SUPPLEMENT TO THE GREENVILLE TIMES.
- cannot ln case numa
y Ui'i the Ins ei'llm'tuf
to llm ti eii-uirer I he n ib-H
, Iiim h , Jet tlutt wits what
in Hun i n' -the iiuli-9 o(
turned over In the tn'imuror
ii In aid hy llm lux rnllintor
i t pay iur t:iv In thn C"l
,,tli juiir'iuiti'a. Tuli-i the de
I llm pi iti-Uiiiij lii'iiHiiriT, and
In trann ii'ii unit it Imiliwl loo
and ri'iniifl n levee ln'.iiil.
it in lint nil. I liuM in n.y Ij mill a
tied u i n ' ' of ft ili'i'il i'( truHt tii
to ir.sert iu a speech executed
tii .'luili day u( Nihi'ihImt, by
larlc Kelt In his brother Hon. Ui
. Hoott, trustee, tn BiM'iirK In I'. I.,
oiies, t I'iisiin r of l!-livr county,
jlllin.C,:!, in in ly twelve- thousand dol
lars, due mill pa able thini lint in
tciuliHl In .liiiiuary 1st, 11.1. After
wards Mr. Sc. tr entered on the ninrin
of the ili'i'il record that it was eUciidcd
tj thn '.'itli 1 1 : i y i.l Jmif, lMh'i, three
years nml ii luilf. Uuw cuiiie lib uwint,'
"the cnunty treasurer lliia lari hiuu of
money, l' iii'iiin'it. 'llm rrily was
that while Mr. Jones mi inasurer
Mr. Scott yave attention tn the dis
bursement r Hi o enmity money, mid
that when lio failed in business ho
owed tho nullity this lare mini of
money.
but may be that was a litlte debt
if taxi's mi ivuiuh lie was pelting a
little extension nf three and a half
years? The treasurer and the board of
supervisors must have been extremely
clever to liiin. No woilcr people,
thought ho bad undue influence over
them.
SCOTT Ol'KNS WAK.
1 did not appoint a levee board nuti
eervient to Mr. Scott, ami he at once
eoniiuenced the war on me. Anil Mr.
Jvrott is an attorney lor the V. A M. V.
K. K. company, and that intensified
his opposition.
There has been no scandal connected
with the new levee board. The old
board paid discounts and commissions
on the sale of Ii per cent bonds, The
new beard has made arrangements tn
refund at 5 jut cent interest, at a pre
mium, the bonds issued by the eld
board at ti j'or cent interest, and at a
discount.
The uld board left a bonded debt of
over a million dollars, on which the
new board is paying ti per cent inter
est. The money collected is being
faithfully Applied for levee purposes.
This is the icpurt to me and I be
lieve U to be true.
At least 1 appointed good and capable
Wee commissioners, and that was all a
governor could do. The governor does
not have control of the board. 1 ap
pointed Dr. liarden. who was working
his way from obscurity to high rank
in his profession; Hon. II. Ii. Koote,
of unquestioned character, an ex-stale
senator, and sun of that eminent jurist
Judge Koote, of Noxubee county;
Capt. Harris, an ex-eonfedei ate soldier
who gave four years of his life to his
country in war, and to the farm ever
since the war , Ihe sturdy and clear
headed farmer, V. C. Boyd, of liolivar
county; the chivalrous yet gontle
Capt. J. M. Montgomery; Hon. J. M.
Jayne, a lawyer who stands in the first
class cf the profession, whose fidelity
to the levee interests all admit ; and
Hon. Fred Clarke, an equally eminent
lawyer, and faithful official, the son of
ex-governor Clark wbcse shattered
"uba testified to his fidelity to bis
country.
There is nothing of which to i9
ashamed in the personnel of th
board, and vet for appointing them J.
received the ill will of Mr. Chits.
Scott, who, Mr. Smith said never told
an untruth in bis life, itheref te beg
to read an extract from the pen of
Mr. Scott, in June, 115, in the lioli
var Democrat. It speaks of me, but I
hope I will not incur the change of im
niodtsty for reading it. Listen:
CHAS. SCOTT QUOTKD.
"The subject of this sketch is with
out doubt the best kno.vn and most
universally admired gentleman in the
state of Mississippi. He is a man of
keen perception, shrewd judgment,
bright intellect and penetrating obser
vation. Asa lawyer, he stands near
the head of his class in the state, as a
man he is loved and esteemnl by the
people of Mississippi -with the excep
tion of a few chronic o'Vice seekers,
who harass him with jealous hatred,
because in their shrivnM mind is
cherished the idea that were he out of
the way they would secure some
office." "As a senat'.r he
stands unrivalled and at the head of
the list of representatives, from the
various states.in the halls of congress.
When appointed to fill the unexpired
term of Uen. Walthall, he was com
paratively unknown out.side of the
boundaries of his own state, but wh?n
his term expired last March his name
was familiar to the reading public
from ocean to ocean, and fro i the
-reat lakes to the gulf. In the history
' " mcrican congress no other
n gained such widespread
or been accorded such
';nition, while serving his
1 that gre:.t assembly of
ned men.
is proud of her junior
val mind snared far
'political prejudice.
