The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
They Need A Man Out.

~ ~'ANA iNAAAii LILO l(tttOiIt AilG0Qo7
sing the next gubernatorial cam
paign, says: Among those who
are being mentionedsfor the place
is Hon. w. E. Baskin, of this
city, and while he has never sig
nifed his willingness to enter the
race, considerable pressure is be-
ing brought to. bear on him. :.
If a candidate is to come from the
southern tier of counties, DIR. J..
D. Donald, of Hattiesburg, will
probably be the man, as he has
already been mentioned in fhis
connection, and he is a good man
for the place. 1t does seem that
there ought to be some other aspi-
rants. than the ones from the Del
ia.
For some reason there are GER
tain people in the state who are
desperately in need of new man
out for this office. 1t is a we'll
known fact that Hon. Earl Brew
er will be a candidate. 1t is a
well known fact that his platform
and policies stand for the very
highest order of things; that the
mere mention of his name will
cause those who know him best to
think of a progressive, up to-date,
splendid administration. 1t is
recognized by the intelligent peo-
pie of the State, that this man s
platform and declarations. in the
last campaign did as much to
shape the policies of Mississippi's
last legislature and the public SEN
timent of the State looking to a
higher and better civilization than,
perhaps, any man in the State,
Notwithstanding his defeat.
We appreciate that certain poll
ticians and special interests would
not want him for governor. In
fact every little fellow who imag-
ines himself senatorial timber"
is sure to be opposed to Brewer,
because he doesn't want a young,
broad minded, progressive man of
Brewers caliber in the governors
office. There are certain persons
in the state who are violators of
the law, and they, too, will OPP
pose Brewer. In fact, every in
terest in the State that desires a
weak man in the governors offit e
is sure to oppose him. The crowd
that wants another man out tried
to get Mr. Gambler to run; not that
they loved Gambler, because he
too, like Brewer, stands for high
order of things; they tried to per-
suade Mr. Hightower into the race,
not that they loved Hightower,
but because they would love to
see the fight between him and
Brewer, and not only with a vain
hope of destroying both of them
but the Farmers Union as we'll.
They wrote letters and strongly
urged Congressman Byrd to run,
not that they wanted Byrd, but,
because he and Brew err advocated
policies very much alike and
would flank and hurt each other.
They made strong effort to induce
Judge Stone Deavours to enter
the race, not that they liked Dea-
yours, but rather because they
didn't like him. They worked
hard on Hon. Will Anderson, of
Tupelo, knowing that he was a
citizen of East Mississippi and
would get many votes from the
good people of that section owing
to his splendid record as a legisla-
tor, and thereby cripple Brewer.
They threw out a few compli-
ments and tried to persuade Judge
Houston, of Aberdeen, to leave
his brilliant career as member
of the bar and get into the scram-
be. They went out and earnest
ly endeavored to get Col. Street,
but knowing the great principles
he had advocated in the past
and take.votes from Brewer. IN
able to induce him to run they
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