The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-06-29
BAY ST. LOUIS SPEECH
OF HON. CHAS.. SCOTT,
Candidate for Governor Of Mississippi - Large
Audience Hears the Distinguished Mississippian
Discuss the Issues of the Day and Define His
Position Have Only the Better Class
of Italian Immigrants - McLaurin, Brewer,
Truly, Thomas and Sissons Discussed.

OSOlnacn opera HOUSE Ill lHiS city ldSl
Monday morning and made most fav-
orable impression. His speech, as CIV
en- below in full, speaks for itself.
Hon. E. J. Gex, of Bay ST. Louis, in
troduced Mr.. Scott as follows:
tLadies and Gentlemen We haye
with us today Mr.. Scott, and, as he is
to make speech at Pass Christian and
Biloxi today, | shall not talk much in
introducing him; however, | wish to
say that, as it is mostly business men
who elect our governor, we should look
into the qualities of the man whom we
elect and see whether that man has been
successful in his own private affairs, and
if he has, we take it for granted that
gentleman will do the best for Missis-
sippi. Mississippi has had all good
governors, and will continue to have
them. 1t, therefore, affords me much
pleasure to introduce you to Mr.. Scott. -
MR.. SCOTT SPEAKS.
Ladies and Gentlemen: After thank
ing your distinguished citizen for his
kind introduction, want to say to you
that am grateful to you for assem- bling
here this morning to listen to brief,
true business talk touching on some of
the questions which you are to consider
during this election. Need l say that |
am more especially thankful to these
fair ladies who are taking the trouble to
come here this morning on this occa-
sion, looking, if you will permit me to
say it, as the "yiolets hid by the stone,
when only one star CLEANS out OF the
sky above". Womanhood, my friends,
stands for all that is noblest, best and
brightest, not only morally, but other
wise. Such being the case, | thank the
ladies for attending this political talk;
for, undoubtedly, they have, and should
have, power in shaping an opinion along
these lines. Now, ladies and gentle
men, shall not detain you this morn
ing to make my usual speech. Perhaps
| may say that all candidates speak too
long, as rule; however, | will attempt
to curtail my remarks, so that they may
be as short as possible, as there was
some misapprehension when the hour of
my address was to begin here.
You must remember that the COVER
norship of Mississippi is the most i'm
portant Office, in my estimation, that
could be had, and, in speaking to you
on that subject, | say, again, am not
seeking this Office, my friends, for the
sake of the salary that goes with 1t; |
am seeking it to be the public wheel. |
will say, however, that am seeking it
for the great honor that goes with it,
when honorably attended to; | would
not want to have it otherwise.
Now, my friends, l am confronted in
this political race with five distinguished
competitors, all of whom are able, as
tute and professional politicians, by
which I mean to say that all of these
gentlemen, practically speaking, have
held offices during their entire lives
since 21 years of age, and they have
been candidates for office during that
time also.
You, also, know, my friends, another
thing, that, if you have kept in touch
with the election, either through the
papers or otherwise, these
PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS
are now and have been, during this
campaign, doing all in their power
against me, and, in order to accomplish
this, you will see that possibly they
have two entries one through Mr..
Brewer and the other Judge Truly.
Brewer is the torpedo and Truly the
battleship; both commanded by Rear
Admiral A. J. McLaurin. Now, they
know as we'll as l do that Brewer will
not be /, g, 3 in the race; so what is
their object? Why, it is to prevent my
election at the first primary, and also, II
it can be done, to put Judge Truly in
the run-off with me on equal terms. In
order to do this, Brewer has been Sc
lected to do the mud-slinging in this
campaign, and | wish to say now that
he is doing it to the "queen's tasteo,
fo Lot rfr3c
the State of Mississippi will not stand
for it: it will never permit Mr.. Nc
Laurin to do this, and | am not here to
criticise him, but to defend myself
against him. The State of Mississippi
will not stand. for it, and, relying on
your support, l will effectually smash
McLaurin and Brewer and send them to
the dust-heap. (Applause.)
| have referred somewhat at length to
the situation for two reasons: first, be-
cause want to apprise you gentlemen
of the little game McLaurin and Brewer
are trying to play, and, in the brief
space of time, it will be utterly impos-
sible to answer all the criticisms against
me. and | have always told my friends
that it was the duty of every candidate
TO place himself before the people,
wherever the affairs of the State are
concerned. With your consent, will
do this; but, perhaps, am mistaken;
perhaps it is not your desire to hear a
candidate express himself touching
these public questions. 1t may be that
YOU do not want to understand anything
touching the affairs of Mississippi. Per-
haps you do not care to hear about tn e
corporations disposition of school funds
and other questions of Importance. 1t
NAV be you only want to hear whether
am a Jeffersonian Democrat or not. j
will tell you in five words:
81 AM A JEFFERsoNIAN DEMOCRAT"
will not tell you delightful anecdotes
for t,lo hours and take your valuable
time up when you have other duties to
attend to, as some candidates are In the
habit of doing. I allude to the gentle
man who in all.respects is man, and
who is known to every voter in Missis-
sippi as spell binder, and because OF
his handsome face is known to many oi
the fair ladies as an Apollo or Adonis,
Need say that refer to Mr.. Sissonsg
What is the position he assumes in this
election? Why not boil down his ex-
nressions in few terms, natfonai and
State platformsP He says that the per-
sonal opinion of every voter touching
The questions of the State is placed be-
.oud the YotsF, and again Sissons has
The modest assurance fe site TO us, as
stated BY Mr. Bryan, that i was high