The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-29
THE SE.NATOR.SnlP.

1t seems To be Vardaman againsi
the feld. The editor Of The News
has not been long enough in thii
State to know local political condi,
tions and the reasons why. We dc
mot understand whyrit should be
Vardaman against the field, or tbs
field against Vardaman; but; Dor.
rowing from an intimate exper-
iene of years with politics in an
other State, we would almost be
willing to hazard the assertion that
1.-THE effort to iii the field with cam
didates against Vardaman, grows
tout ef some personal differences
lengendered BY former campaigns,
land which have nothing to do with
1.-THE real question which concerns
1.-THE PEOPLE now, to-wit:: The man
lbest endowed BY nature and exper-
Iience to serve their interest in the
Senate of the United States, where
tbraye hearts and true are needed,
to held fast to the faith against
the temptations, allurements and
lentieements Of combinations Of
Estrong influences to do wrong.
The chief general objection to
GOV Vardaman is that he is too
radical Earnestness is some-
times mistaken for radicalism.
There are so many half-hearted
people IN the world, and 50 exceed
| ing many Of them in public life,
that when a man with convictions
land the courage Of his convictions
comes into the limelight with the
truth upon his lips, tinid souls
and time-servers at once look upon
him as mighty dragon with
poison on its wings and dangerous
to the public good.
Ths two questions upon which
Governor Vardaman is the most
pronounced, the most radical, if
you enoose, are the liquor and the
race questions, and his so-called
radicalism upon both these ques-
tions The News heartily commends.
They are questions. both Of them,
which demand heroic treatment.
They ane Hssi0n both Of them,
which have been too long tenporiz-
led with. They are questions; both
of them, attracting now the serious,
thoughtful attention of the leading
writers and thinkers and students
of all the States, and the man who
represents Mississippi ID the Senate.
should have well known and we'll
denied opinions upon these two.
questions
Men with opinions have the same
opinions everywhere; but all men
| do no express the same opinions
everywhere. Any man can be for
prohibition in Mississippi now, be-
cause prohibition is the law and
| the law is popular; but Gov. Var
ldaman was for prohibition before
Fit was popular and before it was
the law he helped make it popular.
and he helped make it the law.
And Gov. Vardaman is that radi-
cal in his opinions that he ex-
presses the same opinion on the
same subject everywhere and be-
fore any coterie or crowd. without
regard to wealth, power or in1u-
lence. It is entirely safe to assume,
therefore. that when the question
comes up in Congress, to protect
| the states in their rights BY refus-
ing to.issue federal license to liquor
dealers to invade inhibited terrl-
tory BY State laws. that Gov. Var
daman will not only vote for the
rights Of the State. but he win be
heard from: and be will be heard
| from in Just such radical words
as that great monster should be.
handled with. Il is entirely safe
to say that the National Liquor
Dealers Protective Association, If
they fail to defeat him for The
Office, will never be able to silence,
coerce Or control him
The race question, however radi-
cal Gov. Vardaman may seem. is
treated BY him more nationally, we.
think, than by many who critlcise
him. Gov. Vardaman treats it not
80 much IS d political question, as
he does race question. II Is not
i queItsion Of politics, ii IS . ques-
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