Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-10

--aE1Sya a.GS-- has 0ccaslOned great deal Of dlS
Etg2S$ cussiOn in political and social cir
VI M cles. 1t was plain, candid, ever
blunt statement OF the Southern view Of old ques
tiOn, 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 aE
an orator. he does not deal in rhetoric. He never
resorts to defamation. There is nothing furious
in his speech. He is calm, dispassiOnate and earn
est and commands the respect of both sides Of the
chamber.
There are twelve senator's 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 thirty six years. Thus
the average service Of these six individuals in the
national councils is twenty nine years. Is it q
matter Of wonder that New England exercises SO
great influence on national policiesf
This is lesson for the South to learn. mar
with the genius Of the late Senator Lamar and the
industry Of the present Senator Morgan, would have
to serve novtiate in the Senate Take the case
Of Senator German. He was six years in the Sen.
ate before the country heard Of him. yet the other
day he became leader OF the minority for the
that he was eighteen years a senator. The South
should not persist in changing her representatives
in the Senate so frequently, thus depriVing herself
of the advantages that must ever attend experience
What discipline is to the soldier experience is to
the statesman.
Senator Money is now in his intellectual prime.
He is a native Mississippian, is Southern to the
marrow, was educated in a Southern school, has the
habits Of Southern gentleman; his mind fOrges
Southern thoughts, and his heart is pregnant with
Southern sentiments He loves the land that was
his fathers, it's waters, its trees its flowers. He
loves the Southern sun that makes the Southern
climes He was Confederate soldier and gave his
services for the Southern cause
In 1874 Mr.. Money was the editor Of a country
newspaper in the Third Congressional district II
- zn~1- Im-v~ -
ernment was cOnfscatiOn and politics was night
mare.
It was in 1875 that Democratic party was organ
lied in the Third district and Democratic cOnVen
tiOn was held to nominate q candidate for Congress
1t assembled at West Point, Clay county, and was
representative OF the intelligence the property and
the excellence OF the state.
After the organization of the body and the adopt
ion of Democratic platform, nominations for Con
gress were in order. It appeared hopeless ven
ture and all the older declined. At last Judge
Jarntgan q venerable and veteran lawyer sug
gested that it was young mans fight and he asked
why not draft young man into the service.
''Thereis Captain Money" he said, ''let us make
him our candidate He was brave soldier and il
q capable man. Let us nominate Captain Money. =
No sooner was it said than it was done. Money
accepted in q speech that gave confidence to every
delegate He made a thorough canvass, was tri
umphantly elected and became a member of the
voluntarily retired at the end Of the Forty eighth
Congress. Subsequently he served two other terms
in the National House of Representatives and then
became the successor OF the Hon. James q. George
in the Senate.
While Senator Money is not the great iurist Sena
tor George was, be 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 it without resort tC
written speeches that reck with midnight OIL Pos
sibly it was in the Fifty second Congress that be
engaged with some Northern Republican members
in sudden and informal discussion OF the negro al
the South and his status in the state. There was
no flourish in Moneys speech-nO strain for effect
no pose for applause.
And so in his speech in the Senate, SpOOner and
Foraker, two Of the best debateIs on the Republican
side piled him with questions and sought to tempt
him to intemperate and indiscreet utterances, but
1t was without avail. He was dignifed, courteous
and eminently Senatorial. he was not seeking to
make political capital. BE was attempting to make
Northern eyes see what every Southern eye sees.
The speech had an excellent effect Northern
Senators have complimented it highly, and they
were sorry that circumstances we're such that Sena
tor Money was unable to make an exhaustive dis
cussion Of the question he had just returned from
burying an idOlized daughter, and his own health
was not robust, and thus It was under difficulties
that one Of the most effective speeches that has
come from Southern Senator in years was made.