The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-19
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE SENATORIAL
SITUATION.

shrines thought look rather at tn,
idea itself, behind ii all, that whi cl
prompts the thought-the deed-tht
act. If that be pure, then the thing it
self is worthy Of our consideration, re-
gardless of the habilimeat with which
it is clothed.
have before me copy of The Is
sue, which in the first six pages, / cas-
ually count words universally taboeed in
polite society, and even in the homes OF
the semi-refined, but frequently used in
saloons and in the under world; yet week
ly you send this paper and these vile
reprehensible words into the homes Of
| those whom you profess to love, In oyS
der that they nay entwine themselves
/, around, and poisv,, the lives of the
young, innocent boys and girls in the
homes of those whom you call your
friends. Is this making the mos. of
magnificent heritage you possess or the
vast opportunities that lie .Out before
you?
Again after the golden thread Ward
aman) which runs continuously through
all the pages of The Issue, there comes
a silver thread, shining brightly. contin
uously and prominently; that silver
thread is the hnholy, sinister character
of everything and all things and every
body opposed to the golden thread
Wardaman.)
Departing boldly from the legimate
realms of journalism, throwing to the
winds all forms of courteous treatment
due an opponent. you boldly set up the
Il am holier than thou" standard ann
proceed to hold up to ridicule, to unmer
cifully fay, to impugn the honor of all
politician, private citizen, or minister
of the lowly ..Nazarine, who dares to
differ with you, or had the temerity to
stand in the pathway of your consum-
ing ambition for office,
In your fervid imagination these not
only become enemies of your own, but
they also become enemies OF the COM
monwealth, and beings up on whose
heads Anathama Maranthama is
to be heaped until the end of time-all
because they had the temerlty to op-
pose your petty ambitions and desires.
Wesson, Miss, Aug. 13-Declaring
that he is tired of being traduced and
slandered by the Vardaman corps of
mud-slingers, Mr.. w. w. Robertson,
member of the lower house of the leg
islature from this county, says that he
is preparing a statement that will
startle the state and fully reveal the
inner workings Of the Vardaman cam
paign bureau during the recent sena-
torial contest.
81 am at work on the statement
now," said Mr.. Robertson today, land
it will be made public shortly. intend
to tell exactly the location of those
whisky barrels Hobbs and eastman
are talking so much about. Twill tell
in the article where and with whom
took the first drink in Jackson week
or more be fore I ever met Senator Per-
cy or any of his supporters. will tell
every mans name with whom | took
drink and the exact places, and eX-
actly what was said to me at each time
and place. ard by whom, of the many
rides in cabs and who paid the bills,
and of my visit to the Elks club and
who passed me IN, and of, the many
oyster stew meals at the different res
taurants, shaves and electric messages,
and who paid for them, and about one
hundred tricks that was played. There
is time when patience ceases to be
virtue. Mr. Hobbs will remember that