The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-11-11

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AHc otdteS nlSntS party was
formed to safeguard the consti-
tuition of the United States and
the form of government set up
by that constitution.
Its purpose, that of preserving
the constitution and our present
form of government, is just as
important today as it was dur
ing the election.
Whether the national Democratic
party, admits it or not there are
influences at work here in this
country to undermine our form
Of government by making our
people feel that it has failed to
provide what they need; there
are influences working to make
our people lose confidence in the
American form of government
and the American way of doing
things.
Throwing overheard the consti-
tuition is a step always taken in
the establishment of a dictator
ship. Everywhere the world over
a. absolute relationships gain con-
troll, the police powers of a state
are first taken over, highly CEN
tralized form of government es-
tablished.
No country can remain great
and strong if it is festered within
by graft, corruption, not even the
United States
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's alleged
announcement that Dixicrats
should not be allowed back in
the Democratic party and should
not be given any committee
craftsmanship of committees is
absurd.
Mr.. Truman doesn't even have
to be a smart politician to figure
out that if he is to make any kind
Of record as president at all, he
is going to have to be able to get
much support from the southern
members of the congress.
AS things now stand the Demo-
Gratis have 81 senators TO 40 for
the Republicans. Take the sup
port of the southern senators,
all counted as Democrats, away
from him and he won't even have
a working majority in the Senate.
In the House where the Demo-
Gratis have some 26l members,
about 100 of these hail from the
South. If only half of them join a
coalition with the Republicans
the administration will have very
tough shedding in trying to get
its legislative program enacted or
repealed, as the case may be.
Mr.. Truman would be cutting
off his nose to spite his face if
he did not seek the support of the
States Rights Democrats.
The loud cry about patronage
put up by Truman forces in
Mississippi headed by our good
friend Phillip 'Moon" Mullen up
at Oxford is downright funny.
Moon, in talking about taking
over the Patronage" in Missis-
sippi you and your Truman elect
ors are doing just about as much
good as you would to stand out
on one of those lonely hills "a
round Oxford some Nov. night
and bay loudly at the moon. 1t
would do just about as much
good.
Patronage is usually accorded
on results. votes delivered.
On the basis of the election re-
turns in Mississippi there is not
much room for Mr.. Truman to
feel that he owes anything to
anything to anybody in Missis-
sippi. He had the same chance
on the ball as did the States
Fighters, but his showing was 49,
Well, you KNOW,
You folks certainly didn't get
him many votes.
Attention of our readers
is called to the "open house"
planned by T. M. Williams at his
plant in Lexington next Wednes-
day, November IT.
AL of the people of Holmes
county are given cordial invi-
tation to attend The ladies are
especially invited to attend and
special tokens of appreciation will
be given those ladies attending.
The Williams plant which has
been greatly expanded with a
new seed processing machine
which cleans, grades and treats
cotton seed, is one of the finest
in the state and a real asset to
Holmes county. 1t merits a visit
from all citizens of Holmes coun-
ty.
The ladies, too, will be especial
ly interested in seeing corn pro-
cessed into the famous Planta-
ton Home Ground Meal known
throughout this section as the
finest of meals for bread.
1t is interesting to see the
foreign matter, faulty grains, etc
extracted by these wonderful
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