The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22

Horton, A. G. Roane, H. j. Ray, j.
W. Young, ]. S. Sharp, The Grenada
Sentinel.
The above gentlemen have been
appointed by the Democratic Ma
tional Committee to solicit help in
Grenada county to re-elect Wilson,
and it is a mighty good time for all
loyal Democrats and those in SYM
pathy with what the present admin
istration has done to come up to the
help Of those who have the greatest
moneyed combination to fight in all
the history of the country. When
such statements as these were made
in the Democratic press some years
back, the people generally read and
passed them over thinking it twas
just newspaper talk" and that there
was nothing in it. But when the in
vestigations started by Lawson--and
by the way. Lawson used the news
papers and the magazines to get his
views before the country and to
arouse the people to the enormity of
conditions-and it was revealed that
the big insurance concerns, the big
banks and other monster enterprises
had been contributing from $4,000
to 100000 apiece to elect Republi-
can presidents, the people walked up.
When it is considered what huge
campaign funds the Republicans had,
it is small wonder that the Demo
Gratis made the showing that they did.
The people were aroused throughout
the country and they put on their ar
mors in the interests Of the great
leaders who were fighting such prac-
tices. The present Democratic ad-
ministration has taxed those who are
enjoying incomes from $4,000 up,
and the larger the income the greater
the tax rate; they have placed a tax
on inheritances and done other
things to make these big rich men
and concerns bear the tax burdens
of the Nation in proportion to what
protection they are getting from the
government for their property. The
Republican candidate for President,
Mr.. Hughes, is appealing to those
who have had their incomes taxed
and telling them that it was the
South that was responsible for the
income tax and other measures which
place the tax burdens on those best
able to bear them. Mr.. Hughes ap-
peal is sectional, and is really sur
prise, even to many in his own party,
nevertheless it brings lots and lots of
money to the Republican campaign
committee. They are getting mon
ey to print hundreds and hundreds
of thousands of circulars and to pay
the expenses Of speakers which they
are sending all over the country.
Momentous issues hang in the bal
ance; this campaign may bring war,
most certainly it will if Hughes is
elected and he lives up to what he
is saying now on the stump. All
these things being true, Grenada
county should come to the front
with her part of the money to help
re-elect Wilson. Greneda county ap-
preciates staying out of war and
wants to keep staying out of war,
and it is far better to give few
hundred dollars to elect man Presi-
dent who will continue to maintain
an honorable peace than to refuse or
fail to donate for the campaign and
thereby elect a man that will in
volve the country in war, and maybe,
take your father, your brother or
your son, and perchance you, too,
out into bloody conflict from which
their voice may not be heard this side
the Judgment. The present Demo-
cratic administration has placed on
the statute books more wholesome
laws, more laws in the interests of
all the people rather than the few
favored ones, as has been the custom
of the Republicans, hence it is to the
interest of the great masses to elect
Wilson again. But wishing Wilson
will be elected won't go far towards
electing him. Of course he will carry
Mississippi, but campaign money is
needed to help wage the contest in
the North and West and it is up to