The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-06-27
ccF. Stores oTicll Record Gives
Nlru no Pre- eminent Claim to
the cu,eEaatorial
Nomination,

tla GuhSEaatoFihE
Rcm'naton,
The ia-oo C.,Y Herald
The nomination and election otthe
next governor isuow the most I'M
portant matter before the people and
should receive their most careful and
dispsssioGate consideration.
Al! Of the candidates now il The
Held are lei Of persona. worth ami
possess, ia d mnge or less degree,
line qualification for that office.
some OF the friends of Cow stone
apparently regard his competitors
with aInpat!ence, ifnot With hostility
ana dema4d his namtu8tiou as q
right Gu account Of his past Official
record, @rd Of the Change from pub
nc e<iraVance to public eccohom!
winch, they aIlege, it would bring
aooutp contenGing, in effect, that n"
oehef candidates success would 80
emphasize The termination OF the
Lowry administration, and the in
augnration Of desirable reforms.
An investigation, even Of cursory
nature, will prove that there is no
SUBSTANTIAL ha 10 for those high
noWn claims. That Gov. Stone, dur
'fg the six years succeeding the
Ao"hlall Of Radical ism, Was the head
ofan excellent public State adminis-
tratIon, will be universally couced-
I'd 10 retain Or to contiue electing
= man to Offices merely because be
aas been . good officer Is wholly re-
p"Snant TO Democratic principles
ana usages, in offices Of this kind.
10 adopt such q course would be
| equiVolent TO retaining men in Utflct
foFIlfe, or during good behavior, good
officers Being tie rate, rather than
Lh2 exception, No mau in this STATE
a@s8 monopoly Of Us honesty snd
executive ability, and to directly OF
| Indirectly make 8ucl. u 'claim Is 2u
IntElt 10 tbs public, Third-tevAlsn
II the Chief executive Offices Of the
stats and nation is utterly foreign t
)Ar political institutions and its Of
jectionahle faaturee aro but little Iuel
by an intervening term, as Gen.
Grant, the hero Of the North anG
ideal Of the Republican, sparty, die.
covered to his Iast!ng lsnrrow ant
disappointment.
Gov. Stones economical admins.
t"ration was largely dna to the spirit
II the time in which it was conduct
ed. He wenttnto the Governor's Office
IL the wave otIotrenchment that
swept out OF existence tbs corruption
If radtoaitsm, For years'prlot thoret
Democratic writers andispeakers!haG
continuously and soleEnly pledged
themselves, ifadmittod to power, tC
bring about deep-TeaChlngs and Ok
t~ensive reduction Of public eZpenaes,
This idea animated the whole people,
md was their cheif political creed,
Not only the Governor, but every
public officer was thoroughly com-
mltted to that policy, ard all keenly
watched its fuldilmont, In lsT6, the
uext year, that sentiment hecamt
the leading national issue, End every
ear III the United States heard the
cry Of ''TIldan snd Refofu." Fenth-
erstone and Cameron in the legisla.
tire, and 81 Of the other candidates
and paopIo, in their respective pub
lie or private spheres, Gid their share
towards making tbs State adninia,
traJi0n, Of which Stone was the head
q glorious success, which succeas Wal
maguitied by 2 contrast with the re-
cent past. Undor such circumstances,
GOV. s5t"ne'H AiMiuistra ton c0ulC
MT well nave hoen otherwlae than il
waE.
In 1882 u policy to develop tbs
states resources by governments:
aid become predominant, IS wac
evidenced by an i'm migration bill
involving An appropriation Of $2j,.
10000 and by grants to railroads and
other corporations OF all privileges
and exemptions they:aske ed for, as &
means Of encouraging investment
Of their capital in u midst.
Gov. Lowry's administration was
in full accord with that policy. The
IDEAS Of public economy that had
previously prevailed did not thel
occupy so prominent a place in the
public mind. That administration
was during ita first aud second term,
g characterized by others, Il even
more OF iectionahle features which
need not now be detuiIe0. when
! Gov. Lowry was q candidate for re-
election these objections, which thu
Stone men now claimed could be
best overcome by his success. forue0
the basis Of 8 spirited but unsuccess.
faI opposition to Gov. Lowry's re-
nomination. Gov. Stone then. in
stead Of advocating the policy, now
: nlatmed "a peculiarly hus, endorsed
the Lowry administration and, III
the state convention of that year
, 1885, by his vote, voice and presence
i gave that administration his sane.
, ton and approval, and thereby fore
, ever deharred his supporters from