The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1911-08-11
Comment on Mississippi
Election.
THE PEOPLES CHOICE.

If a majority of the people of MisSisS-
ippi want James X. Vardaman and The
odore G. Bilbo to fill their positions
OF honor and responsibility, that is their
privilege. We must accept their choice,
: evene though WA deplore their judg-
ment
The Daily News stoutly contends,
however, in the present as in the past,
that these selections do not represent
the best thought of the commonwealth.
Wisdom, sanity and conservatism have
s..JeGH swept aside and passion, prejudice
4.nd hySteria are triumphant.
However, water that has passed the
: mill grinds no wheat. If you are among
j those who received the solar pleXus,
brace up, get your eountenance straight
and look the world in the face with a
smile. Life is too short, and there are
too many importanG things going on in
#things going on in this big, busy, hustl-
ing old earth of ours, to waist time in
vain regrets. (Niss) News,
MAI VARDAMAN'S VICTORY.
The main result of the Mississippi pri-
mary election is great vctury for Ma
ior James X. Vardaman who, after the
bitterest campaign ever known in the
history of the state, defeated his two o.
Ship bv a substantial majority Of 10000
or more. The masses Of the people, the
ssred-necks' and "low-brOwS," as they
were cOntemptuouSly called by the
Percyites, though they are the bone and
sinew of the commonwealth have placed
the seal of their condemnation upon the
Infamous secret caucus that deprived
Major Vardaman of the seat in the SEN
ate now held by the Hon. Leroy Per-
! cy.
After the action of the caucus no one
acquainted with the caucus no one ac-
ssuuainted with the character of the pee
pie of Mississippi and their resdect for
honest dealing and fair play, had the
least boubt that they would reouke the
outrageous methods employed to defeat
J the popular will. This they did, and
! thoroughly enough, in Tuesdays prl-
mary. There will never be anOJher Sc
cret caucus in Mississippi and it will be
many years before the interruptions po-
! liticians whoWere responsible for the
outrage it perpetrated will emerge from
sthe oblivion to which they have been
consigned.--N Orleans States.
4 vARDAMAN VICTORIES.
The election of EX-GOv. Vardaman
Shows that the people have confidence
4 in hlm; all SOrCS Oh cndTScS, tACepJ Gu6
Ainvolving of his moral character, have
been made against him, but the people
#have said by their verdict, that they
do not believe these charges and that
sthey believe Vardaman is their friend.
mo man in all the state has such Won
saerful personal popularity.
The contest has been strenuous one.
sMany things have been said and done
that should have been left unsaid on
zooth sides. Let these ordinations and
Determinations be forgotten, or if not
sforgotton, at least kept in the back
ground.
r. Vardamans friends are confident that
ne will give good account of himself
in the United States senate, and that he
will become one of the recognized great
ssoen of that body. He will be the sena-
,or of the man who opposed as much as
10 will be of the man who loyalty sup
aorted him.
~ Senator Percy during his short trim
the senate has made good record;
r. Alexander admitted to be one of
he ablest men in the state, and while
hey have met defeat, it is by no means
Because the people feel that either OF
them are unworthy to represent the
tate in the great national lawmaking
ody; the more probable reason is that