Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-13

siastic and cordial support" he re-
fused to vote on final passage for the
act providing for the raising OF our
national army. He did not give that
war measure his enthusiastic and
cordial support; on the contrary, Mt
page 933 of the Congressional Record
First session, Goth Congress, in speak.
ing on the floor of the Senate, he
said: THE republic that must be de-
Tended by ccnscript soldiery has
about run its course and ought to
change its form OF government. The
lconscript and convict have been held
by patriotic, brave men in equal con
tempt" No more splendid men are
in the world than compose our nation
al army, and am wondering whether
the mothers and fathers of those
young men now being trained AMI
fighting to protect our nations honor
appreciate their sons being classed as
i"convict"
They will not forget the Senator's
faction in opposing the aviation bill
and making a speech in the United
States Senate against tia bill the
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 OPP
position of the Senator to those meas
ures designed to prevent the newspa-
pers 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
4 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 to place on the stat
ute books the law that would punish
dsloyalty and sedition. The Senator
did not then manifest those splendid
qualities of courage and independence
to which some of his friends often al
lude. The Senator, by his own utter
ances never did believe in the 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 Senator from MISSISSIPPI
pi. The Senator may now by APP
peals to Mississippians fore the Red
Cross and Y NJ. c.. A, and the sale Of
Liberty bonds, profess his loyalty and
devotion to the cause, but MississiD
plans will not forget. nor can it bs
effaced from the minds of the people
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 IL
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 interference on the part
of Germany with commerce be-
tween New York and London.
have always thought it was a mat
ter of pecuniary profit, and
think SO still, but have no objec-
ton to discussion. If the SUBJ
marine warfare had not interfered
WIFI DuSlHCSS anu
would, In my judgment, probably
have been no war;"
"By their fruits we shall know
them" is as true today as it was when
uttered by the Savior of men in the
Sermon on the Mount When the Sen
ator on that occasion, in his office
dictated that interview and give it in
prepared form to the newspapers lie
was expressing his honest sentiments
and his deliberate judgment; he was
expressing what was IN his heart, and
the way he felt about this war II he
thought four months and five days
after our entrance into the war that
he had always thought it was purely
a matter of pecuniary profit" and that
he thought $50 STILL" and that "the
! cause of this war was the interference
on the part of Germany with com.
merce between New York and Lon
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