The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15
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~ NAi'tiaapJ ibt ~ eWhtS cpAAeIt
is in the city on business, says the
Yazoo City News of the 9th inst.
Being from the home Of Hon. Il, +.
Noel, one Of the leading candidates
for Governor, he was asked what he
thought Of the gubernatorial race,
and said
1.-THE canvass has now been going
on more or less actively for about
eight months. Lines are sufficient
ly drawn to clearly indicate the
course Of the coming canvass. Ia
those counties in which there are no
special local or family ties in favor
Of any particular candidate, person
ally, with very few exceptions, the
support Of Senator Il. F. Noel is
clearly manifested and is constantly
growing. Only a few counties thus
situated can be named in which it
is not conceded in the counties by
the most well informed people that
Mr.. Noel's friends are in the lead, or
very close to it.
"Mr. Noel's family are not Office
holding people, and he is the only
member Of his family name who has
ever sought a county OF State office
in Mississippi. Without any office
holding or office seeking connec-
tons, his support is more widely
spread and more active than any
other candidate in the field. He
lives nearer in the hills, and nearer
the center of the State than any 9th
er candidate, and there is nothing
sectional nor factional in his candi-
dacy. He and his measures stand
for the good Of the whole State, max
ing no section nor factional appeal
anywhere.
IF elected Governor, and / feel
sure he will be, he will represent the
whole State and all Of its citizenship,
You may make inquiries in any
part Of the State, and unless the
person questioned is Of narrow in
formation or is active in promoting
the candidacy of some one else, he
will say hat MIR. Noel is one of the
leading candidates, and that he will
lead in the second primary by being
one of the two leaders in the first,
"Of course, there are those who
want to promote the success of other
candidates by keeping Mr.. Noel out
Of the second primary, realizing how
strong he will be there those, for
purposes Of their own, are seeing
things as they wish to see them, and
will say that he is weak, This way
Of gaming is sought by the polite
ians to defeat him now, and was
sought in the canvas Of 1903. While
his competitors who are his friends
had nothing to do with this, some
politicians, who wanted Mr.. Noel de-
feated because Of the work he had
done for the people and against all
schemes by which they had con-
trolled, were very active against
these lines.
Their schemes and tricks insti-
tuted now will not hurt Mr.. Noel.
The liquor sellers, blind tiger men,
and keepers Of gambling dives can
expect nothing from Mr.. Noel but
the enforcement of the law. They
and the transient sellers Of whisky
and takers Of orders for liquor are
straining their utmost to defeat him
as they did when he was district at
which office he held aggres-
and efficiently, and which will
be likewise if elected Governor.
His support, while not constitut-
ing the whole Of the moral and relig-
ious element Of the State, embraces
a very considerable part Of that ele-
.ent and the considerable part Of
that element and the conservative
business element. While he is a
member Of the Baptist church, and
hat fact is sought to be used
him, he has never tried in
my way to make any use politically
# his membership in church or
odge, although he is in excellent
standing in nearly all of the lodges.
10 has never held offices in any Of
hem, nor sought such offices, be-
such Offices should 60 to !
hose not in political life.
He has never carried politics in
0 any religious or ~fraternal orders, !