The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-01-10
SENATOR GEORGE At his BEST.

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SENATOR GEORGE AT his BEST.
Senator George has made a superb .
iefense Of Mississipprs new Cousiitu- +
ion. When Senator Edmunds made .
he POINT that the Coas sIituiion bad /
lot been submitted 10 the people. Mr. /
George replied that the people Of Yer
mont had twice had new constitutions /.
given them without being allowed to
yote for their adoption. When Mr.
HaWley raised the question Of majority
rule. Mr.. George showed how the laws
Of Connecticut permitted the rule OF
the minority. Neither Edmuuds nor
Hawley were able to make reply. The
fact Is that there Is no provision in the
new Constitution of Mississippi for
which precedent may not be found in
the constitutions of Northern States.
AS to the objections raised against the
clause requiring voters in Mississippi
to interpret the Constitution, MIR.
George cited the equally hexiblel
Constitution Of Connecticut, which
required that voter should be Of good
moral character. lie put the New
England advocates OF the Force bill on
the defensive, and left them founder
ing.
1t was very successful day for the
great Mississippian. - Appeal Ava
lanche.
He is really profound Constitu-
tional lawyer, as he proved more than
once during the sitting Of the Missis-
sippi Constitutional Convention. lie
guided the deliberations of that body
on more than one occasion, expressing
views that were anything but in keep
ing with the popular conceptions, but
always making himself clearly and
easily understood, and always gaining
strength as result, In the increased
confidence aud respect of the people,
whom he serves with diligence-in-
deed, with sleepless vigilance, and with
powers of debate, the chief strength of
which lies in his accurate knowledge,
as in the present instance. Mississippi
has reason to be proud of Senator
George. He has proven himselfequal
to equal to every emergency In the
Senate, and is as alert and prompt as
the youngest man In that body aud as
alert and prompt as the youngest man
in that body and as well equipped as
the best. lie is a statesman, who,
looking up from the solid and enduring
foundation of the great charter of our
liberties, Is always fundamentally cor
rect.-Memphis Commercial.
Commercial Washington Correspondent
On the 3lst OF December, Senator
George of Mississippi, who had already
made Il remarkable speech upon the
unconstituiionality Of some clauses of
the bill, made powerful and triumph
ant defense of the people and the Con-
stitution of Mississippi. lie spoke
four aud half hours with repeated
Interruptions. lie declared that the
matter was confessedly irrelevant TO
the debate and had been lugged in by
Senators who had never read il.
Mr.. IIawley of Connecticut, In a
patroniziug way, undertook to help out
the Misslssippian's knowledge of Con-
nccticut's history, but found that Mr..
George was better informed, and was
compelled to admit his mistake ON a
controverted point The truth is that
Senator IIawley looked sick. His
countenance, when he began with
George, was like the boys when he
began to smoke his first cigar, and
when George got through with him II
was the same boys face after the
smoking Beaten on his own dung
hill, turned down ON the Constitution
and the laws of bis own State, he cried
out: "All we want is the majority
shall rule in Mississippi" Senator
George instantly retorted: "Do you
want il to rule In Connecticut The
reply was "Yes,' and Mr.. George
said: "Well, viii show you that you
are mistaken about that, too.' lie
then showed that four towns in Con
necticut sent eight Representatives tc
the Legislature representing large
majority of the voters and population
of the State, while eighty counties SEN
Ill Representatives. In other words
a minority many thousands less thar
half the voters of the State had III
votes to eight, or 1903 majority; ant
that If the majority ruled Mr.. Hawle,
would not be occupying a seat In The
Senate, and the Governor would be 4
Democrat
Mr. George did not attempt wit moi
Jest, but several times wave o.
laughter rippled over the Senate ant
the galleries at the absurd and ludic
rous situation Senators Hawley ant
Edmunds were forced to occupy by
the superior knowledge of Senator
George.
Having nothing left to say, Mr.. Haw
ley asked Senator George to explain tC
the Senate aud to the country whal
certain newspapers in Mississippi
meant by denounciDg the Constitution
and declaring that the understanding
clause was intended as the door fol
fraud, etc. To this the Senator replied
with impressive dignity aud force, that
he was here to defend the Constitution
and the people of his State, and not TO
explain the views which newspapers
might have expressed.
Every man in Mississippi should
read this grand defense and yindica-
ton, and carping faut-iinders should
study IL for its historical and constitu-
tional knowledge, and its sterling
patriotism.
Et Tu Little Breeches.