Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-05-15
CANDIDATES SPEAK
Aspirants for High Office
Visit DeSoto County,
A GREAT THRoNG is PRESENT
Statesmen Discuss Subjects Of Local,
State and National Importance
to the Voters.

One of the largest crowds eve
assembled in Hernando met her,
last Monday to hear the differen
candidates for high Office ant
their views.
Senator Money, Gov. Longinc
and State Senator Noel spoke
Monday and Maj. Vardaman anc
Judge Ortiz held forth Tuesday
Maj. Dockery as master of cere
monies introduced
SENATOR II. D. MONEY
at 1:30 o'clock and he spoke about
two hours. He began his speech
by stating that Mississippi was
in a prosperous condition but
was progressing no more than
any other state in the union. He
then referred briefly to the money
question and showed that where
there is a scarcity of money there
is always a contraction of busi-
ness and vica versa. He said that
it was the republican campaign
fund contributed by the trusts
which caused the defeat of demo
cracy in the congressional elec,
tion. He then touched the negro
question and said it Was prob
lem not only affecting Missis
sippi but the union. He explain.
ed that white men were not allow
ed to vote until 81 years of age be-
cause of incompetency and for
the same reason negroes were not
allowed suffrage and that the
people in denying him suffrage
did not do SO in a spirit of malice
but for the good of both races.
He did not claim to be instrumen-
tai in the progress of the state
any more than the discharge of
his duty and thought he deserved
no credit for performing them
He dwelt on international affairs
and showed how much study he
had given to matters appending
to good government. Senator
Money dealt in no personalities
and treated his adversary with
utmost consideration.
GOV. A Ell. LONGING.
1t was $50 when Gov. Longino
was introduced. He spoke of
the republican party and express
ed the hope that the people of the
north would tire Of republican
rule and republican iniquities.
He then touched upon the race
problem and said that he was glad
that Senator Money had refrained |
from discussion of this problem
at this time; that the white people
would always rule, and regarded |
them competent to settle any
question which would come be-
fore them in this connection. !
Passing to the Indianola affair he
said that he had been charged
with supporting the postmaster.
general, and that this charge was
false and he regarded the action
of the administration in this mat
ter as high handed and unwar-
ranted. He discussed the tariff
problem and the trusts and gave
an account of his services while
in Office and expressed a willing
ness to answer any charge pre-
ferred against him. He denied
that he had ever sighted ex-Con-
federate soldiers and paid a bril-
liant tribute to the women of the
south and Mississippi. He dwelt
upon the prosperity of the state
and predicted a still brighter
future in commercial way.
HON. E. F. NOEL. k
Senator Edwin F. Noel was then
and began by stating {
that it was now the custom to |
elect native born Mississippians J
for governor and that Judge $
Cr1tz was a Georgian and Maj. $
Vardaman was born in Texas. I
He said that the governors office Q
called for no display of oratory t
aud that Gov. Stone while rank S
ing as a leading governor of the