The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-03-05
HUBERT STEPHENS
MAKES A BIG HIT
SPEAKS AT HATTIESBURG
TO A LARGE AND EN-
THUSIASTIC AUDIENCE
RAPS THE REPUBS
6. o. =. Declared To BE The
Perpetual Enemy OF The
South AS Plainly Shown
In It's Actions.

Hon. Hubert Stephens, Of New
Albany for ten years a member Of
{, congress from Mississippi, who is
destined TO pile high the featherly
, flakes Of political oblivion above the
= remains Of "the white-feathered
chief" made a speech at Hattiesburg
, on Thursday that marks him at once
as a scholar, a statesman and a pow
erful vital force in the Democratic
, party. A vast audience heard Mr..
Stephens, and frequent outbursts Of
Applause gave unmistakeable evidence
Of the fact that he was sounding the
key-notes in rapid succession.
The Dispatch regrets its inability
to reproduce the speech of Mr.. Steph-
ems in full. But it is our pleasure to
give a few Of the high points in his
address. He commenced his remarks
as follows:
In my campaign for the senate
shall not indulge in personal abuse
of any one. The times are portent-
Gus; there are great problems waiting
solution that require and demand the
best efforts Of our intelIects, unweak-
ened by thoughts that draw the ener.
gies of our minds away from those
problems, and to engage in a cam
paign filed with abuse and vitupera-
! tion at such a critical time is not only
contemplate, but is most unpatriotic.
Our state has been sorely cursed by
campaigns that are remembered only
for their bitterness and the heritage
Of prejudice and hate they left in
the minds and hearts Of the people.
Their evil and disastrous effects are
with US even today.
Nor in this campaign shall / at
tempt 20 arouse class feeling CT class
prejudice. The candidate who would
do this is not true friend of the
people, because the man who would
for any reason uproot the bonds Of
love, sympathy, good feeling and good
fellowship. in family-anl we are
all members Of the same household,
all Mississippians-i an enemy of
society and lacking In reverence for
the higher and better things of life.
The people Of Mississippi, | trust
and believe, are sick and disgusted
with such methods Of campaigning,
and | feel sure they viii express, in
no uncertain manner, their strong dis
approval Of such political conduct as
they have witnessed in the past.
Mississippi is a great state. She
has splendid citizenship-men and
women who are devoted to her best
citizenship more purely
American, thank Cod than that of
any other state in the Union Her
fields are fertile and opportunity for
success abound within her
borders. feel the spirit Of progress
ia here, and it should be and must
be encouraged. Our thought and en-
ergies must be devoted TO efforts to
increase the prosperity Of the state,
10 build up in the hearts of the youth
Of the land the spirit Of soberness,
1s respect for the virtues that make
men and women great, Of love Of
truth and Of reverence for law and
the institutions under which we have
liberty and protection Of life. Only
The coward or the concienceless dema-
yogue INDUCES in nothing but fault
inding and carping criticism and
breaches doctrines Of destruction at
imes when optimism, helpful and
constructive suggestion and hearty
cooperation are necessary 10 remedy
Existing conditions. And while we
nave. in my opinion, the greatest state
N the Union, she has not taken that
place In the sisterhood Of states TO
vhich she IS entitled. Why? Be
.ause we have had too many dema-
.ogucs and 5n0llygCst5rs and prattie-
Jokes .n our politics; too many men
n Office who lack breadth of vision,
ut who attained position by their
bU..y to mislcad the people On false
-suls IH dtnunciarion and destruc-
ive criticism they have been past
masters and would grade 100 per
1nt; bat when it comes 90 matters
I construction. Of building up the
tate they should be marked zero,
nd below Witness the fact that We
.aud forty-sevCnth in point Of Hitter
cy. that we have such a small
art Of CIR natural resources develop
@. that capital is steadily being
riven away instead Of new capital.
hich is So badly needed, being en-
luraced 90 come into the state.
The Republican party IS an active
lemv of the South. This is shown
y the fact that the Republicans have
cen persistent In opposition to the
sveIopment IF the water power at