The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-22
life AND CHARACTER Of HON.
CHALMERS Il. ALEXANDER
Review Of the Past Record Of That Splendid
Gentleman and the High Grounds Taken
By His Campaign Committee.
Choice OF a United States Senator
And Opportunity Presented
The People.
To The Voters of Mississippi:

To The Voters of Mississippi:
The people have an opportunity, in
the campaign which is now stirring
the State from one end to the other, of
sending one of their purest, noblest and
best men, in the person of HON. G. H.
ALEXANDER to the United States
Senate.
His Boyhood.
He has been leader in whatever he
has been engaged. From the time of
his boyhood in Alfalfa county, where he
was one of large family Of children,
his father being a Presbyterian minis
ter on small salary, until today, he
has lived life above reproach. AS
boy, he toiled and aided much in reliev-
ing heavily burdened father. The
labor required then helped to lay the
foundations for that rugged character,
that commendable devotion to duty
and that unfaltering persistence that
has stopped at no obstacle nor halted
because of any sacrifice. By the sweat
of his brow he aided in meeting his f.
nancial needs when boy. 1t was in
those buoyant days of youth that the
Star of Hope appeared unto him which
caused him to aspire to bring things to
pass in life.
Due Recognition of Rights of Others.
He has succeeded. But in doing so
he has never trampled upon the rights
or the feelings of any individual. He
has never yet willingly or unwarranted-
ly wounded the feelings of any man, wo-
man or child, regardless of their sta
ton in life. He has always recognized
the rights of others to differ from him.
1t has been his policy to accomplish his
ends and win in his undertakings by
persuasive appeal to good common
sense. He long ago reached the conclu-
sion that most people wanted to do the
right thing-to get on the right side of
every question. When others have dis
agreed with him, he has never poured
the walls of his wrath upon them or
spoken harshly of them. There are
none that can say that they were ever
the subjects of Mr. AleXander's ridi-
Guile from the speakers stand or
through the public press. His life
! has preached sunshine, hope and fideli-
ty, and his deeds have more than
measured with his words.
Lawyer, Churchman and Business Man.
G. H. Alexander is prepared to deal
with the greatest problems. He has
solved them as lawyer, as business
man and as a churchman. He Is more
prolific in performance than fertile in
promise. The surest and most accu
rate way to judge the future Of any
man is by WHAT HE HAS DONE
RATHER THAN BY WHAT HE
PROMISES TO DO.
Mr.. Alexander has met face to face
in the courts of the land the brightest
minds of the country. Opposing coun
sci recognized that they had met a
legal adversary that was prepared for
the controversy. He studied his clients
interests. Were he a United States
Senator he would study the welfare OF
his people and 1t would be his ambition
day by day to render them faithful
.S---..r,,;oo IIo hos paUor ouoi1ad before
any opposition. HE HAS YET TO RE
FUSE TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS BE
TWEEN HIM AND ANY OTHEF
GENTLEMAN. IN THE DAYS THAT
ARE PAST, THE BRAND OF SHAME
WAS PLACED UPON THE MAN
THAT DID. 1T is DIFFERENT
NOW? 1t is we'll recognized that il
Mississippi-a State noted for he
great legal luminaries-he stands sec
ond to none. This is no idle claim
He has the legal victories to his credit
Author of Law Book.
He is a joint author of one of thu
most celebrated and the most widel!
used law books in the State-"Bram'
and Alexander's Digest" His address
on "The Majesty of the Law deliv
cred at Millsaps College, in 1909, ha
been widely read and is justly spokel
4 of as the deliverance of a profun'
5nind. 1t breathed the spirit of tn
4 true patriot. That address was
warning call to duty. 1t was as on
crying from the mountain top as +
coming events. That speech has III
doubtedly been the source of wonder
full Inspiration to the people of tn
State. 1t should be read by ever
citizen of Mississippi.
Consistently Fought Liquor Traffic.
Mr.. Alexander has always been
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