The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-05

Va a CCildOUk ClUIiEi, lUl UlIdU IudtUCl
but he is so constituted that be con
ceiveS it as great an honor to be leader
of the Democracy in the minority al
| Speaker OF the House. Neither mon
ey reward nor the support of moneyed
interests have ever counted with him
thus far, and that is one reason why
his friends love him in the Senate
There opposition to the oppression o
!, special interests is needed more thar
in the House even thonghrmuch need
ed there. This is especially true now
when both the President and the
House have come over to Democratic
views OF the railway transportation
rate question, and when the colossal
interest desiring TO be left undiSturb.
ed in their present course are en-.
trenched, SO far as the Federal govern.
ment is concerned, in enfysone branch
OF it, the Republican Senate.
| Note the ingenuity with which the
article is continued (the black letters
are mine):
AS the matters now stand, Mr.. Will
hams can be elected to the House
without opposition, or, IL the rem
nants of the Wils0n-Longino-Critz
combination should put up candidate
against Mr.. Williams, he would defeat
the combination candidate world
without end. Mr.. Williams can car
| ry Warren county now over any War
ren county man the WilSon-Longino-
CritZ remnant can put up.
The secret of the advocacy OF Will
liamS by the old MISUNDERSTANDING
crowd in this county, and their ad-
verse criticism of Gov. Vardaman is,
we believe, their desire to get Mr..
Williams out of the way, so that one
of their number (or back number) can
try for Mr.. Williams seat in the
House. Mr. Williams, however, is too
sensible, and has had too much expe-
rience in politics to be made the dupe
of small fry political schemes. He
can remain in the House as repreSen-
tative from the Eighth Mississippi
District as long as he wishes to do SO,
and will continue To be one of the
prominent leaders OF that body. And
if, perchance, the Democrats should
obtain a majority in the House, Mr..
Williams will have an excellent chance
for securing the Speakership, a dis
tinction only second TO that of PreSi-
dent of the United States.
This means, Of course, two things:
First-To try to make men believe
that Nardaman for Governor and Var
daman for Senator are opposed by
Identical forces, and that Williams,
who supported both Vardaman and
Mones. ands~ss, ftieFds constituted
not tue least Tdoros ia elCctirg Narda-
man, is somehow, or 'SomenowOther, p
a Nilsson Refree leftover. T"
SecUndly-A menace or threat that
if Mr.. Williams does MT come down
and out, the friends of the Governor
U say friends, because | cannot be-
lieve the Governor would be party
to IT'D will ''trot out man" against
him for Congress in the Eighth Dis
trict. Well, all right. Ii the man
trotted out or unclaimed can do the
work of the district, and for MiSSis
Sippi and the South, better than Mr..
Williams can, be not only ought to go,
but the chances are that the people,
with that splendid common sense they
have always shown, would send him:
if the contrary should be their OK in
ion, then they would send Mr.. Will
liamS. Perhaps this is one reason why
the friends of Gov. Vardaman have
precipitated the Senatorial contest so
far in advance of its proper date. 1t !
was thought. maybe, that Mr. Will
liamS could be frightened out or any |
intention to endcavor to obtain pro |
motion in the line OF his political
career by threatening him where he
is, and it was, perhaps. fnrther
thought that he could be in that way |
put before the people in the attitude
of running for two offices at the same |
time. 1t may be that to these two
thoughts was added another, to-wit:
That Mr.. Williams would be held by |
his duties as Congressman and as mi
nority leader absolutely chained in
Washington for a greater part of the
time, while his opponent could be at
all times visiting all parts of the state
while nursing his candidacy.
1t was thought, perhaps, that a
majority of the people would not know
that. ever if Mr.. Williams were elect |
ed to the House one more, and then |
afterwards chosen to represent the
people in the Senate, as Col. Moneys |
successor, there would be an interval
of two years between the expiration TO
his term in the House and the begin
ming OF his term in the Senate.
Mr.. Williams friends believe that |
he has represented Mississippi and the |
South Loyalty, with sincere devotion |
and with great degree of ability as
a representative and as party ad-
wiser. They believe that higher
station would give him broader oppor-
mites for usefulness. 1t has been no
secret to them, nor to anybody else,
that at the proper time he would
strive to obtain this broader opportu.
nifty.
The writer of the editorial in the
Post need not trouble himself about