The Hattiesburg news., 1910-02-25

rfers from transporting immoral and
obscene literature, lottery literature
and anarchistic literature.
5. A law to stop the sale Of intoxi-
eating liquors in the District Of Co.
lumbia. 1t Is already law Of our
Government that such liquors shall
not be sold to Indians on their reser-
vations. think such a law is just as
good for white folks and negroes as
it is for Indians. Since the District
of Columbia should have ideal laws as
near as possible, our Senator should
actively favor such law. Saloons
have been put out of the Capitol. They
should be put out of the District. If
saloon is too bad thing for Senator
to have near them in session, it is too
bad thing to be near to the common
people-who, perhaps, are more easily
tempted than grave and reverend Sen-
ators.
| G. An appropriation of a small sum
to send an unarmed good ship full of
eminently good men around the world
to plead for international peace; to
stop the worldwide criminal waste of
men and money on armies and battle
ships; to urge the conversion of
swords into plowshares, and of battle
axes into pruning hooks. One trip like
this would bring more peace and hap
lpiness for the world than all the bat
tleships that ever swept the sea-
What the world needs is peace ships,
not war ships. Our Nation ought to
be brave enough in its mission of lib
erty and peace to rely, like st. Paul
and Livingstone, more upon the pow
er of Christian character than upon
the power of powder and ball.
8. A law requiring full publication
on oath before election of the mems
and money used by candidates for
Federal positions. The people ought
to know just what a candidate has
done in the campaign. and any candi-
date who is afraid of full publicity of
all his conduct is unworthy of public
trust. There should also be a reas
enable limit to the expenditures of all
!, candidates. It is a menace to our
freedom to permit or require man tc
spend, say $4,000, as in Maryland, OF
s50O,000, as in Wisconsin, or $1,000,
900, as in Montana, in a campaign fol
Senator. Nearly all great reforms be
gin life by a close vote, and one bat
mans vote may oft become Nations
misery. It seems to me that 1,00(
ought to be the maximum allowance
/. for a candidate for United States Sen
ator.
s. A Federal law that in all, ex
cept capital cases. and in all civi
suits a verdict may be rendered b!
three-fourths of jury of twelve. TIL,
old law requiring a unanimous verdic
has outlived it's usefulness. It begal
at a time when the defendant had III
tie show, when he had to accept an,
| jury offered him, couldn't testify TO
himself, when the jury was a puppe
in the Judges hands. It is differen
= now. The defendant ri criminal case
has all the advantage on his side, an
the requirement of a unanimous We
dict has saved many a felon from hi
just dues, and many tyrant of mi
nopoly from the stripes of infamy
Ii 9. reduction of Federal expense
and officeholders, and of the salarit
of Congressman from $500 back
$4,000 a year. The increase of Co
gressional salaries was one of Il
most inexcusable of errors, and oug
to lie corrected at once.
10. Laws more clearly defining Il
liability of interstate carriers for
juries to employees, and laws to mo
- iquickly and effectually break up eve
trust and monopoly that stiles conn
tition in the necessaries of life.
Many other things are of great i
portance, but these seem to be If S,
cial Importance in the cominge1n