The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-07-02
THE HON. II. M. QUIN'S SPEECHES IN
LEFLORE COUNTY YESTERDAY.

Hon. II. NJ. Quin, one of the leadingI
candidates for Governor of Mississippi, made
three splendid speeches in Lefore County,
yesterday, and was at~tentively. listened toI
by very good audiences at each appointment,
his speech being well received by most of
those in attendance.
At Schlater he spoke at about eleven
gentlemen, the spacious hall being filled
with the good people of that community.
The meeting was presided over by DR..
r. E. Birdsong, who in a few well chosen
remarks introduced Hon. w. S. Hill, our
able and worthy United States District At
.torney, who in turn introduced his lifelong
friend and college class-mate, Mr.. Quin,
to the audience in an eloquent and highly
|eulogistic manner. Mr.. Hill said that it
was a very great pleasure for him to intro
duce to the good people Of Schlater a man
uine worth; that he had been a close friend
to Hillrie Quin from the day he first met.
him and that that friendship had grown
greater and closer every, day since; that Mr..
Quin was an ideal man-absolutely deserv-
ing and worthy OF promotion to the exalted
position of Governor of Mississippi, the
highest office within the gift Of the people,
and that it afforded him great pleasure to
give Mr.. GUMS candidacy the benefit Of
his hearty support and influence,
Mr.. Quin then proceeded to deliver his
usual able and practical speech, giving con-
cisely MS views upon the different public
questions at issue in. this campaign he criti-
cised in a clever, sensible and conservative
way the radical things which he disagreed
with in the platforms of his opponents
the feature Of his splendid and interesting
speech being the excellent reasons he gave
his hearers why he did not and could not
vote for Bilbo for Lieutenant-Governor four
years ago, These reasons are published in
detail on the first page of this issue Of The
Commonwealth today, and we hope every
voter in Lefore county will carefully read
and prayerfully ponder over them, They are
Legislature during the contest for United
States Senator between Leroy Percy and
James K. Vardaman, in which Mr.. Quin was
a staunch supporter of Mr.. Vardaman.
From Schlater Mr.. Quin and the sew
eral friends who accompanied him from this
city returned to Greenwood, and proceeded
in the afternoon to Sidon, where at A
O'Clock he addressed another good crowd
l every store in the place closing for the
; speaking. Here Mr.. Quin was introduced by
: Hon. Douglass Robinson, who paid the
) pliments. Mr.. Quin spoke along his usual
lines, and held the close and interested at
) ~tention of his audience throughout.
Mr.. Quin went to Itta Bena and spoke
!, | at $50 o'clock to a small, but representa-
| tive crowd of the citizens Of that place; be-
/ ing introduced in a very eulogistic and
eloquent manner by Hon. J. w. Bradford.
+ Those present gave Mr.. GUMS speech an
attentive and appreciative hearing through
Iout. y
Mr.. Quin was very we'll pleased with
the cordial. reception he received at the
! hands of the people of our county, and there
5 is no question but that he made a number
t Of new friends at each of the places visited
while here.
DnA,T WnRRY