'foor of the senate
anso of tariff
"cuii'd a township
u ..f the colleges in
" v hi. had the appro-
,.ovinmeut building
V on! &"(), IJUO to
eci.Vd the grant
111; Kailroad com
icres nf the finest
northwest ; one
'.ni ing nf a mil-
Westeril States
nt with lius
:ext he in
issane of a
' domain a
issi ppi. '
.L'KS.
ve de
1 and
"bv
ible
ue.
cenlH cotton. If iutif the mniicy of th
countiy i drslmje.l prices oi cmiou
and labor ui"l fall one half. U is thi
grasping gn ed of Lumbard street nd
Wall (.licet wh" wanH to di'Slroy ll
the moiiev i-M'epl what I hey thsiu
b'Im hain that lai ruined aiues.
Mr. .Siiiith si'lectid as thu lepieneuta
tivu of tln op"sub,n In opeu llm
rai:'aign, nays thai taxes are 0
millls iniw aii.i that is an evidence ul
malailiuiiiisiiatioii of IL governor'i
ollic.
Tile legislature n.aki s appropratioin
and leins taxes to meet them ilh ,
Hie governor's approval, ti e governor ,
has ing the veto power, w hich can b
overruled ly two-thirds vote. 1 tbiull
the rrseiii legislntuie has been ecu-,
mimical in its appiopi iat urns, and il
bn not levied great r taxes ihan neces
sary to meet them. 1 Vetoed a few ap
pro'prialion bills, and was sustained,
III every instance. Indeed, neithsr i
house to which 1 have sent a veto niei !
sage ever passed it over my veto, and
this is a record refulatory i f Mr. i
ta.nitli's baseless assei lion that thers
was au opeu rupture Pel ween me unu
the legislature. Hut if anything as
wrong iu Hie appropriations Mr. Smith
lias been a slate senator mums
entire time I have lieen govcrnm, uuu
he ought to have called attention vt
the, senate to any reckless or extrava-
gaut appioprialion. H he ever op-1
posed bv voice or vote any appri pn-1
ation while he was iu the si nalo il .
nveer got out on him.
Mr. Smith's attack upou the admin-1
istratiou of the revenues is a direct,
attack upon the legislature of which i
he was a member, and 1 will liere give
a plain statement of facts which will
be the best refutation of the attack ol
him lind 11 is "tiirure furnieln r."
Hy the constitution of l-L.ii,acction 6,
article H. provision was maue mr
common school lund, only the intciesl
of which could be used.
THE SCHOOL t'CND.
January 1H, ISTo, upon the vote ol
the vear previous, this section was
amended, so as to make I he entire
common school fund distributable
everv year pro rata among theedocabie
children of the state. This fund was
composed of all lands escheated or for
feited lor taxes, and tines and whisky
licenses. See amendment constitu
tion of KSt'.H.
Section 7-J1 of the code of 18SU provid
ed that if these fines, whisky licenses,
etc.. did not amount to JJiki.wO the
amount should be mad" up fnm the
general fund; and sejtion TM required
a countv levy for school purposes, nu
to exceed three mills. This is the act
of laS2.p. 77, amended section 721 so ai
to make up what the lines, whisky
licenses, tax and etc., lacked of mak
ing KtOO.OOO, and required a county
levy of 3 mills for school ouiposes.
It would he ton tedi ue, and tire
some to von, to detain you with very
ysar of Gov. Lowry's term, and 1 ivill
thereto! e take only the last year. lhSI.
The common school fund received
from fin-s, whisky licenses, it '., was
l-M, 370.7. See auditors riprt. Dei:.
8, 1SSS), p. 7o. Disbursements for com
mon Bcbool fund were f.H.-'j.i. !-ee
same report p. -.t.'1;.
ltiis shows that out ui me privilege
and 4 mill state taxes of that year
$S9,Ss9.(J4 went to common schools.
Fines and forfeitures, except lictore
.'ustices of the reave, aie borne by the
counties, section 'o, constitution oi
1SJ. Kxpenses of prosecutions were
then homo bv tne counties. Code
1HH0, sect inn l.'itci.
In 1SS8 onlv twenty one thousand
dollars was allowed for pensions to
disabled confederate soldiers. Acts
183, p. .''.0. The amount now allowed
is sevenl v-five thousand dollais. Acts
1 894, p. "41. Would Mr. Smith and
his co adjntors deny this small pittance
to these needy soldiers who sealed
their patriotism with their blood
often the blood cut out by frozen
ground from their l aie feet, in order
to reduce the tax? When 1 was in tne
constitutional convention I tned that
by constitutional provisions every one
of these soldiers and widows should
receive a pens on of seventy-five dol
lars a year, at least, and I am still of
the same opinion. In l'.l less than
ninety thousands dollars was paid out
of the general fund for public schools.
In 189.-I nine hundred and lifly thou
sand dollais was paid out of trie g' n
eral state fund for common s hools.
Do Mr. Smith and his co-dajut' rs
want to stop the common schools? In
1839 the boards of supervisois were
required to levy a school tax of o mills
or mere. See Acts. J 8S9, p. 71, sec
tion 75. In 18H8 the boards of super
visors did not levy a school tax. And
the 4 mills state lax of 119 to the :i
mills or more county school taxes and
you had a 7 m'ills or more tax of 1HSU
against ti1 mills tax of 1S!)S. At page
44 of the report of state superintendent
Preston, of Jan. (i, W.H for K. 1M).
