The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-04-13
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS
SPEAKS IN GRENADA
Addresses a Crowded Court
House Last Tuesday.
Repeal of the IS Amendment Discuss
eds much Opposed TO Govern
ment Ownership of Rail Roads
Tells How Gov. Vardaman Can
ElOcute.

Grenada was in the hands of the can
didateS Tuesday. Besides the Hon.
John Sharp Williams there were here
T. M. Henry, W. j. Miller and II. f.
Simrall, candidates for insurance
commissioners; T. l.. Maxwell and
K. J. Smith, candidates for auditor;
and George F. Edwards and j. p.
StOvall, candidates for state treaSur-
er. M. p. Bishop and Leroy Il.
Taylor, candidates for trustee Of the
penitentiary from this district, and
j. Il. Senter, L. n. Rivers, r. l..
Scott and J. s. Hudson, candidates
for railroad commissioner from this
district. All these gentlemen were
allowed few minutes to present their
claims before Mr.. Williams began his
speech. J. S. Hudson, one of the
candidates for railroad commissioner,
,sprang a surprise on great many by
withdrawing from the race, assign
ling as the reason his inability to go
into the StrenuOuSneSS Of the cam
[paign. He thanked his numerous
friends for their interest shown in
his behalf.
| Hon. John Sharp Williams began
speaking at o'clock and held the
undivided attention Of his audience
until 4 O'Clock. He was greeted by
lcrOwded courthouse. There was a
IgOodly number of country people pre-
sent and a petition was circulated
THAT morning asking that every buSi-
mess house close for the speaking and
promising the same courtesy to Gov.
lVardaman when he shall come to
| lGrenada. Mr.. Williams entered at
fonce into the discussion of the issues |
(which he considered important in the
He referred briefly to |
ibis congressional service. He was |
elaborate in what he had to say about |
THE repeal OF the fifteenth amend |
|ment and stated that such bill had
been submitted in congress by some
member for the last fourteen years,
but that it never got further than
The committee rooms. He said the
Northern people seemed willing to
let the South alone and that he
thought it dangerous to the welfare
of this section to tamper with the
question in a federal way. That he,
as well as every other Southern
Democrat, was just as deSirouS Of its
repeal as Gov. Vardaman, but that
it was like the child crying for the
moon to seriously consider the queS-
tiOn at this time. The North, which
constitutes two-thirdS of the voting
strength in congress, he said was not
educated to that view.
He discussed government owner
ship of railroads and referred to Gov
Vardaman speech before the Mis-
SisSippi Press Convention in Green
vile in 1905, in which he took
position endorsed by the prominent
railroad attorneys, who are always
of shopping the policy of the news
papers in the interests Of the rail
roads, and advocated just what th'
railroad magnateS of the country
wanted. Though he said he knew
the governor did it ignorantly al;
that he merely cited this to SHOW
his unpreparedneSS for duties Of th'
OtitCu OUdUcS ScDdIUTSlIlD. Ilc SdN
he was Gov. Vardaman'S friend ant
was going TO remain SO He said th'
people wanted a man IN WaShingto'
that could control himself. He rt
fl ~' g. Gov. Nardaman' recc;
interview in which the governor dis
played his temper because Congress-
men Richardson Of Alabama said that
he (Williams) ought to be elected
senator He intimated strongly that
the governor was wont to lose his
temper.
Mr.. Williams IS speech was we'll re-
ceived and was frequently literally
applauded and, no doubt, made him
many friends. Gov. Vardaman has
some stalwart friends in this county
and it is impossible now to forecast
who will get the vote of Grenada
01ood Man For tho pIace"