The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-07-27

American people is that Of war She
said ten million men We're killed dur
ing the last great struggle, and that
tne war cost the United States "a bill
lion dollars. She believes that before
there shall be declaration Of war.
save IN cases Of invasion, the matter
should be submitted to a vote Of the
people
She believes in bonus for soldiers.
but without an additional dollars tax
on the people. She stated, however.
that the government is doing a great
deal for the soldiers, and mentioned
several Of the vocational training
schools as an evidence. She believes
that a bonus should be given in the
way Of lands, declaring that homes
add to the dignity Of character.
Taxation, tariff, lower rents and
lower rate Of interest are the things
which affect the masses Of the people
most, said the speaker. She strongly
advocated big inheritance tax. be-
lieving that much more money could
be secured in this way.
MISS kearney stated that she has
been lecturing at chautauquas for the
past twelve years and has command
ed as large salaries as any woman
on the platform; that she had invest
ed her money in bonds, but realizing
that in this way it was escaping tax
alton, she sold her bonds and BOUGHT
a house and lot in jackson.
The speaker wondered why il was
that there are SO few women in the
state who own property, though many
had inherited estates from relatives.
Her only conclusion was that prob
ably, male members of the family in
duced them to deed it over TO them on
the plea that men are better qualified
to handle property than women.
Miss Kearney advocates the Gre
alton of a strong bipartisan tariff
commission to fix the duty on all tax
able commodities.
The speaker declared that the |
greatest need Of the American people |
today is education. There are twen- |
ty-seven million educable children. |
and not more than one-half of this |
number are in the schools. She fav-
ors a national department of educa- |
ton. She said that ten times as |
many people are employed in the live |
stock department than are employed /
for the education Of children, and
that four times as much money is /
spent on live stock as is spent on the |
children Of the country Here she |
related the story of the man who was |
economizing on chicken feed by mix |
ing sawdust with the bran. The I
scheme worked admirably until hen |
stole a nest away, and when she I
brought in her brood, four had block |
heads, four wooden legs and the 9TH /
ers were wood peekers The appl- |
cation made was that if the people !
did not mind incoming generations |
may be block-headed She heartily /
favors compulsory education. She de- |
slared that the child has two inalien- |
able rights to be born without COM /
disease and to be educated, /
and it is criminal to withhold either.
The speaker told of having deliver /
ed an address in portion Of the state /
70 people, one-third Of which, she was /
told, could neither read nor write. /
Some one said all Of thcsn were sup
oorters Of Vardaman, but after her /
speech many Of the women pledged /
their support
She referred to Vardaman-Bilbo- |
Russell as an infamous company Of |
men who have ground the state down !
under their heels by melting race /
and driving out capital. She 1
declared that it is disgrace not to /
drive ont these politicians who have |
disgraeed themselves. Slse referred |
to the State Text Book Commission,
declaring that graft Go the amount Of |
quarter Of a million dollars had TAX /
en- place, declaring that she had been /
told that the governor was RESPONSE /
ble She wants the state educational |
taken out Of the hands Of |
the governor and his trustees and |
placed under the care Of educators
She said there has been too much |
prejudice in the past against women |
holding office, but that this is rapidly
dying out.
After stating that she had seen I
too drunk while in Wash |
ington to attend the sessions Of con-
gress, she pledged her hearers very /
positively that if elected they should |
never be disgraced by her ever gett-
ing in that condition.
She announced that she had been |
notified BY the authorities of this /
county and DeSoto county that it |
would cost her nothing to get her I
name placed ON the election ticket, /
and thanked the people for this con-
AT the conclusion Of her talk, Miss |
Kearny stated that no large bank ac-
count or friends Of means were behind I
her candidacy, and that Mrs Jarratt I
would stand at the door SO that all
who we're willing to assist financially /
IN her campaign might do 50.
Miss Kearny was literally applaud /
ed throughout her address, and it was T
very plain that the overwhelming /
part Of her hearers were IN hearty K
sympathy with her.