The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-05
c. H. WILLIAMS,
]. SHARP'S BROTHER
Writes Lengthy Communication
In Defense of Latter's
Candidacy.

Sharp Williams, to the NickSbur;
Post which is being frequently alluded
to by the press of the state:
Washington, ID. c., June II, 1905
Editor of the Vicksburg Post, Vicks
burg, Miss. Dear Sir: My attention
having been called to an editorial il
your paper of May %, and being tht
only brother of one of the main sub
ject matters OF that editorial, | may
perhaps, be excnsed by you and by tht
public for expressing some few views oI
my own, and especially as / have never
hitherto pushed myself before the
public, and do so now with the utmost
difidence and only in the interest OF
fair play" the love which is charac.
teristic of Southern men, and of none
more so than MississippianS.
In the editorial referred to the fol-
lowing appears:
Williams and Vardaman.
Some of the old WilSon-Longino-
are urging Hon. John Sharp Williams
to become a candidate for the U. S.
Senate in opposition to Gov. Varda-
man. The latter expects to be cam
didate to succeed Senator Money,
when the Senator's term expires, four
or five years hence, and no doubt Mr..
Williams has a commendable ambition
in the same direction"
Now, the truth is that Senator
Money and all Of his kinspeople, includ-
ing Gov. Vardaman, have known for
several years that while Mr. Williams
entertainS such high regard for Sem
ator Money personally, and as a sol
dier, citizen and a Senator, he would,
under no circumstances, be himself, a
candidate against him. or support any
body in a candidacy against him, he
would be candi late 10 succeed him
whenever the Senator chose voluntari-
ly, to lay down his high office. | can
see no reason why Mr. Williams should
forego this laud tble ambition and get
off the track because Major Vardaman.
whom he supported for governor.
chooses to get on it. The Post in the
same editorial farther says:
IL would be naasr rlisllitte. iFeweyei.
II there Should be clash between
these two distinguished leaders Of the
large element in Mississippi which
favorS good government, the eufOrce-
ment Of the laws aud opposition to
graft. F"
If this be true, and Gov. Eardaman
and his friends are sincere in its ut
terance, then the simple and obvious
way to avoid the misfortune was for
Gov. Vardaman to have refrained from
opposing his friend and supported Mr.
Williams in what he we'll knew would
be his course, or for the friends Of
both men to support Mr.. Williams, re-
serving my friend, Gov. Nardaman.
kindly but firmly for work in some
other sphere where he is not SO mex
perienced as he is in national legisla-
tiOn.
To accuse Mr.. Williams of creating
discord and to inSinuate, as the article
does later on, that he will find his only
support from what the writer of the
editorial calls the Wilson Referee
crowd" simply because Gov. Narda-
man chooses to stand for an Office
against bis friend and supporter Mr.
Williams, is rather hard lines, to
say the least.
The editor further says:
So far, according to our informa
tion, Mr.. Williams has not publicly
stated that he will be candidate for
the Senate, and there are reasons for
believing that he may decide to let
well enough alone and remain in the
House, where he has achieved national
prominence, and where still further
distinction awaits him.
1t would be curious to know whence
the Post gets its information that
there are reasons for believing" that
Mr.. Williams may decide to let we'll
enough alone" and remain in the
House, where further distinction
awaits him" On the contrary, it'll
seems to me that there are good rea-
sons for believing that it is nothing
but natural, and is only laudable
ambition in Mr.. Williams, after the
years of faithful service, and as I be-
lieve effective service in the House,
during all Of which years, as | know,
he has devoted himself to the public
service to the absolute exclusion of his
private business and interests, for to
these have myself attended, that he
should aspire to promotion at the
hands of his people as fitting reward
for service well and faithfully perform
ed. According to the reasoning of
the writer of the editorial mentioned,
it would seem that the very fact that
a public servant achieves some diStinc-
tiOn and renders good service to the
public in given position, should bar
him from all desire for promotion.
Besides this, further distinction q
does not await him in the House. He
is already the leader of his party, the
furtherest distinction man can have
there. If the House were Democratic
and Mr.. Williams were Speaker, he
would still be, as far as distinction
goes, only what he is now-the leader
Of bis party. His salary, it is true,
would be would be more