The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26
Some Questions and their
Answers.
B. r. Thigpen.

From some apparently nnin
formed and misguided parties
they seem not to understand an'
not to recognize why there arr
so many people for VardamaI
and so few for the other tive
parts of the same candidate II
| fact, they ask .'If you are mo-
for Alexander or Percy, why
| not?. "sOr if you are for Var
daman. why so?
| These are plain questions anc
are easily answered, and have
been answered time after time
and again; and in an intelligent
manner and ought to be salts
| factory to all intelligent men.
If for no other reason we are
for Vardaman because there L
no other to be for 1t is entire
ly out of the question and r1dl-
| culous in the extreme to assume
that we could be for the other
| candidate composed OF two
parts-Alexander and Percy be
cause their position is so prepos-
ferrous and amazingly ridiculous
| itself that were we to endorse
| such a state of affairs we would
| become more so ourselves es
they are a new and curious spec
les. They are without beginning
or ending. both headless and tail
less. unfortunate, political chil-
dren Of chance, never heard OF
before the existence of that nn-
mentionable, foul and rotten sec
ret caucus.
Because we are not for the OPP
position is not the only reason
that we are for Vardaman. We
would still be for him even If
there was somebody else against
him. For the simple fact that he
is the best and most available OF
the candidates. He is the best
specimen possessed by the state
foi the job. His training and eX-
perience, his s;.na9tjon. tempera
ment and public services has per.
cuIiarly fitted him for that Of
flee and his is one of natural
adoption for the place. He is a
splendid orator. decidedly quick
to think and to act, and Of cour-
ageous and splendid resolution.
He is man of broad and liber-
al views, conservant with all the
conditions of all the classes of
his tate and as considerate Of the
needs of those of the poor and
humblest walks of life as he is
of the more fortunate ami ilobls-
born.
This is not hearsay evidence !;
this Is not conjecture or opinion.
but the testimony is borne out
by the facts in the case. The
true status of affairs will war
rant every assertion here made
The true facts naked to the eve.
the unmistakable self-evident Of
truths which any court would al
ways take judicial notice are suf
ficient to substantiate any cause
Again aside from this, why arc
we for Vardaman. We would say
because he is the man of the
hour Because he embodies. and
represents the true principles of
progressive Democracy. Because
he is an insurgent in the ranks.
a reformer and a purifier of pol
itics.
Take Vardaman S record, has
It not always been forthe people +!
Has it not always been one Of
self-sacrificing devotion to every
worthy cause of humanity which
he has ever epoused? Has not
his every motive been one of pa
tllotic zeal, and has not his re
cord been one to which he may
point with pride and moulded
after the highest political ideas
Point to one flaw. Point to one
wilful and malicious mistake.
Prove one dlsobedient act or
one malfeastance in office or
self-appropriation for self aggran
dlzemeent, and it will indeed be
a revelation to all fair minded,
and honest men.
These are some of the reasons
we are for Vardaman. Now to
those gentlemen who have pre-
Judged him and are opposing
him for no apparently valid rea-
son we would like to ask You
the same question.
If you are not for Vardaman
why not?
You cannot prove anything,
and you cannot hurt anybody
cr change anybody by your pusi.
luminous whining And we do no
want to hear any more of your
free-pass business with IFS forged
ignature and of the contingent
fund bugaboo with its misplaced
and stolen vouchers. Nor of youl
Bryan fund or Battleship fund.
Why do You do it, Do You
take the people of Mississippi te
be a set of fools, or her citizen
ship to be a lot of ignoramnses
or men incapable Of thinking
and acting for themselves? Like
dumb driven cattle or sheep to
the blOckY If You do, YOU are