Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-03-16
THE GOVERNOR
% YEARS AGO

Convention held at Jackson, Miss,
August 23rd, 1899, at which time
i Governor A. Fl. Longino was noni-
mated for Governor it is very plain
that some of our former Governors
did not have easy sailing. The fol-
lowing resolution was introduced, as
Twill be shown, by Hon. Leroy Percy
of Secret Caucus fame, and it is
rather speculiar in this age of poll
ties to find oat that he gave mem-
Der of his own clan, Governor A. j.
McLaurin, such lambasting, but the
resolution copied from the old files
in some of the leading papers Of the
state, reads as follows:
Judge Coleman of Leflore pro-
tested against the passage of the
resolutions in spite of the move of
Col. Muldrow for the previous ques-
ton, when he had finished reading
them. The chair recognized Judge
/ Coleman and he proceeded to pour
some of the hottest shot INTO the adj
Iministration that were ever expert
fenced iii a Democratic Convention
in the State of Mississippi. At the
conclusion of Judge Coleman's re-
marks, Hon. Leroy Percy of Wash
lington, offered the following as a
substitute for the report Of the COM
mittee:
Whereas, it has always been the
custom Of the Democratic party in
convention assembled at the close OF
the Democratic State administration
to honor said administration with the
party endorsement and we do not
feel that such time-honored usage
should be disregarded without
WeiGhty reasons therefor, be it re-
solved by the Democracy of the
State of Mississippi, in convention
assembled, that we do hereby com
mend, endorse and approve of the
administration of state affairs by
the Democratic officials who have
conducted the state government for
the four years.
But there are acts, incidents and
features of said administration that
we are unable to stamp without APP
prevail and that we do not intend to
approve by the foregoing resolu-
ton.
I'VE do not approve of the veto,
based on insufficient grounds of the
capitol bill by the Governor, whereby
the work of the special session of the
Legislature held at an expense of
more than $4,000 to the tax payers,
was rendered abortive, and by reason
of which there is today no suitable
and safe place in the capital of the
state for the assembling of the rep
resentatives of the Democratic par
ty.
eve do not approve of the con-
duct of the Chief Executive in re- !
fusing to pay out of the Executive
Contingent Fund the expenses Incl
dent to the lying in state of the re-
mains of the Hon. ]. z. George, in
jackson, Miss, on the ground that
such payment was not authorized by
law, when he subsequently tele-
graphed to Washington to have the
remains of Gen. Walthall brought to
Jackson and then expressed the
opinion that he had no doubt that he
would pay the expenses incident to
this last occasion out of the executive
funds
eve do not approve of the fire.
nuent violations by the Chief Execu-
tive in his appointments of the Con-,
stitution of the State of Mississippi,
which he has sworn to uphold, as IL
Illustrated in his appointments of Mr..
Belk as special Judge in violation of
Section 154 of the Constitution and
of Mr.. Adam Byrd to an office of
profit which had been credited by
the Legislature of which he had
been a member in violation of Sec
ton 45 of said Constitution.
ave do not approve of that con-
duct of the Chief Executive which
has resulted in his veracity being
doubted questioned, and impugned
more often by men of character than
ever fell to the lot of a public Off
cial of the State of Mississippi be-
fore OF since it was admitted to the
Statehood.
"We do not approve of the blum
der of the Chief Executive in adopt
ing the course pursued by him in
depriving the |. l. & c. appropria-
ton bill, whereby through lack of
legal acumen on his part the exist
ence of that beloved institution was
imperiled.
1--WE do not approve of that con-
duct of the Governor which has
tended to lessen that respect which
the people Of the state are wont to
accord their Chief Executive as in
stanced by the unenviabIe newspa-
per notoriety acquired by him on the
trip MADE by him at the expense OF
the Mississippi Levee District to
New York for the purpose of repre-
senting the interests of that dis
trict before the Mississippi River
Commission and by his desertion of
his post of duty in Jackson in time
of pestilence and by the shameful
part he played when in an intoxicat-
ed condition he embroiled himself
with the quarantine officers who
We're engaged in the discharge of