The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-05-20
MONEY AND VARDAMAN.
REPORTED TO BE THE FAvORITES
WITH THE LIQU0n DEALERS.
Mrs. H. B. Kells, President w. c. T.
w., Publishes an Important
. Statement.

Mrs. Fl. B. Kells, President of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of Mississippi, has prepared and re-
quested publication of the following
statement:
"a leading politician was asked re-
Gently on the streets of jackson, who
will be our next Governor The can
didate the w. G. T. G. wants. was the
reply. Why are we hearing so little
from the Prohibitionists about candi-
dates? I meet this question every
where I go. On the railways, in
towns, men I've not seen before ask.
For whom shall I voter Ofcourse I'm
questioned because I was in the Feb
ruary mass meeting. I have one re-
Spouse: For the man the liquor traf-
fic opposes
"We are asked, How do we know
that Women gather information in
most unexpected fashion. "For in
stance, it has come to me direct of late
that the liquor drummers are giving
the tip IN Mississippi that Major Var
daman and Senator Money must be
elected. We hear, too, that the liquor
drummers are everywhere working for
these candidates. So it is easy enough
to know whom we don't want.
"Major Vardaman antagoniZed the
prohibition vote in his announcement.
In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Money
led the United States Senate against
the anti-canteen amendment. Both
Methodist Conferences of Mississippi,
then in session, and many of our in
fluential men, telegraphed our Sena-
tors urging their support of the amend
ment. The National W. G. 7. u, then
in session in Washington, and the Mis-
sissippi delegates there, interviewed
them to the same end, but to no pur-
pose.
"The issues we have at stake are too
momentous to risk with doubtful men.
They have never been more important
to US than they will be in the next
Congress,-especially if we carry our
Constitutional Amendment in Missis-
sippi. You may have noted that bill
carried in the last House guaranteeing
to prohibition States the operation of
their own laws against interstate COM
merce in liquors. It failed to come up
in the United States Senate, but it will
be pushed with power in the next
session. We cannot afford to be in
doubt about the man who represents
Mississippi in Washington. Senator
Mclaurin has never flinched, so far as
I know, on one of our measures. Many
measures vital to women come up in
Congress. The VIC T. U. won the
anti-canteen fight and unseated Mr..
Roberts, of Utah. They will leave
nothing undone to do the same for
Mr.. Smoot.
"No, the candidate that pleases the
liquor traffic can't please US. In the
last Legislature at least three entire
prohibition districts sent liquor men
to the State Senate. If-well-only
the Lord is great enough to deal with
that sort of stupidity. It is vital that
the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, as we'll as the
Legislature be Prohibitionists in act
if not in fact. All that women can do
is 'to pass the word along and that
they will do unrelentingly in this
crisis. The W. G. T. us are by no
means the only women already at
work to this end. Few women fail to
hate a saloon.
"Only women are rash enough to op-
pose openly the candidates whom the
liquor men want? I trust not. Pro-
hibitionists pledged themselves to do
it in their February platform. After
that declaration they will be unworthy
of respect if they fail to do it in every
county,"