The Grenada sentinel., 1907-07-20

The People of the grand old state
of Mississippi, will never permit the
Vardaman Machine to deliver it's Of
fees as SpOilS.
10000 majority of the Drawn OF
Mississippi will assist in breaking the
Vardaman Machine.
Grenada County will give John
Sharp Williams a majority of 300
votes.
Do your full duty and keep your
state offices in the hands of the hon.
est voters; don't deliver it to the Ma
chine.
Gov. Vardaman says he is ia favor
of the repeal of the 18th and the mod
ifcation of the IA amendments OF the
Constitution, yet he refused to answer
Mr.. Williams questions, as to how he
would 90 about repeating the 18th
and in what respect he would modify
the 14th amendment. We know that
Governor Vardaman is a courteous
gentleman. and after agreeing to
meet Mr.. Williams at Meridian, we
are assured that the reason he refus-
ed to answer these questions was be-
cause he did not know how to do so,
Notwithstanding the fact he had am
pie time to think about it. Ii an or
dinary, every-day citizen enters into
a Joint discussion and fails to answer
questions propounded by his opponent
we readily conclude that he is incapa-
die of giving a sensible answer, and
we have yet to learn that a different
rule would apply to either Gov. YARD
aman or Mr.. Williams.
Four years ago, Mr.. Vardaman,
then a candidate for Governor. was
opposed to negro education.
He thought then that education made
the negro brute. Now that he is
running fer the U. S. Senate, he
thinks the existence of the 10Th
amendment the cause of negro crimi-
nality in the country, but the fact re-
mains that, Notwithstanding Mr..
Vardaman was elected Governor and
has held that Office for nearly four
years, we are still educating the ne
gro. If Gov. Vardaman had really |
tried to put an end is negro educa-
ton in mississippi, there would be
some record of it, and, iD the absence
Of it's production, we presume that
nothing was done by him along this
line. We wonder if he would hitch
bis negro on the outside, were he
elected U. S. Senator. Judging the
future by the past, we suspect he
would.
If Gov. Vardaman cannot answer
questions put to him by his friend,
lis fellow Democrat, in his own state |
md among his own people, what in
the name Of conscience would he do |
with such fellows as Foraker and
Knox and their ilk, when they got |
behind him in the u. S. Senate? I
Would he continue to talk about the
negro? Think over this before you
vote.
All this talk about repeating the |
18th amendment is nonsense. How
,an We expect the people OF the north
,rn states, who eat in the same res
taurants, ride in the same coaches and |
actually some of 'em intermarry with |
negroes, to vote for the measure? In |
order to repeal the amendment, we
must remember that it requires two |
thirds OF both houses and three
'ourths of all the states voting for it.
Ind when We are unable to elect a
Democratic president, even by ma
ority. how in the name of all that is
1onest, can we expect to get the re-
1uired votes to repeal it?
Anyone who reads the papers will
zee at glance even that at the
Meridian speaking, Mr.. Williams tow
cred as high above Gov. Vardaman as
mountain does above a mole hill. |
We have heard that Gov. Vardaman
didn't 60 to do it, anyway" and his
friends are praying that he won't do
t again." If the Governor desires to
'etain his enviable reputation as a
speaker he had better keep on the
opposite side of the state from Mr..
Williams, for in joint debate. stere-
typed speeches are as lonesome as
ober man at banquet and just a.
)out as consistent. It was no debate
Lfter all, don't fool yourself into be-
ieving that it was. Mr.. Williams
,ould not debate with himself, and
sov. Vardaman kept out.
Here in Grenads county the fight is
between the politicians on one side
nd the common deople on the other.
rhe former are advocating the cause
# Gov. Vardaman, while the every
Law. common voter is 'jining' the
orces OF Williams. My countrymen, |
t is fight to the finish. Rally to-
,ether, and let US show the people
hat we can carry this county without
he aid of those in high politics. We
,ught to do it: we can do it; and we
ire going to do it. Mr.. Williams is