The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-19
JUDGE TRULY'S
PLATE OR NJ
IN HIS PLATFORM HE SETS
OUT SOME STRONG PLEAS
TO THE VOTERS SAYS HE
IS NO MANS CANDIDATE.

Judge jeff Truly has issued his for
NAL announcement for the office O
!. Governor of Mississippi before tn
State Democratic primary election a
follows:
ITO the Democrats of Mississippi:
'sIn making this formal announce
ment of my candidacy before th,
State Democratic primary election TO
the nomination for Governor, I shall
conflne myself to concise statemen
of the chief measures of State policy
which / intend to advocate, leaving
| all explanations of details and thu
elaboration of proposed plans 70,
public discussion during the canvass
/ '.First-The intelligence, patriotism
and capacity for self-government OF
/ our people being above doubt or ques.
| ton, they should, in my Judgment
| be vested with the sole power of Sc
lectIng their representatives in every
| department OF government. There
| fore | shall advocate an elective ju-
/ dietary.
"Second-Inasmuch as the public
school system of the State is recog-
| nized as one of the most potential
| instrumentalities for the benefit of
the people at large, such liberal ap-
preparations should be favored as
VIII extend the effect of that system
to its utmost limit for good
Il shall however, suggest certain
material changes in the plan of ad-
minsterlng the funds devoted to that
purpose which is now in force, so
that the benefits of education shall
be equally distributed throughout
the entire State Realizing the fact
that the perpetuation OF olr repub-
IL.
our country depend upon the intelli-
gence and future generations of our
white citizenship, the manifest pur
place within the grasp of every
white child of the State the chance
of obtaining an education at the
public expense. The method now
obtaining of distributing the public
fund of the State, in its practical
operation. subverts this constitution
al design and initiates against the
hest interests of our people. To make
this perfectly obvious If is only nee
essary to call attention to the fact
that the children of the black coun-
ties obtain from The State more
money, better educational advantages
and longer school terms than do the
children of the white counties In
other words, in those richer coun-
ties where the negroes are largely
in the majority, the State provides
greater facilities for securing an edit
cation than in those poorer counties
where the conditions are the reverse.
The result is that in some counties
the school term is unduly shortened
in some it is to supplement the
State fund by special county taxa
ton, while in the favored counties
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fund large and increasing surplus. |
No system which sends a majority
of the negro children to school in
Mississippi for a longer term each |
year than it does majority of the
white children should be tolerated |
any longer than the time needed to
abrogate it. Nor should the people |
hesitate to change system which
permits the accumulation OF a large
and increasing surplus of idle money
in the vaults of its banks while the
State IS paying interest on money
borrowed to run the government ana
the schools. This money should be
devoted to the advancement of the
cause of education or left in the pock-
cts of the taxpayers.
For the indefensible condition
now existing ample remedy, with ex-
act justice to all, can be found by
constitutional methods. Such change
of our organic law should be adopt
ed as will insure to the white chill
dren Of every county of the State, at
the public expense, ANIMAL school
ters of equal length
''As to higher institutions of learn
ing maintained by the State, expe-
rience has proven that in a more
limited sphere they accomplish
great and needed work: therefore,
such appropriations should be grant
ed as may be able, without extrav-
agance. to properly equip and sup-
port them to their full efficiency.
For the negroes, such Christian,
moral, rudimentary and industrial
education should be provided as will
best equip them for the subordinate
nature. they are destined to.
Being convinced of the necessity
for more stringent regulations con-
trolling the great transportation
companies of the State, in order to
protect the people and the CONNER
cia1 interests of the State from pos
sibility of oppression or aggression
from that source. | shall suggest the
enactment of such laws szsxiH clothe
the State Haaxd of R2if1oad Commis
sioncfs ansple authority TO en-
f6rcr All orders rronasl for the
81 x6ed q {lectiinn 81
3skneflS St eisd, -kka wtIeu 1fles
Of transportation or Other Dtdefso
= pubic Hatnre, are oHtesp&ssedbFl
the commission, they 4half ~inanncaI<
atcly become effective, subject only
to revision by the Supreme Court
upon direct and immediate appeal
/" It has been the policy of the
STATE IN tie past tp e6cQura6e. by
every legitimate meas, thea estab-
Iishnient Of every char.cter Of indus
trial and manufacturing enterprise.
Great and lasting good has resulted
from this wise policy, and It shoald
be persisted ia until every one Of the
marvellous resources of our State
secfion threaded viii fs7IToads But
as III additional incentiue ~ the es-
faa5Iishment of mills ard factories.
within our borders, shall insist that
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