The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-12-16

his opponent in the campaign, and 20
make his a upon HIS OWL record
and a discussion Of the public issues
of the day.
Has Major vardamaR pursued ell
Their of these courses?
For months, ever since he prom.s-
ed the Legislature on the night OF my
nomination, to do all in his power
to hold up my hands, he has had u
half dozen substitutes upon the
stump in Mississippi waging for hia
a campaign OF personalities, SANDER
and detraction, and hs has eagerly
printed in the paper owned by him
every article against me published
anywhere In the State, or contribut-
ed to his paper BY any Of his bench
men, however coarsely abusive and
yilely indecent such articles might
be; and in his Issue, of the 21st OF
October, he has the following edito-
rial. headed. "A Filthy Sheet"
1.-THE Tmperious One, of Sunday
Shooting and Fishing Fame, the
Observation-Disclosures of the
Poker-Table, the Crowned Victor Of
the Rotten Secret Caucus, the f..
Pluribus unum of the Gold Dust
Twins, spoke at S.arkville last Moa-
day to a large audience of people who
had assembled there in obedience 10
the mandate of the Court. He always
speaks to the Court-gathered crowd.
This same 'Onlv-Ons' is reported
to have said many things about Var
daman and his "MenagsrIe,"--re-
ferrins by the last word to Senators
Hebron, Potter, Bilbo, and rugsed
old Bill Stegall-any one OF whom
Is as far superior to Lsroy Percy IN
all the elements OF true manhood AS
the u hangs high above the earth.
The aforesaid. much s~elf-praisea
One. was pleased to refer to the Is
sue as a Filthy shess.'
thC ASS No Is uQL QlIlN
II do hot believe Mr.. Percy thinks
it is filthy.
IF IL is ''althy' it ia because Of
the things that I have reproduced In
It~--extracts from Percy's specchu,
and th: story Of his s:estioA 70 the
United States Senate BY the rotten,
[ secret oaucus-
Those are about the only 'Hlthy
things that ! can remember to have
=, appeared In the columns Of the Il.
r sue
:. They may be 'hlthy,' but az
| stated above, I am somewhat sur
prised that Percy should admit r."
ISSUES CHALLENGE FOR JOINT
DEBATE.
And yet there are Issues between
us which it seems should, in fair
ness to the people of Mississippi be
: discussed by US. He claims that nv
election was secured through q rotten
5 caucus. I deny t.
II he can ubstantiate that claim
: l should not be sent to the United
States SenHte. If he cannot sub
stantiate it he has uttered a vile
SANDER against the Legislature OF
Mississippi, which renders him un-
: worthy to hold any ONCE at ths
handle Of the people Of this State.
3 For years he has proclaimed
through this paper and on the lee.
ture platform, that the paramount
issue is the agitation by the sontn
of the repeal of the 18th, and thS
}, modification of the 14th amendments
: to the Constitution
}, say that.such an agitation on ths
: part OF the Sonth is not only sense.
Z less, but vicious.
9 Is this not an issue which shoult
= be discussed before the people?
r II the people OF Mississippi believe
d that he is right in regard to It, 80 IA
as'l am concerned, he should be Sen,
8 to the Senate: for I would be unwii,
d ling to go there on Il FOOLS errand
: even with the commission of United
= States Senator in my hands.
. Surely these are important issues
which could be fairly discussed ~
y joint debate before the people d
: Mississippi and more vitality con.
Germs them than the campaign oI
personalities being waged against
I me.
Certainly Vardaman does not be.
lieve that such a campaign can VIII
before the people of Mississippi
I Surely the Corner Governor of Mis-.
r sissfppt will not persist in a course
Q which win strip him of the respec,
Q of every decent man in the State
He will not persist in a campaign
q which the people of Mississippi will