Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-09

governor, spoke at Shuqualak Tuesday
morning, at Mashulaville in the after
noon and at Macon that night. We'd
morning he spoke at Brooks
vile. Fairly good crowds greeted him
at all these places.
Mr.. Quinn has many friends in Noxu-
bee, due in part to his own personality
and in part to the well known fact that
he has been an outspoken admirer OF
this county. His speeches undoubtedly
added much to his strength here, and
have been the subject Of a great dea'
of frank and strong commentator. AS
many people have expressed 1t, his
speeches we're the sanest. most sensl-
bic and honest discussion Of the issues
involved in the race for governor that
have been given in the county.
At Macon he was introduced by Maj.
E. B. Boyd. whose speech is given be-
low.
Mr.. Quinn began his speech by sew
eral kindly references to Noxubee. He
said he had gained some of bis highest
ideals and ambitions from men from
this county. His first experience in
politics was when Hon. r. G. Patty,
n of the ablest men in that conven-
ton Of able Mississippians, the 1880
Constitutional Convention. made him
clerk of the committee on franchise OF
which Mr.. Patty was chairman. That
this experience and his association with
Mr.. Patty has been a great thing in his
life and of much value. He said that
when very young he had gone into the
House of Representatives when Madi-
son,of Noxubee, was Speaker, and then
and there first formed his ambition to
be speaker sometime, an ambition rea-
lized in 1912, and realized then by the
aid of Noxubee's delegation in the
House. That he felt that while Noxu-
bee might owe him but little, he owed
much to Noxubee. That Noxubee in
craftsmanship. in educ alton, in pro-
gress in many lines had a great record
aud he knew she had living men in her
borders who would keep up her proud
traditions.
Taking up factionalism in politics, he
sala thyt our county ~xs more inde.
pendent than some others, and possibly
we did not realize fully the harm fac.
tionalism was doing throughout the
state. That 1t sometimes OVERRIDE
right and justice and wisdom, and SUBJ
stituted men instead of principles as
the issue. See what it had done in
Tennessee where Democrats had pre-
ferred to elect a Republican governor
to a Democrat of another faction. It
keeps many Of our best men out of
politics.
He favored nothing revolutionary in
~law.making. Most Of our laws were
we'll enough. II they were properly en-
forced. Mississippi has. he said, the
best educational system. This was
evidenced by the fact that other states
copied it. The great good accomplish
ed by our University, the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, the l. I. & c.
was dwelt on. Ours was the first wo-
mans college. and Mississippi was first
to give married women property rights.
Mississippi first settled the suffrage
question that enables the south to main
tain white supremacy. and our consti-
tuition stood the test before the U. S.
Supreme Court.
MIR. Quinn discussed the platform of
his opponents. He devoted much time
to Mr.. Riley's pententiary and convict
scheme. and to Bilbo's ~pardoning board,
saying that Bilbo's objection to the
governors having the ~pardoning power
because it enabled him to build up a
political machine, was the height of
the ridiculous.
AS to Constitutional amendments. he
said the governor had little to do; they
were left to the legislature and the
He said that a change in the
present distribution Of the school fund
might result in great harm. He favor
ed helping out the poor counties by a
supplemental fund.
About lining-up by the supporters of
a candidate for governor against all
for the legislature not SUD-
of that candidate for governor.
Mr.. Quinn said that il this was wise
to have only men in the legi. lature who
would do the bidding Of the governor.
why not abolish the Legislature and let
the governor be the whole thing. Nox.
ubee ought to be for Noxubee and not
for Bilbo or for Quinn or anybody else.
II he was elected he would be satisfied
any honest set Of men. If they
would not follow him they might be
and then he would follow them.
He reviewed his record of Speaker.
There was no scandal in the House, no
charges OF bribery. He had given
soms white boys positions 90 care.tak,