Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-01-30

write yon q few lines today merely
to say that our people MP here are proud
Of the position that your boys in the log
islature took upon the concurrent rsso
luton Of Senator Walker. urging Sena-
tors Money and NcLaurin to vote to
ratify Roosevelt's steal Of Panama.
Thers 10 no doubt but that that resolu-
ton was intended ~ a sop to Teddie and
there 10 no doubt but that Edgar Wilson
the referee, was exultant when he found
that 1t had passed through the Mississ-
ippl legislature. The surest way to SO
cure the denomination Of Roosevelt and
his ultimate reelection is through the
ratification of that treaty. II the three
recalcitrant southern senators. Nc
Laurin of South Carolina. McEnery o.
Louisiana and Sullivan Of Mississippi.
had not voted for the ratification OF the
treaty Of Paris, whereby the steal OF the
Philippines wal accomplished Bryan
would have beaten Mckinley In 1900
It is folly to do what your enemy wants
done. 1t Is awfully bad policy to aid In
tho carrying out Of the schemes OF an
adroit and dishonest politician II the
South becomes imbusd with the spirit Of
commsrcialism and falls into the error
Of giving sanction to Roosevelt's I'M.
lawful practices, the Jig is up with the
democratic party and the country. The
South should present . solid front and
oppose everything that he proposes. 10
1900, as now, 1t required emily three
democratic votes to defeat McKinley's
treaty with Spain. and our proud state
furnished q Of the weak kneed. time
serving democrats who fell under the
occult influence that secured their votes.
Their fate 10 known to McLaurin and
Money. and I don't believe they will
desert their party In this Instance, no
matter how vociferous the legislature
may become In asking them to do SO
Opposition to Roosevelt should be a fixed
and unalterable principle and rule with
every southern man. The old axiom
that ''he who dalliss Is . bastard. and
he who doubts 10 damned" comes pro
perly into use In this case. And there
10 another that ats exactly now; Touch
not. taste not. handle not the uncleau
thing II Roosevelt is not . leper to
bs avoided by southern democrats. In the
name Of God. where will you an6 one.
There is no act Of . Mississippi legis-
lature that was as fraught with evil
consequences " the action Of the present
body in following the leadership Of the
redoubtable senator from the 3Sth dis
trict' II Big Bud and his two young
and brilliant chums will set to work and
secure the expurgation Of the record Of
this folly. the near future will crown
them with lsursls freth from the hands
Of the people. and sing psans of::praise
to their wisdom and influence.
am truly proud Of the stand that the
boys have taken. Our man, Carothers.
has written to the Journal that Emmett
Cavett presided over the house the Other
day with great dignity. You know that
Leo and Noxubes are kin and 10 We are
now In the same congressional district.
va must stick to one another.
Tell the boys that our representatives
stood side BY side with them In the kis.
of the hand which one Of our senator,
threw to Teddy.
Will write you come more reminis
cences Don ] am sorry to see that
your subscribers don't pay up as they
should. II you would lop of the delin-
qusnts for = while DON you think that
would bring them to their enses. Try
it and you will loon see them coming or
with each and apol cgies.
was mistaken in Judge Brook
name. 1t Is Micajah and not Mathew.
J. X.