The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-17


said about the recent senatorial cleo
''on In ole Miss II is the demurrer
of one OF the younger generation in
| Mississippi. broadly educated at Sewa
! nee and in the North fair-minded. just,
substantial. loyal man who draws
! James X. Vardsman. Senator-elect.
from his State as some OF his neigh
bors see him:
Il do want to straightcn YOU out
and set you Alright. The election of
Mt Vardaman has been heralded with
great deal of adverse criticism by
the foreign press. The old sayin;. that
the only true way of determining what
/. a man really is is TO ask mis- neighbors
about him is, you will have to admit
very correct one. The truth of the
whole business is just this. The con-
sensus of opinion in Mississippi is that
the election of Senator Percy was
brought about by unfair methods 1t
was the desire OF the voters for Var.
oaman TO humiliate Percy as much as
possible. and thereby wipe out the dis
grace OF the secret caucus of 1909
ms accounts in a large measure for
the Nardaman landslide. and the utter
rout OF the forces of the opposition
You cannot say that his election was
brought about by the vote of the hill
biilies and 'rednecks' of whose citizen
snip we are justly proud because the
nelta part Of the State gave Varda-
man big majority. so many people
are prone TO talk about something
mat they don't know anything about
This does not apply to you all. but IT
does apply to the press outside of the
state Nardaman was acknowledged
by mis- enemies to have made one of
the best Governors that we can boast
OF me opposition resorted TO all
unfair tactics known All kinds OF
1alse accusations We're made against
Naraaman. He Is certainly the choice
oil thS people. and nobody has the right
10 register complaint as we alone
are to trust our fate to him We are
satisfied. so everybody else ought to be
want to make prophecy If I
may Senator Williams could not be
elected constable Tomorrow He tried
MS best TO defeat Nardaman. but to
no avail"
1t must no conceded that little has
been heard of vardaman as his friends
see him That he has great possibili-
Ties for good and for a useful cireer
In the Senate. we have said before
Just as we have said that our final
Judgment of tho man is reserved until
!" the senate he shall have shown
what manner of man he is 1t is gen
orally agreed that Vardaman did mako
an excellent Governor. one of the very
nest the state ever had. as our cor
respondent says. If vardaman was
severe on the negro as class on tn.
other hand he was merciful to the me-
gro as an individual.
1t is still the fashion in u-any 90
the Southern states for its poli5ical
leaders to deal in the superlarive
Perhaps 1t is so in the case Of var
aaInan' who speaks in the superlative
but acts in lesser degree, especially in
the case of the black man.
1t is fact of common expcriorca
that 1t is difficult for the peon1o
of one State to understand noli,ic.,
conditions in another, or for the ma !
ton to understand them. There ara
peculiar Institutional and historica,
circumstances in each State there -
no rule to go by. Nardaman may max.
one of the best Senators Mississin,,
ever had We shall not judge him
until he has had square deal