The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-01
DOES MISSISSIPPI FAVOR M
The following editorial is repr

The following editorial is repro
duced from a recent issue Of the
Nashville American, in order to in
dorse the sensible position OF that
splendid journal, as well as that Of
the Washington Post, in opposition
to the proposed government owner
ship OF railroads. The arguments
OF these ably edited papers expose
the fallacy Of the government owner
ship proposition, and they should
be read carefully by the voters Of
Mississippi:
Gov. Vardaman, Of Mississippi.
who is a candidate for United States
Senator, is an outright advocate Of
Government ownership Of railroads
His opponent John Sharp Williams,
has taken the negative side o. the
proposition. The last Federal cen.
sus shows that Mississippi had 6il,-
600 whites and 907 900 negroes
Mr.. Williams argues that Govern.
ment ownership would result in
repeating the separate c1sch and
separate waiting room laws C tie
Southern States This sort q! ~
gumeni which is logaaal, GAuaas iAs
hisasaPpiAas 10 sit 20 an aks
notice Gsv VaraAa17, seeking :,
parry ihls point asks, ~WAlt Is 81
preVeat Congress wbea Il rGssas
an aci 80 bug and oHz Ka6 agazte
the railroads trvra putting q prs
Tlslon - The act providing in $50
Ersis coaches for The tws RACES
A YETI simple euas3a- The
saswss t. Il is &ls0 GuglS AZ
thus made hr Nj Williams
NatAIg-BsthinE u,apf Coz
Eress 1tseE, the iaoE Of W. upE
the pAIt Of II iaasa tgelr-ss IF
a. sRat house 10 do Il
The Washington Posi-. naa1lr 6.u
7 &raEzE1s pssatio1 E8d NJ vi
hans aarlebailn sE1R
On aoE-st H. WILKINS Is
vg1uld 1lspsr aElh-i 8 sa,lE,r
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LIE Southern paIsT I'd sssErEl1r
.he races III -Gr1a9 -KZus Eus l.
sE3i1Tg -o1lrs.
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administered z lie narasi e. ,
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NI a1lF Wv1!1 GeTevrrau. ;
w-ArSlP trs&k 8oHr The race bar !,
lsrs CT the Sgzl5srn States. but Il 2
'ozG place ali i14ir commerce IN ?
q Tie 6a-nioa q the North with 0
Q possibility q RELIEF. The South 4
III Dertr again constitute more =,
ian = third q The political power -
the Repablc. TEo-thirds will
e Us up whenever they can as they G
sve done IN the past Y
TIE Post Is greatly mistaken If Y
se people Of Mississippi will ever :,
'nseat 10 the incorporation in a !,
platform Of plank de- l
anding the Federal ownership Of u
ilroads and the repeal Of its separ. a,
c coach legislation The very NJ
'ssibility ia repugnant to the r
'uthern people and it ia inconceiv- :.
DE that the Southern Democracy u
III ever support such a policy. tc
vardaman rode into Office on the u
gro question-because Of his radi-
! position on il. He is Of the type Il
man who is never elected 10 office Il
cept as a radical Of some sort. m
he hobby on which he is seeking g
ride into the United States Sem hi
, is calculated to make Democrats al
if they first think a little. p
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