1891, he says : "The school revenues
for the past year were equivalent to a
levy of 7.8 mills on the whole property
of the state. "
UiNKAIK CAMPAIGNING.
Mr. Smith states that during my
administration the bonded indebted
ness of the state has increasd 8100,000,
and by implication lays this tn my
charge. When the facts are known
sucb a chage by Mr. Smith will (lis
gust every thinking, honorable man
who is not blinded by prejudice.
I was inaugurated January 21st,
1890, and there was not money enough
in the treasury to make the January
distribution of the school fund. On
the 11th of February, twenty-one das
after 1 was inaugrated, the bill was
introduced for the issuance of these
bonds for 8100,000. See House journal
1896, p. 279.
Mr. Smith voted for the bill in the
senate. See journal 1898, p. u47-."18.
Shame upon such unfair campaigning !
In 1880 an act was passed for the is
suance of five hundred thousands of
six per cent bonds, payable January,
4, 1907, and sil per cent bonds were
issued to that amount. See Acts
1886, p. 24. Under an act of 1 s.ts, au
thorizing the issuance of JoOO.liirO of
t per cent bonds. Heo acts lss, p
223, 1103,000 bonds were issued, due
:l senary 1st, 1890.
All this was during Gov. Lowry's in
cumbency. The state is now p a; ing
intsrest on tbeee bonds. See paie '!)
if treasirer's report,- of November
tb, 1897 Listen to that hero in war
i natriotV in peace, who never shirks
iuty nor shifts a responsibility,
M. Storje, in his last message U:
ogislature, in 1890. He fays at
"The financial condition of
e, as shown by the current re
the auditor and treasurer, ii
satisfactory or encouraging.
intioduction into otlice in
at once confronted with
n.nlications, which, with
ission, have continued
lent time. 'I he diflicul
'sfuliy combated until
the snecial session o)
f JSW, oy nui'-n me
t 3 passed, e.
xcess of (lis
le 1 1 it n
1 -v.'.".,
1 aim
Bipenses of the stud' government 111 all
Its departments, dining the current
biennial term. " 'Phis was two weeks
before my inauguration.
1 dn not present these llguies and
facts to hIiow that the leigslature from
l-.it! to 1MK) were extravagant ill ap
propriations, for the. governor has very
little to ilo with appropriations as a
rule for I do imt think they were ex
travagant. Hut 1 present them to
show that this prilling of Mr. Smith,
and his "painstaking tigure fur
nisher" is diHcngenoiis.
TI1K r.M'lTOl. MATTKK.
111 opening the campaign Mr. Smith
devoted considerable attention to the
capitol bill. 1 snpp iS" that serves as
weil as any thing else to ibeoy public
attention from his client, the i. A
M. V. railroad company, anil 1 will ac
comodate him as far as lime will allow
for I have extended this address tin'
far to elaborate that matter. It i
more fully elaborated in my veto iocs
,.,, in lli. House ioumal of 18. i7.
r; Mr. Smith attempted to prejudice
! the members of the legislature by dis
uniting what I said at lla.lehurst. 1
never intimated mat me icgisiauirr
was putting up a job on the state. 1
have never uttered a wold of reflection
i upon the legislature. '1 hey thought
i and acted and discharged their consti
i tutional ilutv in the way they coiiBid
! ered r'ght. 'When the bill came to me
; the constitution re.iuiied me to exam
ine it. and if 1 could not approve the
bill to point out my objections to it
to the house of reprsentatives where it
originated, anil 1 did n. The consti
tution then required the house to vote
on it, and if it was not patsed by two
thirds it was at an end. The houBe
voted on the bill after the veto, and a
majority of the house voted against
tho bill'. Did Mr. Smith care any
thing about a capitol?
Just before the legislature convened
In April, 1897, 1 was told by a mutual
in,,,l Mr. Isadom Aimer, a woitby
gentleman who has the esteem of
Bisrvone who knows hi m. that Senator
r-smitti had saltS that he would not talis
,(KkJ for his seat in the senate, to
tight the administration. As Mr.
Smith's statement was mnde in a pub
lic place, and he at the tune openly
expressed it, i wrote Air. Ariner suicr
the announcement of Mr. Smith to
leak here, to give me the languago
and here it is :
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 20th, 1898.
Governor A. J. McLaurin.
Dear Governor: In answering your
letter 1 wish to say that 1 heard Sena
tor Smith, of Warren county, at the
randah of the Fdwards lloiiBe, ex
press liiuiseir that ne lnienoeu u
pend his vacation in Jiempnis, um
he was delighted tu be back for the
ailed session of the legislature, and
would not take 8"i,000 for his seat in
the senate to fight Ar.se McLaurin's
idministration and eive him hell. 1 his
is as near iis I can remember the con
versation now. Yours very truly,
I. AK.Ml'.K.
Mr. Smith did fight my adminis
tration.
In 1S9G the legislature passed a reso
lution appointing Col. Power, Gen.
Nash and me a committee to procure
plans and specifications for a capitol.
The word flans is used uere in me
plural just as the word specifications
a nil examination oi tne resolution
will show. Mr. Smith speaks of our
disobeying the resolution. The legis-
lalure had no power by a resolution 10
uiniand us. What we uiu was in
courtesy to the legislature, we may
not have understood what the legisla
ture wanted, but we did our best to
accommodate mem iy securing nuui
we thought splendid plans and specifi
cations and what we thought they de
sired us to no. in inuen oi appieci-
ation the house passed Hub resolution;
'Kesolved, That the thanks ot me
house be t( ndered the capitol commit
tee for the efficient service rendered
the state in the discharge of the duties
imposed on them, and for the impartial
manner they have acted toward all
competing architects." See nouse
journal, ItvJi, p. 64.
