The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-01-30
REVIEW Of THE SEN
ATOR|AL SITUATION
Up TO DATE
.srEciAL 10 The mosn,sl TINES,


continues 10 be the chief topic of dis
eussion among members of the lcgisla
tnre AMI ali Of the forces are actively
at work in behalf of their respective
candidatcs.
During the past week tho elimination
process has made fair headway, aud,
While the confdeHe predictions of a re-
suit being reached during the week
have not been fulfilled, the general sit
union has undoubtedly been very much
simpIifed.
The withdrawal OF Anderson AMI
Critz, and the deIiveIy of practically
all of their votes TO other conservative
candidates has greatly encouraged thai
faction. spirit of optimism prevails
in their camp, and today the belief
seems to be general that The deadlock
will bo certainly broken within the
next week.
The actual voting strength of Varda-
man is still d subject on which there Is
mach difference of opinion. The more
conservative of his followers say that
ne has - votes that ..w will respond
whenever we blow the horn 1t is .
significant fact. however. that he has
not polled that number since the with
irawal of Anderson. and this justifcs
the belief thai all Of the Anderson fof
lowing Will remain IN the opposition
camp, as will also the members who
had been voting for Judge Critz.
FROM the headquarters OF tile conserv
atives today comes the statement that,
after a careful comparison of facts and
figures, they are convinced that there
are 1oI members of the legislature VIII,
will not vote for Vardaman under any
circumstances and will throw their sup
port to whatever standard bearer that
may be selected for the final clash with
Vardaman
The conservatives have not been In
| the habit of making extrayagant claims.
and the figures issued must therefore
| be given serious considerations.
On the other hand, the Vardaman
steering committee claims that there
are thirty members in the opposition
camp who will vote for Nardaman as
second choice just soon as they get
an opportunity to break away from the
local fayorites.
While the Nardaman committee
Doubtless feels thai this statement is
warranted by the facts, the estimate
I 4;
for obvious reasons. There are exceed
| inglv few .ssecond choice Vardaman
members Of the caucus who have not,
| at one time of another, broken away
| for Nardaman. On several occasions
| desperate efforts have been made tc
round up this 'ssecond choice contin
| gent, and get them to vote for Narda
man on one mallot. thus making for
midable showing. This was done, by
the way, on the night of Anderson Z
| withdrawal. and the best showing tha'
could be made was II votes.
Opposing the Vardaman claim comes
an assertion from the conservative
camp that, when the final Showdown
comes, they are positive that al leas
six Of his regular following will break
away from him and vote for the con
servative candidate. The members wht
are thus classified, it is explained, ar
legislators who have been voting fol
Nardaman because of pressure brough
to bear on them by their constituents
and they will only want signal from
the opposition "a sie proper moment t.
make the break
A candid and impartial review o
the situation forces the conclusion tina
the conservatives have much cause t
feel encouraged over the showing the,
have made during the week. That the,
have gained valuable ground and hav
I it strongly fortified for renewal of tn
fighting cannot be disputed. Nearl
all of the opposing candidates hav
made substantial gains through the pal
tiai elimination process, and it can b
taken for granted that the eliminatio
! will continue to be gradual: one eand
0sIG uAUHpAlis oub ~ . tlAfft sAA1N tAeA-s
) everything in his power to deliver hi
| votes against vardaman.
s. One phase of The fight that is nc
/. showing on the surface is the 2ssecon
!. choice work being done among tn
! conscrv atiycs Messrs AexaEie
Percy. Byrd. and Kyle are taking nofi
G ing FOR granted With exceptional ski
I and diplomacy, aided by an able corE
of lienfenants. they are working de-
aud might 70 keep the anti varsiarna
vole solid, and to further their respe'
tive eanses ii each other y ranks
this work superb generalship has bee
{ shown. bus i IS the kind OF work th'
r.sreI SHOWS On the surface, and
therefore hard 80 count terae<.