The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05


railroads, even from railroad which
| he himself denounced as an octopus
seeking to get the State in its grasp.
: He could not stand against the tempta-
! ton of accepting annual passes or
( franks from the Western Union and
! Postal Telegraph Gable Companies,
and this although during his admin
istration every law regulating the du-
ties and liabilities of telegraph and
telephone companies and every law
regulating trusts and combines was up
for revision and codification, and for
his approval as governor; and although
he wrote in his paper, the Common
wealth, of June 9th, 1902, that it was
a recognition of the fact that every
railroad company would take advant-
age of every opportunity to extort,
plumber and rob that led to the enact
ment of a statute against the consoli-
dation of railroads, we find him, al
though not even a practicing attorney,
lobbying with his great political in
nuence with the Legislature to
secure the merger of two
parallel railroads, and after
wards we find that he served as
Governor four years with full knowl-
edge of the fact that the Mobile &
Ohio and Southern had merged and
consolidated, without taking single
step to annul the merger or collect
penalties"
/ Wondering at the ease and readi-
ness with which Vardaman's friends
forgive him of his political sins and
his failure to account for public and
trust funds, Mr.. Alexander cautioned
his hearers to weigh the candidates
in this contest, as they would weigh
goods in the market; that there was
only one kind of honesty-no classifi-
cations-"just simple honesty, good
old fashion honesty, good old salt ris-
ing honesty, good old home made hon
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like white supremacy, of which we
| boast so much, is not grated fruit,
it is a seeding, it grows up with the
man." He said a candidate should not
be measured by looks, by boasts, or
the noise he or his crowds make.
Asking the question what does Mis-
sissippi want, Mr.. Alexander said in
part:
"She is no beggar, but she wants
her share of all material benefits
which the Federal Government can
constitutionally bestow among the
states. She wants more rural routes,
she wants the carriers better paid.
We want the parcels system perfected
when it comes, so that the home mer-
chant can get the benefit as against
the mail order house of his proximity
and quickness of delivery, and the
buyer the benefit of his home credit,
and this can be done by graduating
the postage according to the distance.
I'VE want our cut over lands de-
veloped; our soils tested, scientific ex-
perts multiplied to instruct our peo.
pie in agriculture since all our wealth
depends upon the former.
1--WE want better levee protection.
better drainage, and our rivers and
harbors deepened.
I'VE want a better health depart
ment and if necessary to its full eff
ficiency We want to put it in charge of
cabinet officer. The Federal Govern
ment is spending millions for the de-
lection and prevention of diseases in
live stock, and even plant life, and is
millionaires, like Rockefeller, the
study and prevention of diseases
| which sweep off the human family.
The rich when sick can seek the
health resort the specialists or en-
perts. As far as it constitutionally
can. the government ought to bring
to the masses protection against con
tagious diseases.
How are all these material bene
fits TO be secured? BY infinite labor
patience and tact Nothing has ever
been gotten by rubbing men the
wrong way" No senator will evel
secure anything for his State, the hab
it of whose life is to insult every one
who differs from him, who, for in
stance, has insulted every Presiden
under whom he has lived, and ever!
Governor and every public man Il
church or state who dares to diffe
from him.
again, We don't find in declama
ton the true standard that measure
craftsmanship From time immemor
ial our schools have given prizes t.