1 never knew Mr. weathers unin
February, 1890. Mr. Patton was bom
in the same county in which 1 was
born. The committee was favorablo to
his plans and would, I think, have
adopted them if he would havo agrmd
to make two changes in them which he
-fused.
A fter we had faithfully heard the
architects present their plans mcst of
them, including Mr. Gordon, wrote us,
requesting us to recommend only one
lo tho legislature inr nunpiioii.
These letters can be found in the veto
missage in house journal of 1897.
The house adopted the weathers
plan bv a large majority. When the
senate amended by inserting the Gor
don plans the house by a largo ma
jority refused to concur. After tho
bill as it was nnaliy passed was agreeu
upon in committee conference the sen
ate rejected it, and afterwards recon
sidered and adopted it. Hut the sen
ate once rejected the very hill 1 vetoed.
After the bill was presented to mc-.
the business of the session was finished
except the signing of the lull, it 1
should approve it. I asked Mr. Gor
don to bring me the specifications
mentioned in the bill, and he brought
specifications and began to run
through them witn me. 1 saw pencil
marks through parts of the bill, and I
asked him what it meant, to which ho
repli.d that the speeitieaitors were
diawn for a capitol to be built on the
penitentiary site and he made those
changes because the legislature had
the day before c ianged the place to
the present capitol site. Upon exami
nation afterwards I found that the
specifications were ior a couri nouse.
They never mentioned any state omce,
nor library or representatives hall, nor
senate chamber, nor any omce or place
pertaining to a state house, liut ttiey
specified a district court room, n com
missioners' court rooir, grand jmy
room and a court house square, and
many other such court house evi
dences. 1 found that he had struck
out, with these pencil marks, in many
instances, first class material.
After discovering these I called Mr.
Gordon's recollection to his Btate.
moots, and pointed out, in the specifi
cations, the fallacy of tbera. He ad
mitted that the specifications were
ib awn for a court house, but did not
recollect for what one.
New Y'orK had at that time, as I was
informed, expended twenty twenty mil
lions dollars on aoapitol that had been
planned to cost five millions, ard it
was not finished even then. I was
thereby admonished to be cautious
when bonds were to be issued to build
a capitol, which would aggregate,
principle and interest, nearly two mil
lions of dollars, that Mr. Smith could
have declared was added to the balance
lo the bonded debt during my admin
istration. I had beard repjorts detri
mental to Mr. Gordon's reputation as
in architect and man, as an unreliable
ir. hitect could put up an outrageous
job upon the state, I felt that three
quarters of a million dollars, was too
much to risk without making an in
vestigation. I, theiefore, before i had
made' the discovery of Mr. Gordon's
I iite character, by his misrepresenta
tions to ue, sent Hon. Then. Mc
Knifclit, a gentleman of unimpeachable
Ic.iaeli-r and veracity, to Texas to
n.iUc tin; investigation. It is easy
i; nigh t" get cei lihcation of character,
i . i Ni.. iiiiiim i ui i ii ill n in i rnikin t 1 1 iiu iiiirv m ' .... , -. 1 u
l.ol ulna vou want in a business
I transaction of million of dollars are
j facts. This was lor the state and 1
I paid it out of the contingent fund.
I N.i questions ol veracity evei arose
; between Gov. Jones, Speaker Mcl'ool
'and inc. (Jov. Joins in a card in the
I papers said -I do not quote the exact
1 language ns the caul is not before me
j-that he had by oversight done niu
an unintciitioi.il! injustice.
AUDIT LOlinvINU.
Mr. Smith said some one told some
gentleman that he paid mil' of my
hrotheis fJMJ to lobby for the Weath
ers plan, and that he can give the
names of the gentlemen whom the
,ame one told. Like the fellow who
mid he saw a niaa throw an elephant
over the feme and if vou didn't bp
lieve it he roll Id show yau Ihe elephant.
I know nothing about that. 1 never
heard of it before. He doesn't 'b'Sig-,
nate any one of my brothers. Walter
Mclaiirin wrote to Mr. Weathers and
nsked him if he had paid any one of
nv brothers and ho emphatically said
he had ii"t. and his letter was pub
lished. Ii is shocking to an attorney
f the V. A M. V. railroad company
that one should receivo a leo io loony
with the I gislature. And yet a great
imrt i f this war is because of an effort
oi that corporation to shirk taxes un
i!er statutes lolitued lliroilgll me
Itituie. l et tho time was when even
Mr. Smith didn't act as if he thought
it wrong to receive a lee to lobby.
There in no Inw in this atntfl L'H.nat
n miih Ink i no A left lit luliiiv will iuc
Intr m ni urn. if fin is a nrivato citizen.
The question of the propriety ol
such a thing, in morals, is debatable,
and every one ruuBt decide it for
himself.
Hut 1 reiterate, if any one of my
brothers ever received anything for
lobbying with the legislature 1 nevei
had the least knowledge or intimation
of it. In ny event I can't seo how I
can be held cnlpabable. 1 refrain
from an appropriate retort which 1
really think merited by ono in am
bush. It is said Mr. Weathers assist
ed me in the dissection of Mr. Gor
don's specifications. This is not true,
and I hae so stated in the public press.
