Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-10
not Forthcoming.

to permit the promoters OF that new
road the advantage over the individual
that no matter what may be the dam.
age or Inconvenience to the individual
he must submit 10 the law, which says
that the individuals house, If in the
right Of way selected by the builders
Of the railroad, must be torn down to
allow the road bed built. This law
exists on the hypothesis that the rail.
road, as a common carrier. is to be
operated in the interest Of the general
public and for its convenience, and no
Individual may stand in the way Of its
construction AMI operation. Mr..
Brewer, as Governor Of Mississippi
would see that the railroad should be
built on the line Of its own selection,
and that the Individual whose property
was destroyed must be satisfied with
the law regulating his compensation
for the loss Of his house.
In case Of a difference arising be-
tween any railroad company operat-
ing in the state and its operators, and
public service being Interrupted, Gov
ernor Brewer would see to it that the
rights Of property should be respected
and that public service not be inter
rupted, even though it required the
power Of the state militia to maintain
that order
This service or protection the rail-
roads would expect and receive at the
hands of Governor Brewer, for he de-
clares that all shall alike obey the
laws.
Then, where is the meat in this
cocoanut? The negro in this big wood
pile? Why do the railroads object SO
strenuously to MIR. Brewers election
as chief executive Of the state Of Mis-
sissippi?
The voter can propably best draw
his own conclusions in answering this
question. 1t is an old but true saying
that when conflicting interests come
to the rarting Of the ways, il is the
better part Of vaIor for either to first
find out exactly what the other wants
and then strive for the opposite. When
the people of Mississippi make up
their minds that the railroads do not
want a man in the Governor chair
who is in favor of tn e equitable en-
forcement Of the laws of the state, it
is about the hour and up to the people
to see to it that the railroads and their
strikers do not name the Governor.
The people of Mississippi are not
antagonistic to the railroads. On the
contrary, they have shown every evil
dence OF wishing to even go out OF
their way to encourage them, because
they feel that the better the railroads
and the more of them, the more rapidly
can be developed this great section Of
the nation. Mr.. Brewer shares this
feeling among the people. 1t has
never been successfully shown that he
would be otherwise than perfectly fair
with the railroads or any other cor
porate interests. But he does believe
that the people have rights which
should be safeguarded by the state.
and he has the manhood to stand for
the rights Of the people when those
rights are in any way threatened.
1t is not a fight on railroads in their
legitimate relations to the state that
Mr.. Brewer or his supporters are
waging, but fight for the protection
of the common rights of all against
any infringments that may be attempt
ed.
Whatever may have been offered by
the opposition to the election Of MIR.
Brewer on account Of his attitude on
the public service corporations, let il
be remembered by the voters that Mr..
Brewers position is the only fair one
that any honest man asking to be Gov
ernor could openly assume. Listen:
He says treat all alike for the viola
lions Of the states laws. Gould any
thing be more fair? If the railroads
ask for more than this. they are asking
for more than is Justly their due, and
should NOT be sustained by the men