The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-28

night as follows:
I have never been so devoted to any
man seeking public office as to feel
1t my duty to take TO the stump or
use the press in his behalf. nor do | |
now feel interested in any individual !
man to that extent But it appears to /
me that fundamental principles of |
government are involved in the sena- !
torial contest and the chief, the ut |
most desire of my heart is to to per-
form my duty as patriotic citizen.
That duty sometimes extends beyond
the mere act of voting intelligently.
My fealty to the man is simply incl
dental to the principles for which he
promote those principles.
| feel at liberty to speak plainly to
my home people. l am not a stranger
in your midst. My great-grandfather
and grandfather came to this com
munity from Georgia in 1919. The
former sleeps on the banks of the
Bouie just a few miles from this
place. My father was born Just over
there and cast my lot with you TWEEN
ty years ago and have performed as
best could the duties of a private
citizen.
7 am no politician. never applied for
any office and want none, have no po-
litical fences to mend no enemies to
punish, and may, therefore use this
occasion to speak from the depths of
my heart in response to numerous
requests to state my position.
Politically, find myself out of har-
mony with some of those closest and
dearest to me. think they
are wrong; they think am
wrong. They are honest and am
honest; and this difference does noa
change or weaken in the least. my
love and respect for them. They will
cast an honest ballot and so will l.
shall vote with conscience void or
odense toward God and man. No nom
partisan, tolerant voter expects an
: other to stultify his conscience in
order to vote as he does. Such diff
ferences demand a dispassionate COM
parison of views.
Men view men from different angles
and It is perfectly natural for honest
differences to arise. No man ever
makes precisely the same impression
on any two other men You can find
no two objects, animate, or inanimate
exactly alike. have tried with great
diligence and honesty OF purpose to
discover the very truth Of the situa-
ton, TO read everything and to con-
slider everything shedding any light
upon the pending contest, and shall
grant to all others, regardless Of their
efforts to ascertain the truth, the same
right to their opinions as I retain for
my own. The voter that is too mar
row to take this view of a politica
situation can never make the best eft
izen.
The Common People.
wish to be reckoned of the com
mon people. I do not believe In fac
tionalism or favoritism. n did, m,
sympathy would be for the common
people, for they are the more numer
Gus, found in every walk of life. ant
that which rebounds to their good
benefits most people Besides. tn
strong are the better able to TAX
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speak to all the common people fac
to face Those of them living in tn
rural districts are at a disadvantag
in securing all the facts touching
campaign such AS is now waging. The
wish to vote right; desire only fai
deal; believe in equal rights to a
and special privileges to none" an
when they have the facts majorit
Of them have always been right The
deserve the highest praise. I am NJ
speaking from theory. 7 know tn
common people, the farmer. the Il
borer, the mechanic, the artisan
OF them. was reared on the far
and have performed various kinds {
labor. have been taught the divin
injunction, "The husbandman that Il
boreth must be first partaker Of tn
fruits" know labor's burdens; II
deep and lasting sweets; and he VII
strikes at the common pepole strike
at me. Many of those dearest to n
by the strongest ties of friendship al
blood belong 10 that class
The Emperor of The World.
l hold that labor is pre-eminent
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