Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-07-10
McCIurgs Tribute to Gov. Longino.

or Gov. LOnglno to a Greenwood
audience last week. We repro,
duce it as advertising matter:
Fellow-D Democrats, Ladies and Gentlemen;
1t Is great thing to be United States
Senator. to represent a sovereign state by
the free choice OF her people. expressed by
popular election, In the most august DELHI
eratlve body in the world. 1t is an honor
so great that none but the best should be per-
mitted to wear.
We all agree. my fellow citizens. that every
patriot loves his state better than he loves
any one man. We are all agreed that every
good citizen is more deeply concerned about
the welfare of all the people OF thestate than
he is as to the success of any single individu-
al. Remembering the glorious history of his
state with all her sacred traditions intensely
interested in her burning present. and not
forgetting the years that are to come, the
good citizen votes for the good OF today, for
the good OF his children, aud for the good OF
his children's children that are to follow him.
Happily for him who comes today to his old
and greet " those Who Know hm best st er
where the friends of his family live and
where some Of his children were born happy
for him and for you he comes in the vigor
of active life, a scion of the old school, the
embodiment of all that is best in the past, of
all that is most permanently progressive in
the present. and OF all that is most hopeful
Having faithfully served the people of his
native county In an important office in his
youngest manhood, having returned to the
people of the southern portion of the state an
expired commission as state senator, and
after returning an unexpired commission as
United States district attorney to republi-
can national administration, he came to
Greenwood to live in the quiet enjoyment of
his profession with family and friends at
home.
TRIBUTE TO STONE
While living thus contentedly here. John
Marshall Stone, that governor who loved
1nni a hn hJG ntuIa Nd Il,
to the service of the state again in higher
trust and placed upon his shoulders the spot
less ermlne or chancellor OF this district in
which position he displayed the highest order
OF legal ability, showing ready grasp of the
controlling facts in every case and the
soundest Judgment of the law. And. he was
the orphan s friend.
When his first well served term had ex-
pired. another governor had been elected.
Governor McLaurin, McLaurin the invinci-
BILE, recognizing his supreme fitness for the
place, reapDonted him to the same exalted
poSltlon-and not stain Soiled the judicial
robe under either administration
SO faithfully had he held her trust, and SO
worthy had he worn her honors, that before
his second term as chancellor had ended. in
deed before it hardly began, the people OF the
whole state, as with one voice, demanded
that he should be their governor, and they
nominated him unanimously, over five of the |
very best men in the state and elected him |
by the largest majority that any candidate |
for that office ever received. In that most |
Mississippi one of the very best governors she |
ever had liz you will ask the other state |
Officers who have been closest to him. they |
Will tell you. to man, that every impulse |
OF his honest heart has been to do. in all |
things. that which was best for the state. So. |
repeat that. happily for him and for you. |
in voting for him for your United states SEN |
ator you entwine your garlands of love and |
place your confidence and your truest |
patriotism upon the brow of your neighbor |
and friend. who has amply proven himself |
worthy n "a
and glory of the state and. OF our common
country.
We hear it said that it would be unwise to
make change at this time in this high Office.
10 this plea. that but begs the question, time
and circumstance put into our minds and
mouths q complete answer. m No man. said
Lamar is Indispensable" When an asSas-
sins hand ended the life Of LINCOLN upon the
tented field Garfield exclaimed. THE Presi-
dent Is dead. God reigns. and government at
Lamar resigned their seats in the senate to
serve their country in another sphere and
when George and Walthall resigned at the
call Of Him who holds in His hand the
though bowed in sorrow. we found other |
men to take their places. and local and ma
tIonal government lived on So it is, that
there need be no fear of a serious wrench. or
even jar. in the affairs of our beloved state
II her people conclude that the time has
come when 1t Is to her interest and to the
luJcFeSbOl UIle CnlValFlc ana llDefGy-lOVlng |
SOUTH and to the interest of our common
country, as we understand it, to change |
again. as we have before;
We are told that he has made mistakes.
VINO mas notl Even his critics have some
times. In smaller matters. fallen short Of in
fallibility. No one knows better tn an he nor
feels more keenly. that in the mighty task
OF people OF all shades and grades, he
has at times missed the exact mark. They
say that he has faults. Whois without them2
A man without faults Is without force. Per-
haps little self-examination on the part OF
his accusers would somewhat temper the
severity OF their charges. His mistakes and
faults have all been Of the human kind. per-
sonal to himself, and not Of that character of
escapades that have injured the state or
caused her people to blush with shame.
PRIDE OF MISSISSIPPI
Has he made mistakes and shown faults in
so discharging the duties OF his Office that
million dollarca]pitol. the JOY and pride Of the
or tax. and without hitch. accident or scan
DALI That convict farm has been purchas-
ed at $4,000 and valued by practical Missis-
sippi farmers after two years at 100000. and
managed. Will be worth nearly S1.0O0,000. The
improvements Of the University of the In
dustrial i Institute & College. Of the Agricul-
y M. College. and OF the different asylums OF
the state have been madelduring his adminis-
tration at the aggregate cost Of more than a
mlllOu dll bn6 property OF the state,
and all upon a half mill reduction Of the
state tax, Has he been faulty in these things?
Not all his work. OF course, but all under bis
guiding hand and magnificent administrative
Judgment. The confidence that he has se-
cured for our state In the money markets OF
the country has brought here many millions
OF dollars that are employed in homes, land
factories and other enterprises and are maxi
ing our people cOntented. prosperous and
happy. and bringing Mississippi back TO her
proud place among the first in material
wealth and the noblest manhood and best
citizenshipof the union,
A SPLENDID RECORD
Mistakes and faults. indeed! Has 1t been
in giving to the state the purest and ablest
judiciary that she has ever known? Sykes, |
Lowrey, Cook, our own Kimbrough, Stevens. |
Anderson. Enochs. Neville, Truly. Hall and