The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-07-27
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR
AS Seen by Correspondent
at CasCilla.
TELLS WHY He HAS FAITH IN BREWER
Noel Rides Hobby, Truly Thought
Lawyers Would Elect Him-NOth-
ing in SissOn's POsitiOn-Fiis
Objections to Scott.

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Objections to Scott.
Cascilla. Miss.
July %, 1907.
Editor SENTINEL:
] wanted to say word Of encour-
agement 10 you abcnt the noble fight
you have been making in this cam
paign for che plain people in advocat-
ing the candidacy OF Hon. Earl Brew
er for governor. Mr. Brewer person
ally represents all that is best IN Miss
iSsippi citizenship, and his life, from
che time his father died and lett him
a mere BOY and the mainstay of
mother and five children on a little
mortgaged farm in Carroll county up
to this good hour, can be but an in
spiraLiOn to every poor hoy in the
land. He started out in life without
social prestige or money and WITH
none hut poor kinSfolk. His life has
been one of struggle, push and energy
He has failed in nothing be has under
taken and his successes have been 40
ordinary ones but such as to excite The
admiration and approval of every OBJ
serving man and thoughtful citizen.
And not Hithstanding his triumphs,
he has never taken the big head or
forgotten his early friends or those
who have been his mainStay. His de-
votion to his old mother and other
members of the family has been re-
markable and no man whose life Is
guided by such principles as has mark
ed Earl Bre Ser's can 60 far wrong. III
is true, however, that somehow he
has been bounded and lied on by
certain class eve" since he entered
public life, but Notwithstanding this.
he has continued to rise in pubrc eS-
TEEN and to-day has more close. per-
Sonal enthusiastic friends t1an any
other man in the state to his age.
| While | do not travel around much,
bnt from what | can hear, Brewer
has never been much in favor with
dudes, broken down aristocratS aud
those who sneer at men who come mp
from insignificant Surroundings. 10
one uf chose that relieve IN every
tub standing on its own bottom, and
the fact that man is kin to c''lOnel
SO and SO or Judge so and SO, should
not give HIM place OF preferment over
his felluwS. Brewer has Sto0u for
something all his life. He stands Tor
the best interests of the farmer, and
indeed all classes, in his race. Oppo
siti,n to dea,ing in cotton futures
ough5 to give him the vote of every
cotton farmer in the state. L know
that the cotton spectators make hun
dreds of dollars out uf cotton TO Where
the man who swettS and plo"S In
making it, makes one.
Brewer is i'm favor of taxing the ric1
corporations and the little farmer a
like. An investigation OF the tax
rolls OF almost any county Will con-
vince almost any man that the man OF
small means is paying more for taxes
IN proportion than tie fellow VINO
loans money. In fact a very small
per can't OF the money OF the state Is
taxed. The gentlemen THAI are max
my the race against Brewer DO not
stand out bravely and boldly tnr the
masses of the people as be Goes ana
there are especially good reasons why
they should not be elected over Bre "
| er.
Mr.. Noel made the race foIr years
ago. but somehow lie fails to inspire
his friends. All agree that he Is
good man but think he can look after
the raising of chickens and domestic
duties better than he can the ONCE OF
( Governor. Mr.. Noel is a sort OF man
that rides hobby. He has not that
| breadth tha5 Brewer has. Judge Tru-
| ly is one of the arisJncrats in the race
aud he started out thinking the law
yers wouli control this election ana
that they would put him in, but I'D
this day the people sometimes take
pleasure in 'setting down. on the
| politician lawyer. Mr.. SlSson eVl-
IDENTIFY thought that he could bray
himself into the governor chair, but
there is about as much in his position
lin this campaign as in a soap bubble.
| r. is said that the chief cooton Specu-
Iarnr in The state, Mr.. SearlS. nf
Vicksburg, is backing Mr.. Sisson. No
one has ever considered Mr.. Thomas
seriously. He is a good man, but
i somehow the people do not take TO
i him. He undoubtedly thought that
the members of the last legislature
would trot him through simply be-
caus. he was speaker of the last
! house. Mr.. Scott, that great big law
| yer. acted as if he thought his wealth
would pull him through. He thought
} that when heannounced that the bal
}, ance of the boys would step aside ano
J not have the audacity to run against
the ''King of Bolivar County, " who is
a great railroad lawyer and the largest
cotton planter in the world. He sale
5 nothing much in his ca npaign declar
alton except generalize. The peopl'
t want Specific terms to-day The mon
. ey power has this country by tn
| throat and it cannot be denied that /
I is getting harder each year for tn
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