The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-08-13
OUR NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR.

Below we give excerpts from leading editorials which appeared
in two newspapers, Jackson Daily News and The Commercial APP
peal, last Sunday morning, on the election of Blbo. The editorials
were written by different men. Blu. they show that the two writer's,
aitho' one is not a resident of the State, see conditions in Missis-
sippi largely from the same angle. From the Daily News we
quote:
Those 1000 voters are the flower of Misssslppis citizenship,
The men who mean something, the men who stand for something,
the men who are something.
worthy Of trust or c9nhden9e' guilty Of the h charges brought against
He can never be the Governor OF this element OF Mississippi
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Mississippi voters become reconcibed to Theodore G. Bilbo, notwith-
standing the fact that he is the party nominee
Never in the history of this commonwealth, covering a period
of nearly one hundred years, has such a man as the person from
"Adelbert Ames, odious though he was to the vast majority of
our citizenship was at least a gentleman, and naught was ever said
THE shouts of victory, the glamour OF success, the halo that
corning Theodore G. Blbo.
"He is today JUS, what he was before the election man with
a repugnant record, a shady character, a reputation for mixing up in
bribery and graft, and a constituencies sanderer and traducer OF
He stands for nothing that is high or constructive, he repre-
sents nothing save passion prejudice and hatred he advocates
there is nothing to commend hrm IS worthy of serious trial in the
Office to which he has been chosen.
THE leopard cannot change his spots nor can Theodore G.
Bilbo ever be anything more than ne is now VIGOROUSLY, known to
be. What the future of Mississippi is going to be, with the reins OF
government in his hands, is enough to make all good people
we repeat, therefore, that 1000 Missbsippians, duly qualified
for suffrage, will never yield or bow in recognition to this pest1en-
tal. pestiferous and pernicious person as the chief executive Of the
@And who are 'nsse ( 900 people, you ask who o, either bs5s openly
Or sui consciously, mt NSeI III d state VI ltNO against nc
edict of the majority-the very narrow majority
The 1900 persons who voted against Theodore g Bilbo rep
resent the best thought, the highest ideals, the worthiest purposes,
and the purest mouves-the things that ought to prevail in our pub
lie life.
in their ranks will be found the members of the clergy, Gods
own living spokesmen, leaders of every sect and creed, who voted
almost a. a unit against Theodore 6. Bibo. You can count on your
ten fingers the priests and preachers of Mississippi who gave their
support to Theodore G. Bilbo.
1.-The lawyers of our state, the doctors, the teachers, the mer-
chants, the bankers, the manufacturers, members of all professions
and calings, the men who are in control of material affairs, are al
most solid against Theo. q. Bilbo.
at can be safely asserted that ninety per cent of men in the
classes named did not vote for Bibo. nor are they willing now to
cbeerfully accept him as their Governor.
Where, then, did Theo g. Bibo get his support? We regret
TO say il, and we say il with all possible kindness, but Theo. q. Bill
bos support came chiefly from people who allow Others to do their
thinking.
at came from people who are easily swayed by passion, preJu-
dice and hatred, who respond readily to the appeal of class against
class, who toolshly imagine that the town is arrayed against the
"Of course, Bnbo has some intelligent men in his ranks, some
men who stand high in business and professional life, but, If you
will take the trouble to investigate, you will find in a large majority
of such cases that a selfish personal interest is being served, d pr
yate grievance is being nursed, a favor has been asked or expected,
an Interior motive involved. or something OF that sort.
Clear thinking citizens, a 5 a rule, will not be found in Bllbo
camp. 1t is the natural habitat OF fanaticism, hystena and hero
worship.
"In the ranks of the majority-the very narrow majority, II you
please are thousands Of well-meaning but unthinkung persons who
nave been deluded with the belief that Bllbo stands for something
that he i the apostle of some great principle, a vertabie John the
Baptist, heralding the advent of a greater day, and that he is truly a
friend of the dear peepul' This idea has found Judgment in their
fancy. To save their lives, they could not clearly explain one thing
for which Bibo stands, one policy he proposes to put to effect, one
They can clearly hear the braying OF the ass, but they think II is the
roar of a lion. They can see the sleeps clothing, but they fail to
hear the snar of the wolf beneath.
as it any wonder, then, that the nomination OF Theo. 6. Blbo
as Governor of Mississippi has aroused the bitterest resentment
among the cool, clear-headed, sound-mnded. Discerning and I'M
emotional citizenship of our state?
rs it surprising that the $4,000 Mississippians who want to see
the state go ahead, who are enthusiastic in their support Of high
ideals, who have earnestly supported all measures for the promotion