The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-25

weakness. his act10n was prompt ana
decisive. Regardless of what his per-
sonal feelings may have been, the voice
Iof conscience spoke loud and clear, and
within a few minutes after Watkins
had made confession he was turned
over to the custody of the sheriff of
Kinds county, and Gov Brewer was
cd his way to the court house to submit
his evidence to the grand jury.
No, gentle reader, being governor of
Mississippi is by no means a pleasant
job.
Moss Point Advertiser:
Yeager, Smith, Davis, Gowdy, Nc
Tendon, Miller ard Purvis have all been
indicted as a result of the penitentiary
probe being conducted by Gov. Brewer.
Some of them have been convicted and
this is claimed to be politics on the part
of the Governor, if so it is a new kind
to us and we hope it will s%upplant the
kind we have had in the past, at least
until all the grafters are brought to
justice.
Aberdeen Weekly:
The further Governor Brewer inserts
the probe into Mississippi penitiary af-
fairs. the worse condition is revealed.
1t now develops that the Rankin
Farm" which is used for the white
prisoners and is only nine miles from
Jackson, has been Systematically looted
for several years, and even the farm
machinery and stock were sold. Then,
when the rascally sergeants were afraid
of discovery, they would burn down the
expensive barns and report that the
stock, machinery, cotton, cotton seed
and other stuff they had stolen We're
consumed in the flames! This has hap
pened twice. Truly a deplorable con
. dition, and the worst is a sinister
charge that a negro living adjacent to
the farm was assassinated because he
threatened to expose the thieves. The
negro was killed about two years ago
under the guise of resisting arrest, he
being suspected of running a ''blind
tiger and furnishing liquor to the
prisoners, and those responsible were
~exhonorated at the time on testimony
to this effect. The state awaits with in
terest the determination of Governor
Brewer to expose the whole dreadful
condition and his efforts to bring the
guilty to an accounting.
Iuka Vidette:
Gov. Brewer may or may not be a
candidate for the senate, nor can we
say we are over much impressed by his
? declaration that he gave up a good job
TO serve the people, but we want to
commend him for the work done. The
impression that public office is entirely
for the benefit of the Office holder is
too prevalent. Whether it be selling
a broken down auto or bales of cotton,
the idea is to get all out of it you can.
| Let the public take care of itself.
! Brewer serves notice on office holders
that the government does not belong to
) them but they belong to the govern
l ment. Such men as Brewer with the
nerve and brains to dig up and expose
the grafters are the peoples friends.
We congratulate the Governor on his
success so far and commend his efforts.
Let the work go on until every CRATER
is exposed and every theft in the pen.
Pontotoc Advance:
Governor Brewer is making Missis-
sippi one of the best Chief Executives
she has eve had. He seems to have
an eye single to the states best inter-
est, and the people almost universally
approve of his efforts to run down and
punish those who have been guilty of
prostituting public trusts"
The above from friend Gillespie of
the Greenwood Commonwealth is but
the expressed sentiment of thousands
of Mississippians who feel that graft
ing on the part of the states employees
and stealing by those who are in au-
thority should be stopped, and there is
no one better able to handle such mat
tiers as these than Gov. Bre wer.
Kosciusko Courier:
We have no idea of Gov. Brewers
political leanings, yet whatever they
may be. we will say that he has shown
himself worthy the support of all class
es for any position that he might aspire
to. In contest between him and the
others that might aspire to the U. S..
Senate in the future we would not at
this date say whom we would support,
but we can say that if his record is as
good at the close of his g%ubernatorial
administration as it is at present, his
opponent will have to have a mighty
good claim on us for support in order to
get it over him, whatever may be the
fractional politics if either. If he has
fractional leaniugs he has been so broad