The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-06-29

men, Bryan did say that, but | want tC
tell you right here that John Sharp Will
liams and Governor Vardaman discuss
all questions of importance without
waiting for the platform to speak one
way or the other. How are the people
to make party? You know that every
Democrat or every voter cannot attend
the State or National convention tc
make the platform, so how do you, the
people, make a platform? Why, my
friends, when you cannot go personally
you elect representative, or when these
questions are not discussed in advanced,
then men are elected to represent you.
By your sending representative it is
in this way that the people make their
platform, and it is that which Mr.. Bryan
intended to say and that is all that you
can make out of it. Now, when Sissops
tells me in his vigorous way that | am
not Democrat simply because | replied
to him, dear friends, want you to un-
derstand that was a Democrat in the
dark, dangerous and trying days when
| it took more than shot air and Chin to
make a Democrat. (Applause.)
I see a lady in this audience who Iiv-
ed in my county right after the Civil
War and she will agree with me when |
tell you that there were seven negro
votes to one white mans vote and when
| went with one white companion to
speak through the State, | did not go on
the platform before harmless audience
of people like this Of today's. | did go
and was compelled to go with a little
| harmless looking satchel and before |
! begun it was opened and the negroes
knew what was in it. I did not use it,
| of course, unless it was absolutely nee
essary. but there was not negro who
did not understand what it was for. |
only had occasion to use it once, and
assure you the audience got through the
doors and windows and there was no one
left but the speaker.
"wHoA, sIsSONS!'
OF course, you have heard Mr.. Sissons,
who is most vigorous speaker, and
when | saw him talk with his eyes and
nose, and the perspiration falling from
his brow, and that melodious voice of
| his echoing and re-echoing, it recalls
an incident that occurred during my
horseback campaign during last fall.
l was up in the grand old county of Cal
houn,-but perhaps you have heard the
story from Mr.. Sissons, because it hurts
him so much that he tries to stake the
wind out of my sails" as the saying
goes. AS l was saying, it was up in the
county of Calhoun on one afternoon
about 3 3o'clock, as | made my way up a
hill on my horse, l met superb speci-
J men of the manhood of Mississippi driv-
ing team of oxen. AS l approached
him, heard him say to the very best
oxen, "Whoa, Sissonsi" | thought |
would put the best face on that | could,
so said: tMy friend, my name is Char
! lie Scott, and | am one of the candi-
| dates for Governor this year [ want to
say that would like to have your vote,
but see it is no use." "Why so, pard-
ner?' he said. 81 see you have one of
| the best of your oxen named after Sis
sons," | replied "Do you know why?"
said he. 'fWhy?" Because he can bel
/ low more and pull less than any OK
ever saw (Applause.) And that cov-
ers the situation. He starts out that he
stands for nothing, and after you hear
| him for two hours, he has talked more
and said less than anybody you ever
saw.
Mississippi viii never elect man, no
matter how delightful he may be IS a
gentleman, unless he can say something
| worth while. Do you know that Sec
tion % of Our Code states that the Gov
ernor shall send in a report of matters
for consideration. How is he to comply
with this if he never can speak some
thing worth While But | do not think
it necessary to worry you with this alb
surd question any longer because | have
| every respect for him. | want to say
right here that I am not a politician as
defined by Noah Webster; that is, as
one "dabbling in affairs" Although a
close student of the commonwealth OF
Mississippi, | have never before, and |
am now 81 years of age, and prior to this
time been candidate for public Office,
but it is not necessary for me to say that
if [ am elected Governor | do not intend
to give. you a political administration,
but | intend
To GIVE YOU A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
That is what Mississippi needs and an
administration along practical lines, be-
cause | am a practical business man,
and an administration such as may be
necessary for the real substantial good
of the people. 1t will be my duty to
detect graft, and stamp it our wherever
it raises its ugly head. 1t will be my
duty to construct laws and it will be
my duty to construct laws and it will
be my aim to develop this magnificent
commonwealth of ours along every line
that is beneficial to the State of Missis-
sippi. All cannot be accomplished in
four years that | would like to accom-
/ plish, but beginning can be made and
much can be accomplished in my mind,
during that time. Let US work boldly
and intelligently for more money and
more men of the right sort to assist us in
our upbuilding of the State. You know
as we'll as | do, that Mississippi is a
borrower rather than a lender. We
need more more surplus money in Mis-
sissippi in order TO help and benefit the
working man and above all in behalf of
] the farmer, who is the backbone of this
commonwealth. But,you are not farmers
yourselves, but you can see that Missis-
sippi is first and last dependent upon
the farmer. We need more farmers
here for this reason, to bring more fac
tories to this part of the state and to
/ bring
which would help you in further deyel-
opment and for other oblivlous reasons,
which | will not here define. Now this
brings me face to face with the import
ant subject of immigration. This is a
subject which have been grossly mis-
represented on since the beginning oi
this campaign to some, who have been
deceived. | do not believe that any
Ieandidate for Mississippi has been more
misrepf esented than Ihave been, touch
ling this question of immigration.
want to say right here that immigration