The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-07-14
Hon. 7. U. SiSs0n.

Democracy OF this, the Fourth Con-
gressional District, will be called upon
to select as their nominee their candl-
date for Congress. While feel that
anything | may say will be of little
value, yet it seems that the people of
this district should be aroused to the
Importance of making a wise selection
in this matter. We are too prone to
vote for people for office out of feel.
ings of pure sentiment rather than
from patriotic motives; in other words,
we fail to take into consideration the
fact that when we vote for candidates
we are selecting our own agents for
the transaction of the peoples busi-
ness. When voter goes to the polls
to cast his ballot he exercises one of
the highest and most sacred rights of
the citizen; he should consider the in
terest of the public and not the per-
sonal interest Of the candidate. | have
just read with much interest and profit
speech recently delivered by Hon.
Champ Clark, the present Speaker of
the House of Representatives. s-he who
stands highest in the esteem of the
Democracy of the South-upon the
question of "The Making of a Repre-
sentative" 1t is to be hoped that ev-
cry Democratic voter in this state will
carefully read and consider this great
speech Of this great Democratic leader.
He in this address demonstrates that in
order for Representative in Congress
to be worth anything to his constitu-
ents and to the nation it is absolutely
necessary that the Representative
should serve for long time-that this
practice of changing Representatives.
every few years is detrimental to the
public interests. His position is sound
and unanswerable.
We have now as our Representative
in Congress one of the ablest men who
has ever represented the people of this
State, and who has made reputation
second to none in that august BODY of
men. While he has been in Congress
only few years, yet he now stands as
the third ranking member of the Ap-
preparation Committee most i'm
portant committee in the nation. 1t is
safe to predict that if the people of this
district will but re-eiect this gentleman
to his present position, he will in a
short time be the chairman of that
committee committee that exercises
more influence than all the other COM
mittees combined in Congress- ard the
chairman of that committee is pre-
eminent in influencing that committee
in short. the chairman of the Commit
tee on Appropriations exercises more
influence than any other member of the
National Congress; in fact. l am safe
in saying that his position is even more
important than that of the Speaker OF
the House. In the event of the death
of or failure to re-eiect either of the
two ranking members of this commit
tee, the Hon. t. U. Sisson will have
tie proud distinction OF being the chair
man OF this most important committee,
and thereby Will confer great honor
and distinction upon the people OF this
the Fourth Congressional District. The
people OF this district by declining to
re-nomlnate this splendid gentleman
and able man Will dash from their lips
the cup that holds so much honor and
distinction to the people OF Mississippi.
Mr.. Sisson's reelection is matter
which concerns not only the people OF
his district, but the people OF the state
IN other words, the people or his dis
tricl owe 1t to the people of the entire
state to re-elect their present Repre-
sentative, for his reelection will not
only confer honor upon his own imme-
date constituency but upon the people
of the state, and, | should add, upor
the people of the South. am very
kindly disposed to, and friend of the
other gentlemen who are seeking the
support of the people of this district.
and ordinarily it would afford me pleas
ure to support them, yet it seems tc
me that good business sense and pctri'
otto motives should influence US in Sc
lecting as our candidate that one whc
can best serve the people of the South.
While the opponents of MIR. Sissor
are now and have been for several