The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-04-25
Washington. D. c. April 18th
1918.

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\ am a candidate for reelection
to Congress, subject to the action of
the Democratic Party inlthe Primary
Election to be held on the second
Tuesday in August next. | have to
the best of my ability, faithfully and
conscientiously discharged every
duty devolving upon me. ! have
promptly answered your letters and
attended to your business without
delay. / am Democrat and there
fore, since | have been in Congress,
| have upheld the Democratic or
ganization and supported the DEM
ocratic Administration since it has
been in power, and stood by Presi-
dent Wilson since he has been Presi-
dent, and will continue to do so.
America must win the war and
my sincere prayer is that victory
shall come and peace be secured at
the earliest possible date and our
boys over there" be brought back
to their homes and loved ones with
out unnecessary delay. want to be
reelected so | can help in every way
possible to bring about this result.
l have been your Congressman since
the awful times began and am fami-
liar with what has been done up to
the present. l submit to you
whether you believe it would be bet
ter for the First District. The
State of Mississippi, and the United
States of America and our brave
boysin the Army and Navyto change
your present Congressman in the
midst of this terrible war, if you
have found him prompt efficient,
faithful and true, and take the risk
OF an experiment in electing a new
and untried man, without expert
ence in Congress, or personal know
ledge of the workings of the several
Departments and various Bureaus
of the Government, or personal ac-
quaintance with the officials in
charge of them. You would not, |
feel sure, change a faithful employee
in your business or on your farm in
times of stress and danger and put
in his place a man without expert
ence to attend to your private affairs.
If, you would not, then why do so
in your very important public affairs.
President Wilson and Members
of Congress are devoting their time
and attention, almost to the exclu-
sion of everything else at the pre-
sent. to the one, all absorbing ques-
ton of winning the war and securing
victory and then peace at the earli-
est possible moment. This is a
time when there should be no divi-
sions, but all should be united in
the one supreme purpose of winning
the war, and giving loyal and loving
support, to the brave boys who are
giving their services, and many of
them their lives, to save us and our
country. and civilization, from de-
struction. Any deviation from this
standard of conduct, under present
conditions, would be deviation
from true Americanism. | shall
do at all times everything possible
for our great Country and our boys
in the service of Uncle Sam"
am on two of the great Commit
tees of the House, to-wit:-The Com
mittee on Agriculture and the Com
mittee on Water Power, both of
which are considering very impor-
tant war measures, at the personal
request of the President. If you
have any doubt in your mind as to
whether | am doing my part in, the
great work here, and faithfully at
tending TO my duties, and standing
by the Democratic Administration
and the President, invite you to
write to our great Speaker, Hon.
Champ Clark, our splendid Demo-
cratic Leader, Hon. Claude Kichin,
The Chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture, Hon, A. f. Lever, The
Chairman of the Water Power Com
mittee, Hon. T. w. Sims, or any
Democratic Member in Congress,
from any State of this Union, as to
my efficiency faithfulness, and stand
ing in Congress, and | will cheer
fully abide by what they say about
me and my service. But, for the
fact that the President, is now the
busiest man in the world, / would