The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
SENATOR MONEY AND
SOUTHERN QUESTION
His Speech in the Senate Has Had
Good Effect.

Senator fernando d. Money on the race
question, and il has occasioned a great
deal of discussion in political and So
cial circles, 1t was plain. candid, even
blunt, statement of the Southern view
OF an old question, which recent events
have made new. and which. so far as
the cotton States are concerned, must
ever be vital Mr.. Money does not pose
as an orator He does lot deal in rhet-
oric- He never resorts to defamation.
There is nothing furious IN his speech.
He is calm, dispassionate, and earnest.
and commands the respect of both sides
of the chamber.
Where Long Service Counts.
There are twelve Senators from the
New England States. and of these six
have combined service in the Senate
OF 1873 years. Five of them have served
in the House of Representatives, in
which their combined service was thir-
ty-siX years. Thus the average service
OF these six individuals in the national
councils is twenty-nine years. Is it
matter of wonder that New England eX-
ercises so great influence on national
policies?
This is lesson for the South to learn.
A man with the genius of the late Sena-
tor Lamar, and the industry of the
present Senator Morgan. would have to
serve a novitiate in the Senate. Take
the case of Senator German. He was
six years in the Senate before the
country heard of him, yet the other day
he became leader of the minority for
the reason that he was eighteen years
Senator. The South should not persist
in changing her representatives in the
Senate so frequently, thus depriving her
self of the advantages that must ever
attend experience. What discipline is to
the soldier experience is to the states
man.
In His Intellectual Prime.
Senator Money is now IN his intel
lectual prime. He is a native Mississip-
plan. is Southern to the marrow, was
educated In a Southern school, has the
habits of a Southern gentleman; his
mind FORCES Southern thoughts. and his
heart is pregnant with Southern senti-
ments. He loves the land that was his
fathers; its waters. its trees, its flowers.
He loves the Southern sun that makes
the Southern Chimes He was a Con-
federate soldier and gave his services for
the Southern cause.
In 1874 Mr.. Money was the editor of
q country newspaper in the third Con-
gressional district 1t was in the dark
days of reconstruction, when govern
ment was confiscat ton and politics was
nightmare.
1t was in 1875 that Democratic party
was organized in the third district and
Democratic convention was held 10
nominate a candidate for Congress. It
assembled at West Point, Clay county
and was representative of the intelli-
gence. the property, and the excellence
of the State.
After the organization of the body
and the adoption of Democratic plat
form, nominations for Congress were
in order. 1t appeared a hopeless ven
ture and all the older men declined. At
last Judge Jarnigan, a venerable and
veteran lawyer, suggested that it was
a young mans fight, and he asked why
not draft a young man into the service.
Nominated for Congress.
There is Captain Money" he said,
';let us make him our candidate He
was brave soldier and is a capable
man. Let us nominate Captain Money"
No sooner was 1t said than it was
done Money accepted in a speech that
gave confidence to every delegate He
made = thorough canvass, was triunl-
phantly elected, and became a member
of the Forty<fourth Congress. He served
five terms and voluntarily retired at he
end of the Forty-eighth Congress. Sub
sequently he served two other terms in
the National House of Representatives
and then became the successor of the
Hon. James Z. George in the Senate.
A Strong Debater.
While Senator Money is not the great
jurist Senator George was. he is a very
strong debater. His knowledge is varied
and extensive. He has read many
books, and he has digested much useful
learning. That has made him strong in
debate. He has at instant command
great stores OF acquired knowledge, and
he employs ii without resort to written
speeches that reek with midnight oil
Possibly it was IN the Fifty-second Con-
gress that he engaged with some North
ern Republican members in a sudden
and informal discussion OF the negro at
the South and his status in the State
There was no flourish in Moneys speech
no strain for effect. no pose for ap-
plause.
And so in his speech in the Senate.
spooner and Foraker. two of the 5est
debaterg on the Republican side. piled
him with questions. and sought to tempt
him TO Incorporate and indiscreet utter
arces. but it was without avail He was
dignifed. courteous. and eminently Sen
atoriaI. He was not seeking to make
political capital He was attempting
to make Northern eyes see what every
Southern eye sees.
The speech had an excellent effect.
Northern Senators have complimented II
highly, and they were sorry that cir
cumstances were such that Senator
Money was unable TO make an exhaust