The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-29
P. E. QUIN SPEAKS TO
LARGE CROWD HERE
First Political Address in Sew
eral Years to Draw Good
Audience.

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tics' in other parts of the State anC
there may have been little or non'
in Brookhaven and Lincoln county {
few weeks ago as evidenced at thai
time by the forty or fifty voters wht
assembled themselves together tC
hear first H. D. Stephens, candidate
for the U. S. SenateSand second, Miss
Kearney, his opponent, but Thursday
evenin when Percy Quin" spoke
There was a reversal of minds, eyi.
IDENTIFY.
The City Ha1l's seating capacity
was taxed to the utmost, many cars
having come in from the country
and vicinity showing a general in
terest in the election of Congress-
man from the 7th District.
The speaker was introduced by
Hon. HI. Cassidy.
In beginning his speech Mr.. Quin
thanked the people of this vicinity
for their loyalty in the past.
He then briefly reviewed the sit
uation of the United States in the
period 1918-1920, recalling the dis
satisfaction over high prices whose
decline has not been sufficient to
relieve the strain produced by the
high cost Of living. The Democratic
president, then in the White House
was helpless to relieve the situation
because there was Republican ma
jority of forty five in the House OF
Representatives, and one. secured by
corrupt use of money in Michigan,
according to the higher courts, in
the Senate. Then Wall street saw
to it that "handpjcked" man was
given the nomination for president.
The strain and dissatisfaction of
the past war period operated to ia
vor the plans of organized capital.
Even some remote Southern states
showed a desire for a complete
change of administration. The re-
suit was that Harding was elected
by seven million majority the
greatest in history.
Harding, having been placed in
power, must now carry out his
pledges. The speaker stated that
Harding was good and honest
man at heart" but his choice of cabi-
net officers showed where his poll
tical sympathies lay. AS secretary
of the treasury he appointed Mellon,
worth three or four hundred million
and head of the aluminium trust. He
is type, said Mr.. Quin, of the men
selected as cabinet officers, ambassa-
dors and federal judges. Before the
late Chief Justice White of Louisia-
ma, head of the U. S. Supreme Court,
was buried, it was known that for
mer president Taft, repudiated by the
progressive element of his own party,
receiving only the votes of Vermont
and Utah i1 his second presidential
campaign, would be appointed by
Harding to succeed White.
Mr.. Quin stated that in the lower
house at present there are one hum
dred and thirty one Democrats and
one Socialist all the others being Re-,
publicans in this body of four hum
dred and thirty five, one third are
Democratic. There are sixteen null
timillionaire chairmen on the 'steer-
ing committee" On such important
committees as the Ways and Means
Committee, Military Committee, and
Rules Committee, there are over
whelming majorities of Republicans.
On the Military Committee, of which
Mr.. Quin has been a member for
years, there are six Democrats and
fifteen Republicans, three of the lat
ter being from Pennsylvania.
An attempt has been made to foist
a big army and navy on the country
and to take the income tax off and
force it upon the masses of the people
in the form of sales tax. If taxes
are to be lowered government ex-
penses must be lowered.
An endeavor is now being made by
Republicans to pass a tariff bill,
which, if passed, would result in
crushing Republican defeat at the
hands of the people at the next e
lection.
Mr., Quin then discussed the sales
tax which would have been placed
upon such articles as shoes, cloth
ing. household and farm utensils,
to relieve those who at present pay
an income tax. This proposed tax
passed the Republican caucus and
would have passed in congress II the
western Republicans had not united
with the Democrats to defeat 1t.
Wall street and allied interests saw.
to it that the nitrate plant at MUS
Gle Shoals was not converted into
fertilizer plant to supply low cost
fertilizer to the farmers. The Mill
tary Committee had seen that TINS
plant should be used for fertilizer In
neace times and preparation Of pow
der and explosives in war, and tne
hip dam. now one third finished
there was built for $17,0OO,00O and
machinery installed for $S7,OO0,OOV.
The government combined with the
AIabarnA Power Company to secure
coal for the plants operation ending
the completion of the dam. Sixty
seven per cent of the stock Of the
Alabama Company is owned by a ca
madam Company which claims . to
own every water power site in Ala
bama and says it has contracts with
our gcvernment to prevent their be-
ing turned over to the people.
Practically every Qne Of the fifteen
Republicans on the Military COM
mittee was against accepting Henry
Ford's offer to purchase the concern
for a fertilizer plant.
The commercial fertilizer trust
fought Ford because they have
firm grip upon a national necessity.
Ford planned to utilize the coal, iron.
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