Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-07-03
Senator Moneys Record.

thou shalt not escape calumny."
The above familiar quotation
from Shakespeare's Hamlet ap
plies very strongly to the opposi.
ton of Senator H. D. Money,
who says the learned senator
has "no record" We are sur
prised that any man who claims
to be well posted can make such
an assertion.
There is not a more learned
man in either house of congress
today and one who has done more
for his country than has he. The
opposition asks, "What has
Senator Money donen' 1t would
take month after month to relate
the many important bills that he
IS the father of. What did Wal
thall, George or Lamar ever ad-
vocate that Money had not work
ed for, spoken for and used every
effort in his power fo"? The re,
cords answer, "none." He has
made speeches in favor of every
important democratic measure
that has ever been considered.
His record is that he has been
put on the most important demo
cratic committees in the senate.
His great ability is recognized by
every member of congress and
by a special vote he was given a
place on the foreign relations com
mittee, for the simple reason that
he was considered the best in
formed democrat they had on such
matters. He was made a mem
Der of the most important COM
mittee in the senate, the finance
committee All these were Civ
en- without the asking, because of
his splendid record, yet the sup
porters OF Gov. Longino and the
opposition to Senator Money are
continually crying that "Mr.
Money has no record, and what
has he done?" Senator Moneys
record is as widespread as the
subjects, measures and principles
that come before the American
people. He has never yet failed
to not only ''be for'' but has
fought for, spoken for, and work
ed every way that was consistent
with honest, democratic sentl-
ments for every single measure
that tended to help Mississippi
and the entire south. He has
always been "on deck;" never
failing. If any member has a re,
cord, it is he.
He it was who destroyed the
robbery system of the post office
and postal roads committee of the
house, he destroyed the most in
famous system of svindling ever
engaged in by the post masters
in the star route frauds-and
substituted the laws we have to-
day governing the post office de-
partment. He is the man who
reduced the postage from &c to
&c, and increased the weights
that could be carried by these
stamps, and in this, alone, he has
saved the people millions upon
millions of dollars. Every time
YOU mail a letter with &c stamp
on it, Senator Money has saved
YOU 1c. He created the "cancel-
lation by remuneration idea OF
postmasters instead of the "by
purchase, or sale, of stamps.
He is the man who gave the law
to the people which put daily
mail to every county ite IN the
United STATES, no matter how
small.
Senator Money has gotten hun,
dreds of thousands of dollars for
public buildings, river improve.
ments, harbor improvements, etc,
and when member of congress
got money for every river in his
district, including the Yalobusha
river, which runs right through
our town and county.
The republican senstors pay
extra close attention to him and
never fail to attack his speeches,
simply because he is a powerful
man among the democrats and
has such brilliant record.
He has never lost sight of the
interests of the people of Missis-
sippi and the south, the principles
of democracy, the honorable