Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-08-19


N%-/ pride than it enjoys today for the
ESAS@sI position taken by its enlightened
N4So and Intelligent people by the man
ner in which they almost unanimously cast their
votes in the fist primary on the question OF selecting
a Governor and United States senator. Let it go
rumbling down the corridors OF time that Chicka-
saw county came forwwad with a steady determin-
ed tread and took its place the banner county in
the state for an emphatic condemnation of every
thing tainted with RoOseveltism and the destruc.
ton of the grand civilization Of the United States
by amagamation. And to be the banner county Of
Mississippi upon such issue means much. God
Bless Chickasaw county for it's noble work. Look
at the figures for Governor; Vardaman, 1885, Noel,
2O5; Critz, III.
Fellow citizens, does that not make your blood
leep with prideI No act you could perform would
endear you more closely to US, in our humble, hon
est and determined efforts for the right.
But the battle is not yet gained. All Mississippi
is not as well enlightened on the towering issue
upon which you cast your ballots. In some locali-
ties indifference ruled in Others want of know
ledge of the Importance Of the ISSUE retarded; in
others the foul of money piled for the purpose
of corrupting the press and voters, did it's dsrepu
table work in the interest Of buying the office Of
Governor for man who had the cash to pay for
your franchise for your liberty, for your honor for
the debauCh Of your wives, your mothers, your
sisters, your daughtersl
Another primary must be fought through. You
have not yet triumphed, But you will, if you are
vigilent and untiring.
In the next primary every vote will be counted
1t is the total number Of votes pOed in the entire
state which will decide the contest next time. There
are but two candidates now before you. The gal
liant, typical, chivalrOus, courageous indOmnible
never lodging champion of your rights and of your
state and Of your homes, is the one. The other is
the tuckling, Doodle dispensing, Roosevelt worship
ing apOlogist for a Mississippian, whose money and
the corrupt method it has been able to thrust upon
you is the other. It is needless to ask you which
Of the two you win choose. The gallant son you
gave S95 votes two weeks ago, the other III.
But there is another question equally important
which we would ask you Are you in earnest, and
will you again 60 to the polls on election day and
work earnestly from morning till the hour Of closing
to make your verdict as decisive next time it was
in the first primaryf This is equally important
Every Vardaman man, every lover Of his hOme
every man in favor Of stamping out ignorant negro
insOlenOe and RoosevelEs demands for nation Of
mixed bloOds, should go to work and stick to his
task until the evening Of the 27th Of August, and
make the glory OF Chckasaw county even more
ilustriOus than 1t is today. Men who we're counted
among the III noted above, have said to us that
they would again so stultiiy themselves, but
would on the 9th vote for Major Vardaman. That
they had not been able to sleep since their disgrace
full act on the 9th inst. Every Vardaman man can
surely renew and redOuble his energies in the
premises.
Every registered white voter in the county should
be at the polls early on the morning OF the 27th
Let us make the decision as nearly unanimous as a
united effort can possible bring it about.
.Whyi
Because everything you hold near and dear as
patriotic Mississppans is at stake is in your hands
and you are responsible for every neglect to protect
your state your county, your home.
Go to work each and every one Of you. II there
is a single man in your community who did not vote
before see to it that he does not fail again. There
is no doubt as to ChiCkasaw's choice. It has spOk
en- already in tones that cannot be misunderstood
and the ballot was fair One the count was straight
as die No mans dollars had particle Of inhu-
ence on the decision. They viii not have such in
Ruence now Chickasaw county is above such
influence It has put les seal Of condemnation upon
the attempt. + viii put it there still harder on the
9th.
The watChword is heroic persistence. Let US
C.wnls nanu