Mr. Weathers never saw the specifica
tions from the time Mr. Gordon put
tbem in my hands until I sent them
to the house of representatives, if he
ever saw them at all. Except while
he was before the committee explain
ing his plans, all the conversation I
had iu my life with Mr. Weathers,
put together, would not aiiiaiint to
twenty minutes, except while he wae
before the committee.
After 1 vetoed the capitol bill it was
referred by the speaker of the house tu
a house committee on the capitol, com
posed of twenty-fiv members, and I
am informed by'Mr. Williams, a mem
ber of this committee, that, on that
evening, the committee unanimously
agreed to recommend that the veto be
sustained,
GORDON'S JOB.
The next morning, however, the com
mittee made a report, recommending
tho passage of the bill over tho veto.
Now, if any one will read that report
and the specifications carefully he will
see that Mr. Gurdon was putting a job
on tho house committee. F.vidently
from that report he carried different
specifications before the committee
from the ones he gave me. I sent the
ones he gave me with my veto message
to the house and they ars in the jour
nal, and in them not a word is said ol
bouse of representatives, senate cham
ber, supreme ourt room, governor's
room, or of the dimensions of the
building; or of the entire superstruc
ture of marble. Yet that report says
these are in his specifications. It
must have been then that Mr. Gordon
presented to the committee on capitol,
after tho veto, different specifications
from these ho gave me when I asked
him for the specifications lueiitiontd
in the bill, and upon this it may be
the committee changed its mind tu
recommend next nmruing. If Mr.
Gordon had these difforent specifica
tions who would have known, if the
bill had passed, what set was men
tioned and intended in the bill? II
would have left it to him to have fixed
what he oleased.
Tho house sustained my veto by a
majurity vote.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOLS
AND COLLEGES.
I approved the appropriation for the
Industrial Institute and College and I
approved the provisions for equal dor
mitory privileges to all pupils', whether
falling industrial or academic courses,
Hinelv or together. I thought, and
think now, all pupils ought to have
miii treatment. In tnat message i
said :
"The suirit of the law will not per
mit any discrimination against or in
favor of any pupil or class of pupils
attending the institute and college."
That part of tho bill which offered
to take from the trustees and give to
the president the management of the
college that tho law gives to the trus
teeB, necessarily changes the law, which
, nn onlv be done bv the legislature,
and 1 think violative of section 09 of
the constitution, which I am sworn to
support, and support as I undertsand
il. after a faithful consideration of it.
I, therefore, under section 73 of the
constitution disapproved that part ol
the bill. Une ot tne supreme juuges,
.lurk'B Terral. than whom not a more
ht iudce ever graced a court,
agreed with my views on this consti
tutional question.
After b divided flunreme court hud
decided that the appropriation could
not be niBde then available, I ap lied
to the board of control who had fifty
thousand dollars which they did not
need and there is no law to turn it
into the state treasury, and it is laying
idle, and the board of control agreed
to let the college have twenty-nve
thousand dollars of this money until
Ihe next session of the legislature,
when the annropriation will become
available under the decision of the
Kiiriremo court on condition that the
board of trustees would comply with
rerv eniidition of the legislative bill
to which the trustees agreed. This
money would not have cost the state
any interest, but Mr. Smith filed a
bill of injunction against the state
treasurer, who is exoHicio treasurer
of the board of control and holds this
money for the board paying the order
of the board to the trustees or tne coi
and the state was thereby com
pelled to pay about twenty-five hundred
dollars interest to get the money, while
there is fifty-thousand dollai s of idle
monev in the treasury of the board of
run trnl. and out of ti the amount bor
rowed could have been had without
interest.
When the state treasury bad no
money to cash warrants 1 bad made
the same arrangement with the board
of cootrol for tht Asylum here and in
Jackson, and the niODey was replaced
to the board when the state treasury
wss renleted, and Mr. Simth never ut
tered a word auainst it that I ever
i u. C3 ... lil. ,....,a,,,a inn for not
I liorrnninu- tloO.000 at tier cent from
I en 1 .1. i'lr. n " " "o""
Vieksliurir bank without tho Bern
t.lanee'of law : and vet he cannot let
the harmless transaction of using f2o,
fHl ,f iille mbnev without interest, to
eairv out toS the letter the bill fur
nfiii-h he voted without n in
. ......I i..r. No ilium t on I'onii wan
ever piii'ii. " 1 "i informed, for 1
lave never Been the bill nor any pro
tees, if, imbed, any process was ever
isMicl. When th" bill, with the liat,
was tlinl, the truste -s could not wait
the dehiy of a suit and let the college
''lloes amboilv believe that Injunc
tion was in go d fail1' t" protect the
stale from l.ws? X", if was thought
tu cmhiirriiss me, unci It was part of
the light au'tiinsl the I ) 'iiioci at iu ad
ministration, in which h" valued his
seat in th" senate at So, 001), If he
m a Demiiorat a Democratic aduiin
itHration was entitled to his support.
I am glad to sav that rotwithstand
ing Mr. Smith's interposition of ob
stacle to Ihwart the ellorls to obtain
monev to open this institution of
teaming, it is flourishing under the
able management of an able anil
learned president, with a splendid
corps of teachers and a bright attend,
ance of pupils of every one of whmu
the school is proud.
