The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-11
WILLIAMS NOMINATED.

WILLIAMS NOMINATED.
Hon. John Sharp Williams has beer
} declared the nominee of the Democrat,
: Of Mississippi for the United States
+, Senate to succeed Senator Money. whose
term of office will expire March ;. loIl
! his decision was reached after can
vass and compilation of the vote cast al
the August ! primary. ia which Gov
ernor Nardaman acquiesced gracefully
| he majority for Mr. Williams is 612. a
remarkable decrease from the claim of
fifteen to twenty thousand nlatnrty over
Nardanan Until the official count and
PRONUNCIATION of the result. the contest
lants were in doubt In this contest has
been demonstrated the advantages Of
nomination by primary election when
conducted fairly and honestly. About
ninety-tive per cent Of the eligible vote
was polled All the influence Of the can
didates and their friends was developed
to their success There has been no
complaint Of frauds There have been
some irregularities. but these were not
deliberate nor designed dishonesty. The
returns indicate that Governor Narda-
man received the greatest number of
votes cast III the country. while Mr..
Williams majority was III the cities and
towns OF the State At any rate. a ma
Iority Of 64S gives little opportunity for
Boosting. and the admirable attitude of
Governor Nardanan and his friends in
accepting. as good and lova Democrats.
the result of the majority. leaves Mr.
Williams and his friends ,lisar,ned of
criticism and shorn of self glorifcation
IN his failure to secure the nomination
Governor Vardaman has sustained no
defeat He and his friends are naturally
disappointed. but there is much solace
for them IN the reflection that. after all.
there IS more honor and glory in being
steadfast to principle than in the vacil- |
latlng course of the opportunist. In |
reality the difference between Governor
Vardanan and Congressman Williams |
rested on the Fifteenth Amendment to |
the Constitution. Governor Nardaman
favors immediate action to secure the |
repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment and |
the modification of the Fourteenth, while |
Mr.. Williams would leave the settlement
of this issue to some day remote. or at
some opportune time, which, is as in
definite as II is uncertain.
1t has been conceded and ii is admitted
by intelligent men Of the North that the
Fifteenth Amendment and the Four
teenth as we'll. were directed at the
south with the view Of crushing its
manhood by elevating the negroes as
their equals. 1t was crime perpetrated
by the dictates of diaboisn and hatred
to secure the Republicans in the full and
control of the Federal govern
lnent through the intermediary Of negro
reimbursement
What IS wanted today in the Congress
of the United States are men who as
representatives Of the South. are not
apologists to the North. but men who
will stand unflnchingly for the right
However, such spirit is incompatible
with the views of certain interests. pre-
dominant in the North and having
strong and all-powerful following in the
South ,
1t the sons of the South will not ae-
ate and insist on the repeal of these
amendments. which are odious. who in
he North will take the initiative for
heir repeal or modification?
Perhaps the over conservatives. the ]
'pportunists. the islstests which are al
ways IN favor of letting well enough c
'lone, view Governor Vardaman as a c
adtcal or an extremist, yet, in all can s
Tor. 1t may be asserted that his views. I
lis doctrines and his principles find v
eady echo III the greatest majority of h
he people of the South not allied to- 10
by or influenced by certain a
interests in New York. in New Orleans. la
II Memphis and commercial centers o
where political agitation, particularly S
With reference to these amendments. is Y
ct desirable. lc
WAS VERY CONSIDERABLE.