The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-04-20


appointed hour for the speaking the
auditorium of he school bnil'ling was
packed by eager listeners. awaiting 10
hear the distinguished Mississippian
| who IS n.i;n. for tie highest Office i'll
| the gilt of the people to grant. Prompt
ilv at eight O'Clock, Judge King our
! worthy rnavor stepped ts' tie rosirnn
I aud in few well chosen and eloquent
remarks introduced the sleai,cr ch,,rac
ter,zii,e hun as an eminent i,vyer. u
fIanter of cote and among tie tIi- ma
HE nietl i'll the commonwealth. Judge
King; remarks were well received and
was renudlv applaudeti.
Mr. Scott began hv thanking tli. In
slic. for being present aud culnaizing he
manhood OF Mississippi, Ele then
launcl,cd in te his subject III "A business
like and fair wav. convincing his hear
ers OF his true honesty and clear con
/ ceptiol of the needs OF he state He dis
cus$ei the points in his platform i'll q
clean aud fearless way making it plain
i to all that whether they agreel with
him or not that he was III earnest III his
| advocacy of these measures. He ex-
! blamed some Of the criticisms which
We're being passed on him by his op-
ponents for the governorshp, especial
emphasis beirg given the fact that he
was not in favor of .'dago" eniigrants
! f1,. Il l.,i,f
state. MI scott made it plain that uI,-
less something was done to have some
| kind of la ,or other than the trhing ne
gro or the farns of Mississippi would
soon be SD overgrown with weeds and
bushes. as it wa; impossible unsier ex-
isting conditions to continue cultivation
Europe to secure the best class of old
world farmers to give them Il trial
which he is doing. He believes in emil
grafton of the right sort, and said that
he guessed all of us, or our loretta theirs
came from somewhere. During his adj
dress he made some witty remarks
about his opponents his talk was free
from mud-siinging. as he characterized
all his opponents rs upright honorable
gentlemen. and good politicians.-The
Sunrall Herald
"scOTT LOSING PRESTIGE"
Such is the chorus that is now being
given out from behind the curtain
of the anti-Scott oegnns, Only the ear.
marks of the stereotype prevents the
ominons words from CARRYING tlisniay
into tie Scott camps. One IF the mani
festations Of n preconecrted scheme 10
dclule is expressed as follows: TO
state press, the prestige which Candi-
date Soft was supposed to have gaiued
from his early spectacular campaign has
faded into vapor.'
The glory that has departed from
Scott. according to the article from
which the above is taken. and the way
it is given out 10 the general chorus,
has gone to Truly. Noel and Brc xer.
1t would lie too tedious to sunnon
"tIc state press" generally to the wit
ness stand. Ia ,c.t this 'yapor" alleaa-
ton. Though i, nlag be said traiy.
that all SUCH s;atc i ess expression is
coniined stiitt!Y. To papers tll,t opEos-
ed Nj. Scoit il, lis early spectacular
cam m9aiEn;" OF The columns of SUCH rs
opposes .tim eofrrSponientialy. Can
daSe Scot,'s io:,s OF prestige seem un-
known TO his press supporters. ,'or in-
stance, take those Of the old I'.olv .Ju-
fiicia. dlslrc ct. In Adams roumtA the
Natciiez Dcntociat. the Natciicz isule,ii'.
i'll Wilkinson. til: Noo,iviilc Rcpuh-
lican. thc CcntrrviIe Ie.fclso-
man. il Anitr. the Gls>>srr E-corj. i'll
, Pike. tie Sulnt,.it Sentinel; All seem to
| llc doing business at the same Oil
.ta,,d and all for Srott vet And. let it
be said in fairness. Judge Truly seems to
be holding his own i'll the press of his
home district--cl,ichy the Favette Chron-
Gle in Jefferson. which is iaithfr1 still
And Brewer. too. divides with Scott
the papers of his home county.
In sober truth ii there is any loss Of
prestige 10 Scott, it does nor show up
in the state press, excent i'll easily locnt-
ed spots; where,the signs of rreconcert
are too plain TOO fool children. 1t is
the same old 1903 anti-Vnrlaman gag,
and if The Herald mistakes not. it has
pretty much the same old source of in
spiration. he not deceived. Scott is
all riglit-never better as to his canva SIS.
His danger spot, The point OF the most
mendacious attempts to fvblow him
was i'll the Southeast Mississippi. His
progress was an ovation. The size of
| his audiences and the nature OF his re-
ception have been told in the press dis
patches; no other caudite has been eqn al
| ~ favored. At some points where lie
poke every business house closed to
hear him. This was done at Seminary,
now large population centre. al
though it was Saturday.-Vicksbu:g
Herald.