The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-03
Tally, in Remarkable
Speech, Opens Campaign
GIVES HIS PLATFORM AND DECLARES WILL UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCES, ENTER MuosLiNeINo CONTEST
He PROMISES MORE ECONOMICAL ADMINS
rRATIoN OF AFFAIRS. IF ELECTED.


for Governor of Mississippi, John r.
Tally, Forrest county's candidate, de-
Hvered an unusually interesting ad-
dress to the audience which greeted
him at the Auditorium last night. The
address contained Mr.. Tallys plat
form In detail, and was the most CON-
plete explanation Of the platform upon
which he is running that he has yet
given.
He said In part:
Il appreciate this expression of your
continued confidence In me as a citi-
zen of your town and county, and as
your candidate for the office of Gov
ernor of the State Of Mississippi.
There are times when we feel more
than words will express. That is the
condition l find myself in tonight.
In 1910, when | was In the congress
sional contest, pitted against two
strong opponents, those who sought
to do me injury politically pro-
claimed that my home town and coun-
ty would not support me-. And well do
/ remember that in the first primary
that year out of about 5000 registered
voters in this county you, who we're
then as believe you are now, my per-
frin Dc cd
to limit the number of votes cast for
my two opponents to 159, and to 100
In the second. You did this, for l
was not in the county on either day
of the election. When / look into the
faces of this great concourse Of peo-
pie tonight who have assembled to
formally launch my campaign for the
office Of Governor, and see that my
friends here are numbered by the hun
dreds, can but feel encouraged and
strengthened to go forward in this
contest, confidently believing that in
the end victory will crown our eff
forts
in September, 1913, l announced
that / would be candidate for Gov
ernor in 1915; that l did not believe
long drawnout campaign would be
best for the interest of the people of
Mississippi, and stated that l would
not enter into an active campaign un.
til 1915 While | am now launching
for the first time my regular active
campaign and opening my campaign
headquarters, still feel that acted
for the best interests of the people of
Mississippi in declining to do so until
this time. i am not candidate
against anybody; l am not the candt
date of any one man or set of men;
I am not the candidate of any faction,
to the God who gave me life, the cause
of right and the best interests of all
the people of Mississippi. I have re-
fused from the first, refuse now and
shall continue to refuse to enter into
any mudslinging campaign. I have
have always tried to see something
good In everybody and tried to forget
the bad in anybody. ] will make this
campaign upon measures and not up
on men. but do believe that the char
acter of the man always has and al
ways will have practically all to do
with the carrying out Of the measures
advocated, and the way to determine
that is to judge his future by his past;
and the man that has been loyal. faith
full and true In the past will be more
than likely, when he has reached mid
die life. to continue along the path ne
iieve that there are q thousand men
In Mississippi either of whom could
and would make you good Governor; |
perhaps better than any man now in |
this race. but political conditions are
now and have been such In this state !
for some time that many worthy sons |
Of Mississippi fully qualified to serve |
in this great office would not dare |
to stand upon the firing line to have
the Shiny accusations. darts of ridi-
Guile and personal abuse, much less
the political misrepresentation,
heaped upon them for the office of
Governor. or any other office.
First: That we must have a more
economical administration Of public
Affairs. know from the records that
he people of Mississippi are paying
axes to the utmost limit. | believe
hat one-third of the people who paid
heir taxes for 1914 borrowed the mon
y to pay them with. The records
how that in the last ten years the
ssessed valuation of the land in al
most every county in the state has
cen doubled, and the rate OF taxation
0 the county and state has also been
Dubbed. II am elected Governor OF
be state of Mississippi | shall undnr. ,