The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-06-02
HON. EARL BREWER FORMALLY
Announces FOR GOVERNOR
ISSUES A PLATFORM THAT EMPHATIC
ALLY STATES HIS POSITION
And Shows a Clear Understanding of the Needs of
the Masses as Against the Classes-His Dec
laration a Very Able Document.

ions commensurate with our increase
in population and with the growing
intelligence and requirements Of the
age in which we live, and shall rec
Ommend the passage of such laws as
will give proper and equitable dis
tributiOn of the school funds among
the several counties of the state-that
is to say, | shall advocate pro rating
the school fund among the respective
counties according to the qualified ell
ectOrate instead of pro rating accord
ing to the number of educable chill
dren in each.
l am in favor of amending section
25O OF the constitution Of the state OF
| Mississippi SO as to authorize and EN-.
power women to hold the Office OF
county superintendent of education,
and SO as to authorize the appoint
ment of woman upon the boards Of
trustees of the educational institu-
| tiOnS of the state wherein girls are
educated.
| favor more liberal appropriations
for the support, care and maintenance
of the insane, deaf, dumb and blind.
l favor the working of state con-
victs under strict state control and in
accordance with the spirit of the con-
Stitution, and the making of such pro.
visions as will insure proper treatment
of juvenile offenders, separating them
| from older and hardened criminals,
thus giving them an opportunity OF
| reforming.
i am opposed to the growing extrav.
agance of the day and to all reckless
and needless expenditures Of the
state s money, and am in favor OF
close economy i'm the management OF
all the states affairs.
BANKS AND RAILROADS.
am in favor of the passage and en-
forcementW such laws as will prevent
mushroom aud insolyent banking in
StitutionS Sprihging up over the state
and doing business without any paid
in capital stock, as it entails loss and
frequently even financial ruin upon
depOsitors, and further tends to in
jure solvent banking institutions.
l favor strict state and national
supervision of common carriers and
the fixing of their rates by commits
sion, as l believe this to be especially
necessary, not only in the interest of
the common people Of the state, but
of every shipper and manufacturer,
including the large lumber industry
Of our state.
am in favor Of requiring all public
service corporations doing business in
the state to become dOmeSticated, or,
in other words, to become amenable
to the laws and courts of the state, as
they receive and share with us the
protection of our laws. / contend that
it is inequitable and unjust to allow
them to enjoy the protection, and
yet, in every important controversy
with the citizens OF the state, to al
low them to refuse to- submit to the
law as administered in our state courts
and to drag the citizen to the federal
courts for a settlement of the ditferen-
ceS, where it is both ncOnvenieGt and
expensive to the citizen.
/ am in favor of improving the
present primary election laws, so as
to place directly and securely in the
hands of the white people of the state
the power to choose their officers; for
unless the control of the affairs of the
state is kept under close and constant
watch by the people soon the classes
will use the machinery of government
to Cypress the masses, and especially
is this true in times of great prosper
ity.
AGGREGATED WEALTH.
At a time like this, when the three
greatest insurance companies of the
day are caught in the act of rObbing
and plundering the people; when the
most powerful corporations of the
country, such as the Standard Oil and
the beef trust are openly and nOtOri-
ously violating the laws Of the state
and nation; and when their chief Off,
GERS are dOdging from pillar to post as
fugitives from justice, shielded in
some states by the officers of the law
from officers Of other states; when the
large cities of the country are giving
away the peoples franchises, worth
many millions of dollars, against the
protest, and Indifferent to the public
Indignation Of their citizens; when
aldermen of cities like st. Louis and
Philadelphia are organized to Doodle
the city with their criminal compact
for secrecy that would chill the blood
of common cut.thrOatS; when the
granting of rebates and other secret
subterfugeS are resOrted to by the
great railway companies to injure and
cripple every industry in the interest
of competitive business in which the
owners of the railways are themselves
interested; when efforts upon the part
of public service corporations OF our
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