The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-08-14
DR.. hALlAM GIVES
MORRISON A BOOST.
SisSon Done Nothing but Attack PresI.
dent In Trying Hour. Talks of
MOrrlSOn'S legislative Career.
Editor Sentinel

Editor Sentinel:-
A matter of vital Importance is to be
decided by the electorate of this con-
gressional district on August 18th and
that is whether this Congressional dis
trict shall send one Of Grenada county's
sons to Congress or whether the bal
ance of the counties are going to take
a back seat and continue to allow Mont
gomery county to furnish the congress-
mana thing she has done, with two
exceptions, for the past thirty years.
What has Montgomery county ever
done that her sons should be preferred
over others? The present incumbent
Is ballooning around at the national
capital and has done nothing in the
three terms he has been there to link
his name with any important measure.
About the only distinction he has at
attained is due to his uuarreling with
Democratic President and at a time
when this country was trying to settle
a matter with foreign country and
avoid the possibility of war, yet Con-
gressmon Sisson, true to the instincts
of a politician, got up in the lower
house of Congress and began to sweat
drops of patriotism and blow his bazoo
about war, when he knew that if there
was war the people at home would have
to do the fighting and he would not be
within several thousand miles of the
scene of conflict. Most of the wars are
brought on by politicians, and the peo-
pie back at home have to give their
sons, fathers and brothers to back up
The record tends to show that SissOn
OF Wncht vkrv,
that he has been shut out of the coun-
ellis of the real leaders of the Demo-
cratic party. Has he ever offered a
bill that would protect the cotton raiser
from the speculator who gets dollars
out of the cotton crop. while the man
who makes it only gets dimes?
When the present tariff bill was be-
ing made, if Sisson's name figured any
where in this great work, the record
fails to show it. So then we say that
the situation would seem to warrant
the voters of this district in taking Mr..
Sisson at his word when he was first
, making the race for congress, and that
/ is that three terms is long enough
, to keep a man in the lower house
OF congress. Again, it seems to be
well understood that if Mr. Sisson is
elected this time he will be next
lyear asking the people for seat in the
, senate. In fact the race he is now
: making is equivalent to running for two
offices at once.
t In place of Mr.. Sisson the people have
} chance to elect S. A. Morrison, who
t has never proven figure head. He is
dynamic force to be felt wherever
/ duty calls. His progress has ever been
( UPWARD and ONWARD, a deep in
: vestigator, deliver for facts, an un.
J erring calculator, of bold and fearless
personality, and over and above all a
hard worker and close student. AS a
: public educator. he stood so far above
the average as to be almost alone. AS
lawyer he has forged to the front as
the court dockets of this and adjoining
counties will verify. As member of
the Legislature he was doer of things
and a saver of the peoples money.
, Most fortunately for the tax payers OF
! the state he was made a member of
the Committee on Appropriations the
, second time he was sent there and as
such a member he saved the burden
bearers of Mississippi several million
dollars. The resolution passed by his
, fellow legislators ascribe to him this
credit He had the states finances SO
wen III uliiiu ltidt IS COuiu tiltili bil
as readily as the boy his alphabet. He
has stood four square to every wind.
He has tried to do his duty as he saw
it. His position was most trying one
for the reason that every scheme to get
money out of the treasury had to pass
J his committee and it is needless to say
that when you stand between somebody
! and dollar you undertake a perilous
duty. Every scheme for extravaganza
and pillage was knocked by Morrison.
Aside from his duties on the Com
mittee on Appropriations, Mr.. Morrison
gave every important measure before
the legislature his attention, and to him
; is very largely due the abandonment OF
the convict lease system and the pres
I ent humane method of caring for and
, working the states prisoners.
Humanity and the betterment of the
conditions of the state have ever had q
faithful advocate in Morrison. He is q
man of extensive information. His
minute knowledge of history and facts
is one of the most wonderful things the
writer has ever known. This extensive
and intensive knowledge would be of in
valuable service to HIM in congress.
He is true to his friends and the man
who is untrue to his friends cannot be
true to himself or to his country. Nor
rison would not attempt to fool the
people of the district for a seat in con-
gress. He is worthy. Let Grenada
county rally to him to man. The
people of this district have the oppor-
tunity to get the services of great big
man and believe they are going to
avail themselves of it. If they do, III
guarantee that there will never be re-
gret at naming him for a seat in con-
gress, for he will be an honor to our
county, blessing to the state and q
benefactor to the republic.