The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-06-16
BREWERS PLATFORM.

The are two great principles that
underly an intelligent choice for Of
ficers, and especially should those prin-
ciples guide in the selection of a man
to fill the high and important Office Of
governor of the grand old State Of Mis-
sissippi.
First, who is the man, and what is
he? Is he clean, honest and capable:
one who may be trusted to carry out
in an official career the traits of char
acter and standards of manhood shown
in private life, and
Second, what does he stand for?
What or which are the plans or prin-
ciples of government enunciated in
his name and upon which he bases his
appeal for support, and are they such
as meet your approval as an intelli.
gent, conscientious, progressive citizen
OF Mississippi?
On the first page of this paper we
present the platform, the declaration
of principles, upon which Hon. Earl
Brewer solicits the support Of the PEG.
pie for the high office Of governor OF
Mississippi, and we confidently ask
your careful reading OF the same.
They are such, VIZ believe, as the
great majority of the citizenship OF
the state demand in the next govern.
or, and such as would in a few years
place this great commonwealth
in her righful place among the states
of the nation.
They stand for good government in
the broadcast sense along modern, pro.
greSSive, business lines. A just and
rigid enforcement Of the laws, an ex.
tension of educational opportunities;
economy, honesty, sobriety and abili-
ty in public servants, and the neceS-
sary protection of private interests
against the entertainments of cOrpor-
ate greed.
No objection, we are satisfied, can
be found to Brewers the
measures he pledges to further if CIV
en- the office; the remaining question,
then, is: is Brewer the man to do the
work? Will he honestly and earnestly
strive to do it, and has he the ability:
Earl Brewer was born on a little
hillside farm in Carroll county: by his
own efforts he secured an education in
the University at Oxford; soon after
graduation he opened an office for the
practice of law in Water Valley, and
by his own endeavor has fought his
way in a comparatively few years
from a fledgling at the bar in a
strange city to a rank high among the
leading lawyers Of the state. and has
we'll earned a reputation as district
attorney of the Eleventh district Sec
Ond to that of no man in the state.
The people of YalobuSha and sur
rounding counties know if Brewer is
a good lawyer, ask any of them. The
people of the Eleventh district know
if he is a vigorous and capable prose-
cutor, and if he really stands for a rig
id and vigorous enforcement of the
law, ask any of them.
Early in his legal life Brewer devel-
Oped a taste for politics and against
the advice of his friends entered the
race for state senator for the district
composed of this and Grenada coun-
ties. His opponents were veterans of
many battles, yet Brewer won. That
fight demonstrated his ability as a
campaigner. His term in the senate
brought to light his grasp of state af-
fairs and the close of the term left
him with the confidence, esteem and
admiration of his colleagues, ask any
of them if it is not so.
Brewer has made a success of life in
a business as well as legal and politi-
cal way, and is not asking for office as
"a good ob."-Water Valley Prog