The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-07-31

auditors being many ladies'. Mr.. Reilly !
was introduced in very pleasing and
happy manner by Mr.. j. A. Blount, one
IF the rising young lawyers of this sec ;
ton. In presenting Mr. Reilly Mr..
Blount took occasion to refer very
briefly to his early history which began ,
on a farm in Wilkinson county. Later {
in life his mother and family moved to :
Adams county where he divided his
time between work and attending
school. Mr.. Reilly, the speaker stated,
had been one of those who worked his
way up through life; he had worked in
a hardware store and drove dray even
after his marriage that he might obtain
to complete his law course,
thus, the the speaker said, he had the
pleasure of presenting man who was
acquainted with the adversities of life
and had seen his efforts meet with sue
cess in everything he had undertaken.
Mr.. Reilly acknowledged very grace
fully the introduction given him and
expressed his qualification at talking to
a Grenada county audience and especi-
ally did he express his appreciation of
the presence of the ladies'. He stated !
in the outset that he became a candi- |
date for Governsr because he thought |
it duty for somebody to get into the
contest and if possible save the state
from factional politics and the discord
which has marked her pathway for
several years past; he said that there
could be no real growth, no real and
abiding prosperity where One-third of
the people were accusing another third
with all sorts of official unfaithfulness
and political debauchery, and for the
sake of the women of the state and for
the sake of the rising young manhood
and the children of the commonwealth
he thought somebody should offer for
Governor who was not allied with any
of the warning factions and who wore
no mans collar and who was not trying
to get office on anybody else's $ coat tail.
When he announced for district attor-
ney of his district, the office which he
now holds, he made the following dec
laration in 1911 in that heated period
of intense political excitement which is
exactly in accord with the position he
assumes in the race for the Governor
ship:
mo man can be representative of
a political faction and hold an office
without being hampered in the dis
charge of his duties. because of his po-
litical alignment If am forced to
shackle myself, | don't want the job.
have fought my own battles all of my
life, and | will not now sacrifice my
individuality, or attempt to be elected
because of the merits of some other
man.
Mr.. Reilly defeated two other good
men in that contest in the first primary
Mr.. Reilly said he would have naught
to say about the defects or failures il
the life and character of any opponent
whatever defects they might have die
not. he said, increase his ability Ol
qualifications, and that he expected tC
20 through the campaign with clear
hands. He said he could refer to bu
one of his opponents, Lieut.. Gov. Bilbo
for the reason that he had not met the
others and he did not really know who
they are. He spoke of the discussions
he had had with Lieut.. Gov. Bilbo ant
at their first meeting at WoodmaI
Springs, he said he turned to Lieut.
: Gov. Bibo, who was sitting on th'
platform by him, and said to him:
"In announcing my candidacy fo
Governor | want to look into your face
! and say this to you-No man is justi
,, fled in conducting campaign whicl
will be de e.rimental to the State-f
campaign of villification and abuse il
| detrimental to the State-I shall max,
no charge against you throughout thl
campaign because no shortcomings o
I yours. If such there be, will qualify m
, for the office to which aspire. her
u and now invite you to come with M
before the people of the State of Mis-
sissippi and conduct campaign upon
high and manly plane where only rele
want issues shall be discussed. invit
YOU to come with me to the high plan
of thought and appeal to the intelli
> gence and patriotism of the voters o
$ the State, and allow them unprejudice
S and unbiased by words of abuse an
S passion and stories of political strife
!, to select their Governor.
t Yet he said mr.. Bilbo was going u
I; and down the state talking about tn
i ..secret caucus and the warfare be
C tween him and Gov. Brewer. MI
y Reilly said that Gov. Bilbo's privat
o troubles were of no more concern to tn
q people of Mississippi than his privat
J. troubles or the personal affairs of tn
e humblest citizen. and that the QUAR-,
d between Mr.. Blbo and Gov. Brewe
did not qualify Mr.. Bilbo for the Coy
s. ernorship any more than it quaifie
him for that exalted Office. PERSONAL
he said, ne had nothing to do with tt
quarrel between the Governor and M
'e Bilbo and that in that affair he VIZ
y very much in the attitude of the stor
~ of the Irishman who married a re
I'd headed girl that was much larger ar
" stronger physically than he was, ar
that the woman gave her husband q
J. occasional licking; so one day b
bear entered the house, the lrishms
crawled up on the bed post while II
$. woman and the bear engaged in dea
ly combat, later on relating the alta
n to friend the Irshman was upbraid.
et for not taking his wife's part and Il
v Irishman's answer was, II didn't gu
5. ding who whipped. Thus Mr.. Rel
k said he felt about Brewer ana BID
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