The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-16

| as IL II were cut through the ter
ritory across the continent from
New York to San Francisco and
the American people are not going
to be misled by pusiIanimous as
sault made by certain plant,
sycophantic followers Of the Pres
ident.
If his followers-Democrat Sena.
tors and Representatives-w guilty
of "pusillanimity" and "sycophancy''
in following the President, then he,
of course, was guilty of "pusillanim-
ity" and tyranny in having them fol.
low him. But the interview, purport.
ing to be in the words of my col.
league, continues:
The American people are not
; going to be misled by pusillani.
nous assaults made by certain
plant, sycophantic followers of
the President against Senators
and Representatives who insist
upon carrying out the party's
platform pledges.
Then, there follows something that
makes me certain that this sheet must
nave slandered and illuminated NV
colleague. 1t makes me certain tia,
1t did so, when it pat these words of
bitterness in his mouth, while he de.
MES ever having uttered any words
OF bitterness, and thus, by his denial
OF ever having done so, gives the false
mood direct to this miserable inter.
| view.
NOW, Of course, no man would have
/ gone on and spoken about his col
leagues in the Senate as "sycophantic
followers, of cowardly or pusillani.
nous conduct, and "deplored perconali.
ties right afterwards, because that
would have indicated a desire to in.
dulge in personalities himself but NOT
stand them from anybody else, to have
insulted others and then begged for
mercy. That never could have han.
pened and know did not happen; ii
must not have happened.
Then read again-all this is an
alleged quoted interview:
The proposition to yield to the
dictates of an European power in
this matter is pitifully humiliat.
ing.
10 say that Democratic President
or Republican President or any Pres.
dent OF the United States is yield.
ing to the dictation of an European
power is to accuse him of lack of pa.
tr1otism and lack of courage both AT
the same time.
Ny colleague says he is INDUCING
IN no bitter utterances, and | know he
Is not If he says SO, and therefore this
last purported quotation from him
must have been untrue:
| l want to say in this connection
| e''N ~ 10 nv JuotluCdIlOn lot per-
fidious and sycophantic betrayal
OF them-the people-to say that
the President of the United States
advises it.
"A perfidious and sycophantic be-
trayal' advised by the President OF
the United States. This surely can
not be true, because If my colleague
had stated that he would have ac.
cused nearly all the Democratic Sena
tors upon this floor and nearly all the
Democratic Representatives in the
House, besides some highly respected
Republicans in both Houses, of
"sycophantic and perfidious betrayal
and would have accused the President
OF inviting advising" it-instigat
ing it. Betrayal is the lowest of vices
Now, | want to get back to the point
at issue. My colleague said this eve.
ming in his speech that 1.-The edict has
gone forth" He began that way. Mr..
President, we are not obeying any
"edict' of any man who ever wore
breaches. We are as self-respecting
American citizens as my colleague or
any others in this country. 1t is a
very common thing for men in a COM
mon party to go together, and in go
ing together to concede differences in
order that the team may pull the
wagon together. Every man of COM
mon sense knows that there must be
team work or else there can not be
any good done for Government. and
hence to accuse every man who con-
cedes preferential opinion Of his
own in order to secure great party
purpose of "obeying an edict" is not
measuring ones language. Being per.