The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-04
Eyes
BY
Hazel Brannon

Since 1876 the south mas peen u
~one-party section. All of us down
south are Democrats and we reco-
gnize no other party.
We have beer Democrats so long
that our affiliation with the party
has become largely a social inheri-
lance rather han a political creed
We are Democrats because u fathers
and grandfathers were and because
all our neighbors are not because
we know or believe in what the Demo
crat party stands for.
What has his one-party allegiance
done to the southP
1t delivers us into the hands OF
the politicians without any recourse
What could be worse for any state
or section of the country?
The Republicans know nothing they
can do will win the support and
favor OF the south. Consequently in
setting the issues of a political cam
paign the south can very easily be
ignored except for the slight ~considera-
ton given IL nationally. The south,
too. can be ignored when 1t comes 10
passing legislation and patronage u
to the various states, when 1t comes
to tariff issues or anything else thai
vitality affects people In this section.
This is all very true, you will say
but the Republican party doesn't stay
On power all the time. When the
..2 Il. thA aAflfh would ne
an the saddle, you might say.
Any person who has made any ell
fort to keep up with what his Demo
cratic administration has done for the
past eight years knows that such Is
not the case.
When 1t comes to passing legisla-
ton and handing out patronage the
Democratic administration. just IKE
the Republicans, puts the patronage
where they a get votes.
DO they bother a great deal with
the Southern states on whose vote
they can absolutely counts indeed
they do not.
Rather than giving more considera-
ton to the south the Democrats IN
power put the pressure on the states
that fall in the doubtful list. Money
Is speut in those states to build up a
machine that will deliver on election
day.
The accuracy of these statements
scan be ascertained by investigating
the legislation passed by past Demo
cratic administrations and more es-
ueaially by comparing monies spent
ia eastern and western states and
in the south during the past eight
years. What the south has received
hasn't been a drop In the bucket
to what has been spent.
Even SO the south ffas received more
consideration from the Roosevelt adj
ministration than any other Demo-
cratic president.
The economic well-being of any sec
ton of the country is tied up COM
pletely with laws that govern 1t. The
laws are passed by congress which
is governed by politics. This is true
of states as well as whole sections
of the country and in the final ma
lysis, nations.
On the face of this it does look
like the south can never assert IT.
self until we can get more considera-
ton 81 the hands of sour national
politicians. This we a never do until
we have more than one party.
We realize that this outburst might
well be just a small cry in the wild
erness. This writer doesn't expect to
live to see the day when there Will
be another party besides the Demo-
cratic one in the south.
But we will say that the south Will
continue to be saddled with it's tariff
and other burdens until we get smart
enough to play politics on a national
scale and take ourselves off the sure
list.
The south will continue to be re-
tarded in its economic progress I'M
til our people wake up to that fact
that our o~ne-party system is robbing
us of our birthright.