The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-15
Hon. Earl Brewers
friends Hold Enthusiastic
Meeting in Jackson
Every County in the State Represented
They Adopt the Following
Address.
Address the People of Mississippi in Behalf OF Hon. Earl
Brewers Candidacy for Governor.

/ prised his friends and alarmed the
enemies of good government.
His cause is before the people as
a whole.
The closing words of Mr.. Brew
er's platform call for the aid of all
disinterested and patriotic citizens.
This is what he said:
"Grafters or law breakers will
not labor for my nomination.
"Political bosses will not be able
to find anything in my past life or
ofic ial conduct which will encour-
age them to believe that | could be
influenced or moulded to their
liking.
"Those employed to demand
from the state for their masters
something more than exact and
even-handed justice will hardly
work for>my promotion.
81 hope to receive the support
and encouragement of men with no
political or financial ak to grind.
"The toilers of the field, the
factory and the office-the great
mass of unbought and unpur-
chasable people-if am elected,
will elect me.
"Recognizing that, to the people
| submit my views, and of them |
ask an Endorsement.
81 pledge and pawn for the
support of the democracy of Mis-
sissippi, promise faithful and
/ efficient discharge of official duties
and an honest endeavor to give the
people of the state a progressive
| yet prudent, conservative, econo-
mical, business administration, and
if elected to this end shall devote
all the energy of which my young
manhood is capable
Read, consider and join with us
in bringing about an overwhelming
final victory for this young champ
ion of the people of Mississippi.
All must mark, approve and hold
up the hands of the man who. in
this day of greed and graft, boldly
spoke these words when he an
nounced his candidacy.
Mr.. Brewer has also said:
"They are adopting a battle cry
which is meant to prejudice the
supporters of one of our unsuccess-
full opponents in the first primary;
they are trying to array Senator
| McLaurin's friends against me by
saying that | am not friendly to
Senator McLaurin; they are also
endeavoring to array the foes of
the McLaurin forces in Mississippi
by stating that | am being run in
this race by Senator McLaurin;
another thing they are doing is to
pick out the most unpopular man
they can find in every county, and
then circulate the statement in that
county that if am elected am
going to appoint that man to some
high office.
81 ask the people of the state to
do me the favor to tell everybody
who makes the statement that |
pledge the people of Mississippi my
word and my honor that | never by
word or insinuation promised to ap.
point or promised not to appoint
any person to any office in
this state, and that a man who
would do that is guilty in spirit of
bribery. | have an honest and
laudable ambition to be governor of
this state. | want to win the
fight, and believe | shall, but am
going to make a clean fight, land there
is nothing in my past life and char
acter or in my declaration of prin-
ciples or platform, nothing in my
campaign utterances, which justi-
| fies the slanderous statements, |
have referred to. Let us fight
squarely on the issues of the day"
And as he was resolved then he
is doubly so now, and will be to
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