The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-07-25
GEN. ROSS COLLINS
SPEAKS In GRENADA
Goes at Some Detail Into His Rec
ord as Attorney General Which He
Thinks Warrants Him in Asking for
the Governors Office. Touches up
His Opponents in Pretty Live
Way.

Hon. Ross Collins, candidate for
Governor, spoke at the court house in
Grenada Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock according to appointment.
The hour considered, Mr.. Collins had
fair size audience, most of which re-
manned with him through his speech
of nearly one hour and thirty min
uteS.
Mr.. Collins was presented by Judge
VIM. c. Mclean in a very compliment
tary manner and at once addressed
himself to presenting his claims for
the office of Governor. He said that
he had served the people two terms
as attorney general and that he
thought his faithfulness in that office
entitled him to the confidence of the
people and to a promotion to the
highest office within their gift.
He reviewed at some length his
conduct of the office of attorney gen.
eral and referred to the great number
OF eases he had handled and the
amount of fines he had collected. he
SAID that he collected more fines ard
had turned more money into the, state
treasury than all the attorneys gen.
eral since the foundation of the
state. He spoke of the celebrated
Hines Lumber Company yaw suit and
the efforts made to get HIM to let
this concern off with the payment
of a 100000 fine He spoke of his
prosecutions of the railroads and
other corporations and went at some
length into details about the suits
against the cotton seed mills. He said
that the cotton oil mills went into
organization called the "Sons OF Pla-
to- and that they all took certain
oath to keep the price of cotton seed
down.
He paid his respects rather clever
" to the three candidates running
against him. His references to Gov
Iongino and to Oscar Johnston while
somewhat ludicrOus were repsect1u;.
He said that oscar Johnston was
smart. smart enough, he said, to cross
o road where the dust is seven inches
thick and never make track. be re-
ferred to Mr.. Johnston as the man
who wears blinds and said that dur
ing all the twelve years service OF that
gentleman in the Legislature, that he
could show nothing done for the body
Of the people.
He spoke of Governor LonglnO as
a NOUS old gentleman but said that
the Ex-Governor's message to the leg
islature wherein he urged that when-
ever a man was mobbed that the
county where the mobbing occurred
should pay the family of the mobbed
man a heavy damage, the minimum
amount being fixed by a bill at
$4,000, had shot such hole IN Lon
e-ino's boat that he never would get
to shore. He called attention., too, TO
the fact that this mob message pro-
yided that suits by the family of the
mobbed man should be tried before
chancery judges which at that time
the Governor was appointing and that
the Ex-Governor was afraid OF Jurles.
He said in most ludicrous way 1t.
Gov. Lee Russell was the Bilbo cam
didate and that Russell had said that
he was for his faction if they were IN
the penitentiary or if out Of the pen
itentiary. He was emphatic in bis sug-
gesions as to Mr.. Russells lack OF
honesty. He said that he was glad that
Bilbo was fighting him and that ne
knew hat Bilbo and Russell were get
ting ready to sling all the mud pos
sible just before the primary.
He asked his audience how they
would like to see Bilbo president of
the Industrial Institute and College
for girls, thing he sad Russell
would do if made governor.
Mr.. Collins was frequently applaud
ed and g he were lot burden"d with
tbe idea tnat exists IN almost every
mart of the state .nat ne cannot win,
thero would doubtless be :, far greater
aunber % support nirn.