The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
ASK FUNDS TO AID IN
REELECTION OF WILSON.
In Former Years Republicans Collected from $50 to
600 from Different Concerns-Democrats Will Not
Accept Campaign Money from Corporations,
But Depend Upon Individuals
HUGHES ELECTION MEANS WAR; WILSON'S SUCCESS
MEANS PEACE WITH HONOR

the people of Democratic sections
especially where there is no Republi-
can opposition-to go to the help of
those states where the Republicans
are contesting every inch of the
ground. The Republican theory is
to make the people more prosperous
and happy by taxing them thru a
protective tariff-a traiff that is ad
ministered as anaesthetic. 1t is col
lected in such way that one is
lulled to sleep but everybody pays
it and great portion of the socalled
protective tariff goes into the pockets
of the great manufacturers and other
big concerns of the country; the
Democratic theory is to give every
citizen the widest latitude and to
make those who have the largest
bank accounts and who have the
most property contribute the great
est amounts to the support of the
government. The country is sleep
ing on a volcano and unless Hughes
acts, should he become President,
belle his speeches, the United States
is just as sure to be at war with
some foreign power, possibly several,
in three months after his election
as that wars mean death, destruction,
heartaches and all the most intense
suffering that a people can fall heir
to.
The Sentinel urges the people of
Grenada and of Grenada county and
all its readers to send in their money
if they don't want war; if they want
industrial freedom; if they want
their cotton and other produce haul
ed across the ocean at cheaper rates
if they want the farm-bank law,
whereby money can be borrowed by
the farmer at 5 per cent, the work
mems compensation act and many
other good things continued. The
Democrats have been in power but
three years; they have wrought well,
but of course it takes time for the
country at large to feel the effects
of many good things the Democrats
have DONE.
1t will be borne in mind that Pres
ident Wilson announced in 1912 that
contributions would not be accepted
from any corporation and the sworn
statement as well as the books of the
National Committee showed that that
policy had been strictly adhered to.
No contributions will be accepted
from corporations this year,. it is
therefore in perfect harmony with
the proper conduct of the govern
ment to call upon the people for aid
to carry on their campaign. In
1912, there were S9,854 individual
contributors to the Democratic cam
paign, the largest by more than fifty
thousand that ever contributed to
any political campaign. Some one
may say, "Let those fellows who get
the offices pay for the campaign"
but it must not be overlooked that
"those fellows" who fill the offices
are filling offices that belong to you
to the people; these officers are dis
charging everybody's business and
everybody is interested in the way
they discharge their duties and in the
character of men in office. You, the
people, would not want to run any
other business as you allow the gov
ernment run-you would take sensi-
Bile, business steps to see that you
had the best and the most capable
men to run your business.
The names of all contributors will
be published in The Sentinel and
when the amounts are forwarded to
the National Committee, the ac-
knowledgement of the contribution
will also be published.
Come forward at once. See one
of the committee named above.