The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-07-30
LONGING NQDORSED
BY HOME PEOPLE
His High Character, Clean Life And
Splendid Record Praised By
Mass Meeting


county:
First. That in endorsing the can
didacy of Hon. A. H. Longino for the
democratic nomination for governor
of Mississippi we feel that we are
endorsing a tried and true public
servant, whose wide knowledge of the
public affairs of the state, whose ex
tensive information as to the finan-
cial conditions of the state, and whose
experience and mature years peculi-
arly fit him to serve the people as
governor during the next four years,
in which question and problems of
the gravest kind and character will
have to be considered and solved, and
preeminently qualify him to NEST
and discharge the high duties of the
great office of governor.
A Statesman of Exalted Character.
Second. That the high character,
the clean life, the splendid record of
A. H. Longino as an official and as
citizen, his years of devotion to the
progress of Mississippi and the well
fare and best interests of her peo-
pie, his exalted ideals of public ser
! vice, his firm and unyielding stand at
all times and in all places and under
all circumstances, for clean living,
for good behavior, for decent conduct,
and for the upbuilding of moral
ideals, and the attainment of high
morals and the achievement of high
moral purposes, aims and ends in
public and in private life, ought to
commend him, and do commend him
to the Christian manhood and Chris
tian womanhood, to the moral clean
living, patriotic and progressive peo-
pie of all vocations and callings of
our great state as the man to be
chosen as governor in the coming
primaries.
Sort of Man Mississippi Needs.
Third That in our opinion the
time has come when the people can
not give too much consideration or too
much thought to the personal char
asser of the man, who is to be the
governor of Mississippi. The gov
ernor of our state ought to be fine
type of our highest citizenship. He
ought to be a clean representative OF
the best morals and highest char
acter of our people. He ought to be
man of superb honor; he ought to
be citizen who holds the honor and
good name of Mississippi as near his
heart as the soldier in battle holds
the flag of the native land; his per-
sonal life should be clean and above
reproach; he should have breadth
of vision that will lenable him to look
| into the future with wisdom and to
| foresight, so that he may guide and
direct matters of state along such
, lines as shall mean a greater and bet
: ter Mississippi, and that shall bring
more of happiness and prosperity to
| our people, and more of hope and
promise to our children and our chill
dren's children. He should be in the
class with, and the worthy successor
of such men as Claiborne and Stone.
Such a man, measuring up to these
requirements, we submit to the people
of Mississippi is A. H. LOngino.
Accomplishment of Former Adminis-
tratiOn.
Fourth. That we refer with pride,
as Mississippians, and with satisfac-
ton as his fellow citizens, to the ad-
ministration of A. H. Longino as gov
ernor as one of constructive and con-
servative craftsmanship, free from
rancor, hatred and corruption; as an
administration that handled the fiscal
affairs of the state with great wis
dom-that built our new capitol with
out the issuance of bonds; that in.
creased the sum of money paid te
Confederate soldiers; that increased
the appropriation for the public
,, schools; that redeemed and paid of
outstanding bonds of the state; tina
purchased a state farm of 14,OO(
acres now appraised at millions o.
dollars; that established the insurance
department for the protection of oul
people; that decreased the state ta1
. rate and that left nearly one million
dollars in cash in the state treasur,
on his retirement. The record of Lon
gino as governor in things accompli
;. shed, is one of which every patriot
Mississippian may well be proud.
One Hundred Percent American
Fifth That we refer with grea
satisfaction to the splendid conduc
:. of Ex-Governor Longino in the Grea
War with Germany; to the fact tina
: when all his sons, three in number
: had entered the military service Q
their country, their father, desirin
> to do what he could for his countr
in its time of trial, and to perfor1
such services as he could perform
r entered that branch of the servie
l. which was the only branch he coul
4 enter. and expected to go across Ii
l. seas that on the other side he Nigh
e bv his presence, his conduct and h