The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-07-25

and the support Of our boys in INC
trenches that has not had my entnu-
elastic and cordial support" ne re-
fused to vote on final passage for the
oct proyiding for the raising OF our
national army. He did not give that
war measure his enthusiastic and
cordial support; on the contrary, NJ
mare 933 of the Congressional Record,
First session, G5th Congress, n speak
ing on the floor of the Senate, he
said. 1.-THE republic that must be de.
tended by a conscript soldiery has
about run it's course and ought to
change its form of government. The
conscript and convict have been held
,bv patriotic. brave men in equal con
TEMPT" No more splendid men ara
in the world than compose our nation
al army, and I am wondering whether
the mothers and fathers of those
Young men now being trained and
lighting to protect our nations honor
appreciate their sons being classed as
Convict"
They will not forget the Senator's
action in opposing the aviation bill
and making a speech in the United
States Senate against ia bill ths
purpose Of which was to expend six
hundred and forty millions of dollars
in providing airplanes to prosecute
the war. They will not forget the op'
position of the Senator to those meas
ures designed to prevent the newspa-
.Ders Of the country from publishing
the movements of the army and the
navy and in Furnishing the treasona-
Bile, abusive and disloyal utterances
Of German sympathizers and Hun
coated patriots in this country. They
will not forget that only three weeks
ago, on the 4th day of May, 1918, at
y o'clock, in the Senate Of the United
States, he deliberately recused HIM
self from the Senate chamber and
failed to vote on the adoption OF the
conference report toJplace on the stat
ute books the law that would punish
disloyalty and sedition. The Senator
did not then manifest those splendid
qualities Of courage and Independence
to which some Of his friends often al
Jude. The Senator, by his own utter
ances never did believe inethe justice
Of our cause that forced us into the
war He has not given the admins
tration or the government, since the
war resolution was passed, that
whole-hearted, sincere support that is
expected of a Senatory from Mississip-
pi. The Senator may now, by ap
peals to Mississippians for the Red
Cross and Y. NJ. C. A, and the sale OF
Liberty bonds, profess his loyalty AND
devotion to the cause. but Mississip'
plans will not forget nor can it be
effaced from the minds of the people
of America, that four months and five
days after the United States entered
the war against Germany, namely. on
the 18th day of August, 1917, the Sen
ator, in a carefully prepared state
ment which he gave to the press-a
statement that he dare not deny, and
has not denied, and will not deny
said:
"Then again it was proposed II
we did not fight Germany now
stab her in the back while Eng
land and France have her down.
that we would have to fight her
alone, and other excuses or
causes, imaginary { and real, for
war were assigned. Now, person
ally, | think the cause Of this war
was the nterferepce on the part
of Germany with commerce be-
tween New York and London.
have always thought it was mat
ter of pecunary profit, and
think so still, but have no objec-
ton to discussion. If the SUBJ
marine warfare hadino interfered
with business and profits there
would, in my Judgment, probably
have been no war;"
by their fruits We fyshall
them" is as true today asst wa
uttered Ia the Savior ofsme
Sermon on the Mount. WhG
ator on that occasion, in
dictated that interview and
prepared form to the new
was expressing his honest
and his deliberate judgme
expressing what was in h
the way he felt about thi
thought four months a.
after our entrance into
he had always thought
a matter of pecuniary p
he thought 80 STILL"