The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-05


against me under the heading: "Quin Paid Cam
paign Expenses Out of the Taxpayers Pockets
In this circular he copies an affidavit made bv
L. +. Noble in which L. F. Noble states that
James +. Noble stated to him in a conversation
had some days ago in the City OF Brookhaven. that
ne. James F. Noble. paid out of the United
states Treasury the sum Of 1888 per month for
writing letters during the campaign OF 1920
From this statement, Wall proceeds TO charge that
l caused to be paid out of the Government 7rroos
ury this sum Of money to James f. Noble for a.
slstlng me and writing letters in my campaign.
This is an absolute. unouaIiaed and ,,r,o,.s
ed falsehood When Congress adjourned go
round 1t necessary to return to nv aistr,cs 81
not wishing the business of the people to suffer IN
any respect on account Of my campaign for re-
election, established an Office in the cassodv
Building in Brookhaven. Mississippi. and nI.cod
my secretary In charge of same and emnIo,od
James r. Noble temporarily in lieu Of NV wife
wno mad prior thereto been employed as INV clerk
- OieiA 70 assist my Secretary in doing the work
ol the ofhce Of Congressman Mr.. Noble ,yas o.
employed and this office was run from hi, -, ~
Dec LIST, 1921 during which time my wife received
no pay. '''ei'eu
caused to be sent in bulk from w.sh,nu.o,,
Duiietlhs ana documents that were assigned 70 me
for public distribution part of ,vbtob - ~ -io
year books and documents of like kind rho :.
CORDS OF the Post Office at Brookhayen will shon,
tnat these public documents were received a. Ill
addressed to P. E. Quin, Congressman and -
oelVered to my office in the Cassedy Rui1d,no 90
were opened and the individual books ana door.
ments contained therein were addressed rDo,,oa ;.
anu distributed to the individual citizens In INV
ulSulee VINO were entitled to receive them. This
." a' - NO sense part Of my campaign 1t was
tue governments business, it was the duty NJ The
congressman to mt
ana documents and it was his duty 70 er,nIo,
clerks and employees to aid in doing 80. And
Ior TINS purpose, employed James F. Nobla an
nonoraDIe' hlgh-toned gentleman, a lawyer of dis
'incllon ana citizen of your county as well as INV
strong personal friend.
had right to employ him. He bad r,nh..
10 accept the service and there can be no justia-
eation LOT wan to bring this unjust charge against
either Of U.S.
Mr.. James F. Noble was never In his life maid
Dy me or by the United States Treasury or anv
otner person one solitary five cent piece for aiding
me In my campaign for reelection.
Wall cannot get by with his statement that
ne makes no charge in this regard against James
r. Noole' because as he states in his circular. he
mad right to be paid for whatever service he
rendered to Mr.. Quin, but Mr. Quin had NO right
10 take the money out of the taxpayers pockets TO
pay his campaign expenses The only right Mr.
Quin has was to select his clerk and if he and his
clerk, either or both, reported to the Government
that James F. Noble was entitled to be paid. as a
clerk Ior services rendered clerk to the govern
ment, when in truth and fact no service had been
rendered except to aid myself in my campaign for
reelection, there would be and there could be no
distinction between us as each and both would
be party to the transaction. Wallis undertake
ing to excuse Noble and to condemn ouin is
another evidence Of the motives moving him
In the making Of these false and slanderous
statements. The truth is, the employment
OF James F. Noble as clerk was honorable.
He rendered valuable service as such clerk to the
Government, in that these Documents papers etc.
were distributed and mailed from his office and
by him, and he was not in any sense Of tine word
paid any money whatsoever as compen.a,lvn tor
aiding me in my campaign.
While th:re is nothing in the affidavit of
L. F. Noble which justihes the statement of Wall
unless you add to that affidavit the false and un-
true statement of Wall accompanying the afada-
Wit. Like every other false charge he has brought
he has so misconstrued and misstated the facts.
as to mislead many persons who are unfamiliar
with the truth. AS to the fact that the Govern
ment papers, books and documents were delivered
to my office in Brookhaven, in bulk and as to the
fact that they were re-mailed and re-addressed
to the individuals entitled to them, refer you
to the Postmaster at Brookhaven Mississippi and
to any clerk on duty at that time There was a
large quanuty of this matter, and no employee of
the ofce engaged in the service at that time could
fail to know that this is the truth. In fact Wall
himself already knows that this is the truth, but
IL is not the truth he wishes to present to you
his whole aim and desire and intention is to use
any and all and every means, regardless of the
truth to mislead you to slander and abuse my
wife, or Mr. Noble or any other person where he
thinks he can obtain pei sonal advantage by do
ing SO. IS THERE NO ONE WHO WILL ESCAPE
THE DENUNCIAlIoN OF THIS MAD-MANH
There may probably be other literature cir
culated by my opponent at the eleventh hour,
which win have opportunity to answer and
! must depend upon all fair-minded people to
take Wall at his word that THE campaigns
practically closed. the issues are in" and 1T is up
to the white and white women to say whom
you want to represent you in Congress"
Do you want man who has served you
faithfully, or man VINO stands confessed as cir
culatng falsenood to gain votes-that my wife
Is Catnoiic when she not-that my wife is a
CRATER, when in truth and tacr she earned what
she received, and who has additionally gone to
the extreme length Of slandering my good wife
and me by the testimony Of questionable witnesses
whose full statements he declines to give YOU and
by falsely charging me and James F. Noble
as guilty Of graft.
Wall has not been honest with me- He has
not been honest with YOU