The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-01-29
JUDGE JEFF TRULY'S ADDRESS
Able and Eloquent Words By One of the Leading
Candidates For Governor.

Court of the State, addressed tn
people of Lowndes county in be
half. of his candidacy for tn
Governorship:
: This was Judge Truly's frs
appearance in Lowndes county
and although he is well known tt
the people of this county as g
brilliant juri5t his personal ac-
quaintance with our people has
been limited. It was not gener.
ally known, even in the city oi
| Columbus, that Judge Truly
would speak, but regardless of
the fact that his coming was in a
plain and unostentatious mann er
he had splendid audience of
representative citizens to hear
him. At IL O'Clock Judge Coch-
ran courteously adjourned his
court that Judge Truly might
have opportunity of presenting
his views on public questions to
our people. Hon. j. I. Sturdi-
want who is an intimate friend
and a great admirer of Judge
Truly, made the Introductory ad-
dress. Mr.. Sturdivant presented
Mr.. Truly as a worthy citizen,
and public servant of long stand
ing and an eminent jurist, a man
in every sense worthy of the con-
fidence and support of the peo-
pie of Lowndes county. The in
PRODUCTION from Mr.. Sturdivant
was so perfectly frank and at the
same time SO eulogistic that
Judge Truly found his audience
in perfect accord with him when
he gracefully acknowledged the
introduction.
Without useless prelude to his
address, Mr.. Truly entered i'm
mediately upon the discussion of
those issues which he deems OF
vital concern 70 the psopie. He
laid down three propositions
which he claims to be of especial
interest to all Mississippians;
1st. That section 206 of the
Constitution ought to be repeal
ed in order that the School fund
of the State might be equitably
distributed.
2nd. That all ladds and other
property particularly that of rail-
road corporations, shall be re-
quired to pay an honest share of
the taxes levied.
3rd. Unalterable opposition to
the importation of European
paupers, especially convicts, |
anarchists, and dagoes.
Discussing the first PROPOSE |
ton Judge Truly showed in a |
most conclusive manner that the |
present method of disbursing |
the school fund is harmful to |
the white children ana teachers
of the Delta counties of the state,
in that the white children and |
teachers of the Delta counties |
receive practically twice as much |
instruction and twice as much |
pay at the expense Of the State.
In other words the school fund /
is so distributed that it is difficult |
for the white children Of the hill |
counties to attend school for a
constitutional period of four
months. whereas the white chill
dren in the Delta counties at
tend school for eight or nine
months in the year on the State
distribution. In proof of his as
sertion he stated that the white
children OF Bolivar county re-
from the State treasury |
annually for school purposes
shout S34.00 while the children |
of Itawamba county received on
ly about 50. 90 annually for school
purposes. In Bolivar county |
there are about nine hundred |
white educable children while in
Itawamba, just north of-us, there
are about thirty six hundred |
children. In Bolivar county the
children attend school eight or
nine months in the year on the
State distribution while the chill
dren of Itawamba county can at.
tend school on the State distribu-
ton scarcely four months. Fur
thermore, the white teachers of