Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-07-07
Stevens Likes
N0xubee;
NOxu0ee Lines Hln,

I 1eNuaye last %y~h. On leaving lie
4 4g l.aa 4ou. heard much Of NoNu-
c---.. q. worth and attracllNeAees
y t.e u.-L Class u is cluZenr!, uUN
ala ay. aaoT until ne came here
liau a sY.euuIu county ami people We
1aly werl. tie salu tnat N al MS
(Lucal experience ne never enjoyed
p!easanter or more inspiring time
inI from Tie way ne loO"eI ana SPOKE
t. c0u.I see he really meant every
cd ont. :,
J h.. stephens arrived at Brooksvlile
hy ON the noon tram, and spoke
bclo,k in the afternoon. A nota-
Feature Of the occasion was the
number Of women voters VINO
iEme to hear him. From the way
Us hearers listened to him and spoke
u him afterwards he made a distinct
II fine impression-as an earnest con
fientious and loyal man. His speech
Illowed the main lines OF his speech
II Macon later in the day.
c Mr.. Stephens started for Shuqualak
hut was turned back some miles from
Macon Dy a hard rain which came up
Gd made travelling 50 slow that ne
! kould have had no time to spend III
! Guqualak after he got there.
( At 8:l5 in the evening at the court
buse Mr.. Stephens made his a
J 6eech in NoXubee. He was mtroduc-
ii by Col. Z. B. Boyd, who eloquent
paid tribute to his worth and ablli-
~ and his eminent qualifications for
lie place he aspires to. and cordially
\ klcomed him to Macon. He had a
. Irge audience, of which many were
4 bmen voters. He was not only given
. lose attention, but approving atten-
1 ion, and that his hearers were with
\ I'm was manifested all through his
! 1eeeh.
N MIR. Stephens stepped right into
! Je reasons fct his candidacy for
Ne senate; the Importance Of the
i{ffice; the honor Of it: its occupancy
In the past by great Mississipplans-
Nav, Lamar, George, WalthalI Nc
ard last but not least, John
Nharp Williams. All this he appre-
Mated. He here paid a fine tribute to
9sator Williams. whom he hi urg-
i(d to run again but the Senator
,fnind was made up and could not be
! Managed. Mr., Stephens admitted ms
Nick of oratorical powers, but sac
( T. believed in hard work and hare
4ork in Congress had returned hin
Congress five times with increased
hajorities.
IL Many Problems Face Us
III Social problems, economic, tlnan
Vial and various other government
ri problems confront us. We mus
B1pproach the solution Of these prloD,
I&ms with clear heads and open mlnd
Hot minds clouded with poison an
Nate. These problems ai+ most Sc
i kous and not to be solved by arrayln'
: lection against section, class agaihS
I Mass. The thought of the whole PEG
Ole must be brought to bear upo
hem. ,
II Mr.. Stephens said thst here h
tGas going to do something ne ma
Never done before-reply to a charg
'pgainst him. He then quoted trof
AVardaman's Weekly" a charge tina
AIR. Stephens and his friends through
Gut the state had tried to get ladle
2, living in cities and towns to registe
md vote as a public duty and at tn
Same time discouraged ladies Twin
IN the country from voting, saying I
ME latter that it was immodest an
Mnlady like to vote. -.
SBHe was willing to leave the arbitri
lment of the whole question betwee
him and his accuser to the women {
1.-The state, city town and country; h
Nyould be willing to take his chan'
with the women of the state.
Mr.. Stephens read further where
tyas Commanded by his opponen
Register and vote the women of II
ountry," mot" the speaker sa
tget the women to register and vot
but register and vote them, willing
unwilling"
The speaker here explained his vo
Congress against the woman's su
krage constitutional amendment. /
WAS an old-fashioned Democrat WI
believes that this matter should
left to the states, believing that Mi
kissippi would grant women suffrai
whenever a great number OF the
Wanted the suffrage. Now, he b
lieved it, every woman's duty to re
ister and vote.
Record in Congress
His record in Congress. his pa
h the Pujo Monetary Commissi
hpon whose report the Federal r
Eerve bill and especially the FEEDER
Land Loan act were largely grounde
l>his work for good roads, his 100 P
tent record in supporting democrat
liar measures were briefly review'
Hard work rather thar speech-maki
Constituted his record he said
The fundamental principles of t
democratic party he faithfully |
SQeved in being l cyal to his party,
Ms party chief and to his party pl'
Naarm. And especially was this loyaI
he in time of war. His congressiC
record was one hundred per &C
~ val. It was not he who had abus
knd criticized Woodrow Wilson, h
abused and criticized the domocra
4 Reader and administration and civ
braise to no Democrats except T,
Watson and Jim Reed, but much pra
: 10 Republicans.
1i Woodrow Wilson's administrati
he said, would go down on record
i bne of the greatest in the worlds B
\ Tory. Vardaman's Weekly said it v
Lthe most infamous administration