The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
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&Vardanan's Reply,

81 a special from JACKSON MISS, says: s53
!. The administration S reply to The stric-
,tureg Of the press and people in regard;
to the telegram sent by Governor Var /
dama1l to President Francis was made
public to-day. The reply Is in the shape ]
OF "a Scommunica ton which Is addressed 4
to The, editor Of the Jackson Evening
News, and which appears In thai paper
It Is signed Shy Gerard Harris,
q warm personal friend or the Governor,
and around the State House It Is generally
understood that he communicate Is tho
ADMINISTRATION s answer to- the criticisms
of the Governor. The following Is the
communication
editor News: It seems to me you arc
5unduly severe in your condemnation Of
the message sen by Govern or Y q rdanan
1 to President Francis. Of tho exposition,
relative TO Theodore Roosevclt's gracious
building. sl y5t5 II
4 There was; no disconrtesy TO Prcsi-
Sdent Francis. a calm pcrusnl fof the mes
! sa &c shows that, but when Governor Var
$daman thought Of the desecratlng specta-
Gle Of Theodore Roosevelt entering the
replica of&the home of Jefferson Davis,
that gentle old man whom he DETAINED,
about whom he told deliberate untruths
lin his published works. to- whom, when
1 the poor old N1isslssppian, cx- President
Of the Confederacy, after being called by
this same Roosevelt the arch traitor,
race, yentured to call Roosevelts attcn-
ton In courteous terms to tho glaring
{ mlsstatement as to his being a, 'repudl-
ationiat, received a typewriter commu-
ncatlon, >notg even signed, not even adj
dressed as an ordinary letter, as follows:
= Theodore Roosevelt desires no COM
nunlcation with Jefferson Davis
II say, when Governor Vardaman re-
called all this and thought OF the blatant
Roosevelt stamping through the rooms
vta .r,P ~
OF the Confederacy. who, when feeble.
weak, old ndbrokch IN heart and spirits,
he had gratultousIy insulted and wanton-
" DETAINED, II was natural and human.
as a Missssippian who resented The des-
ecratlon. to have given expression to
something not exactly complimentary To
tho Rough Rider
True, the Governor could have re-
manned silent, hut after Roosevelt has
insulted tho South by saying that the
'Southcrners have a strong strain Of bru-
tality In their nature; after dining with
a Niger MS a wanton defiance TO our
I trndtions; after forcing another niger
down the threats Of the Charleston peo-
| pie as collector and representative of ha
port; after Furnishing a whole conmu-
lsnitysin this State forth la Nless acts Of
n few. men; after Offering every mall
cious wrong no could to our most Illus
! trious cItlzer-tho President OF the Cor
fedcracy-- Roosevelt graclously consents
TO approve OF our exhibit made at tho
| exposition, through our Executive. are
We to crawl to the feet at this arrant
oharlatan,4 and there lick the boot winch
| has time and again spurned us?
S"Nots IL tho southern nature Is un-
changed, The Governor might have
cayoled joyfully over this distinguishing
mark OF INN ortality conferred upon US,
and those who are ever ready to crook
| the pregnant hinges Of the knee thai
| thrift may follow fawning, 4 would have
cooed sweetly about his broad states
rnarMhlp, and the material prosperity
| which Teddys dentiforious smile would
confer upon US. 5a55S N
"a man who would defame an old man
ltko Jefferson Davis is unworthy Of rel
! spect; IL he As shown his wrong, and res
| fuses to right It,, lle merits contempt;
| IL he piles Ossa on Pellon In The shape
Of further wrong. he is infamous These
| things Theodore Roosevelt has done He
! mas repeatedly shownethat he has no fur
thor ,,so for lis than he had for efefson
Davis. and under the circumstances 4
do not believe It calls for a turning OF
tho other cheek nor for tho tossing Of