East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-16
! T. K B0GGAN ANSWERS CHARGES MADE BY HIS OPPONENTS

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thought relative to the principle,
of right and justice between mel
but that thought has found its
way luto the law. No honest man
ever studied law without being
made a better, nobler aud more
useful man by that study. No
man can tell what his own bi
means after be has written it unle>.
he is familiar with the principles
OF construction which the courts
apply in determining the meaning
ot statutes. Familiarity with
these principles Gun be obsained
only by close, careful, persisted
study Of the law books.
Tbe people tell me taat Mr.
Magruder has been the attorue,
for railroad corporation oil bis
life aud that they will not elect a
mau to Congress whose training
has been in that school unless be
measures up 10 higher standard
then his opponents, Every psrson
who has heard Mr.. Magruder
speak realizes that he does not
measure up to auy higher staneard
than the other men i'll the race; in
tact, he is disappointment to
many Of his friends in he.showlug
that he is making ou the stump,
Mr.. Gambler has been telling the
people, | understand, that | was
not making any fight on the record
he had made. lie has indicated in
his speeches that this was evidence
that there was nothing to criticize
about his record. 1t is no difficult
task lo tiud grounds for criticism
in the record which MIR. Gambler
has made and still more in the re-
cord which ne has not made. III
my speeches ! have pointed out
the Inconsistency between his ex.
plantations Of his conduct aud tue
conduct itself. did not deem II
necessary " ~ into any further dis
cusslOu vi nun, Gnd | have SAID
less about hun than | would have
said few years ago, for | do not
believe it right to hit man when
he is down.
Mr.. Rankin made the race on the
autl-preparedneSs platform two
\ ears ago when the feeling against
preparedness was at the highest
point of lis popularity. But, even
then, he was defeated by more lha .
LOGO votes. ne ut first made Lhls
a Dragging contest and went ovel
tie dlstalcG claiming lhe
earth and the tnlDess
thereof with q high. board fence
around it. He criticized me toI
saying that the cause OF our en-
trance into the war was q dead
issue and boastel of his war recotd
iu his speech at FultonsIast Sept
1ember, But after the people HAD
reached the conclusion at which
arrived in the beginning reIatlye!t
our entrance into into the. war
MIR, Rankin adopted the: ldentlca
view winch he had erltlclz2d'
He dropped his war record to-
when the facts abuut II leaked ont
While a number.o Tupeio boys
.why were IN the draft age and knew
that they would have to go to th'
war, were trying to organize loca'
}eUmpany in oruer that they nigh
stand am ing ;tbe,r friends at th'
battle front conscious OF the FAC
thst If one should fall, his bod!
would be carried TO the rear ny th'
owing hsuds OF childhood assocl-
ates, Mr.. Rankin was giving ou
interviews to the newspapers lead
;ng those BOYS aud the public tt
hsteye that he had teuaered HI
services to. the Secretary OF Wa
,pc, noitionatv and in good tal'I
exoectiug them to be accepted
He even said in his speech a
F,,Itou, Just as soon as war wa
uith William JeuElug