The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-06
.VARDAMAN MAKES
HOT RE.J j. |! !:
Declines to Serve ii Convention
and Assails President
Roosevelt Again.
nv Associated press. J

MEMPHIS, TENN, Dec. o.---Tho Com
n,ercial Appeal tomorrow VIII publish
n letter received from Jackson. Miss, In
which Governor Vurdamaii declines to
/. be permanent chairman OF the Boil Weo-
vi Convention, at Shreveport. rho letter
Bwus slvon o,it To-day by tho GOVERNORS
secretary. 1t follows IN part:
ION my return to jackson last evening,
/ was showil a number Of clippings from
two or three newspapers, published at
Shreveport, La. protesting In the most
COURTEOUS terms against tho proposition
to have mo sotvo as permanent chairman
Of the National Cotton Convention to DO
held lii that city OH tho 18th to 18th In
slant.
las you arc aware that the invitation
to serve as chairman came to mo uilso-3
sllcited, you Gun doubtless imagine my
great surprise at this editorial outburst
II think 1t best fov mo to decline tho
honor ana to leave tho convention FREQ
to name for its presiding officer whom
soevcr 1t may SEQ 1T"
zone OF Tho strong (7) arguments nadc
BY an editor OF your city against per-
uniting Governor Vardaman to serve M
chairman OF the convention, was based
upon tho fact that Governor vardaman
has Incurred the displeasurei OF the Pres
Sidcnt OF tho United states. who would
regard to Governor Vnrdnman as q DIS
courtesy TO him, he would with delight
punish all tic cotton growers OF the
South by withholding Federal MD rom
their efforts to stamp out the Doll %ccv,ts
or head It of from Its devastating mnrch
Ia the North Pole I hope the Prcsld t,l
Of the United states IS not n bad man
40 conduct OF that character would stamp
him. But am not sure OF It.
#&{"You can no more tell by what Mr..
Theodore Roosevelt says to-day, what
&he viii do tomorrow, thnn you can tell
tho character Of tho person buried PC.
Meath the stone BY tho epitath engraved
on Tho stone. Tho people of tho SCUM
arc indeed in deplornble condition, u
in the life OF this Republic, IT mas cone ,'ln
to pass that In order to enjoy me p.ivii.
eyes OF citizenship and exercise s5.. w.
rights under tho constitution. lhey si.'uS.
kiss the hand that smites thehn, 5 mus.
fanpla,,l the tongue that maiigps thc ~ B
and Elorify the contemplate crea ture VINO
would break down their institutions, as
honor tho traditions which distinguish
theirs civilization and in either Ignorance
orr malice place their affairs onasa par atr3
With tho disorganizcd and discre g ''
OF Haiti. se155 !, Z,
s..ln tile performance OF the functions i /, OF
Ihis Office rs President stand'ng us 1no
embodiment OF tile majesty anu pc"sel
Of the laws or this great repuptnlc, =, Us
q ctzenlt thereof, EN- ~ loyal 70 = , neooo
roosevelt as any man who lives benea ~
ttha stars and stripes. But as FOR me
5littla individual who saw 1T to mallgn
Iefferson Davis and with brutal discour-
tcsy refused 10 correct a falsehood W WIZ,
ten about him, after Mr.. Davis iitll
called his attcn,ion to it:5who has insurer
the Southern people, violated .he , laMs
1i,t{ Yxs&
MANS narticularly, I have no more re-
spect for him. though lie be preslu en-
than III had for this same little individual a
when he was pursuing his most becoming
nyoca ton breaking bronchos on q West
ern plain.