The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-18
DECLARED THE NOMINEE OF TIL
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ev
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
SHORT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Pledges to the State All the Energy
intelligence and integrity He Cat
command-Tells What He Stand
For and VIII Advocate.

Jackson, Miss, July 1S.-In accept
ing the nomination Of Governor Of Mis-
sissippi by the Democratic State exec
utive committee in jackson yesterday
Hon. Earl Brewer said:
Gentlemen of the Committee and
Fellow cIulzens: In acknowledging
and accepting the nomination to the
office Of governor, the highest within
the gift of the people of our great
state, desire to thank you and all tho
people of the state for this unanimous
endorsement of my candidacy. In 81
doing, l am not unmindful of the fact
that the office carries with 1t many
grave responsibilities and duties that
should not be lightly assumed, and
in accepting the nomination | pledge
to the people of the state all the
energy, intelligence and integrity
which l am capable of commanding in
an effort to give them a clean, hight
class, business administration, free OF
hatred, vengeance or factional poliF
tics. In these days of heated political
fights where the judgments of men
are warped and twisted by their fac
tional differences in strenuous political
effort, shall endeavor to try to keer
my head cool and my heart responsive
to the best interests of all the people
| shall not undertake to use the power
which you have given me to help oil
hurt any man in his political ambi
ton. ! shall leave the selection OF
your elective officers entirely in the
hands of the people of the state with
the hope that we may have clean, high
class, business men elected to office,
which l am sure the people Of this
state may be relied upon to do.
? First, want to say that If | have
the honor to be inaugurated your gov.
ernor, my whole administration shall
stand for the very highest order of en-
forcement of the law, and I mean this
In its broadcast sense. mean that hu
man life is too cheap in this great
state of ours, and the man with his
pistol must be put up, and that hu
man life must be preserved. NEAR
that every person and every corpora
ton ought to be made to obey the law
and this will be better country.
Secondly, am in favor of the in
dustrial development of our country
and there are many ways in which this
can be done. 1st. To see that tn,
burdens of taxation are equitably ant
= evenly distributed. 2ndly. See tha
!. freight rates to our gulf coast har
bors are properly regulated
, Thirdly. See that our pubIi,
roads are improved, so that people ma,
travel them. In fact. we need tive
B. or three state roads traversing on
state, so that people can come in an,
. see what a great state we have
+ Fourthly There is large area of on
j., state, and especially of the alluvia
soils, which is badly in need OF drain
age and reclamation, and this can b
!, done with just law that imposes tn
burden of its drainage and reclams
tion upon those whose lands, are benz
fitted thereby; and when we establis
> first-class roads and first-class sys
tenn Of drainage in our state, one-hal
T. the question of building up our vast
T. places will be solved.
Next, We have very splendid edit
< cational system inaugurated in ou
r state, and considering our wealth an
population believe We are appropriat
ing more money towards the educatio
of the white youth of our land tha
perhaps any other state within tn
n union. But our system is in its In
II, fancy, and want to see it develope
lie and grow until it is within easy reac
of of every child within our borders t
g, procure an education. And let me sa
el here, that the system of educatio
It. which does not improve the moral b,
he ing OF the child, as well as the inte
We lectual being, Is an absolute failure.
ry "The cotton manufacturing industr
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