The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-07-23

, of the South and of the Democratic
party for his services as a member
of the committee on elections in the
famous case of Dantzler VS.. Lever.
Mr.. Williams stated that the result
of MIR. Bowers labors in this direc-
tion had brought peace to the people
Of the South, and any one at all ia
miliar with the report of the commit
tee in this case, and with the result
accomplished by it, will not for one
moment doubt the statement of Mr..
Williams In this regard.
The Vicksburg Herald, speaking of
this contested election case and the
report of that committee, brought
about by the efforts of Mr.. Bowers,
said that mo new Tor old member
ever performed a greater service for
the South and his people" and only
last Tuesday Congressman Williams,
in his speech in the convention, fe-
licitated the country upon the fact
that a Republican congress had
adopted a resolution tmeaning the
resolution in the Lever and Dantzler
easel which relegated all these mat.
ters to the courts-the tribunal to
which they properly belonged.
In our opinion, if Mr.. Bowers had
done no more than this, he would de-
serve the thanks of the people of the
State of Mississippi and unanimous
reelection to congress at the hands
of the voters of the Sixth congress
sional District. But this Is not all
that he did. An effort was made
at the last session of congress
to put into the hands of the
treasury department the appoint
ment and control of all of the
revenue collectors in the United
States, and this would have given the
treasury department the power to cut
out the revenue collectors between
Mobile and New Orleans II he so
chose. Mr.. Bowers, seeing the dan
district In this measure, vigorously
combatted the proposition; made
fight before the committee against 1t,
and had the great raIification of
winning out in his fight, over. the
secretary of the treasury, and had
the further pleasure of having enact
ed into law the establishment of
collector of customs at Gulfport, and
deputies at Bay st. Louis, Scranton
and Biloxi, who can never be dis
turbed by any act of the treasury
department
Mr. Bowers has introduced, and has
has now pending before the proper
committees in congress, bills for the
material upbuilding and welfare Of
his district, which, when enacted into
law, will do more good for South Mis-
sissippi than has been accomplished
by congressional legislation since the
war. OF course, every one knows,
except The Chronicle, that no rivers
and harbors bill was passed during
the last session of congress and these
measures, therefore, did not get
through, but they are on the calendar
and will be passed at the next session
of congress. Mr.. Bowers was in no
way responsible for the failure OF this
bill to pass at the last term. During
his short term in congress Mr.. Bow
ers made speech on the race ques-
ton which received the plaudits OF
the great men of the Democratic
party in congress, and which has
been declared by the best talent In
this State to be "the finest deliver.
ance on the subject in either branch
of congress since the war"
The above statement, in brief, Of
what Mr.. Bowers has accomplished
in congress can be verified by the
record by any one who desires to