The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-27
THE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES.
Sample Of che lTimes-DemOcrat's
OfFiciOus Political FaIsifyine.

trict have not been received here,
lit is conceded that second race
will be run between Spight of Tip
pah and Stephens of Union, the
latter having received the highest
vote. Spight next and Roane of
Lafayette, third. Stephens is re-
ported to have received about / 900
more votes than either of his oppo-
nents. and this is claimed to be an
anti -Vardaman victory, as Stephens
carried his own county last winter
over G. l.. Jones by a majority of
more than 600, and Jones was an
avowed Vardaman man.
However, it may be that Varda-
manism cut no figure in this con-
test, though Roane was looked up
on as the Vardaman champion, and
never failed to sound his praises.
1t is significant that he is the hind
most man in the triangular race,
when both his opponents were re-
garded as anti -Vardaman men.
Down in the Seventh District,
the Vardaman issue is more clearly
defined perhaps. than in any other
congressional race now on. There
are also three candidates in this
race-Dickson, the present incum-
bent. and Shelton of Brookhaven.
being counted as anti -Vardaman
candidates, while Quin, of McComb
City, makes it so clear he is Var
daman man. The result of the
primary, which takes place in
few days. will be awaited with
great interest.
Similar conditions exist in the
Fifth District, though there are
only two candidates-Byrd the
present incumbent, who is an anti
Vardamanite, being opposed by
Witherspoon, a Vardaman man.
Vardaman does not seem to have
been drawn in to the race in the
seacoast district. where there is
also a triangular race between
Lewis, Harrison and Tally, but the
Republican vote seems to have been
tampered with and turned to good
purpose. jackson Cor. Times DEM
ocrat.
Ever since the secret ballot eau
Gus and senatorial combine was
conceived at Jackson last Decem-
ber. the Jackson daily newspapers
and correspondents have sought by
the most reckless menaacity and
all sorts Of misinformation to mis-
lead and deceive the public in
every way possible to the prejudice
of Vardaman. The jackson Even
ing Liar, as it has been aptly called
(alias the jackson Daily News), the
Calrion-Ledger and the CORES
pondent of the Times Democrat
have been specially conspicuous for
the false and distorted information
they have dished out to the public
lin this line. 1t looks like they are
not willing to inform themselves
and tell the unvarnished truth in
any matter in which they know or
suppose Vardaman is directly or
remotely involved.
The above is fair sample of
their efforts to meddle in the con-
gresslonal contests of the State and
attempt to lug in the senatorial
contest to the prejudice of Varda-
man.
Referring to what is said by the
I'D. correspondent about the con-
test in the Second D istrict, The
Leader has it from reliable persons
living in that district that the only
anti Vardaman man in the Congress-
lonal race up there was Congress
man Spight. He wrote letters from
Washington to members of the
Legislature from his district to in
fiuence them to vote against Vslrda
man, and was otherwise known as
an anti Vardaman. Instead of
being second in the race and Roane,
a Vardaman man, third, as repre-
sented by the I'D. correspondent.
full returns place Spight third and
drop him out of the running.
Though Stephens and Roape. both
friends of Nardaman. did not make
Vardaman an issue in their cam
paign, Spight did not get major
ity Of the votes in his own county.
As for G. L. Jones, he was never
a loyal friend of Vardaman, but
voted for him on the last ballot in
the caucus in preference to Percy.
Taking credit for this and posing
afterward as friend Of Vardaman
the people Of Union county discov-
cred through widely distributed
circular BY the Stephens men just
before the special primary in
Union was pulled off last spring.
that Jones voted with the secret
ballot caucus combine for the secret
ballot and the Gibbs resolution and
that cooked his goose and elect
ed Stephens as the choice of Union
county BY big majority.
The misrepresentation as to the
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