The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-01-29
OUIN AND TALLY
MAKE SPEECHES.
Were Here Monday and Spoke to
Good Audiences. Both Made
Fine Impression.

Messrs H. NJ. Quin and John R. Tally,
were in Grenada Monday. To accom-
modate those gentlemen who were in
town for the day only, short speeches
were made by the two gentlemen to
good audiences Monday afternoon at
the Mayors office. On Monday night,
Notwithstanding the severity of the
weather, large audience greeted them
at the court house. On Monday after
noon Mr.. Tally was presented to the |
audience by Rev. |. P. Trotter, pastor |
of the First Baptist church, who re-
sided in Mr.. Tally's home town of Hat
tiesburg for twelve years. 1t would be
difficult indeed to pay higher tribute
than Mr. Trotter did to Mr.. Tally. At
the court house Monday night. Col. o.
F. Bledsoe presented Mr.. Tally and two
o h r. candidates by request.
Mr.. Tally gave brief review OF his
| life. He stated that he really did not
begin to go to school until he was %
years of age and that when he did en-
ter he found himself in classes with
little ten and twelve year old boys. He
came from county, Leake, that never
had nor has it yet railroad. He stat
ed that he was an engineer, that plow
lines had been his surveyors chain
and a mule attached to plow with him
between the handles had been his COM
pass. He discussed the reckless tinan-
cering of the present day and the ten
dency to issue bonds and more bonds.
He said that bond was but mortgage
on county, municipal or state property
and that if the cities and counties OF
the country were called upon to-day to
pav their bonds that they could not do
so and that a foreclosure would be in
, eyitable. He favored a pardoning
, board and was opposed to pardonng
of men sent to the penitentiary except
, in extraordinary cases. He stated that
G he had served the people of his district
: as District attorney and that at tbs
n time of his election he was citizen o.
f Pearl River county and that there were
but 1876 votes cast against him there
o He ran for congress in 1910, after h'
had become resident of Forest coun
:. ty, and that there were but l5l vote
o cast against him there. A second pri
% mary came and still only the l5l vote
is showed up against him. tie challenge
any of the candidates for Governor t
| make a better showing than ne did
III their home county.
At He insisted that the previous char
III acter and the standing of man as
~ private citizen should determine tn
,e choice of the voter in selecting any o.
IN ficer and that the father who voted fc
" the man under suspicion, and who ha
been telling his son that the road
r true success was that of honesty
lis purpose and living unspotted from II
nd world. would be in very embarrassin
he condition when his boys asked him
he explain how he reconciled his teachlr
with ballot for men of questlonab
character.
~ Mr.. Tally is a strong and vigoro'
talker and his speech made a profouI
II" impression.
Hon. H. NJ. Quin was presented
~ Hon. S. A. Morrison. Mr.. Morrls'
"N was fulsome in his praise of Mr.. Qul
49, He spoke of their association IN Il
legislature and how Mr.. Quinn h
-" grown in his (Morrison 81 admlrat
~ and esteem. He said that MIR. Qu
= was a good fighter, that he was WI
- counselor and altogether a man IN whc
one could absolutely trust and W
JUS grew in the confidence of his friends
- :. of the public as the days passed.
ue Mr.. Ouin dwelt almost wholly on &C
,,p structive measures. He took up |
no. campaign utterances of his three
;gb ponents. Messrs Tally, Rely and Bill
en-. and while speaking most kindly OF
of three of them. he shot holes into
He number of propositions advocated
are them. He SAID II shall not attempt
lew build my political fortunes on 'he
am neral pyre of any man. and that
ag- did not believe in coat tail rldini
,est He spoke on high plane showing W
at had been done by cooperation and I
Ia. much more could be done for the st
tate if .isms' and factions were m
~ to take a back seat. He took is
with Messrs Bilbo and Tally on the
ceessity of pardoning board and ms
ed that really by their plan the
10Th power in the matter of pardons w
be left in the hands of the Cover
He took sharp issue with Mr., Re
- position to sell part of the state ia
T. and stated that the penitentiary
year yielded revenue OF soZo'o
and that the overburdened taXpa