Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-17

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! IN HIS speech, made at the court
house ON the 9th inst, Congressman
Bowers devoted some tune to report
to the peopleIwhat kind Of steward
ship he had rendered for them. His
showing of efforts and achievement
after River and Harbor appropria-
tons were good, conside' ing the at
t;tude that Congress took towards
cutting down all recommendations.
His definition of position upon Tariff
Revision, investigation and RENE
dial cures of and for the Panama
Canal Commission difficulties, were
all clearly expounded and in unison
with the views of the Democratic
party policy.
His expressed antagonism to the
preferential treatment of Army and
Navy expenditure appropriations to
internal improvements, was refiec
tion of the party slogan evolved at
the last Congress. This is in direct
contradistinction to President Roose-
views and recommendation, as we'll
as that of Capt. r. p. Hobson and
the adherents who have been
won to that way of thinking by his
speeches over the South on "A
Greater Navy"
MIR. Bowers avowed and unequivo-
cal definition of his position upon the
Railroad Rate Legislation, that is
sure to become bone over which
there is to be much fighting in the
coming Congress, was the most tell
ing part of his speech so far as his
retaining hold upon the ballots of the
voters in the Sixth Congressional
District is concerned.
This our readers will remember
that we pointed out to them all along
through the campaign last year as
the one and only issue save the per-
sOnal ability of the two contestants
in the races Mr.. Bowers association
with the g. & S. I. RR. as general
counsel, and in the exercise of such
connection, in the well-known suit
over lumber rate raise, caused great
many of the prominent thinkers in
the district to hesitate to re-intrust
their national franchise to a man who
might be lead or guiled into casting
his vote against the interests of his
constituency when this railroad rate
regulation, then a fast developing
issue, caRe to final contest in the
+ National Solons, as it is to do this
winter.
Mr.. Bowers showed in last Con-
gress that his mind was able to grasp
and wrestle with the knotty and
dominant problems which confronted
and are to confront that body, and
that his reasoning faculties have
been employed in deep castings about
and research in settling upon the
best solutions, were too conclusively
shown in his talk to admit of further
doubt as to the mans intellectual:
brilliancy.
| Mr.. Bowers has but to continue to
have the backbone to bespeak his
own original ideas arrived at upon
political economy, astute enough not
to allow them to be reasoned entirely
away by the suggestions of the great
minds which shine in the national
halls, stand to his convictions and
Expressed policies in the exercise of
his vote, and the people of the old
Sixth Congressional District can con-
sistently name him as his own sue
cessor to his seat in Congress.
| We have confidence in Mr. Bowers
sincerity in his outspoken views, and
believe that he will make good when
the crucial test comes every time.
However, as we said at the close of
the last campaign, we shall reserve
the Office of public surveillance OF
his actions. and be ever as ready to
commend him for the right, as to
fearless assail him for misuse of his
trust,
CONSULTATIONS