Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02

as the maximum age. my stxfy-ons
years excluded me- but five of my
nearest relatives, only two OF dram
age, were among the first TO Volunteers.
from the adjacent homes Of myseaf,
brother and sister.
President Wilson's Stand.
President Wilson has IN no case 10
tsrvened as between candidates whose
patriotism and fidelity are undoubted.
and viii never do SO. / supported him
actively IN his first race, when both
OF my competitors, and all Of thu
other Congressman from Mississippi
opposed him for one OF their own num-
Der, Mr.. Underwood. In speaking Of
the dozen Senators. who, according 70
Mr. McAdoo. were the authors of the
most tragic incident in the war-ths
filibustering tc death Of tho bill to aur
thorize the arming of merchant YES
sells. In self-defense. President Wilson
said. "A little group Of willfui mon.
REPRESENTING NO OPINION BUT
THEIR OWN, have rendered the great
government OF the United States
HELPLESS AND CONTEMP'rrBLB"
Regardless of factionalism or party
lines, defeat will, and ought to come
to each member OF this group. To
vote for any of them Is to endorse
their action and to discredit the Presi-
dent and our government and to en-
dorse the action President Wilson con-
,demned
Az summed up in one OF the Harrf
son campaign postcard pictures, his
chief reliance is the claim that the peo-
pie can't afford to risk Senator Vardar
man, who has constantly embar-
raised his President, party and coun-
Try" The assumption that there Ii
no escape from such a. catastrorele, en-.
capt by electing Mr.. Harrison must
be based on the idea that factionalfsm
fellowship is the only door of official
lpreferment; or else that the govern
ment-paid assistance to Congressman
in the way of clerks, postage and cleris
cal assistance makes them invincibis
as against man from private Life
Possibly the realizat ton of the fact, by
many OF the friends of each of my
competitors that the bitter antagon-
ism that has been engendered between
the two has rendered my success. a.
against either OF them, In second
primary, assured, and that, therefore,
my candidacy should be ignored or
deceitfully moderated in order that
the chances of each might be improved
by running against the other.
The assertion that Mr.. Harrison
could have been reelected to Congress
without opposition, but was persuaded
by people to run for the Senate, Is an
improbable assertion If only the peo-
pie responsible for such persuasion
voted for him. he would probably lose
every precinct in Mississippi Cover
nor Bilbo announced for Congress-, az
was published in the newspapers, sew
eral weeks before Mr.. Harrison an
nounced for the Senate; and Mr.. Har-
rison then returned to his district and
overlooked the situation for about two
weeks and announced for the Senate,
doubtless preferring that race to q
fight with Governor Bilbo or liking
the Senate better.
My services Of eight years in the
State Senate, and my work there, In
GLIDING the primary election law, and
many other important reforms, and my
uiy nal
much or more knowledge of parlisr
mentary practice and governmental
workings than is possessed by either
of my opponents. Besides, this war
will result in great moral, social and
political reform, including the correc-
ton of much extravaganza and other
political abuses. The infusion OF some
rev blood In the Senate will greatly
help these reforms, and may lead to
the exclusion from the Senate, by ex-
pulsion or otherwise, OF Senator La
Toilette and others OF his kind
My election would mean that pa
triotism has risen above factionalism;
and that those who have contributed.
from their immediate families, pri-
Yates in the army. as well as officers,
would be in full touch with every phase
OF army life; that deeds instead OF
words would be the distinguishing fea-
ture of the choice of Senator; and
there would be, so far as / could ef-
feet that end, square deal for every
one.
II. b. NOEL