The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-06
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
By Iozel Brunnon

The election of Judge John Z.
Stennis to the United States Senate
srom Mississippi should mark the
GAVIN OF a new day in Mississippi
comparatively unknown IN ting
state outside of his own Sixteenth
Judicial Circuit Court District, Judge
Stennis, however, has a great deal
to recommend him. =,
Those who know him best Will
tell YOU he is a Christian gentle
man. a man of broad mind and abll-
jtv. a statesman and a scholar. !. GER
tainly the type of man needed IN
Washington today.
Judge Stennis was born and rear
ed on a farm in Bloody KemperD
county where he learned the hard
way about the kind of life our farm
ers have. Certainly this is fitting
that Mississippi send to Washington
a man thoroughly c~onversant with
the problems of agriculture to re-
present her since we are an agricui-
tural state where eighty-five per
cent of u people derive u income
directly or indirectly from the soil
Our newly elected senator to
Washington was the only man IN
the race who was born and reared
on the farm. =. the only one to hold
a degree from an agricultural Q
1ege.
Being born on a farm in no way
qualities a man to hold an Office IN
the u. S. Senate, in our opinion
unless he has something else to go
with it. but again Judge Stennis
seems to qualify.
He has consistently worked with
and for the Extension Service and
the All Club boys and girls in the
state: he is an outstanding leader n
church and religious circles, being a
member of the Presbyterian church
He has had legislative experience IN
gu state legislature and for the past
eleven years has rendered able pub
lie service as a circuit judge.
Appointed to the latter post by
Governor Hugh White, to fill the
unexpired term of the late Judge w.
w. Magruder, he has been reelected
to that post each successive term
without opposition. His judicial dis
trict embraces five counties: kemper,
Otkibbeha, Noxubee, Lowndes and
Clay.
It is significant that in those coun-
ties practically every newspaper
came out openly and sought his elec-
ton and literally hundreds Of his
personal friends worked the state
thoroughly on his behalf.
With lis Judge Stennis holds the
distinction of being the only man
we have ever known of in public
office making a political race whom
no person has said one critical thing
about. On the other hand he has
had many, many friends working
without any remuneration singing
his praises and urging his election
1t is difficult to imagine two men
so utterly opposite as Judge Stennis
and the late Senator Bilbo. . IN
looks, mind, manner, and method.
Washington will be glad to well
come the gracious Judge Stennis and
we predict that he will render real
service to the people of this state
and the nation. that he will
always be a credit to both.
The vote given Congressman
John E. Rankin in the U. S. Senator
ial race Tuesday should in no way
be taken as a reputation OF the
gentleman from Tupelo. for the
doctrine he has been preaching on
the u. S. House floor, whether the
rest of the country likes it or not, is
the doctrine, at least most of it is
of the majority Of the white citi-
zens of Mississippi and the South.
We may not always be in perfect
accord with the methods he some
times employs to carry his point;
sometimes his blunt language and
name-calling may not appeal to our
fine instincts; but he is a man whose
sincerity and concern for the future
of this country cannot be questioned
John Rankin, contrary to public
opinion in some quarters of the East
and possibly some other sections of
the country, is no Red, batter or
Negro-hater.
Rather, he is an able, conscientious
public servant with his life devoted
to public service. He has for years
on the House floor warned the Con-
gress about the presence of enemies
in this country, and the menace OF
Communism. ..somethin tn e
whole nation is beginning to become
alarmed about now.
He rendered distinguished service
to the veterans. in fact, John
Rankin has done more for the vet
Grams of both World Wars than any
other Congressman in the United
States. The list of his accomplish
ments in Congress is long and real.
The fact that the qualified elect
ors of Mississippi did not see fit to
elevate hsva a. A. Is-LL - -