Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
SONS OF MISSISSIPPI
SOCIETY ADDRESSED BY MEssRs.
BYRD AND HUMPHREY.

at the Pythian Temple. 9th street near X
street. DR.. Oscar Wilkinson, the president.
welded the gsvel The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved, and DR..
Wilkinson then introduced Representative
Adam Byrd, saying that both the latter and
himself hailed from Smith county. Miss.
and that he believed that the county was
famed for its handsome men.
Il am proud OF Mississippi" Representa-
tive Byrd declared The state at all times
has played her part well. In every crisis
Mississippi! has reaped as much glory and
shed as much blood az any other state ex-
cept possibly during the unfortunate rebel
Hon Gen. Harms of Mississippi was at
New Orleans with Gen. Jackson. He was
one OF her favorfte sons, as was Gen, Clai-
borne. who was the risht-hand man or
jackson at New Orleans. Such are the
type or men who come from Mississippi
Ihen we take that great territory gained
py the Mexican war. From the Brazos
river TO the golden shores OF the Pacific
was the vast territory which was won to
This country by the heroic work of Jefferson
Davis at the battle Of Buena Vista. He
saved Taylor, In the history of the nation
none stand above Davis. George and others
VINO carried the stars and stripes in the
halls OF the Montezumas.
Never Been a Disgrace.
The only tariff law that has never been
a disgrace was that advocated by Robert J.
Walker, a son OF Mississippi. The greatest
secretary of War was our president of the
southern states, Jefferson Davis. He has
been the most thoroughly denounced and
the most thoroughly reviled but the time
VIII come when he will be spoken Of as one
OF the mighty men of this country In the
sooth we have this prIrest blood that flows
IN American veins Down south they are
an loyal, true and patriotic. Today. IL we
We're called, Mississippi would come to the
'front.' X our country was threatened The
Iove OF home. country and traditions of an
cestors would cause us to rush as long as
me enemy trod our soil. We spent four
Sears IN an attempt TO whip the northern
people and VIII spend four more years to
zee tnat they are not whipped. We have
prosperity Out we are only on the high roa d
10 "hat Is TO come, 1t is going TO stay in
wood and drawers OF water.
AFTER the war we were as Door as any
pu Pup me Lord ever permitted to occupy
.st' the speaker continued: Poverty
was written or each door But the DAVIS or
tne cafpetoagger are gone and the peopIe
tney herded are In charge today The south
eAtenas the hand OF welcome for every man
70 come with his savings and invest The
prosperity is there and for some rea son ar
other cotton has kept going up. We are
not democrats because we fear the negro.
we nave solved that problem some time
ago. Ihey have no better friends than the
southern people They are as happv rs
they ever were in Africa We give the
negro Justice. We don't hate him. We Ike
MIN remember some time ago when down
IN my town, when the state of Mississippi
was paying pensions of seeing an old col
ored man coming up for his He had been
oody servant who went to the war with
MS master and now the state was having
MIN a pension much as that to ary CON
lederate veteran. The negro is the rich
est man in the whole earth for he Is ,be
only man who has enough. Would that
some of the millionaries of the day had
the same idea.
Abclishing Trusts
Tt amuses me to sit in the House OF
Representatives and hear them talking
about abolishing trusts without abolishing
the tariff 1t seems Ike the play of Ham
let with the character of the Prince OF
Denmark omitted. Agriculture is coming
In the southland The fields Of cotton of
the south have a monopoly. Mr. Roosevelt
went south 10 open up the markets hut IN
MS message he said nothing about tariff
reform. When protection came. the mer-
chant marine Went down. l am not IN ia
Nor or revising the Chinese exclusion law, |
but believe in having stricter Immigration
laws. and not to allow the man with the |
stiletto in one pocket and a bomb in the |
other 10 come in as the rat eater of the
cellar is kept out Henry Clay said that
the tariff was for the protection of the in
fant industries. Infant industries. Who |
Is greater today. John D. Rockefeller and
his crowd or Teddy and his crowd?"
RepreSen tatlve Byrd concluded his address
with the prophecy that when the Panama |
canal is completed and we have free trade |
the south Will have wealth in plenty" DR.. |
Wilkinson then introduced Represent tive |
Benjamin Humphrey, who made A humor- |
Gus speech, in the course of which ne said |
that since Dr. Wilkinson and Repres euta-
tive Byrd had left Smith county that it |
had blOomed and blossomed as the rose.
The speaker then gave a short but inter |
csting history of David Smith, after whom |
the county was named Mr.. Humphrey is |
a pleasing speaker, evidenced by |
the applause that rewarded him At the |
conclusion of his remarks Il vote of thanks |
was rendered both Representatives Hum |
phrey and Byrd.
DR.. Wilkinson announced that Mt the |
monthly meeting of the society in January |
the annual election of officers will be neId. |
Next refreshments We're served ana the |
meeting merged into the social hour"