The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-06-06
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THE CLAN M'LAURINs JOIN IN
FIGHT TO DEFEAT CHAS.
SCOTT WITH BREWER
OR WITH TRULY.
Scott Comes Back at Them Cool and
Hard and Strong-Severa of
the Other Candidates for
State Offices Speak.
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day of the circuit court. owing 10
the number of candidates present, the
speaking began at $50 o'clock in the
courthouse yard, a platform having
been constructed, as the house was
not large enough to hold the crowd.
Among the candidates for minor
State offices present were Rivers, Sto-
vail, Horne, Covington and w. r.
Scott for railroad commissioners;
Simrall and Henry for insurance
commissioners, and George r. Ed
wards for treasurer. 49,
Governor Vardaman began speak
ing at ten o'clock, and spoke for
more than two hours, and received
the best of attention and frequent ap-
plause. He spoke along the usual
lines, and said among other things
that when Gen. George was trying to
rid Mississippi of reconstruction trou-
bles as existing when the eonstitu
tional convention was held, among
those who told him he would run
against the constitution of the United
States were Walthall, Lamar and the
great minority leader. He did not
mention Mr.. Williams by name. He
said he did not know whether he
could repeal the fifteenth amend
ment or not, but that if elected that
congress all the time.
The first candidate for governor
to speak was Mr.. Sisson. They were
limited TO forty-five minutes on ac-
count of the number present. Mr..
Sisson made a very strong speech,
and was applauded frequently.
Judge Truly spoke next, principally
along the lines of immigration. Ow
ing to the fact that he had to speak
outdoors Judge Truly did not speak
the time allotted. Judge Truly called
Mr.. Scott strongly to time on the i'm
migration question, reading from an
article in the Commercial Appeal of
some months ago.
Mr.. Noel spoke next, along the US
ual lines, and received good attention
and pleased his many friends in this
county.
Mr.. Scott began speaking at $3.50,
the crowd having been there for near
ly six hours. He received the very
best of attention and those who heard
him before say that he made the best
speech he has made in the campaign.
He was very earnest, and at the close
of his speech a hankshaking recep
ton took place on the platform. He
went into details as to his position
on the immigration question, and
stated that he was striving for the
upbuilding of his State and that his
views were similar to those of his
audience.
The main thing in Mr. Scott's
speech today differed from that of
his others, was his answer to the ar
ticle or interview of Senatorg McLau-
rim in Sundays Commercial Appeal.
He made his answer in no uncertain
terms, and said:
''In addition to my five competit-
ors, who have concentrated their fire
on me, as already stated, I am oppos
ed and have been vigorously and vi
ciously attacked since the campaign
opened by the powerful political fam
lily known throughout the State as
the Clan McLaurin. These trained
professional politicians have been and
are now straining every nerve TO COM
pass my defeat and at the same time
re-establish their past supremacy in
State politics. In trying to accom-
plish this end they have two candi-
dates in the field, Mr.. Brewer and
Judge Truly. Brewer is the torpedo
boat and Truly the battleship. They
know that Mr.. Brewer will not be
one, two, three in the race, but use
him to do the mudslinging, hoping
thereby to detract from my strength,
with the view of trying TO prevent my
election in the first primary, and If
possible getting Judge Truly's vote
equal to mine, so they can have him
with me in the run off, as it is some
times called.
I'm order to conceal the true in
wardness of this deep laid scheme,
the clan pretend to be at outs with
each other in the gubernatorial race.
Most of the brothers, with United
States Senator McLaurin at their
head, are openly supporting Truly,
who is the real candidate of the
whole bunch, though State Senator
McLaurin, the owned of the famous
Sandy Bayou property, and one other
brother are ostensibly backing Mr..
Brewer. This fiimsy pretext will de-
ceive no one. 1t is known of all men
that the clan never divide. Their
motto is now. and has always been.
sa1l for each and each for ALL Rely