The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-06-11
PAT HARRISON AT HIS OLD
STAMPING GROUND IN WAYNE.
Distinguished Mississippi Senator
Received by Large Audience
at County Seat.
WAYNEsBOR0, Miss, June r.

WAYNESBOR0, Miss, June T.
United States Senator Pat Harrison
was a welcome visitor in Waynes-
boro yesterday.
When slightly more than 81 years
of age, the senator was elected dis
trict attorney ofkthe Wayne judicial
circuit, where heaserved until elected
to congress. The senator expressed
his delight IN being back on his old
stamping ground. Before a capacity
audience the distinguished Mississip-
plan spoke for over an hour in re-
view of the accomplishments of the
last Democratic administration. He
criticized the inconsistencies and ex-
travagances of the present Republi-
can administration but did not touch
on Mississippi politics.
In his structures of the Republl-
cans, he declared that they were
working for the interests, but were
at the same time trying to fool the
American farmers with sop Of pro
tective tariff on agricultural pro
ducts, which in realty would ulti-
mately operate against the interests
of the farming classes. Referring to
our people who are already burdened
with low prices and high taxes, he
said they might as well prepare for
still higher taxes, with no better
prices in view that taxes would be
lowered on big business but would
be increased on the common people,
and predicted that the minimum in
come subject to taxation would still
be further lowered.
Apologize Democrats.
Senator Harrison paid his respects
with characteristic vigor, to the
"apolgetic" Democrats of the coun-
Try. He said that the Democratic
party has ever been and still the
friend of the common people, that
it stands today where it has ever
stood as the champion OF the rights
of the people and against class legis-
lation of every kind, that Democrat
ic principles have not changed and
need no apologists.
"Any man has a right to change
his views upon any question" said
the senator "but he has not the right
to advocate principles different from
those enunciated by the Democratic
party, and still parade himself as a
Democrat. If man advocates Re
publican principles, he should be
man enough to proclaim himself as
a Republican"
Referring to the present great
distress arising from unemployment,
low prices and high taxes, he said
that the thousands of "apologetic"
Democrats who assisted in the elec-
ton of the Republican ticket last fall
should stop now, and in their sorrow
and distress compare conditions now
with the conditions which existed
during during the last nenoeratic admins
But Senator Harrison prophesled
better day, day when things
again will return to normal, but that
day would never come till there is
some kind of agreement between the
nations of the earth to do away with
wars-call it a covenant of nations,
or what not-but such an agreement
20 enforce peace will surely come.
The senator said if the United
States senate ratified the Covenant
of the League of Nations as soon as
presented by President Wilson, that
all Central Europe would now be
purchasing our raw materials, that
| the wheels of industry everywhere
would be humming overtime, and
this country enjoying the greatest
! prosperity of it's history,