The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-29
HON. W. c. MCLEAN
FOR GOVERNOR
Name Presented BY Tallahatchie
Herald-A Splendid Tribute
WorthiIy Bestowed.


reference to their fitness to fill the Of
flee of governor, we can fix upon no
one who, in our judgment, is better
qualified for that exalted station than
the gentleman whose name heads this
article.
OF the many governors of the state,
few have been Ito the manor bOrn,"
and natives of the state, though the
state was in December last 81 years
old.
Mclean is a native MisSissippian,
born, raised and educated and has
spent his life where he now lives.
This should be recommendation to
the office with all natives who feel
pride in their state, but this is the
least Of his recommendations He is
man OF high and lofty character, ed
ucation, learning, extensive erudition,
and fully abreast with the brightest
minds of the state. Add to thiS-he
keeps full up with the current events
of the day, political, literary and in
dustrial At his home he is progress
sive, public spirited, and leading in all
movements looking to the building up
of, spread and growth of his city and
community, an enemy to all vice and
lawleSSneSs, the advocate of law and
order, morality and religion. Mclean
is a wel.read and profound lawyer, a
most successful practitioner, with a
large, extensive and increasing prac
tice. His reputation in this respect is
widespread and founded on a solid
basis. lie handles as many big cases
and as successfully as any lawyer in
North Mississippi.
We have known him for more than
twenty years, have been associated
with him in many cases, have witness
ed his management of many others in
the courtroom, have therefore had
full and ample opportunity of Judging
his capacity and his skill and adroit-
ness as q lawyer 1t is therefore no
hasty or unconsidered opinion when
we say that we place Mclean side by
side with the ableSt lawyers in the
state. But his forte, as we judge
him. is before the court. Here, in
handling of big, weighty and alb
struse QUESTIONS of law, his fine intel
lectual power is BEST exhibited and
shines to the best advantage. He is
an acute, logical and vigorous reas-
oner, presenting his points with great
clearneSs and power and drives them
home by his happy faculty of elucida-
tion, exposition and Illustration.
In another respect Mclean is al
most unique; no matter how import
ant his case, the amount or matter
involved, the intricacy Of questions,
his antagonist never StartleS him by
surprise, or throws him off his bal
ance; he never loses his head, but is
ever ready to meet any question or TO
parry any blow.
Such is Mclean as man and a
lawyer, and such man possesses to
an eminent degree all the Qualifica-
tions requisite to fill and adorn the
office of governor. We hope To see
him advanced to that high position.
No citizen of the state has more at
heart her advancement and varied in
tereStS, nor would any one exert him.
self more to develop the vast resources
of the State and bring to her addition
al prosperity and happiness. We hope
to see him elected governor in 1907,
and of our own motion suggest his
name for the place with the hope
that it may be put before the people
for consideration. .-Tallahatchie Her
aid.
The above article, coming as it does
from the pen of man ripe in years
and full of honors, and one who has
measured intelletcS and encountered
in both judicial and political combat,
the brains and the scholarship that
have done honor to the commonwealth
of Mississippi during the past half Gen.
tury. gives it a significance that can
not be charged to the exuberance of
youth or the play of the political pilot.
The article expresses the sentiment of
man who views the past from the
lofty mountain top of experience and
who looks into the future realiZiDg
fully the elements of true statesman
ship and the armor that the soldier
needs who enters the arena Of political
combat. We repeat that the position
of the writer and his long prominence
in public affairs in Mississippi gives
his tribute to noble son of Grenada
county no ordinary claim to the con-
sideration of the thoughtful citizen
ship of the state.
Mclean is an uprightcitizen, a man
of lofty ideals and of the very highest
aspirations. He is a lawyer second to
none in the state, one who has not
merely acquainted himself with super
/ fetal technicalities, but has mastered
fundamental principles. When he is
harnessed up in litigation those op-
posed to him realize that they have
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