Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-08
A STRONG CAMPAIGN PAPER.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT:

ing with you or addressing you
in person until after Congress ad-
journs.
| have had the honor to represent
this District in Congress for the
past five years, and during that
time my chief aim has been to pro-
cure the enactment of such legis-
lation as will benefit all the people
and result in the development and
upbuilding of our section.
| have been successful in secur-
ing appropriation for rivers and
harbors, sums approximating one
million dollars having been real.
lied for that purpose during my
term of service. Every river and
harbor in the district, which has
sought Government aid, has been
by me placed on the Appropriations
Bill, with the single exception of
Leaf River, which made application
since the last Rivers and Harbors
Bill was reported. | have bill
now pending for the survey and i'm
provement of that stream, and it
will be cared for when the next.
measure of that character comes
in.
| have secured adequate appro-
priations for public building at
various points, and the bill shortly
to be reported to the present session
of Congress will carry fnrther ap-
preparations and for other places.
have increased the Rural Mail
Delivery routes of this District
from one to about fifty, and others
are being rapidly established.
have secured soil SURVEYS of
great value to the farmers in diff
erent parts of the District, and
am now engaged in a fight to
increase the appropriations for
that purpose that this excellent
work may be extended to every
county.
have to the best of my ability,
attended to every reques t
made upon me by each one of
my constituents, be he great or
humble; have served them in their
matters at the National Capital,
and in many cases have not only
preserved to my people mail IA
cilities which were threatened, but
secured material extensions thereof
| think | can safely say that
have been pioneer in South Miss
issippi in advocating increased SUI
pervision of railroads and other
common carriers, on the stump and
in Congress, and all who have heard
me will bear me out that have ad-
vOcated such measures for years
past. | voted and worked for
the Esch-Townsend Bill, which
failed of passage, and voted, work
ed and spoke in favor of the rate
bill which passed during the Fiji
ty-ninth Congress. | have intro
duced and advocating bills to fur
Their extend rate regulation and to
strengthen the hands of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
| have favored the development
of our internal resources, especial
ly the agricultural possibilities of
South Mississippi, as evidenced by
my support of the Department of
Agriculture, my continued efforts to
introduce the cultivation of the best
types of cotton, and my advocacy
of good roads, to aid which | now
have bill pending.
believe in States rights, and in
preserving intact the power and
autonomy of the States. | am
eternally opposed to centralizaion
and Federal encroachment, and will
fight such to the end. Believing
this | advocate the fullest exercise
of the police power by the States,
and insist that the Federal Govern
ment shall not only refrain from
encroaching hereon, but shall lend
every proper and Constitutional
aid to the complete exercise of
that power by the States. 1t nee
cesssrily follows that | favor such
national legislation as will SUBJ
ject intoxicating liquors and every
other commodity, the sale of which
has been forbidden by any State,
when shipped into such State, to
all State and local laws and regula-
lions. Whatever the State or local
law on the subject is, it should
govern and the United States
should refuse to countenance any
attempt to evade or violate State
law, either by issuing licenses to
sell or otherwise, but should enact
such measures as will permit the
States to deal with it as their pol
icy and wisdom may dictate. Hold
ing these views, | have introduced
a bill to subject all such commod-
tiles to the. the regulationssof any
State into which it may be ship
ped, and forbid the issuance of
Federal licenses to sell same in
States or localities where such sale
is forbidden by State or local law.
= believe that the greatest burden
under which the people, especially
the farmers, are now suffering, is
the protective tariff, and the trusts
and unlawful monopolies that it has
fostered. | favor a complete reyis-
ion of the tariff as the surest meas
ure of relief and the surest remedy
against the trust evil. / oppose