The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-02
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
Sisson. Noel and Truly Make
Addresses at Court House
ALL GET PATIENT AND EARNEST HEARING
Mr.. SisSoH Speaks on Monday, Noel
and Truly Tuesday Night 20 Good
Audiences-A Synopsis OF
Their Speeches.

Several of the gubernatUrial clndi
dates took advantage of the crowd
brought together this week by th
court and came here and made speech
eS in the interest Of their candidates.
Hon. L. L. SiSSOn was here Monday
and through the courtesy of Judge
Dunn the court took recess Of about
two hours in the afternoon in ordel
that Mr.. SiSSOn might have an oppor
tunity to speak. He was introduced
by Mr.. COwleS Horton in a very neat
speech when he began the delivery Of
about the same speech he has been
making at other places in the state.
Mr.. SiSSon ridiculed the various plat
forms of his several opponents and in
sisted that he was running on the
democratic platform and not as an in
dependent one. He insisted that in
dividual views amounted to but little
and that party creed was all. He
read several excerpts from the writ
ingS Of Thomas Jefferson and gave a
lengthy dissertation on JefferSonian
Democracy. Mr.. SissOn spoke with a
great deal Of fervor and his anecdotes
were enjoyed by all
On Tuesday night Hon. f. F. Noel
and jeff Truly each presented their
claims. Both speakers were intrOdu-
ced by Hon. VIM. c. Mclean, in a
very appropriate manner, Mr.. Noel
spoke first. He referred to the last
campaign and the remarkably large
vote he received Notwithstanding the
obstacles with which he had TO con-
tend. He briefly touched upon sever
al issues of the campaign and his rec
ord as an officer. He derided Nj. Sis
sons mo platform" idea and said
that the people needed to know the
views of their public servants, and
most especially those Of the governor,
in order that they might know who
was the friend Of the mOneyed pow
er. He referred to the fact that Bry-
an proclaimed from every hilltop his
views on various public questions and
that this was the main reason why he
was so dear to the hearts Of the mas
seS. He paid high tribute to the
Confederate soldier and alverted to |
the claim that was being set up by |
the Hon. Chas. Scott and his friends |
that he (Scott) should be supported !
for governor because he was for 4 few |
months a soldier in the Confederate |
army. He said that this was incon- |
SiStent With Mr.ScOtt'S conduct in the |
gubernatorial race four years. Then q |
gallant Confederate soldier, Judge |
Critz, was pitted against young man |
for governor and Mr.. Scott voted |
against the old soldier. Judge Truly
followed Mr.. Noel in speech of a lit
tie over an hour. 1T was in Judges
first public appearance in Grenada and
many were curious to hear him.
He referred to his judicial record
both as circuit judge and as mem
Der Of the supreme court Of the state
and rendered his thanks to the bar Of
Grenada for their Endorsement Of him
for re-appOinv vment to the latter place
He discussed at some length the in
equitable distribution Of the public
school funds and insisted that the law
should be SO amended that the chill
dren of the white counties might get
a ldi SCI pei CcuO vi Uilc puUlIC SCIlOOI
monies. He claims that MS views as
to the nOn-educatiOn of the negro were
now what they always had been and
cited facts to prove it. He said that
he was not riding on railroad passes
and that a man running for the i'm
portant office Of governor should make
bold to declare himself on public queS-
tiOnS and asked why make a sort Of Sc
cret campaign. Certainly, he said, if
a man stood with the people, he
should not be afraid to declare him.
self and that the people had best be-
ware of that man asking their Suf-
frage who would not declare himself.
The Judge discussed the work of i'm
migration agents and drew a horrible
picture of the destiny that awaits our ,
children should Mississippi become
very largely peopled with Italians. He
said their children were unfit TO aSSOci-
ate with our children and cited the re-
cent friction caused in Bolivar county
because of the italian children seeking
to enter white schools. He said that
the interest of the Italian was damet-
rically opposed TO the small farmer
and that it was the delta large land 7
owners that were seeking to people {
with this class Of immi-
grants. Both the speeches of Mr..
Noel and Judge Truly were received =
by the audience.
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