The Tupelo journal., 1918-04-26

matter of Importance. / have seen the young
man lean over a sleeping child, kiss it good
bye, and leave it to the care of it's mother as he
has gone away to the war. have seen the hus-
band bid his wife farewell; | have seen the
gray haired mother clasp her manly boy to her
breast, impress a farewell kiss upon his brow,
then turn away, offer up a silent prayer, and
then turn back to that boy with a smile of en-
couragement and words of comfort and cheer.
And | have realized that the greatest hard
ship, suffering and sacrifice incident to the
war, are borne by the women OF the land.
If l am elected your Congressman, will
do all in my power to relieve this as much as
possible. | will keep up through the war and
navy departments with the boys OF this district
who are enlisted | will be able to know where
they are and what their conditions are at any
time; and | shall be glad at all times when you
do not hear from them to relieve your anxiety
and distress by furnishing you that informa-
ton.
If | am elected your Congressman, | will
answer your letters as promptly as any man
whom you can elect; | will look after any bus
mess you may have in Washington as promptly
as any other man; and / will send you as many
garden seed as any of my opponents so long as
the Government is engaged in the business of
distributing them; and | will endeavor to send
you seeds adapted to the soil and climate of
your section.
| am in favor of restoring to the people
when peace is declared all the rights and pow
ers Of which they have necessarily been depriv-
ed on account of the emergency of the war.
Some people believe that the extraordinary
powers which have been given to the heads OF
departments and other officials for the emer-
gency, should be retained in their hands when
the war is over. They are anxious that we
shall have a strong, centralized federal govern
ment in time of peace, administered by a few
officers invested with great power, while the
rights and powers of the people themselves
shall be hedged about, curbed in, and curtail-
ed. | believe that this republic must be pre-
served not only as an Independent nation OF
the world, but true to the ancient, eternal prln-
ciples of real democracy upon which our faith
ers founded it; as a government by and for the
people as we'll as a government of the people;
a government deriving all its powers from the
consent of the governed, where all sovereignty
resides in the people themselves, who consti-
tute the court of last resort.
| am a democrat by nature, by training
and by choice. l had rather entrust my rights
to the keeping of all the people than to any Sc
lect few, however wise and honest that lew
may be. I realize that the people make some
mistakes, but individuals make them too. We
are all human, fallible and imperfect; and
what we do never reaches entirely to our
ideals. But have spent my life in intimate as
ISOLATION with the common, everyday, hard
working man on whose shoulders rest the bur
dens of this republic. I think understand his
habits. of thought and conduct; | think I know
JlG HlOG1NGS WHICH dCGQdGC HE llLC anu L hAlO
that our government is safe when in his keep
ing. The system is right.
Our country is in safe hands at the front;
for our soldiers and sailors, both volunteer and
draft, will behave in battle as patrioticly, as
CALAMITY, as heroicly and as nobly as any ar
my that ever graced a field. They will pre-
serve this republic now in war and will uphold
her institutions when they return. But there
is a great duty for us to perform before they
come back. Their interest must be protected,
their welfare provided for, and their rights
made secure while they are absent at the front.
If | am elected your Congressman, | will do ev-
erything that | can to add to their comfort and
safety and to restore them to you as soon as
possible.
l am not financially able to buy newspaper space
for advertising and to flood the district with letters at
the high cost of postage. But / sincerely hope that you
will not allow this to handicap me in the race; but that
you will get behind me and push my campaign along.
l need your assistance; and l assure you that there is
no man on earth who will appreciate that assistance
more than /. | am in the hands of my friends and the
people who believe in me. l am doing and shall continue
to do all that any one man can to win this race. But |
need you to help me. For three months at the begin
mig of the year | was in the Senate looking after my
duties and could not do anything in my campaign.
If you do not know who l am and what l stand for,
find out; and if I measure up to the high standard which
great favor if you write me and let me know that you
are helping.
Sincerely yours,
7. x. BOGGAN, Tupelo, Mississippi.
When you have read this article, please send it to
some soldier or sailor and help me to get a copy of it
in the hands of each voter of YOUR community.