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

The triangular contest IN this district
Cor the office of circuit judge was given
~ very pretty setting here Mon .
aov when the three candidates, Judge !
"a Teat and Messrs. D. A. Luckett |
ar and H. H. Rodgers took advantage of
ehs noon recess period of the circuit !
enurt to present their candidates. to the
,,oters of this county. The fact that
;sutenant Gov. Bibo has injected |
himself into the contest in opposition to
Judge Teat makes the fight all the more !
;rteresting. The Lieutenant Governor |
has made appointments to speak all
oyer this judicial district between now
snd the coming primaries and stated in
an address delivered few days ago in
Alfalfa county that if he "lived in this
dstrict | would get on my mule and
Ide to every voting precinct in the dis
trict and see that Teat did not get a
nrporals guard to vote for him."
Indge Teat meets the Bilbo issue fair
" and openly. He stated in his speech
here today that he thought it very un-
fair that a man in South Mississippi
should undertake to dictate to the proud
and noble people of this district who
should be their circuit judge or whom
ihey should name for any Office; that
tbe people had been led to believe that
;hey would name the judges this time
untrameed by the voice and the wishes
Of the politician and that if man was
going to be allowed to name the nomi-
nees at the primary, that the people at
large were no better off than when the
Governor named the judge at Jackson.
Judge Teat insisted that the judiciary
should be kept out of politics but if
candidate for one of the highest offices
in the state and a man who had been
in some sort of brol for the past five
years was going to issue orders, then
nolitics of the most intense sort
was going to get into our courts at the
yery inception of the elective judiciary.
Judge Teat maintained that there was
no issue between him and Gov. Bilbo,
| that he had done that gentleman no
wrong and that in presiding in the
court which recently tried the Lieuten-
ant Governor on the charge of bribery
he was only doing his sworn duty, and
that he would have been moral and
| official coward had he refused. Judge
| Teat read the summons made on him by
| Judge w. A. Henry of that district to
sit in the Bilbo case, which was based
upon the Code of 1905, and stated that
he tried Mr.. Bilbo just as he would
have tried any other man. He said
. that when that day came that political
pull and those in high places could
come into court and get trial different
from the humblest citizen in the land,
the people had as well put on mourning
. for the hour of tears and anguish woulC
| be here. He said he had nothing
| against the Lieutenant Governor, thai
i he had thought kindly of him and woulC
not do him or any other man an ofiicia
injury.
Judge Teat pointed to the record h,
| had made as Judge and the fact tina
only two cases tried by him had beer
reversed by the Supreme Court. HI
called attention to the decrease of Grim,
and especially the decrease of homi
cdes in his district, much of which h
stated was due to the faithfulness AM
efficiency of the officers of the severa
counties.
He insisted but for political excite
ment he would have gone through tn
and stated that the man that woul
listen to the siren song of pOlitic'
to get into II judicial c"ntr>
would have some trouble in max
ing the people believe that Ia
would not hearken to IL SiInlla
voice in directing the affairs "
the court. Judge Teat's address wa
delivered in the choicest English, ye
it was biting and incisive. There wa
beauty and an elegance about wha
he said that stamped him as a man o
learning and of profound thought an
he made a very deep impression
Hon. o. A. Luckett made yer
pleasing speech and especially appeale
to the voters of this county as the HON
of his wife. He stated that he was nc
without judicial experience. havln
served number of times as speci;
Judge and that he was a friend c
Judge Teat's and that he would M
have been in the race had there M
been very strong demand for him
his home county which is also the hon
of Judge Teat. He said that he was
Mason and that his church atfiliatior
were with those of his wife who wi
fond of John Wesley. Mr.. Lucket al
Piled to Gov. Brewer for the appoin
'Hchl Wheil y JuuSe icdI 90 h0iiS"'
Hon. H. H. Rodgers was the la
speaker He is man full of goo
humor and some good jokes and Il
crowd enjoyed his wit very much. M
Rodgers took Mr.. Luckett to task qui
vigorously for writing to him, as
said, to get him into the race and tht
later coming out to oppose him. =.
Mr. Rogers read letter from M
Luckett to substantiate what he sal
Mr.. Rogers went at length into di
cussion of the prohibition law, whi
he said was vital to the peace and pro
perity of the country, and if elected,
stated that it would be a matter
would emphasize all over the distrie
Mr.. Rodgers insisted that he. was
friendly terms with the other tv
gentlemen and that he was in the co
test without regard to them. Mr.. Rod
intimated quite strongly that both NJ
Luckett and Judge Teat were drinki'
men. Mr.. Rodgers presented se,ve
Indictment against the doctors abo
giving prescriptions for alcohol.
1t was very evident to the onlooke
that the tension between Messrs Rod