The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-07-09
overwhelmingly put to rout.
MET DEFEAT IN PRIMARY.

repudiated in two elections. backed
by the same money powers. and
getting together a compaign fund
many times the size of any candi-
date that had ever offered for Office
in this State, again tried to get in
the saddle, but the people knew
them and were sick and tired Of
them, and they again received the
most severe rebuke and drubbing in
their entire history. In fact, ever
since the days of the secret caucus
the people have slapped this crowd
in the face at every general election
year-but as shown in this last con
vention, they still shine in conven-
ton assembled. Backed by a dirty.
indecent. malicious local press. this
convention threw all precedent to
the winds-it was a Knock-down
and drag out affair. Propriety, cour-
tesy. custom and all that they laid
grutfiy aside. The great masses
were at home unmindful that these
old ringsters were cutting these Sec
ret caucus capers. The great masses
paid little or no attention to the
beat and county conventions-they
were busy in their daily toil-and
so it fell to these curbstone, scRem-
ing. convention hardened, secret
caucus style politicians to look after
their affairs. repeat that the large
majority of the men composing this
convention, do not in the least rep
resent the wishes, desires and ideals
of the great masses of the people of
this State-as shown by results, it
is the people be damned"
BENEFITS BY CONVENTIONS ACTION |
Possibly it may be said that |
have a sore toe because | was not
elected a delegate to the convention.
This is untrue. The action of this
convention has aided me politically
to the tune of thousands of votes if
| shall eyer run for office again
When this convention saw fit to
throw down custom, precedent and
the recognized and established rule
of the Democratic party of this State
and left me at home they used a
method that is no better and entitl-
ed to no more respect than that of
the gangster and ward heeler poll
ticians throughout the corrupt cities
of the land; but they did it, the peo-
pie shall know it and in due time
at the polls this repudiated minor
ity will be shown where Tony hid
the wedge" | have alway been a
fair and open fighter, a true Demo-
crat of the Jeffersonian-Jaek
school of politics. true to the con-
stitution, laws and traditions of the
Democratic party, the party that
was made to serve the masses and
not the classes, and | believe |
speak the sentiments of every fair
minded man in Mississippi, regard
less of his political notions or his
political alignments. that he will
condemn in the strongest possible
terms the action of this convention
with regard to myself This is not
due to me personally, but as the
leader of the Democratic party, iu-
dicially made so by the determine
tion of her yotors. and all true blue
Democrats are manly enough not
only to stand up and win, but to
stand up and lose, and that all these
men will agree that such action was
uncalled for, unwarranted and de-
serves the condemnation of all true
Democrats everywhere. / firmly be-
lieve.
CALLS 1T A RUNP CONVENTION.
1t may be said and argued in
their defense that [ was not in
accord with the Democratic party"
in advance to this. let me
say (and all our people know this)
this exact charge was an issue in
the last campaign, wherein column
after column ofvilainous insinuations
charges and willful lies published
against me and by word of mouth
the same charges were scattered
everywhere. yet the people. by
vote of II .453 as against SO .531 for
my opponent gave this the emphatic
lie. Nothing was left undone to1
destroy me and the trickey.
racter-assasination and the most
shameful use of money ever known
in this state was used to defeat me,
but to no avail. Therefore, after