The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-18
THANKS FRIENDS SCORES BREWER.
People are Fair iaiaded Abuse of
Power by Governor in At
tempting to Dictate.

Jackson, Miss Senator Lee M.
Russell, nominee for lieutenant
governor, who won out in his race
over Representative Bunyan Carter
of Amlte, has issued the following
appreciative address to the. people
of the state generally:
ITO the People of Mississippi:
Il desire to thank every man,
woman and child in this state that
said a good word or cast vote for
me for lieutenant governor in the
campaign that has just closed.
The people gave me very fiatter-
ing vote; appreciate 1t from the
depths of my heart. | conducted
my campaign on a high plane; |
used no abuse, no deception, no
hypocrisy. l outlined my position
on all public questions; took
firm and positive stand on every
issue. The perpetuity of the prin-
cipIes Of true Democracy depends
upon freedom of thought openly
and frankly expressed by every
candidate for Office before his cleo
tion and his faithful adherence to
his prediction promises after his
induction into office. The people
of this state will no longer stand
for deception and evasion. They
are fair-minded enough to allow
every man to think and vote as his
conscience dictates but they de-
mand of him that he state openly
his position upon every proposition
pertaining to the public welfare.
That is right; that is the reason
why the people rule in this state
today. No man can sail under
false coIors and be elected to any
Office of any Importance in this
state at this time; the people will
find him out. The campaign that
has just closed has demonstrated
this beyond question. 1t was a
source of much regret to me to see
the chief executive of this state
undertake to dictate to the soVer-
eign voter whom he should sup
port. This was an unprecedented
abuse of power; an insult to the |
patriotic electorate uf this state;
an intrusion upon the rights of the |
voter that ii allowed to go without |
protest and resentment from the
citizenship of this state would have |
sealed the doom of Democracy in |
Mississippi. But Mississippians
are not slaves; they are free men.
They most emphatically resent this
unfair. uncalled for, and unheard
of prescription on the part of our
governor and voted their convic-
tions; they came up to the full
measure of full grown men. The
bosses, the old convention politi-
clan, the pie-hunter, the manipu-
Iator is not satisfied with the ver-
dict of the people. They we're not
satisfied in 1911 and it is important
that the citizenship take notice
that the dissatisfied crowd today is
the same crowd, identically the |
same crowd, that were sorely dis
appointed and utterly routed in |
1911. The voter in 1919 will again |
see this same disgruntled and dis
appointed crowd with new slogan
in another attempt to regain hold |
of the affairs of the state govern
ment. Watch and see.
TAKING THE MASK OFF BREW
Err
MANY criticized me for taking |
the mask off of Gov. Brewer, but
feel sure that no friend of good |
government was guilty of such. |
used plain language. it is true; it
was a case that demanded that. ]
was armed with the truth, | went
out at his invitation, showed the
faIIacy of his position, the decep-
tion of the man, the purpose of
his much speaking. My exposures
of the man end his motives almost
drove him mad. | entertain no i'll
will toward Gov. Brewer; ! have
always tried to uphold his hands
when | thought he was right; |
nave called him to task when |
thought he was wrong. If | pre-
sented the truth too plainly | have
no apologies to make. The people
were the jury; they have rendered