The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-03
A Gard from F. H.. Harper
Grenada, Miss, Jan. 25, 1911.

Believing, as / do, that the next leg
islature will be one OF the rmost i'm
portant Legislature s, il not the most
important, that has ever met in Mis-
sissippi, and that it is the duty of ev-
cry citizen to do what ne can to make
it the most useful, and, as l was a
member of the last Mississippi Senate
and had the opportunity of becoming
familiar with legislative work, feel it
my duty to offer my services to the
people for the next Gour years. /
therefore announce as 4 candidate for
Floater Representative from Grenada
land Montgomery counties, subject to
the action of the democratic party.
While the record bears me out in the
assertion that | was instrumental in
accomplishing something for the peo-
pie and humanity as = member of the
senate, l feel and know that l am bet
ter qualified to do more, if elected,
this time.
l love my people, l love humanity
above anything else; and if l have or
should make a mistake in serving them,
it is, or will be, a m stake of the head
and not of the heart. Yes, the time
has come in the history of our state
when the people are demanding of their
representatives that they represent
their interest and not the interest of
the monied powers and corporations;
and l appreciate the fact that l have
represented my PEOPLE honestly and
c~onscientiously in every political posi-
ton with which they have honored me.
While l am a farmer, a member of
the Farmers Union, and a teacher in
the public schools of the state. and
may have represented the interest of
those professions more so than l did
the interest of other professions, yet l
did it csnscientiously, for it is human
nature for a man to know more about
the needs, and to better represent the
interest of the classes to which he be-
longs.
l believe in eG;al rights to all and
special favors to 10 class, and if cleo
ted shall oppose anything l believe to
be class Legislation. l believe our leg
islation, both state and national. is be-
ing controlled by moneyed people and
against the interest of the poor people
or the laboring people. l believe the
peoples money is icing misappropri-
ated. | am opposed to spending about
81, 900 900 every two years on state
colleges, which means about $3.50 as
tuition for each pupil, besides matricu-
lation fees ard produce raised at the
colleges; when the poor mans boy or
girl in the countcy gets only about 81
every two years or his or her educa-
ton. l am, 3 l was two years
ago, a member OF the senate, ~unequiv-
cally, first, last and at all times, op-
posed to creating so many new offices,
and raising the s~alaries of others, for
the benefit OF The lawyers; in fact, l
am opposed to 50 many lawyers. |
think it would be better for u vi
try if about nine-tenths of the people
lying arounG t. N freezing and starv-
ing would move 20 the country and go TO
work.
The last leg ature spent about $780,
600 more on Oil ers and lawyers than
any other legis lture yer has spent. |
oppose so ms negro porters. The
last Legislature had eleven, at a salary
of from SEQ tc $50 per month, when
they only roed d two; also opposed to
pages -gener. ly senator's and repre-
sentatives' b Us, no1e of them any
good for ar .urpose, at a salary of
from $50 to so per month. Besides
other employees that We're perfect nuis-
ances, all az an expense to the state
of about SD 30,
/ am row., and always have been,
opposed to { secret caucus, and always
expect to he, first, last and all the
time, especially when it causes a ses-
sion of the egislature to be extended
two and q half months, at a cost to the
taxpayers CO about 81, 500, 0OO-more
than the appropriation to the public
schools of tie state for one year. Now
| do not want the people to get an idea
that from the above figures l am
opposed to permanent public improve
ments-I certainly am not; l believe in
being enterprising and building up our
country, but | do not believe in throw
ing money away.
As | STATED at first, | may have rep
resented the interest of the farming
people, and that of the education of
the masses of the people, better than l
did other classes, yet l tried to treat
all classes Justly. was a member of
the committee on Agriculture, and
helped to get several bills through that
l think was very much in the interest
of the farming people: such as the