The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-05-03
NOEL'S PLATFORM THE FIRST
TO URGE MATERIAL. ISSUES
Of Great Importance to the People. Favors Elective
Judiciary, Fair Distribution Of School Fund, Fair
Freight Rates Regulation of Campaign Expenses.

with factional politics. Those who. to
subserve selfish interests, can be brand.
ed, herded and lead or driven by political
bosses, or their lieutenants, into the
ranks of candidate are in woeful and
decreasing minority. Those who appeal
for support on account of support Of
faction or of some who occupy high
positions are self-condemned. No candi-
date owing success to faction can be
superior to, or Independent of, his cre-
ator.
Efforts to obtain formal alignments,
or written pledges, before the names and
platforms of all the candidates are
known smacks of snap Judgment, indi.
eating weakness,
Senatorial Contest Let Alone.
1t is not my desire, nor purpose, to
take the slightest part in the senatorial
contest. Among my supporters are many
of the friends of each aspirant, whose
continued good opinion | shall do moth
ing to forfeit. The linking of the for.
| tunes of candidate for the governship
with that Of any other actual, or pro-
spective, high office holder proves unfit.
ness. Such methods will not win, IL at.
tempted. Conventions, killed by the pri.
mary election law which | brought be.
fore our legislature, were the only means
by which the few could boss the many.
Will Campaign in Person.
! am not in sight of that point at
which desire, or necessity, separates me
from my life's activities Labor, to me,
is congenial. With an able corps of ste
nographers, with which need have only
a pecuniary connection, / could reach
every voter Apart from the question
of EXPENSE serious one--I prefer to
have face to face communication, with.
out regard to their worldly condition,
with the largest possible number of our
white citizens which my opportunities
will admit. My campaigning, like all
other high undertakings, will be made
not by proxy, but in person.
Campaign of 1908
When / entered the canvass of 1903 I
was confronted by two worthy and dis
tinguished competitors, one making his
second and the other his third race; and
each had great number of committals
From start to finish myself and friends
had to combat the impression that the
contest was between the two, but the
vote for me was nearly as large as theirs.
For those who stood valiantly by me
then--regardless of whom they will now
support--my gratitude will be undimin.
ished and undying Other environments
will carry some of these to my present
competitors, but accessions, differently
circumstanced, will more than treble
such losses. In many counties, am
glad to know, many men, most active
for Governor Vardaman or Judge Critz
before, will be equally active for me.
Offers of support have come to me
from every part of Mississippi. NY
acquaintance and personal communica.
tion extends through every county. The
talk of the race oeing between two other
candidates chiefly comes from those who
seek to make it so by saying so. Ear.
nest, active and continued effort by those
who believe in what my candidacy rep
resents will make, in the second pri-
mary, our success certain.
+, F. NOEL.