The three departments of the state
government are equal, and each must
construe the constitution for Itself. I
do not think the constitution prohib
ited the appointment of Mr. Hyrd. If
i , ,.,ioi.l..n in the construction of
the constitution It was a mistake of
judgment.
RUMORS OF DEALS.
Mr. Smith says: "During the cau
,, .!,, r in the session of 1890.
the air was filled with rumors of deals
on' the part of the governor.with refer
ence to the appointment of Judges and
..l,r,,.lh,rij anil nromises were made
here and there that it tins senator or
that representative would abandon
V,air i.tmlCt, nil d vote for Gov. McLau
rin that he should be a judge or chan
cellor." ... ,
1 construe this to mean tnat i maue
promises alleged in me seiueucc.
neither made a pronnso nVVw
ment in consideration of support for
the senate, or anything else, nor a deal
of any kind, and if any one olse ever
made siicU a deal or pruuiiso it
without my knowledge or connivance,
and if I had known it I would un
hesitatingly have condemned it. A
governor who would prostitute mc
hiirh omce or tne state womu uenumj
of the lowest depths. I will not define
now the man who will let nis spue
flippantly make such an accusation
against the governor.
I speak ror ruyseii, boo. my uuimm
nhiiri tv. No living man can buy
here, or dead one in my judgment, that
1 have committed anoflicial act tainted
with corruption. In shame and sor
row I confess that I have sined against
my Maker, I have not against Missis
sippi. It i Ban served my vjibiuii "
faithfully, ana neon as true to uuu, no
I have been to Mississippi, I would
not now cany a scar upon my heart
left by the searing iron oi sin.
Throe leBsions of tbe legislature
have expired since then, why were not
these henious charges brought to the
attention of tbe legislature, wuere i
could face my accusersr wny ciia not
the indignant senator to whom this
proposition was made call the attention
of the legislature at once to it? Did he
regard it or too trining lnsignincoucoi
Or was his indignation Corn alter
some disappointed application for
office? I would not give much cre
dence to the statement at this late day.
of such a man. I never gave en-
cojragment to, but discouraged tne
mention of my name for senator, in
1890. When urged to enter tne race i
refused. I became sick tbo night suc
ceeding my inauguration. Took to my
bed the second day, where 1 remained
for a week, and was sick in bed when
the nomination for senator was maue.
As to the $4 000. 1 stated at Missis-
., T 1 1 I t.t.l 1... a
sippi Ulty mat. 1 unu owu ton. uj
man who opposes me tout uuo ui
enemies in Vicksbnrg had said to bun
ther bad raised there in one day $4,000
to fight the administration. I gave
tho substance of bis statement to me.
I said I didn't know who raiseu tne
monev. The railroad company mere
was fighting me and they hed an at
torney there who was fighting me, and
who had said he wouldn't take five
thoncaml dollars for b is seat in the
senate to fight my adimnistration, and
that might account for the tight on mo
by somo newspapers whose editors had
cause to be friendly to me. Notwith
standing Mr. Smith's donial I believe
now that he took part in raising una
.1.000.
I never sent any man to see uui.
Jones in reference to the senatorial
appointment.
Mr. SruilU cnarges me witu m-po-tism.
I appointed my brother circuit
judge on strong recommendations,
Mr. Smith moved the senate to con
firm without reference to a committee,
which was done, an unusual compli
ment and distinction. That be has
made a good judge, Mr. Smith does
not and will -not deny. Hy his dis
patch of business, consistent with a
just administration of law, he saved
thousands of dollars of cost and court
expenses to the taxpayers the first
term of court he held, as compared
with the preceding term.
They were asked to itemize the ac
count and show another appointment
by me of my kiu-folka, and they can
not sHW it. In his desperation, Mr.
Smith invades the precincts of the
privacy of ray family, and says that at
tho time Judge Stevens was appointed
it was a matter of common knowl
edge that Judge Stevens was engaged
to be married to my daughter, lho
statement is untrue. They were not
engaged to be married, so far as I
knew then or know now. I appointed
Judge Stevens March 19, 1896, and he
was confirmed that day by the senate.
He had met my daughter for tbe first
time just two months and one weeit
hnfore. Thev were married the 15th
.day of the next December.
In the deartn or anyimng ui Kt
and abuse me for he conjectures that
would have appointed a brother and
charges it.
There has never been to me any
other sucb strong petition for appoint
ment as was presented for tbe appoint
ment of Sylvester McLaurin. The pe
tition came from all walks, callings
and professions. I believed then and
believe now there would not have been
six votes against his confirmation. Sen
ators from his district would not have
opposed him when the people so gen
erally demanded bis ifppointment, and
other senators would not when the
senators of the district wanted it.
Got. Lowry appointed his brother-in-law
circuit judite and Bupreme judge,
and two of his sons and two of his
sons-in-law private secretaries.
SENATOR GEORGE'S FUNERAL
EXPENSES.
In reference to tbe funeral exposes
of Senator George. I voted as a legis
lator for Senator George on tne nanot
by which he was first nominated for the
i isan When Im ri ed in Hi
.nnte. n 1880. When he ana in ci
loxi I telegraphed at the suggestion of
frienda here a request, that his body
be allowed to stop here on the way to
Carroliton and lie in state a day.
