The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-06

ouiltry. ii does seem to me that II the
aoys are willing to 90 forth ana fight
and give up their lives. II need be- for
/ he country. we ought to be willing to-
withhold any comment that will hamper
their successful operations.
1t was said by one OF the great states
linen OF England that success to the
lilies cause does not depend exclusively
upon the armies OF the allies, but that
success to the allies cause depends equal
Y as much upon the mora1s bs OF the
must be organized and II the people be-
Ihind the lines crack the armies VIII
rack; The morale , 81 the people enters
ready from France we have received a
message from General Pershing to be
united. that the merican boys now fight
encouraged.
Unity Needed IN Crisis.
:, Profiting by the experience Of every
ibclligerent nation, 1t was manifest that
ilegislation. must be passed increasing the
,foodstuffs Too long has the speculator,
middle man and common hoarder robbed
the honest farmer OF the fruits OF his
labor. These statistics showed too plainly
that the high prices OF foodstuffs paid by
the consum ar was not realized by the pro-
lducer. So the House OF Representatives.
by unanimous vote, passed a food con-
troll BILL giving large powers to the Presi-
dent in controlling prices. guaranteeing
Ito the farmers fair prices, prohibiting
further boarding and speculation and Gre
might be sustained and the farmer and
consumer protected. This bill went to
the Senate. aHd although the junior Sem
lator from Mississippi voted for. T.. he
consistently criticized 1t and assisted In
delaying its passage.
1t was In one of his SIP seches In the de-
bate Of this bill that he congratulated
protesting against the selectve draft bill
recently passed by that government re-
ferring to this law as an act Of ''inJus-
i My ana yneess Of su t tn You
whether or not it Is patriotic for one
holding high and responsible office. a
leader among men. to voice such senti-
when the selective draft plan for raising
an army must fail or succeed. when the
young men who are enlisting must be en-
couraged or discouraged, for him to ex-
press such sentiments as these? 1t would
seem that those who are not enlisted In
the war ought to be good enough and
patriotic enough to try to unity the sem
timent of America against the common
foe. In the civil war it Is said soldiers
around the campfires of the northern and
southern armies would sing this SONG;
Tell the traitors all around you
That their cruel words we know,
In every battle kill our soldiers,
BY the aid they give the foe
commend that sentiment-the truth
of which cannot be denfed-to those pub
lie servants of today who are sowing the
seeds CT dscord and endangering the sue
cessful prosecution OF the war. And those
who would persist then in their efforts,
let me remind them OF poor. big, divided
Russia, whose resources are Unlimited.
whose power Is uneycelled. a majority OF
whose people are patriotic, yet through
the backfire Of unpatriotic. disgruntled
citizens, her present plight has come to
enough, let me commend to them those
brave, heroic women who snatched arms
from the retreating Russian traitors and
threw themselves in the path of the on
rushing Germans.
Nardaman obstructlonlst.
The record of the junior Senator from
Mississippi has been one Of consistent
obstruction and opposition to the leaders
of his party. Looking down the vista OF
the past we can plainly see that II he
and five other Senators with whom he
stood had not strangled the shipping blu
an enormous cost. could have been bought
or constructed at great saving to the
country. The farmers of the country.
who are forced to suffer increase in
transportation rates on their cotton from
s2:25 to $500 a bale. would have saved
millions of dollars. II that bill had
passed our citizens might have travelled
on our own vessels on the high seas and
war might have been averted. II the OPP
position; in that instance. lhaa not arissn9
others believing as he did. touching the
right Of our citizens to 'ttayel the high
seas, had been withheld. Germany prob
ably would not have come to the con-
clusion that there was a division of senti-
ment In this country, and without this
encouragement she might not have
broken her pledges to our government and
renewed her unrestricted submarine war;
fare.
If the junior Senator from Mississippi
and those with whom he stood had Cos
pairing this country as desired by the
President and IN passing the armed neu-
trality bill. Germany would have appre-
ciated how fixed was our purpose and
tain our rights and In all probability
would have respected them.
Practically every move Of the junior
Senator from Mississippi since the deela-
ration of war has been against his party
and the government. Only last weak In
q prepared statement. given to the press,
said in speaking of Germany. that Amer
lea had merely entered the war to "stab
her in the back. while England and
France have her down
Unfair to Mississippi.
tor here, ask you can you possibly APP
prove that utterance. Aren't you sorry
he made it? You who have boys already
gone to war-you who have sons who
will go to warts 1t fair to them, who are
to risk their lives in defense Of their
nations honor. who are giving up thslF
all to fight for humanity and democracy.
to have 1t said of the cause In which
they are fighting that 1t is merely one
Of stabbing Germany in the back?
! love Mississippi ! love my state
with all the devotion that any radical
state and it's people; love it's history and
its traditions and the part its leaders
have played in every crisis OF that hiss
tory. What ideals ! have today are In
spired by the splendid deeds and chivalry
of our fathers. And Mississippi in all her
where honor was at stake, has played a
most commanding part. AT New Orleans.
under Thomas Kinds, it was Mississippi
riflemen that saved the day. In the Mex
lean war it was Mississippian, John A:
Quitman, who first scaled the heights Of
Chapultepec. And It was q Misslssippdani
Jefferson Davis who at Buena Vista first
gave to military science the celebrates
V" formation. / need not mention the
names of those great leaders and the
splendid soldiers who shed luSter and
glory upon Mississippi from 81 to IS and
In the Spanish-American war. but IN
every crisis when national honor was at
stake Mssissippians have been the first
to rally to the cause.
And as love my state love my party,
the party that stood by the white people
Of the south in the black days OF recon-
struction. the party that has ever stood
for justice for all men, special privileges
to none. And as love my party. love
my country, the country the flag OF which
has never been trailed in defeat. whose
soldiers have never proven unworthy and
whose citizenship is as patriotic as ever