The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1906-10-20
FOR The LEGISLATURE.
The Editor of the CleVe-
land Enterprise Will
Make the Race.

decided, after mature thought, te
offer himself as a candidate for the
legislature, subject to the action O
the ensuing democratic primary
The decision emanates largely from
the solicitation of friends and, up-
on our part, from patriotic desire,
i'll the event of our being chosen
to serve the people of our county
and the state to the best of our
ability and conscience. We are in
no wise politician, nor do we
ever expect to become one, in any
other sense than the subject con-
stitutes the science of government.
The position is a high and honor
able one and we confess to all in.
ability to discharge its functions as
ably as others who might be cho.
sen. But to have the humblest
part in shaping and directing the
future greatness and glory of this
proud old commonwealth is a dis
tinction that is great enough to fill
and thrill any citizen.
We have been a citizen among
you for eleven years, and during
this time have sought to fully iden-
tify ourselves with the people and
interests of the county. To those
to whom we are personally known
we refer our claims for the posi-
ton with perfect confidence that
the fullest measure of justice will
be accorded us. There are, how
ever, many whom we have never
met, and to such it may not be
amiss for us to state that, although
born north of the Mason and Dix
on line, we are altoghetr of south
ern extraction and of an ancestry
that is traceable through Kentucky,
Virginia and North Carolina where
our forefathers participated i'll the
SANCTUARY battle of Eutaw Springs,
Kings Mountain and Cowpens, i'll
the days that tried mems souls" ="
We mention this as a matter of un-
bounded pride on Our part, but not
of material importance i'll our aspi-
rations. While lineage may be
proudly exploited it is of no conse-
quent importance in political pre-
ferment. The suffragist, after all,
cares not so much as to who your
father or mother was; what manner
of man you are is the practical
question.
We are and always have been a
democrat. We believe that the
principles of the party are eternal
truths that must and will prevail.
The greatest good to the greatest
uumber," and equal rights for all
and special privileges to none" are
the greatest tennets of our politi-
cal faith; that the best form of gov
ernment is that in which the
slightest injustice to the hunlblest
citizen is an insult to the whole
nation" Those who have perus-
ed the columns of the Enterprise
will, we believe, concede that we
have ever stood for a higher and
broader morality, pure citizen
ship, and a material upbuilding of
all things affecting our progress.
Better roads, better schools, and
more rigid enforcement of law is
the great need of our state, and
we pledge Our best efforts i'll their
awakening. We promise further,
if chosen, to go to the legislature
with clean hands and to return to
you with them unsullied.
We shall undertake no personal
canvass for the position. We think
we are we'll enough known to Sc
cure election, if the people of the
county wish us to serve in this be-
half. We shall not make this can
vass for the reasons that we have
not the time in the first place, and
in the second place, we believe that
our candidacy should rest solely
upon it's merits, free from personal
importantly. We do not know
who the other candidates for the
position will be, but, if in your
Judgment they are fitted to serve
YOU better than we, it is your first
and highest duty to give them your
support and aid their selection.
We seek the place solely for the
honor it holds and our desire to ser
We the interests of the county and
state.
We begin conclusion to thank
the friends who have at this and
all other times spoken good words
in Our behalf. Their interest and
friendship is priced beyond all else,
whether prefenent or defeat awaits
lis, we shall treasure their kind
words to the end.
c. S. GLASSCO,
Editor Cleveland Enterprise.