The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

u,ill struggle IN vain. MS !HlSsLCIl o."
the mission of his children and thelr
children and their children VIII De 70
,,roduce and sell as much cotton aS
POSSIBLE at the least possible cost 70
The spinners, to the END that veg
few and very wise PATROLS "no
iiobt 10 serve their country at one
Isiior year NAV not perish from the
aartb, or from the recollection Vi
men. -, o,1 ono
which calls upon every man IN the
cotton producing states to sho" MS
colors.
came back to Texas, partly on bu,
siness. partly to get CLEAN OF rear
| sunshine, In Austin, where for man!
1,eors I labored ACCORDING to the ilghIs
| before me to build up state, anu
| Iy senate where / once served lnVlteu
no m make a talk. In twenty minutes
| I hoiied down the articles have Deeh
Writing from Washington for farm
and Ranch. The Houston Post ana
,nT+ Worth Record said | had maze
on anneal for legislation to Tx the
rico Of cotton at forty cents. Inc
.,ory, reverse was true. / seconded the |
,nneaI of the Southern commissioners
, Il agriculture and presidents OF
FARMERS Unions that the War Trace
Roard and all other government
boards shall take their hostile hanos
off cotton and give it chance. ~.
! One state senator SAID 10 me ina.
10 endorsed most of what l sald, out
that he didn't think Should nave
4 criticised the government.
t Why not? Did we not say that lree
S ,peech ought to rule IN Germany
: WHY should it be forbidden In Ihe
n | United States!
y aonrSre NV convictions that the presi-
- 49, dos not know what has been
4 -oing ON in MANY CT the departments
o md bureaus at Washington, and that
n he ought not be held responsible Tor
10 ranv things that will sooner or later
2 1rouse the intense indignation OF the
" whole American people. Every wen
Is informed man knows that storm Is
il arewing, and that it will break when
X. the calcium is turned in full force IN
10 on all the proceedings of the jumped
4 nm bureaus and boards that were hur-
* riedlv organized at Washington 70
ID holm Twin the war" The republicans
Al are waiting their opportunity, anc
III mere than half of the democratic
4 senator's will energetically assist to
NJ brow on the light. The senate toof
al orders during the war, but 1t cha1ec
nj under the collar. Now, it is emancl
or oated And, to use the expressive Ian
NJ mage of the late George Clark. o.
90 rexas. uttered en- the day when n
ais list tackled Jim Hogg, at Cameron
,rk the lion has begun to roar, and In
tel | Allowing"
de Somebody in the House of Repre-
use ,entatives evidently heard OF my re
he marks made before the state senat
Law and the result was the adoption
T." he following resolution:
.'To the Honorable Speaker OF Tn
red House of Representatives,
ON Whereas, Cotton is the princlHi
the commercial product of Texas ana IN
me South, and the conditions whlch al
au- now prevail ling have precipitatea
mt, cotton producing, mercantile ana u
i'm banking interests OF the South crlS
fraught with grave menace to II
,ev- present welfare of this section rs we
leir as the future prosperity lncreoi' al
hev "Wheress. Senator Z. @. Senter
f. Texas has been in New York ar
hen Washington for the past eighties
igal months studying cotton ana ec1ron'
in conditions, and has the fullest know
ked edge and most VaIuaple iitoIn''tn
AXE concerning Gotten conditions that
> il pcssible for man to obtain; thereto
ion. be it
here Resolved, That you invite SeHat
row. Serter to address the Legislature
ton. oper session from l 80 to p. IN.
ern- day"
and
While | was addressing the Hor
IN response to this resolution, a me
ness her of that body sent up TO the oil
rous form by page the following inguli
that "Tell us why your 'speech will
ever be reDorted in the papers"
is to | attempted no answer to that gu
ever ton. and | have none now. 1t
Ca however, something Of a coilcldel
that although | spoke in complain
with a resolution formally adopted
was the House, there was no mention
issed the fact in the daily newspapers
Texas. so far IS ! have observed
mer- am not a candidate for anything
otton for anybodys favor. | have hve'
free lance and will die q free lar
'irty- AS long as l shall live. so help
anted God, | intend to stand for the well
airing of my own people and against
been alliance to take from them uniu
in.ess a part Of the fruits of their seV
toll. / have worked in the cot
pound patch, and know what it means
mar
The policy of the government
Istrial ours. directed by NJ. Bernard Bal
East
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