Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-18
JUST COMMENTATOR.

The Weekly Citizen, a new paper
OF Hattiesburg, has the following to
say Judge Bob Hall is the editor,
which lends weight to the views here
in expressed. Read it:
The Insurance Suits and Stokes v.
Robertson"
The Citizen is glad to note that the
insurance companies have about
ceased to spread further propaganda
effecting the suit filed by Hon. Stokes
V. Robertson, revenue agent of Mis-
sissippi. They have expended all the
money they care to in this wav. or
they have reached the conclusion that
the propaganda did not fool any con-
siderable number of Mississippi peo-
pie. Most likely, however, they
reached both these conclusions at the
same time.
The insurance companies did them
selves no honor and received no pres
tige, is the consideration of the best
citizenship of the State. when they
undertook to cruelty Mr.. Robertson on
the altar of public opinion. The best
policy to have employed, and in fact
the honest legitimate thing that they
should have done in the outstart was
to have Irrigated this matter in tn
courts without undertaking to muddy
the water by deceptive propaganda,
hoping thereby to distort public opin-
ion. Such tactics employed could not
in the least be expected to influence
the court, who is the final Judge of
The courts of the State
and especially the Supreme Court.
could not be expected to be influenced
in the least, by the assault made
against Mr. Robertson. The whole
conduct on the part OF
the companies has acted as boomer
ang and the designers of this coacep-
ton are as they should be, the only
sufferers.
"This matter must be fought out in
the courts and decided by the law OF
the -uninfluenced, uncolored by
If the insurance companies
win-well and good. They should be
and will be by the honest, fearless
people of this State congratulated.
But whatever may be finally decided,
Stokes v. Robertson will have
emerged stronger individual and
more highly esteemed Officer for his
fearless stand and desire to have
the law of his State exonerated. He
conceived the facts of this particular
case to be violation of the law and
so believing, he at once put in motion
the machinery provided by law IN or
der that the courts might adJudlcate
the matter, and if the companies were
blameless, no harm could befall them,
but if they were guilty, the heavy
penalty in favor of the State might be
collected and paid over.
ssIn taking this course he did no
more than his sworn duty, and is to-
be praised for so doing. And the UNI
demanded methods employed to dis
credit him, and lower his official
prestige has only made him stronger
in the hearts of his countrymen. HIsil
enemies destroyed the issue and made
it appear that he was undertaking as
an official to promulgate public
policy inimical and disastrous to the
States best interest,"; where, as a
matter of plain truth, he was only try
ng to have tested one of the States
avs, the public policy of which he
lad nothing to do with.
"He has been made to suffer the
-ankest, kind of persecution at the
lands of this gigantic corporation
through an unfriendly and in some in
stances a subsidized press, but with
Ill this opposition the people were not
ed away from the path Of truth.
eve hope he wins this suit, but win
n lose, Stoves v. Robertson has
achieved pinnacle in the affection of
from which he will
lever be disloged by any such tactics
IS has been employed in this case.
"This paper has aught to say
gainst the insurance companies other
han this: They have been needed and
ave supplied the need to the people,
ut it is real pleasure to stand behind
ur fearless revenue agent, and so
ing as he defends the peenle's iater-
st. as we believe he has III this ii,
tance, the plaudits Of this ne oer ri
g freely EXPRESSED in his beh2'f.
ones County News.