Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-03-23
Commumoted.
Oxford, Miss, March

Oxford, Miss, March -, IL.
We jus; noticed in tOdays news
paper = very glowing account Of
Percy's speech a. Water Valley
and Alexander's a. Lexington,
now We admit TIA; these gentle
uen are smarter" than We
thought they were, for the reas-
on that Goth Of thez took VAR
dansn a. sn ''reeue" and that
. the biggest political issue
in the south today. Because Var
danan Is the biggest" man in
the way Of brains IN the south,
30 We frankly adni, that both Of
them viii tackle big Questions.
And the people are going to set
tied this political question" by
the larges, majority that was ev-
er given any issue in the state>
Il seems fIon Percy sad Alexar.
der's speeches that they do not
want this issue passed by the
people, but me cattle have their
uecks bowed" and they have
an opinion on this question and
do not hesitate 10 express il. so
We are inclined that II Percy and
Alexander want to win in this
issue" they are discussing they
had better got on tbs other side
Of the question and take the pop
dlar side of il. In other words the
people who favor ''Vardamau-
ISM and Percy and Alexander
: opposing i, We 90 not think
it will De long until they will take
this side of the question. because
they want to De on the same side
the people are, We think they are
loyal Mississippians and will GO
with the people.
Il reminds US of 4 friend in the
year 1901. it rained necessarily
nearly all the year, so in August
OF this rainy year, he went TO his
merchant and told him that he
wanted an almanac that he had
been without one sll the year
and he had to take the weather
lst as it come. We hear the peo-
pie say that when Vardanan was
elected governor that the peni-
Tertiary was costing the tax pay
ers thousands of dollars to main.
tain it, Vardaman swept it on,
and put it on a paying basis
where it paid thousands Of dol
lars back to the tax payers
wherein it was costing the state
thousands of dollars to maintain
it. We hear the people say that
Vardsman vetoed the $40, 900, 600
land or, timber bill, we hear
them say he vetoed the Rusk ap-
preparation bill, We hear them
say the unjust manner in which
he was defeated by the infamous
secret caucus" are only a few
reasons why the people are for
Vardamanism. Now the only
reason as the people see it why
Percy and Alexander are oppos-
ing Vsrdamanism is that they
want . seat in the u. S. Senate,
purely selhshness on their part.
That is the way it looks to the
people on one side and Percy and
Alexander on the other side. We
would advise Percy and Alexan-
der to get out OF the race and
make it unanimous for vardaman
1t will be SO near it anyway next
August that they will be ashamed
they did not withdraw from the
race. Now. listen, when you 90
in an orchard to get fruit, you
invariably look over the orchard
and see in which tree the most
sticks and chunks are lodged and
go to that tree to get the best
apples, it's the san 9 way in this
senatorial race just look at the
candidate at whom the most sticks
ank chunks are thrown and vote
for him and you will get the bes,
man. At whom are the most
sticks and chunks thrown in this
race?
Court has been in session this
week and a straw vote was taken
Of the two Petit Juries, consist
ing of "a representative men and
four bailiffs, two for each jury.
result, Vardaman %, Alexander
3, Percy 1, two not voting. Also
a vote of the Grand Jury, consist
ing OF 18 men, result, vardaman
10, Alexander !, Percy o, one not
voting.
Making Vardaman q total of SO.
Alexander 4, Percy 1. We do
nope the people will improve on
this vote by August.
' Respectfully,
= G.. A. MCCHARES,