The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
BUILD A GOVERNMENT FAIR
AND JUST TO ALL


corporations and trusts is seek
ing to lay hold of the Legislative
branches of government. and
build up a landed aristocracs
that viii reduce the common peo
pie tc serfdom. Already the per
nlcious influence Of money used
III DaFchase seats in the United
States Senate is felt. 1t was en-
Dloyed to secure the seat Of Lor-
inner from Illinois, and it IS be-
iicvcd that Some Of it found ITS
way TO tire secret caucus winch I
lected an unknown quantity
from our own state to the Nat
ional Congress over the express
ed will of the voters and the fri
end Of the common interest. Eyi-
dence Of corporation hatred to
Mr.. Fardaman is manifested on
every side. 1t is currently ru-
mored that some Of the raiiroad
corporations win not suffer a
no owspaper, favorable to the can
didacy OF Mr.. Vardaman. to be
sold by the news butchers on
their lines, restricting the sale
IL >,svn .lll.a opposi 'pn sheess
as the Jackson Evening News.
From the great syndicate fum
Der interests, such ask are teered
by Edward Hines, whose money
has wrought. corruption in vari-
Gus of the states. comes thI en-
phatic determination to defeat,
Mr.. Vaidaman for the Senate.
Mr.. Hines has not forgotten Mr.
aNrdaman $ veto of the @10,0O0,-
10000 corporations holding law
which kept him from realizing a
profit of $4,000, 10000 that he
would have extorted from the
people lie has blood in his eye
and vengeance in his heart, and
threatens, by the power of swill,
to elect members to the legisla-
ture who will snow Mr. Varda-
man under regardless of the
will Of the people. 1t is charged
that he will have enough candi-
dates IN the field to accomplish
tins purpose and that the where
with will not be stinted. 1t is
not known who these candidates
are nor where as theysail under
fair colors and profess native
patriotism. but the indications
are not wanting that suchare al
ready in the field, with others to
follow. Corporatins and trusts do
do not mean that Mr. Vardaman
shall become a member of the
United States Senate.
lie is net the character nf mai,
wanted by them His views for
preserving the rights of the mass
es and throttling the encroach-
ments of moneyed interests are
too pronounced for them. His
heart pnlsates too much in SYM
pathy with the great body Of
mankind whom they design to
fleece through unequal laws to
permit him TO oppose his intel
lect and Influence in place of
authority To make a long story
short, the great corporations of
the country are antagonistic to
Mr.. Vardaman They mean to de
feat him, If it can be done If
not at the polls. then in the leg
islature by some unheard of
technicality and outrageous pro-
eee1ing. similar to the secret
caucus of 1870. Pen. nor mind,
cannot. at this time, say what
that proceeding may be.
: Where there is a will, there
corporations OF the country are
resoureeful enough to find the
way when it is needed. They
found il in 1910, why should
they not the more easily, from
experience, find it in 1922
The only way the people can
forestall them. should they at
tempt the game again, is TO e.
lect only tried and true men to
the legislature. Should the faint
of corporation, trust or money
power attach to any candidate s
record. In the past or present.
give him a wide berth-he may
be one of the fellows we are
talking about.
Open your eyes and look all
around YOU. See if you discern
any smoke from the fires of pre-
datory wealth, camping ON the
lines of your personal liberties,
and ready to capture your law
making body toadvance their
greed and make serfs out of YOU
and your children. If you see
the smoke, you may then know
they are preparing to make the
attack with dollars as bullets and
the tongue of deception as weap-
ons. Then buckle on your armor,
take the God given ballot as
your ammunition and the spirit of
American liberty as your weapon
Go to the polls in August, and
east that ballot for the true and
tried to make your laws In 1912,
aud, in this way. build for your
self and posterity government
fair and just to all