The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-03
GETTING IN THE BAND WAGON.


of the State; and they are these
First-The personal magnetism
of candidate, which could not
be brooked by argument for the
good of the State. Second
Damn the niger. = This latter
slogan is the sentiment of the
state of Mississippi. and of every
State in the South from Virginia
to Texas. The States of the
North now know it. and if not
will be thoroughly convinced
henceforth. From NJ eridia n
Press, one of Critz's most ar
dent supporters.
1.-The has been nominated for
Governor, as the press dis
patches seem to indicate, we are
quite sure that he will give Mis-
sissippi the most brilliant and
successful administration it has
had in years. 1t has been charg-
ed that Major Vardaman is too
radical in his views, and that he
lacks conservatism and all that
kind of thing, but it is safe to
say that the official responsible
ty which the Governorship will
impose upon him will furnish
the proper check and cause him
to be just, conservative and tenn
perate in the discharge of the
duties of his high and honora BILE
office.-FrOm New Orlean S
States, Vardaman.
This is the greatest and most
beneficial political victory won in
Mississippi since the Radicals
were driven from power about a
quarter of a century ago. The
Wilson-LOngino-Crit Roosevelt t
com bination, which has been so
signally defeated, is a more
harmful political force than were
the Radicals under Ames. AmeS
was a brave soldier and an hon
Orable gentleman, and many ex-
cuses are to be made for him
because of the extraordinary and
abnormal political conditions
which prevailed soon after and
as a consequence of the great
civil war. Ames was not a
boodler; he did not attempt to
prostitute the Judiciary of the
State, and he was not a traitor to
his party.-Vicksburg Pos t,
strong for Vardaman.
The proposition of Mai. Var
daman to divide the school fund
among the races according to
the amount each race pays, will
never be enacted into law and
the agitation of the question, we
feel, was unfortunate, but it was
discussed and played its part in
the campaign. 1t is now the
duty of all good Democrats to
support the nominee of the
Democratic party; it is also the
duty of all good citizens to sus-
tain the incoming Governor in
all his efforts TO maintain the su-
premacy of the race that must be
and will be supreme, and to up
hold the law and the courts at
all times-L. Pink Smith in
Greenville Democrat. Smith was
against the Major but it is all
over now and he is as loyal as
any man in the party.
Col. Hiram Henry, who. after
he had landed his brother
Auditor, proceeded to shell the
Vardaman camp, climbs grace
fully up in the following: The
campaign has been a strange one
and has had logged into it mat
tiers that had no business there.
1t has been fought on extraneous
issues -magnifed ideas that
have alarmed and excited the
people. The negro, Roosevelt,
his Southern appointees, rings
ETC., have been called upon
to do service, and they have been
used to great advantage. But
that is past. Let it sleep. Let
US forget the pangs of defeat and
look hopefully to the future well
fare of this State, which is great
er than the am bition of any man.
The Clarion Ledger hopes that
the administration of the new
Governor may be a success, that
it may be conducted with an eye
single to the glory, the honor
and the prosperity of the State.
There is one one remark of
many that are suggested, which
is to be made here. And that is
to pay tribute TO the fortuitous
chance that denied to Major
Vardaman the victory in the
first primary by a plurality.
His opponents would, then, never
have ceased harping upon his
not representing a majority of
the white voters of the State.
And this would to a certain ex-
tent have diminished the inf1u-
ence of his administration. AS
it is, his personality and his DO
sition upon the race question, in
SO far as it antagonizes that of
the President, have been en-