The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-08-01

IIy ""JN VI IHe 0 Governor. we Wrot ~ r;
Ior1al under the caption, 'The Way the GubernatorisI Psca
LOOKS to U.s. in which the following paragraph appearsd maze
Undoubtedly the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi has the
packing OF a vast majority of that element who wanted 70 swat
resident Wilson last year for he was one of the swatters. be
ID n packing OF a large part of that element who proclaimed
last year that our country resented Germanv's insnIts a. 10
s sh;an o. org business and that the United States was
sta"p!"@ Germany IN the back while England and France had
nr down. This is patent to the ordinary observer It ens ~
% wi, :; w ad n people who will say that the Lieutenant Cover.
~ VIII o De IN the second primary. According to OH wav of
thinking, ne is Just as certain to one of the candidates in tho run-
bn a II Is certaln That there will be held an election. Noluse to
u d eluslon Just as well look a stubborn fact in the face.
Now the question with those who stood squarely and loyallv
N ny + t ~ u r e d Oh te government last year is, who is the man to
n"A Sure OF another victory and of the final demolition of that
remnant OF Mississippi politicians who have sown strife and DO
n ~ "a disorder IN MISSISSIPPI fo' these years and who are back
"s ~ present Lieutenant Governor of the state for Governor"
mat the race is coming to a show down on the lines then
ma namea oy us, is patent to any observer who has taken the time
" reVlc" Tie situation as it is. There is just one possibility that
thus may not be true and that is so remote that it is / hardly worth
considering and that is that Ross Collins may take away enough
of Russelrs votes to keep Russell out of the second primary.
Ross Collins is regarded from one end of the State to the other
as the fourth man in the race. He is regarded as a man that de-
serted Bilbo and his crowd, yet he has not been on the mourn
es bench long enough to be admitted to the full f~amiyship of
the other element in Mississippi politics. Many think that it is a
serious reflection on Collins intelligence that it took him six
years to find his crowd out.
Nov, then, the question narrows down to Ex-Gov. Longino
and Oscar Johnston-which one of these shall be chosen for the
second como heat eaa and for tie home stretch with Lee Russell?
ged his record, things that he did when he was Governor from.
i9oo to l9o4, INTO the race. TO our mind it is a poor tribute to his
foresight that he should have thought that this would not be
done, especially after the campaign paper issued from his head
qu2ite:s began betting some OF the other candidates so heavily.
Senator Money welt on this same record when Longino ran
against him for the Senate and won and this same record was an
issue to some extent in the Jackson Supreme Court District two
years ago when Judge Sidney Smith beat him for Supreme
Judge.
When he became a candidate, he announced that my public
record IS my platform and ask the fullest consideration and
criticism OF it., yet ne complains that the other candidates, and
is particularly severe on Oscar Johnston, took him at his word.
Whatever we have published or said about the Ex-Governorhs
record has been done because, as WE have repeatedly stated, We
wanted to save the State from Lee Russell and a revival of Var
damanism and because we knew that these things, would be
brought out between the two primaries, if he should be the one
pitted against Lee Russell, when there would'be no opportunity
to turn to another and when we would just have to face a rain
of political bullets that have slaughtered their thousands in the
past.
When the Democratic Party of the Nation is hunting a candi-
date for the Presidency, the party leaders turn him over, dissect
him, and try to see him from the viewpoint OF those they know
they must fight in the general election.
This has been our aim and purpose in whatever We have
nr;nted as to the record of Gov. Longino. Our columns bear wit
pes tn the fact that we have never eventremotely reflected on
his honor. his integrity or his probity of life. On the contrary
ue have SAID. and now repeat, that he is a Christian gentleman,
hnt there are many Christian gentlemen" who are not suited
for the Governors office and who would not meet the demands
anr.ct;cal notifies in Mississippi. If this is a reflection on the
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