The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1919-01-25

Ocean Springs and Vancleave report
1872 members.
vote for any man for governor in this
campaign who uses dirty mudsling
ing methods" A citizen of Columbus
who was here this week, expressed it
thus:
'"The time has arrived to put the
political polecats in Mississippi out of
business. l will not vote for any man
who INDUCES in the polecat tactics
used in past campaigns. And there are
lot more people up our way of the
same way of thinking.
While the gubernatorial campaign
will attract most of the attention, there
is no dearth of candidates for other
state offices. Senator H. II. Casteel of
Holmes county is in the race for lieu
tenant-governor, and it is said that
Representative J. f. Frierson of
Lowndes county will be his opponent.
Under the constitution the state
treasurer and auditor cannot succeed
themselves or each other and those
offices must be filled by new men. B.
R. Guess and DR.. l.. r. Rodgers are
candidates for treasurer and w. j..
Miller is candidate for auditor.
R. e. Wilson the present auditor, is
candidate for secretary of state
against j. W. Power, who now holds
the office.
Frank Robinson, assistant attorney
general, so far has no opposition for
attorney general to succeed Ross A.
Collins, who is running for governor
George G.. Myers, incumbent; B. A.
| Lincoln chancery clerk of Lowndes
county, and w. J. Buck, secretary to
Governor Bilbo, are candidates for
clerk of the Supreme Court.
Much speculation is being indulged
in here concerning the political plans
of Senator James X. Vardaman, who
will retire from the Senate March 4
and will be succeeded by Congressman
Pat Harrison of the Sixth District
A report has been current in the
state that Senator Vardaman might
become a candidate for governor, but
recent developments would seem to in
dicate that he has no such intention
While the senator has given out no
statement, some of his closest personal
friends believe that he will be a can
didate for United States Senator in
1922 to succeed Senator John Sharp
Williams, who has announced that he
will not be a candidate for reelection.
One of Senator Vardaman's intimate
friends here said this week:
Senator Vardaman will not run for |
governor, but he will have a whole lot
to say about who will be the next gov
ernor. He will, in my opinion, be a |
candidate for the Williams seat in the !
Senate in 1922"
Gossip has it that the woods will be .
full of candidates for the Williams
succession in the Senate in 1922, un-
less ways and means are found to
thin out" the list. Among those men
toned for the place, in addition to
Senator Vardaman, are Congressman
B. G. Humphreys of the Third District,
Justice Holden of the Supreme Court,
T. U. Susson of the
Fourth District, Judge Reed of
Natchez and Congressman w W.
Venable of the Fifth District Out of
this list Humphreys and Venable are
looked upon as almost certain candi-
lates.
An interesting bit of political gossip
IS floating around in the southern sec
ion of the state to the effect that Gov
ernor Bilbo will be a candidae for a
seat in the House of Representatives /
rom Pearl River county in the August i
primaries. The governor is credited
With recently having made the remark !
hat he would like to be a member of {
he next House of Representatives. I
Asked this week if he expected to :
etire from politics, Governor Bilbo re- ]
,lied: {
"No, not yet" |
This answer, coupled with the re- /
,ort from South Mississippi. might be ,
Interpreted to mean that he has his /
,olitical eye on the Legislature Some /
ay that if he is elected to the House J
Ie would be a candidate for speaker, I
nd in that event he would measure
ances with Speaker NJ. S. Conner. pop h
lar with the members of the present I
legislature. S
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