The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1906-01-27
By Capt. Frank Johnston, For.
mer Attorney General.
Has Known Mr.. Scott Since Boyhcod, and
Says that He Possesses Every Quail
ticaton for the Guyernorship.


the State, has authorized the pub
lication of the following splendid
tribute to Hon. Chas. Scott, whom
he has known from boyhood:,
1t is with sentiments of great
qualification that l learn that Hon.
Charles Scott, of Roseda1e, has been
announced as a candidate for Gov
ernor of the State. 1t has been
known to Mr.. Scott's personal
friends for some time that he had
been contemplating this step, and
I am glad that he has made an au
thentative announcement of his
candidacy.
Mr.. Scott will make Governor
worthy of any State in the Union,
or worthy of any people. I do not
know of a single attribute or quail
fcation for this high and reponsible
position that he lacks. His char
acter is beyond reproach, his ability
is of a high order, and his patriot
ism is pure and lofty. He is can
did, direct, and straightforward in
all his dealings, and his honesty of
purpose in all things is above ques-
ton or criticism. Besides all of
this he is man of high courage
and great frmness of purpose. He
is warm hearted and gentle in his
nature, with the manner and bear
ing of man of high character and
distinction.
This is a great deal to say of
any man, but everybody who knows
Mr.. Scott will recognize this as an
understatementr rather than an over
statement of his personal high quail
tiles.
AS to Mr.. Scott business quail
ifications / can most Conscientious
ly testify that these are of a most
solid and practical character. The
best proof of this is the fact that he
has in his own affairs had a most
successful career. AS a lawyer, he
stane.s i'll the front rank of State
bar that is conspicuous, as it always
has beln, for its high character
and its learning and ability. Be-
sides this, Mr.. Scott has managed
his large and important planting
interests in the Delta with great
Judgment and with marked success.
He is deeply interested in the
labor question in this state, both
from a personal and patriotic
point of view, and has devoted a
great deal of time and study to this
question. Last summer Mr.. Scott,
at his own expense, made an ex-
tensive tour through England and
the continent with the view of
studying the labor question abroad,
and of seeing what can be done to
encourage the introduction of labor
from those countries to the South.
This is certainly one of the most
important questions of the day to
the South.
"Mr. Scott is essentially high
grade and successful business man,
with broad and extended expert
ence. He can therefore bring to
the performance of the functions OF
she chief executive of the state
every business qualification that is
necessary for successful and busi-
ness-like administration of the
affairs of the State.
From long and intimate per-
sonal friendship that dates back to
the days of our youth, I can say
that Mr.. Scott, if elected Governor,
will devote, with the highest
motives of patriotism, all of his
energies to the development OF the
great material and business inter
ests of the State, and he will ad-
minister that great trust OH a plane
far above personal interests or par
tisan politics.
Mr.. Scott is man OF modest
and retiring disposition, and while
he has taken a most useful as well
as conspicuous part in the material
development of the state, especially
in respect to the great levee system
of the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta, and
while he has always taken deep
and active interest i'll all matters III
this state pertaining to the public
welfare, he has never before ap-
peared as a candidate for a public
office.
THE state is now entering upon
au era of material development and
Improvement, and the great indus
trial and material interests OF the
state, l am confident, will be pro-
NOTED by the administration OF its
affairs by a man of sound judg-
ment, of the large and extensive
business experience, and of the un
selfish and patriotic motives ant
sentiments, that are the striking
characteristics in the personality o
Mr.. Scott.
The election as Governor OF
man of Mr.. Scott's high characte