The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-26
GOV. J. K. VARDAMAN
What he Thinks of Ministers Of the
Gospel and Women Read, Reflect.

| Because the Rev. DIR. Bailey, editor o
the Baptist, the official organ of th'
Baptists of Mississippi, published a
jackson, dared to differ with Mai. Var
daman about public questions which af
feet the whole people, Major Vardamar
uses the following insulting languag,
about DR.. Bailey in his paper, The Com
monwealth, of Aug. 10th, 1902. Refer
ring to DR.. Bailey he says:
"This strange mingling Of pretended
piety and puisant malevolence of the
stupid parson and the INSCRIPTIONS pol.
itician; OF unfathomable ignorance and
asinine wisdom Of the dirty tool in the
dirtIer hands Of the still dirtier manipu.
lator, and over and above all, as high as
the sparkling pleiadet, hang above the
groveling earth, the cheap pusillaminous
qualities Of this Christ discrediting rea
eighteen carat fraud"
Continuing Major Vardaman says of
Rev. DR.. Bailey:
"But when the impudent little squirt
leaves the high plane OF legitimate ar
gument and descends to the miasmic
mire of offensive personalities, prostl-
tutes the place he holds in an honored
religious sect--takes advantage Of and
befouls the Office of minister of God,
to serve a political gang, then have a
right to protest and employ that made
quate medium to express the depth Of
my contempt for such a person"
Continuing In the same editorial Maj
or Vardaman says OF Rev. DR.. Bailey:
"But for one Of these little nubbin
stud, self -sanctifled, theological runts of
the type who edits the Baptist, | have
not the language to express the depths
Of my commiseration and contempt. He
is discredit to the Baptist church and
ought to be pulling bell-curd over a
mule instead OF directing the official Or
gan of that splendid sect of devoted
christian men
Major Vardaman said in the Common
wealth the following concerning the
mother of President Roosevelt, who
was Southern woman:
ut is said that men follow the bent of
their geniuses, and that prenatal in
fuences are often potent in shaping
thoughts and ideas ia after life. Prob
ably old lady Roosevelt during the
period Of CESSATION was frightened by
dog and that fact may account for the
qualities of the male pup which are so
prominent in Teddy. | would not DO
either an injustice, but am disposed to
apologize to the dog for mentioning it,
We have no tolerance with Roosevelt |
as a politician; he is unreasonable and |
the strenuous, like his critic, Major
Vardaman; but his mother was woman,
a Southern woman, and the man who is
30 forgetful or 80 reckless to cast such |
an uncouth reflection on woman, il
does seem would be an unsafe man to
place in the Governors Office OF the
State of Mississippi. .-Greenville Demo-
crat.
Thus in accord with the general reck-
less, radical course of Major vardaman,
he pitched into Rev. Quincy Ewing, of
because Mr.. Ewing took the
position In a sermon that it was Chris
tian duty for the superior race to eda-
cate the inferior or negro race. The at
tack of Mr.. Vardaman on Mr.. Ewing
was entirely unprovoked as well as un-
Just. Mr.. Ewing is deep thinker, a
,onsecrated christian gentleman, anNel-
,quent speaker, and withal as modest as
woman; and yet in spirit of reck-
essness Major vardaman said Of Mr..
Ewing:
1.-The lurid and hel.belching utter
snces Of the Greenville Clergyman and
other sprightly mistakes Of his class,
will not reduce the number Of niger
ynchings in Mississippi or anywhere
slse. But they will give this little gen
,leman little notoriety, which after all,
'eems to he the great desideratum. |
blink this clerical Don Quixotte would
ike to have q better paying job in a
lorthern city, and he fell upon that
,lan as the cheapest and most effective
way Of advertising for it. | hope to
iod he may get vardaman's Green {
wood Commonwealth.
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