The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-05-04
TWO SPEECHES BY SCOTT
In Grenada COunty-Grays-
port and Grenada.
Fair Sized Audiences Greeted
Him--DevOtes Much Time to
Italian ImmigratiOn--Re-
fcrs to Owning 3d.
900 Acres of Land.

| The Hon. ChaS. Scott, candidate
for governor, made two speeches in
the county last Monday, speaking in
the morning at GrayspOrt and at the
court house in Grenada that night.
His appearance in the county had
been well advertised several days in
advance of his coming both ny cir
cularS and through the columns of
The Sentinel. He was greeted by
fairly good sized audience at both
places. Captain Slack and several
of the county candidates. living in
Grenada, accompanied him to GrayS-
port.
The audience that greeted him in
Grenada that night contained a
large number of ladies. There were
but few present from the country.
Mr.. Scott was introduced by Hon.
VIM. G. Mclean who spoke of him as
the most distinguished man in Mis-
sissippi. He made graceful ac
acknowledgement of the introduction
and expressed his pleasure at facing a
Grenada audience and then begun the
delivery of his campaign speach. He
insisted that his opponents all realized
that he was the strongest man in the
race and that each and all Of them
we're fighting him.
He discussed Messrs SiSson and
Truly in vigorous terms and told
several anecdotes which he made ap-
plicable to them.
He referred to Mr.. Noel'S ever
present smile and the persistency Of
his running for Offich which brought
forth hearty laughter. He devoted
much Of his time to the discussion Of
the question Of immigration and said
that he had been misunderstood on
that matter. He spoke of his trip to
Europe in quest Of labor and told why
he thought the Italians were good Ia
borerS. He said his investigation
made while in Italy convinced him
that certain class Of Italians were
especially adapted to farm labor in
the South and that 1900 acres Of his
land without tenants was the incen-
tive that prompted him to seek ihe
Italians. He said much ado had
been of the fact that he was q rail-
road attorney and he recalled the
names OF a number Of prominent
citizens, among them Gen. E. 9.
Walthall, who were railroad attorneys.
However, he said that he had recently
resigned his position as ouch. He re-
ferred to the fact that It had been
said that he should not be governor
because he owned 81 delta planta-
tions OF thirty thousand acres. He
said that in a the days OF old such a
thing was not a disqualification as
George Washington owned 10000
acres, twice as much as he (Scot9 did
He discussed what happened be
tween him aud Hon. Earl Brewer at
Greenwood, and sought to explain
why he had seen fit to denOunce a /
statement made by Mr.. Brewer on
that occasion as false. He read a
statement signed by forty citizens OF
verifying his version of
the controversy.
He spoke Of his service to the con-
federate cause and stated that IL ne
was not elected governor, perhaps
would never have another
man who was in the confederate
service to occupy the governors Of
fee.
He promised, il elected. that he
would not again be candidate for
any other office and that he would re-
tire at the end of his term to his plan
tatiOnS and continue to raise cotton.
He was frequently applauded and his |
admirers i'm the audience were quite |
often very demOnStrative over what F.!
they conceived to be telling points in
his speech.