The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-06-18
Reflected Dissertations
BY MAX &. LAND.

| uSllllllS JuSIlCS IluSHeS lOI ocluile
! his resignation to the White House
| by negro messenger, upon the idea
that it was not showing President Will
son the respect and dignity required
in the premises; the contention be
| ing that a committee should have
! been appointed or some other more
dignified means of conveying the note
adopted
| Every man according to his own
opinion, of course, as it is free coun
| try, but | am unable to see anything
in this act for criticism. The sending
of note is more mental than anything
else and it strikes me that Mr. Hughes,
the northern Republican, has adopted
the true old style Southern way, while
President Wilson has adopted the sup
posedly northern way Of doing things
by appointing a negro judge in Wash
ington city. If he wanted to appoint
a colored man on the bench, it does
seem that he would have passed Wash
ington city by, as it IS the capital OF
the nation, and a great many of our
southern people go there on politics,
business and pleasure. On the col
ored question, it is we'll known that
number of these messengers are en-
ployed at our own state capitol for
keeping the offices and for carrying
papers and files and documents from
one department to another.
In keeping with this appointment on
the part of President Wilson was the
cold water he threw on the farmers
of the south in the fall of 1914 in every
movement which they made through
their congressman and other represen-
tatives to get relief, and his veto of
the immigration bill. There are mil
lions of southern people who are not
going to forgive these things, and the
false cry of prosperity and every bus
to overshadow the facts. Yes, it is a
falst cry of prosperity and every bus
lECSS IIlCtH ctllu Idl IlICl hliO"o WlietI IAAC
south is up against and that no finan-
cial advancement is being made; that
property and money are out of pro-
portion.
The message of acceptance on the
part of Mr.. Hughes was only an ac-
ceptance of the nomination. mere
Eyes" to the convention, in waiting
for his answer. For the purpose it
was a great paper showing the coun-
try briefly just how he stood on the
great questions of national policy. II
he would publish the speech he made
at jamestown, Virginia., several years
ago, it would show more clearly the
type of American he is and the prin-
ciples for which he stands. His cam
Daign committee could not put for
ward a better document than to have
published this speech delivered in
old Virginia. predict, from the point
of confidence alone, that his nomina
ton will raise the price of cotton and
stocks, and after all this is the most
important thing in this country. Yes,
mean the most important except the
cash itself The luxurfes of yesterday
are the. necessities Of today, and the
people are going to have them, or have
trouble.
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1t will possibly be best to have war
with Mexico than to have war at home.
The disease cannot be long deferred.
1t will be just as hard to prevent
war in this country in few years as
it is to stop the one now going on in
Europe 1t is impossible to stop the
war in Europe and it will likely have
to wear itself out The Merican trou-
BILE is hundred years old, and will
doubtless be a trouble another hun
dred until determination has started
another and different race of people.
That was a great speech which Gov
ernor Glynn of New York, made at the
i democratic convention. He lie evil
IDENTIFY a strong man, for he made the
best speech that has been made in be-
half of the present administration. 1t
was a splendid argument, and covered
every good thing that could be said
on the subject. 1t was high ideal
which he described, and of course we
have kind of peace, and also kind
of prosperity.