The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
WROTE LETTERS FOR
VARDAMAN IN 1911.
DepreCateS Mud and SuSh Of tits
Campaign and Is for BIho No
Longer. Dr.. Hall Gives Rea-
sons for Supporting Tally.


Dear Sir:
During the memorable campaign of |
1911, | read number of able articles |
in the state papers, from yonr pen, In |
the support Of the candidacy of Senator
Vardaman, and condemning the secret |
caucus crowd in the state of Missis- |
sippi.
In the campaign for Governor now
on in the state, l have read nothing
from you, but have been informed that
you are supporting John R. Tally 9f
HattiesburR, Miss, for Governor |
Many of our people believe that Mr..
Bilbo is the logical man for Governor
this time, as he was with US, body and
soul, in the last campaign. Now, Il
you are supporting Mr.. Tally, and you
have any good reasons why it would be
to the best interest of the state to elect
him Governor, l, and many others,
would be glad to have you give them
to us through the press. If you win
consent to do so, you have my permis-
sion to publish this inquiry, which,
assure you, is written BY one who is
seeking light on the subject.
The people of this state know that
you have no political ak to grind. They
know you to be man of wide expert
ence, and sound judgment, and they
have unbounded confidence in your in
tegrity; and in these times. when so
many voters are liable to be Influenced
by selfishness or prejudice. think you
owe it to yourself, and to the people of
the state, to give US the benefit of your
opinion on these matters.
Very respectfully,
(Sigred) j. M. Sartiu.
DR.. L. E. Hall answers letter telling
why he is supporting Tally for
Governor.
Hattiesburg, Miss, April Is, 1915.
Hon. J. M. Sartin. Collins, Miss.
My Dear Sir:-Your favor Of recent
date has been received and beg 70 say
that you are correct as to my intention
to vote for Mr.. J. r. Tally for Cover
nor of Mississippi. Some of my reas-
ons for doing so are personal and some
are not.
Mr.. Tally is my neighbor, a citissn
Of the city in which ! live. He il isse
distantly related to my family. For
these personal reasons, all things else
being equal, would give him my sup
port. However. l have reasons that
are more important than any of mere
personal consideration.
Mr.. Tally is man of very superior
ability. He 10 we'll educated, has {
mind thoroughly disciplined and he has
the courage to act when duty directs
No one who will read, with an unbiased
mind, the speech with which he opened
his campaign in this city, will doubt
these statements. 1t is almost univer
sally concedad, so far as I have hearc
any expression. that this speech, as il
was published in the papers of this
city, will compare favorably with any
of the deliverances of the ablest mel
that Mississippi has ever produced, ant
this, both in the spirit of it and tn,
policies outlined.
He is a man, who in all my observa
tions of him, has stood for what is gooe
and true, in the home, in the church t
which he belongs and the communit,
in which he lives.
also believe that if he is elected h,
will try to find something good in some
body. | don't believe that he will de
vote his time to, nor waste his energ,
in an everlasting hunt for scoundrels.
! believe he will do all he can to max,
: as bright as possible the few remaining
days Of the surviving Confederate sol
diers. This is due to the memory o
J the thousands who perished on the bat
, tlefields of that terrible war. 1t is du
to the memory of the thousands tina
died in prisons, and whose bodies ar
: mouldering into dust beneath north
ern sky. 1t is not much to the credi
of Mississippi that many of those VIII
are still living are but little remove
=. from from a condition of dependenc
and want, while millions are bein
spent for other things. Mr.. Tally say
!. that he will use his best endeavors t
remedy this neglect, and | believe h
will do what he says.
1t is my firm belief that his electio
will do more to allay the factional strif
and bitterness which exists in our stat
a than would the election of any othe
r man known to me. For the above an
> some other reasons which l need no
a mention, will vote for Mr.. Tally.
note with pleasure and gratltud
what you say of the confidence enter
tained by many of the good people O
n Mississippi in my judgment and ir
= tegrity.
;. that | shave no political AK to grind.
i For nearly forty years | have had a
: Office of more Importance than any ths
e "politics" could give me. And if thi
Il were not true l certainly wauld nc
l. want one that would carry me to Jacl
: son. Much as l prize the friendshi
and value the characters of many q
its noble people, would not leave m
pecan groves, my farm. my home ar
my friends here and place myself
:. that hell hole of political turmoil. strif.
vituperation, abuse and hate, if Il
: people of Mississippi would give me Il
e state house and al there is in sight Of !
e Thanking you for the expressions
e personal regard contained in your lett
}, and with best wishes, remain,
10 Yours to serve,
'r (Signed) l.. E. Hall.