The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-16
RUSSELL SPEAKS TO
GOOD CROWD HERE
Presented Views to Large Au-
dience at City Hall
Saturday.

Hall Saturday afternoon, Lieutenant
Governor Lee M. Russell, candidate
for the governorship of the state pre-
sented his claims to the voters as
sembled.
He was introduced by Hon. H. v.
Wall, District Attorney, of Brookha-
ven and following the introduction
the Lieutenant Governor arose with
greeting to the people of Brookha-
ven. He said he believed in the
building up of markets; that the
penitentiary products, i. e., the pro-
ducts grown from labor of the state
penitentiary should be put upon the
best market and the proceeds go in
to the Golfers of the government and
the government only.
He advocated the appointment OF
State Health officer who should
give his entire time to the looking
after the sanitary conditions preva-
lent in the schools of the state.
In referring to a large body Of
people he cited the policy of the gov
ernment in the recent war-the pro-
per care of the soldier and he said
that same care should be given to
the growing manhood and woman
hood of the state.
| In the matter of roads he said the
state should have the finest roads in
the world and could have it if their
building was conducted in scienti-
6c manner, thus lessening the ex-
pense and making every dollar of the
peoples money account for itself.
He suggested the department of la
Dor for the State. 1t should be run
in manner so that any part of the
state could call up the Department
at Jackson and the men would be
Forthcoming.
Mr.. Russell laid especial stress in
the opening of his discourse, that he
detested "mud-slinging" and his pol
icy was to deal with facts only. He
said that every word he said about
his opponents was matter of rec
ord and prompted by no animosity.
The candidate declared that man
|
governor of the state of Mississippi
should have the character worthy of
| the traditions of his ancestors and
he challenged his opponents to look
over his seventeen years as public
servant and find one single stain up
on his record. Russell favored the
Initiative, referendum and recall, in
that it was designed to remove pie
! grabbers" from positions of public
office that had not the proficiency to
hold an office. He said his oppo-
nents based their theory of govern
ment upon the old antiquated idea
that the big men" should carry the
popular opinion of the country, thus
eliminating your boys over on the
hills"
Il love to say to you that I am of
the old Thomas Jefferson type. The
people today, tomorrow and always!
Czars, Kings, Plutocrats of the past
have been placed in the discard and
they will stay there. I am travelling
from the plow shares to the highest
gift of the people of a state and /
travel on political equality for all,
justice for all, serve the people or
not at ALL"
In the issue of ******s$ taxation
he said that the rich must pay as
well as the poor. That there was
not the least bit of honesty in man
of small means being taxed to his
/ fullest capacity when the rich man
went free to pay small amount of
taxes, thuse impose a burden upon
the weak. He declared today the
greatest state paper was drawn up
and signed by the world powers at
Paris upon the theory that the weak
must live and the powerful shall
carry their portion of the economic
burden of this world, a fitting ex-
ample of the matters of state. ALI
should have equal taxation. He said
Johnston and Collins reminded him
of an incident where an old negro
was consulted as to the demise of a
mule. Everybody had exerted their
4 mental powers In solving the solu-
tion until the old darky came in with
Law white folks, dat mule jes' los
his pullin' powers dis way. Dat
mules pullin' powers wuz SO strong
gainst his system dat he done went
an busted his constitution" During
the Lieutenant Governors talk FREE
quent applause and outbursts of
cheers were given him.