Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
BIG BUDS LETTER.
NO CHANGE IN SENATORIAL SITUATION
His Well Known Position Saves Him
from the Annoyance of an Army
of Proselyters
Editor Of the Beacon.


/ wish all of my constituents
could have been here on Thursday
night last and heard the candi
dates for the United States senate
tell the joint caucus why they
should be chosen. 1t made me
prouder than ever that l was a
Mississippian. The speeches were
all super-fine and showed that the
state has plenty of senatorial tim
Der left.
The first speaker was Varda-
man, and whether you like our
strenuous ex-governor or not all
are bound to admit that he has a
captivating personality and is a
delightful speaker. He was at
his best and as he had 20 out of
the 10 Tembers Of the caucus
pledged to him and all of the gal
leries filled with his followers, he
was, of course, greeted round af-
ter round of applause. He made
the best speech l ever heard him
make, and believe if the ballot
had been taken as soon as he fin
ished, he would have been elected.
[ felt that / would have dislik-
ed to have followed him, but this
fell to Senator Anderson Of Tupe-
10, and we'll did he sustain him
self and justify his friends in
standing by him in the contest.
He was cool and collected, though
far from well, and at Onece ar
ranged the governor for his radi-
cal and demaOgical speech-as he
termed it-said it was simply in
tended as a vOte-getter, and so on.
He was piled with questions and
frequently interrupted but never
ratified, and he convinced all that
he was a man among men.
Hon. Jas. Kyle was next and
he impressed every one with his
unpurchasable honesty and his
pure democracy. He was mem
Der of congress when we were all
for free silver, but he refused to
subscribe to this doctrine and
gladly walked the plank to politi-
cal defeat rather than vote for a
measure that he did not believe
in, and convinced the entire eau
Gus that should the mantle of the
lamented McLaurin fall upon his
shoulders we could rest assured
the interests of the people would
not suffer.
Adam Byrd came next and
made fine showing as he has a
record in the lower house of CON
greSs to be proud of. He said he
had been instrumental in opening
up new markets for our cotton
goods, and could get in the senate
and be free from the tyranticaI
rule of Speaker Cannon, felt sure
that he could be of much greater
service. He convinced many that
he would make great senator.
He is another that refused to
adopt the free silver craze but
unlike all the other politicians,
was able to carry his county and
district in spite of it, and is the
only congressman in the state
with such a record. Even the
able representative from Vicks-
burg, Gen. Catchings, had to walk
the plank.
The next speaker was the mag
netic Percy and he held the
entire caucus spell bound with his
matchless elOquence and splendid
logic. He too, attacked the gov
ernOr's position on the negro
question, saying that we were all
in favor of white supremacy-that
We had it and would always con
tinue to have it unless we become
degenerate sons of illustrious
SireS. That we all wanted to take
a part in national politics and a
share of the federal patronage,
and more than anything else,
wanted to build up Mississippi,
and In good time would settle all
the great problems which were
now being made to appear as
great bug bears. One member. /
believe it was Representative |
Johnson, of Quitman, father of
the young dentist who recently |
moved to Macon, asked show are
you on prohibition" and he at
once replied, "am glad you asked
that question. When the present |
prohibition law was passed / at
once called a meeting of Green
vile citizens and raised $1,000 to
enforce law, and Washington
county is as free from blind tig-
ers as any county in the state F."
His was q great speech and I told |