Citizens selected a committee who
took charge of the management. It
was e i Dec ted that the exseneea would
De small and made up try private
purse, to which I was ready to con
tribute. Afterwards it wss supposed
that the U. S 8nat would pay the
ncenaei and. they wr made greater-
I . . .. 11M 4-1. m I' A.
re-
iy
them out of the eontlngeni nun. jv
n investigation I believe 1 could
arbitrarily do it, but that I could not
lawfullv (in It.
1 offered tu conlnubte ten dollars
and if necessary twenty live dollars, of
own money. Hut ine cuiiiiugcm
fund was for public, not private pur
poses, and as great a jurist and tales
man as I regarded Senator G.nrge, I
do not believe I had any more lawful
right to pay bis funeral expenses out
nf that fund than to pay the humbler.
Inmost inan'i in the itate. i woU,u
willingly hove paid the entire bill out
nf iiiv own purse, but every dollar I
had when inaugurated, together with
my salary was none aA I was not
financially able. .
The men who originated this cry are
not friends of Senator George s
memory. They maligned him in his
lifetime, as they do me now. mil
they thought they could make it do
duty to excite prejudice.
It would extend this address too
long to answer nil the misstatements of
Mr. ..-Smith. Let these snluce.
In reference to the methods rind
men, who Incubated the "scheme" to
defeat me. On the night of therst n
of this month, three days after Mr.
u,:n,'o o,.b,.Ii. & caucus was held in
the club room in Vicksburg between
Mr. Smith, Mr. E. N. Thnnlas. of,
Greenrille, and otners, to worn u
scheme to defeat me and Mr. Thomas
staled afterwards, that night, that
they had "schemes" matured thai
would defeat me. 1 state this on in
formation entirely reliable.
v., f..ho,v i.itiznns of Mississippi, 1
never gave out any interview in Wash
ington last summer. In my room
with a number of gentlemen, and oneol
them a newspaper correspondent, who
wrote after 1 left and sent that which
purported to be an interview. Another
correspondent showed a copy of it tn
me ns I was getting on the cars, and J
told him it was unauthorned and
asked him to stop it.
Til E
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES
HIS CANDIDACY.
1 have not desired to be a candidate
for tho senate. If I had received as a
Democratic .administration the lcyal
support of those who claim to be
Democrats I don't think I would have
been a candidate, liut with the de
nunciation and abuse of those who
claim to be Domocrats there is but
one wny open for me to pursue.
I announce to you mat i Bra a tun
rosed u vy them 1 w"8 B,K.,1 ,l" J
a n,aonr ,l,fl 0 HCI IOn OI U II teu Otnt. o , "
senator by the people. As the consti
tution is now, the only way the people
ci.n hnve a direct vote for their choice
for senator is by a primary election.
It is the fairest way. It gives no
chance for bosses and schemers, but
every man is allowed to vote for hiB
choice, I am willing to risk the peo
ple. My accusers have put me on trial
and I am entitled to a jury composed
of the entire Democratic party. No
man ought to object to this fair mode
of election. I served for little more
than a year in the United States sen
ate. If I served you efficiently and
you feel that your interest and the in
terest of the country will be as safe
with me as any other, I most respect
fully" solicit you to elect me to a full
term in the United States senate.
A MIRACLE OF LONGEVITY.
9aoh Is Roman Opinion Beapeotlno; the.
Life of tho Pop.
The pope appears to have recovered
from the serlouu disposition which
gave rise to the recent alarming re
ports. His holiness has never bad a
Btrong constitution. About his twen
tieth year he believed that he was
wasting with phthisis, and wrote an
eloquent piece of Latin verse on his ap
proaching end, "Why Flatter Thyself?"
Ten years later, when he was apostolic
delegate at Benevento, he came near
dying of a pernlalous fever. It was
thought that ha was lost. He was
saved by the act, then thought fool
hardy, of Dr. Volpis, physician to the
king of Naples, In plunging him into
a bath ot cold water at the moment
of the most violent attack of the fever.
Leo XIIL has not gone out of the vast
lnclosure which surrounds the Vatican
In twenty years, and yet has surpassed
tbe years of life of Plus IX., who alone
of all the popes had exceeded the
years of Peter. In the eyes of super
stitious Romans Leo XIII. has per
formed another miracle of longevity.
He has escaped a critical date, one
determined by a cabalistic calculation,
which set the end of his life for the
year 1892. It Is said all his pre
decessors In this century, Plus IX.,
Gregory XVI., Pius VIII., Leo Xu.,
Plus VII., have obeyed the law of fig
ures. Leo XIII. alone has escaped It,
and the same calculation, If It were
exact In bis case, would ssslgn him
ten years more of existence, which
would make the pontiff surpass avra
the ag of Dog Dandolo.
WHY?
Why Is It that a free lunch Is never
free?
Wby Isn't asking a man's nam a
question of Identity?
Why Isn't the bride well drsssed
who is well groomed?
Wby shouldn't a maa be excused for
being bigoted against bigotry?
Whv Isn't tbe bump of caution
placed on tbe front of a man's head?
Wby does tbe average woman pre
fer being Idealized to being under
stood?
Why does the man who pats you on
tbe back always tun his own back to
b patted? .
