The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-07-18


~ Ter HE country s~1 srssHonn's heiy
eaass, u Bssds be, ane 20 noe feel
thet when hs 10 called 10 march sway
~ kAaAd that he will resemble O cor.
v>sA Ne, Senator. whom ! sss him
ssarsh prVtdiy away. under ths nag
20 HE country, do not feel thss he "
In company witk, and The esmPaalen
- osssvieks, merely bsoauss no has
been eaiied 20 serve HE country In
thls great war, and ! tAInk that the
comparison made by you 10 an affront
70 svssy seed, Isw-abiains, iibsrty-iov-
Ing citizen ~ this great country.
No. Senator, you and DO not agree
~ to your course. think the Sensts
of the United States should have pass.
Cd the Ship Purchase Bill. the Armed
Neutrality Bill, the resolution dsciA :
ing war. the Selectivs Draft Bill. and
. great many other democratic meas
ures. which you and few puny demo
Gratis and republicans have voted
against and in this way tried TO tie
the hands Of our great President
Feeling this way about It, cannot
support you, cannot follow you long
or. and cannot distribute your litera-
1ure, which believe disseminstes pol
son. as II Is an appeal to the masses
for the purpose OF placing you
in position again where you can
stiil fetter your Government In the
prosecution Of this war. have
kept mp with your course in the Sen
ate as best could, and from your rec
ord find that you have never said one
word commendatory Of England, Bal
GUM, France, Italy, Serbia, or Rou
mania. The fact is all that you have
had to say apparently was commenda-
tory OF Germany. Your powerful voice
seems never to have been raised IN de-
Tense of the Allies.
Senator. ! have always thought yer
wsfe q great, man OF the psopie, but
your course has led mo TO believe that
your sympathy and feelings and ludo.
ment are now against 10, and that
your every act. and deed has been to
deter and fetter those IN office from
vigorously prosecuting &hls war to a
successful conclusion. You have com.
rnended the acts Of some Of the Cana
dams In rebeiilno against their eesn.
try when IL called them. There ls
practically no scdltlon In Mississippi,
and II there 10, don't you think that
your acts. are largely the cause Of Il:
You know when . great man goss
wrong IL 70 easy 10 take q following.
You seem to have pretended to offer
your services to the Army. Why should
you offer your services to fight and to
die In war brought on by "ths Inter.
ference on the part Of Germany with
eommeres, between New York and
London7"
Surely you would not have offered
to fight to assist and save those rich
New York and London profiteers. n
such there are.
No. Senator. shall not scatter your
literature. | shall stand by my coun-
try and do all that can in my hum.
BILE way to see that the right results
are accomplished. and that Germany
may be conquered In the end. II you
still want your literature distributed.
advise me to whom to deliver It and I
shall do so.
! do not feel that when my son eur
rendered hls life under the American
flag In France that he was then assist
Ing England TO stab Germany In the
back. do not think Il becoming of
you 10 make such charge against
any unfortunate American lad in
France. even though Il might be your
own son.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) J. H. McDERM1T.