The Canton times., 1895-03-08
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oHC CidIiou-LCuSCI, oo "Poy CAPiSooSS
the views of the TINES on the matter
of selecting officials, both county and
state, that We reproduce it be-
lieving that it should be read and
thoroughly digested by every Demo-
crat in Mississippi:
"With the advent of this year of en-
!lightenment there has been revolu-
tion in the minds of the people in re-
gard to electing men to public office.
Because the applicant for the position
is "a good fellow is no longer taken as
reason that he should be elevated
above his fellowmen and placed in a
position of trust and responsibility.
1.-The time when the man with the
| greatest talent for hand-shaking and
blarneying succeeds in winning, is also
past. The people having realized that
man in public Office can do either a
great deal of good or evil, and that the
man who is elected to position of
trust and honor must be especially fit
ted to fill that place.
(, s.This care in selecting men to fill
public offices should extend from the
lowest to highest place in the gift of
the people.
Especially should the people know
we'll the character and mental capa bill
tiles of the men who aspire to the state
assembly. The next few years will be
, critical ones in the history of Missiis-
sippi, and there will be problems for
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quire bright minds and intelligent en-
| do wments of no mean order. Send
only good men, steady men, bright
men, as representatives. And above
all, beware of 'cranks.'
"The mau with single idea is to be
feared more than the individual who
has none: for with the former, the one
idea takes possession of his mind
to the exclusion of all else;
while there is a possibility that the
man with none at all may at some
time learn something. The crank is
| stump en- the road to progress, a
wheel out of gear in the machinery of
state, and disturber generally. The
sooner he is suppressed, the better.
"Take care. Weigh the merits and
demerits of each candidate in the bal
ance. Mediate on them, and after
due thought, pledge your support, and
not before. II rests with the people to
say who shall compose the next state
Assem- bly,, and they have the power to
send good men or bad men. Which
will it be?
"a final warning: Do not sit down
too hard upon the political aspirations
of the young men. They will soon rule
and the state will be better for it..
Tney are advocates of progress; they
have energy, faith in the state and un-
| bounded enthusiasm. All the wisdom
is not in the gray heads. "
A nations credit should be as dear
to the people aA common, mercantile
credit is to the merchant who possesses
| it. All business is based upon credit,
and even governments are based upon
the same basis. No country has at
command all the capital it needs in
time of emergency. When war. pesti
lence or famine occurs, and the cash
on the nail is demanded, the govern
upon it's resources; and to be able to
borrow, the country must have repu-
ia ton of being willing as well as able
to paw back. The United States, for
examp lie, got into very costly war
and soon ran out of current funds. The
borrow ing at once began. First we
| borro wed of our own citizens; then of
foreign people, and all of the money
we borrowed was gold or gold-priced
silver and we borrowed readily beca use
despite the severe straits we were in,
there was confidence in our intention
to rep ay what we borrowed and to re-
pay it in full at it's value. We do not
believe the people intend to prove that
confidence is misplaced Mobile Reg
ister.
The Meridian News says: "When the
history of these troublous times comes
to be written. when the petifogging
politicians have gone their way into
obscurity and the rant of the dema'
pogue is forever silenced-the patriot
ism of Cleveland and Carlisle and Will
son and Catchings will emblazon the
page. and another generation will won
der how their fathers could be made
so mad as to traduce such men.
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Napoleon Bonaparte's mother was
Carsican peasant named Letitia Ramo-
limo, and from her he inherited those
features so familiar to all the world
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