The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-25


/ lowing: Vardaman. the inf
del, ID as some term him, while
in Cuba cooled the parched and
dying lips of his comrades by
buying ice with money from his
own pocket; SmoOthed back, as
tenderly as a mothers hand the
curly locks from the fevered
brow and after death stood with
uncovered head bowed in rever-
ence to the Maker on High while
the chaplain read the sad burial
rites over the form of his lifeless
comrade. And afterwards in
the tenderest Christian words
broke the news gently to the
mother at home. No, gentle
men, Vardaman is a Christian,
and it is an open. charitable
heart and not the lack of bust
ness ability why he has not
more of the world s wealth to-
day. Newton Times.
The election of Major Jas. K.
Vardaman as Governor of Mis-
sissippi means a forward step in
the progress and development of
the State Until white supre-
macy was secured and guaran-
teed under our present cOnstitu-
ton the resources of the com
mOnwealth lay dormant. There
was no forward movement, be
cause capital was afraid to seek
a field of investment where there
existed danger of the domination
of an ignorant and vicious ele-
ment. The election of Varda-
man will emphasize the fact that
we are going to have white su-
premacy in this State. 1t will
give confidence to prospective
investors and be a great step
towards placing Mississippi in
the forefront Of the progressive
states of the union. -Tupelo In
dustrial Review.
Jackson is in Kinds county
and Wilson. the referee, is in
Jackson, but the great mass of
the Democratic voters there, like
ia all parts of the State, will not
permit themselves to be made
the tool of the Republican head
ed clique to defeat Vardaman,
and will repudiate the attempt of
the Roosevelt fawnerS in this in
stance as strongly as they did in
the last congressional primary
when John Sharpe Williams, who
was made the object of attack
from the same source, swept
every thing before him. The
Democrat who earns the Opposi-
ton and enmity of the Republi-
can dictator and his coterie of
office holders is certain to win
the support of the Democratic
voters. Coast Beacon.
There is no doubt about the
election of Vardaman in the first
primary. and unless there is a
revolution in public sentiment he
will be. Critz has never devel-
Oped much strength and what
he has been able to rally is on
the wane Noel has been deyel- |
Oping some strength of late but |
not enough to make it even in
teresting for Vardaman. The /!
people in the rural districts are
taking a hand this time. [ near
everywhere the cry that the I
Jackson ring has been running
things long enough. They rec
ognize in Major Vardaman a man
of honesty and integrity, who I
cannot be controlled by a clique.
They feel that he is the peoples
man and they are going to elect
him. Prominent Travelling Man.
In recent letter Mr.. W. A.
ST., of Meridian, de
clared that he could prove that a
man told him he was getting
1925 per month and expenses to
work for Judge Critz. Writing
to the Commonwealth, under
late June 16, Mr.. Warner says:
[ have been approached by two
IF the gang since the article ap-
Deared in print and [ satified
5heir anxiety [ do not care how
many papers copy what [ say for
do not talk through nom de
olumes or my hat When [
sign my name to a statement [
I'm willing to stand by it, and if
am an old Confed" harness.
[ am proud to be called
irst class workman. - Green
wood Commonwealth.
Recently there have been
.harges of Mark Hannaizing in
he campaign, but the finger of
suspicion cannot be pointed at
dajor Vardaman. No one is
TO work in his interest.
'ut the people are doing it of their
wn free will. He is not able to
ire men and send them out and /,
{ he were able thousand times
yer he would scorn to do so. I
altogether, the clean and able .
1anner in which Major Varda- ;
aan iS onn5 uafinor his 20 M no Torn :