The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1917-10-05


AS loyal Americans, we owe to our
Government allegiance and fealty.
Is lYgal Democrats, we owe this al
legiance and fealty to the great
Democratic Party.
The world war has brought a cri-
sis in our Government and has
brought time of stress and danger
1t is a time that all loyal Americans
should rally to the help and support
of the Government. They should aid
and enthusiastically back the Com
lnander-in-Chief of our Army and
Navy.
1t is likewise a time when loyal
Democrats should rally to the sup
port of the Democratic Party and
adhere to its principles, stand by its
administration, and enthusiastically
and earnestly support the titular head
of the party, the great Democratic
President, Woodrow Wilson. In
this time of stress and danger, with
world war on our hands, we want in
Congress men who are afame with
patriotic zeal and fervor, and who
will help formulate and pass admi-
stration measures. We want no man
there who will obstruct or delay the
great measures for the successful
prosecution of the world war.
We have with US today as speaker
on this occasion one who has borne
prominent, conspicuous and honor
able part in formulating and passing
the great war measures of the admi-
ration One who, by his loyal, able,
and sympathetic support of the
Democratic administration, has al
of~ the party place of prominence
and honor He believes in team
work and has done opened team work
in Congress. My friends, this is a
time above all others when we need
team work in then United States
Senate. / have been friend and
supporter of the junior senator, Sen
ator Vardaman. have admired his
brilliant intellect, his commanding
ability, and his wonderful magnetism.
| have not always agreed with his
policies, bat j have been his loyal
friend and supporter, but now we
have come to the parting of the ways.
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country and any man, choose my
country The trouble with our jun
ior senator is that he will not do
team work. In the successful pro-
secuticn of the war against Germany
he refuses to do team work. Be
cause he is not allowed to make all
the rules of the game and be pitcher,
manager, captain and umpire, all at
the same time, he curses the rules,
knocks the team, and roots for the
enemy.
To me, my friends, the great issue,
the vital, the overshadowing, the
paramount issue, at this time is the
SdcceSSIul prosecution VI tHc Wal. All
other issues and all other questions
sink into insignifcance when COM
paredSwith this Your boys and mine
are making the supreme sacrifice in
giving themselves to win the war,
and you and ! must sacrifice too. We
must sustain and back them in this
great fight. AS Americans and as
Mississippians we must place no one
in authority, and especially in the
United States Senate, who will OBJ
struct and delay the successful pro-
secution of the war. and who will not
enthusiastically and earnestly sup
port all measures intended for its
successful accomplishment.
In my humble judgement no man
in America, by his speeches and his
interviews and his actions, has done
more to obstruct and embarrass the
measures Of the administration and
the cause Of America against Ger
smanv. with the possible exception Of