The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-07-18
LAST QUARTER POST
AT A LIVELY CLIP.
Money Continuing to Lose Ground
Why Senator McLaurln's Brother Is
Opposing the Governors candidac V
Was "Turned Down"
specIaI correspondenoe sea conat roho


jackson, Miss, July i7.-The candi
dates for the United States Senate are
now in the home stretch and putting
forth their best running. For the past
week they have been reaching out 70,
the last quarter post at lively clip, ant
so fast has been the pace that Senator
Money has found II necessary to cal
upon his son-in-law, Congressman w
8. Hill, to take the stump in his inter-
ests. Mr.. Hill, 1t ia understood, will
continue actively In the field until the
primary on the sixth Of August.
In the Lopgino camp there has been nc
abatement Of zeal or cessation Of actiyi-
ty. On the contrary as the end ap-
proaches vigilence is being redoubled
and effective campaigning continued in
every quarter. II Is asserted with con
fidence that Governor Lcngino win pos
itively carry forty-four counties, and
even giving Senator Money sthe ten
counties considered doubtful he could
not possibly win. Furthermore, Longi-
no will carry large majority OF the
counties having the largest Legislative
vote, and of the i78 votes on Joint Le-
gislative ballot he viii get not less than
ITO and possibly i20.
Attempt has been made during the
past week to raise great fuss and feath-
ers over the declaration Of ex-Judge w.
K. McLaurin, Of vicksburg, that his
brother, Senator A. j. McLaurin, is
friendly to the candidacy of Senator
Money. Investigation of the matter
shows that Judge McLaurin is not his
brothers keeper, neither is he author
lied to act as his mouth-piece. In the
presence OF several gentlemen few
days since Senator McLaurin declared
that he was strictly hands off in the
Longino-Money fight, adding, "If they
leave me alone I'll leave them alone, I"
Personally he is on the friendliest terms
with the Governor and rarely comes to
the city without dropping in for social
chat with his successor in the guberna-
torial chair. The anImus OF Judge Nc
Laurin's remarks Is easily ascertained
when 1t is remembered that he was a
candidate for reappointment to the cir
cult iudgeship Of his district and was
turned down shortly after Governor Lon
gino was inducted into office. Naturally
he cherishes remembrance of the fact,
but the feeling that ranltles in his heart is
not entertained by other members OF the
family who were acquainted with the
details Of the fight that was being made.
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Governor Longino spoke TO an i'm
mense audience at Raymond Tuesday,
and in his speech OF introduction Hon.
Ben H. Wells touched "a key note which
illustrates great deal of bitter antago-
nism to Governor Longino which is now
asserting itself. In part he said:
"He has made the mistake OF falling
w uoO phV bioWDi t1iil piiJ DiCobikbO VI tilstb
high office to build up personal politi-
cal party in the State OF Mississippi; he
has made the mistake, as Governor Of
this State, to demand that the people Of
this commonwealth and all OF its subor-
dinate officers should submit themselves
to- the law, rather than to reign of
anarchy and mob rule; he has made-.th
mistake in the use OF the appointing
power, to look to the best interesto OF the
people who elected him rather than to
his own personal political promotion; he
has made the mistake Of devoting his
time and attenhonsto the business inter-
ests Of the State rather than the politi-
cal interests Of the politician. II these
are mistakes he has made them ALL"
Search the ranks OF the Longino op-
position and you will find therein all OF
the desgruntled politicians who have
failed to secure the places to which they
aspired, and OF all the boilers who left
the Democratic party several years ago,
and have since been howlers outside the
party camp.
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