sent there at all; he should
have been hanged
That Coy. LonginO commuted
the death sentence OF negro con-
victed in Chickasaw county for the
murder of white man. brother of
the Hon. III. s. Gilleylen, of Aber-
deem, Miss.
That as Governor. in his inau-
gural message. Coy. Longino rec
commended that the Legislature en-
act law providing for the pension
ing of the families of persons who
might be lynched, the effect of
which. had his recommendation
been taken seriously by the Legis-
lature, would have been to impose |
liability on the county where a
negro might be lynched. the amount
of the penalty to 60 to the family Of
the lynched negro. This message |
appears on page 80 of the Senate
journal of 1900.
Il have stated that during Gov. |
Longino's administration school
lands which were held in trust by |
the State under a conveyance from |
the United States Government were |
sold for approximately six hundred |
thousand dollars; that this money
belonged to the schools and col
leges of Mississippi and was and is
a trust fund. 1 have stated that
during the Longino administration.
while the new capitol was being
constructed. every dollar of this
money was drawn from the treasury |
and used by the State. l have
stated further that upon this fund
the State has paid interest at the
rate OF 6 per cent per annum from
1902 until the present time, or more |
than a half million dollars of inter
est. and that the State owes the en-
tire amount of the principal at this
time. Will Ex-Gov. Longino or
Judge Thompson say to the people |
OF Mississippi that this statement is
not true?
The above are official acts
which l am advised were performed |
by Ex x-Gov. LonginO. and therefore |
constitute part OF his platform in |
the present race. Since when has |
it become unfair or unjust in public
life to refer in courteous manner |
to the official record Of candidate
for Officer"