Gnr. Mctlllllln Inananritleil
Nashville, Term. In the hall of
the house of representatives l o .
d:ty, in the presence of an immense
throng, Benton MCAliilm was inau
gurated governor. ' The hall was
decorated with the national colors
and flowers. After prayer Gov
Tavlor delivered his farewell -nd-
dross. Mr. McMillin then took the
cath of office, which wa3 adini'iis-
tered by Chief Justice Snodjrraas, of
the supreme court.
Ernptlona oT VeauTlut.
Naples. The eruptions of Mottnt
Vesuvius are attaining great propor
tions. The now of lava is unpre-
cidented and streams of fire are pour
ing in all directions, though an yet
no serious damage hs occurred.
LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC ST0HIF.S FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
rather Ul lo Mull,-Tiiruln,
' uut Ir Tlia l.lloml lillou.ii,,
Noail of lho Mninmil llui, l;ioii,
mTIio Cuurao i. r True l.uvr, l:i:,, ;t
Bnlil a young nml taetluM liil,nu4
To llU Inexperience. I wife,
"If you wouhl but give un lending
HiK'h a fashionable life,
Ami devote mure time to meiititig..
llow to mix and when to tetU
Then, perhaps, you nnhl nnilo. (
Such an mother used tu iniil.e.'' '
Ami the wife, resenting, miwuvr.-.l
(For the worm will turn, ymi kiion),
,If you would hut give up leir.-eit
And a score of elulis or mi
To devote more time tn liimuie-s-
YVhuu to buy and what t stake
Then, perhaps, you might initio' nionej
Buck as father used to make."
j Turning Nlfflit Into liar.
"Does your baby give yon much
trouble at night?"
"No. We've fooled il by liavingaj
eleotrio light put up in front ut our
house." Chicago News.
One Exception
"Certainly no gentleman wouhl re.
use to offer a lady his seat."
"Not if it's in the New York Stuck
Exchange. They cost $28,000 apiece."
Clevejanil Plain Dealer.
An Kxouanjre of Coiniliineiitii,
The House "How aro you? It
strikes me you are not looking very
well."
The Well "Strikes me you look a
little peaked yourself." Judge.
The Remark of a Unite.
"Here is an article headed 'From
War to Wedlock,"' said Airs. TirT us
she looked over the newspaper. "Tlnit
is an alliterative title."
"Yes." added Mr. Till; "allilera-
"'p. -
X ttlllinillicc t.. ----- ... . i i
didate for United States senator for tive, but tautological.
the term beginning March 4th. 1901, '
and 1 ask that a state Democratic ih. to. t. l..
primary election bo ordered for this Bessie "I thought Nellie hiunler
nflii;o, and that the man receiving the g0u was to have been married lust
majority of tbo votes bo the nominee j week."
uf the p'arty for election. In my last jeS9ie "So she was, but C'uarlio's
regular message I advocated the mem- j . , ftl. wJlQ ha(l l)Cea siTeIl upi ;3
oralizing of congress for an amendment M a(fam..'Harlem Life.
The Literal Idiot.
The Sentimental One "Alail
Many a smiling face conceals au ach
ing heart."
The Literal Idiot ''It seems to me
that an achiug tooth would be mora
likely to be there." Indianapolis
Journal.
More Dangerom Than Scoreliln:,'.
Jim "You look awfully gliiui.
What's the matter?"
Jack "Been bicycling."
"Met with an accident?"
"Yes, rode a taudem with a pretty
girl and got all broken up." Detroit
Free Press.
Tho Modern Cupid.
He "You remember Cupid used to
be pictured going about with a quiver
full of arrows?"
She "Oh, yes, I remember dis
tinctly."
"Well, now ne goes aooui witit a
bag full of golf Bticks." ioulvers
Statesman.
A Palpablo Ei anion.
The Policeman "What's your
trade?"
The Suspect "An ironworker.
"Is that so? I'll see what yon
know about it. I used to bo . r.i the
trade myBelf,"
"I I mean in alaunary. xuuiuu-
apolis Journal.
Short Lived.
"When we were married," sobbed
tbe young wife, "te said lie loved me
with a love more enduring ttiun tue
everlasting granite!" '
"And it didn't last?" qneneu tu
sympathizing friend.
"Lastl" echoed the young wife, dry
ing her tears. "It didn't last as long
as a oedar blook pavement." Chicagt
Tribune.
When Men Aro Dlflorent.
Young Mrs. Styles "Men are s
different after marriage!"
Miss Singleton "So I've heard; bul
why do you say it now?"
Young Mrs. Styles "Why, at U13
request, Charles willingly gave up go
ing to the war; but, if you'll believi
it, he shows no inclination to give ii
his club for my sake!" Boston Trau
script.
Boarding Home Strategy.
Rnene Tbe breakfast table
of 1
West End boarding house.
Mr. Smithers "Pass the
salt
please."
No notioe is taken.
Mr. Smithers (raising hiB voice)
"Pass the salt, please."
His neighbors are absorbed in thei
conversation, and his request remain
unheeded.
Mr. Smithers "Have you heard thf
latest scandal?"
Everybody (eagerly) "No; what 11
it?"
Mr. Smithers "Pass the
please." Golden Penny.
The M ot the Moment,
sal
1JM
"Suppose," suggested t'
e woman's page, "t"
the
article on
The Lo'
"Won't
brosqua
SOBP''"
for
9
dr.
I,?
red fp!