The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-06-02
Scott's Platform.

AU ldSC we nave IL cdHuludle loT Wv
ernor who is standing on the platform
of Mississippian pure and simple. This
candidate is Chas. Scott, of Bolivar coun-
ty. AS a citizen of this State he is an
unqualified success. He measures up to
the high standard that has been attained
by the men who made the State what it
is, and has lived up to every require
ment in such manner as to win the loyal
friendship of all men.
For many years men have announced
their candidacy for this, that or some
other office, on platform of vindica-
ton The candidate wanted to be vindi-
Gated for something done or because of
something that had been charged against
him. Not so with Chas. Scott. No
charge has been preferred against Chas.
Scott. He needs no vindication. There
is nothing to vindicate.
Every man comedies that he is the
soul of honor; that he is q most success
full planter and citizen; that he has been
and is today the leader in the movement
for the protection of the Mississippi levee
and the improvement of the waterways;
that he believes in paying every. debt,
dollar for dollar, and that he never repu-
dated debt; that he believes in giving
every man his just dues, and has demon
strated the belief that Mississippi is the
erandest State to live in. If he had so
desired, he could have made Memphis,
Tenn. his home many, many years ago,
and we feel satisfied that if he had done
the same in Memphis as a Memphian
that he has done in this State as a Mis-
sissippian, he would have amassed his
rr,o,,1I
be enrolled on the honor roll of fame in
that State as one of its noblest and most
worthy citizens.
Mississippi is good enough for Scott,
and his course through life has been a
living exemplification and demonstration
to this effect. If he has any differences
with the politicians of this or any other
day, he is not bringing them into this
campaign, nor does there appear to be a
disposition on the part of his friends to
introduce these extraneous matters into
his race for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton.
He is in a most excellent position to
give the people of the commonwealth a
strictly business administration. Being
a strictly business man, uniformly cour-
teous to all whom he may chance to
meet, and mindful of but one thing-a
straight, honest line for every man to
walk on-he can enter the gubernatorial
office with free hand and a clean heart,
having nothing in view but an honest ad-
ministration of public affairs.
The man who can stand on platform
of Mississippi citizenship, who does not
seek a vindication of any kind, is rari-
ty these days, and this is the only kind
of a man who is entitled to the office.
Personal spites should not be worked
out through public office, nor should any
man seek to enter an office over the
small, niggardly animosities engendered
by political or any other kind of spleen.
Every Mississippian can safely vote
for Chas. Scott. He does not seek the
nomination for the sake of viRdication.
He seeks the office because he is quail
fed to discharge the duties incumbent
upon the Governor of great State in
such manner as to reflect honor upon his
commonwealth and fellow citizens
Natchez Democrat.