East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-02-17

40 w uOW IL was IudJ uc usca WcS-
tern Union and Postal Telegraph
franks by which he got his tele-
graphing free, then exhibited tele-
graph expense account larger than
any of his predecessors, it will be
dete mined as to whether he will bs
indicted upon the charge of econ
omy." 1t is to be hoped that
"Vo.er's" doctrine of economy
will ill be blessed with it's chastity.
Voter" says:-" The Truth is,
the Vardaman people are serene.
satisfied aud have been all the
time, and these little lies and big
lies only serve to more fully CON
vince us that he is the peoples
friend" The word lie" is the
C leapest argument that one can re-
sort to. 1t consumes no ink
1t can be written with three strokes
of the pen and on quarter of an
iAch of paper. 1t takes no intel
lect to speak the word, and babe
can be taught to use it long before
the unframed lips and tongue can
articulate the sacred name-Moth-
er. Yet, Voter" puts the lie"
to conclusive proof, then reclines
Upon the busom of serenity and
satisfaction, " conscious of an ar
gument well delivered.
THAT PASS" was Voters"
theme, but fuding himself hope
IS of meritorious defense, he
al ,pted the policy of the lawyer
who has neither facts nor law,
hence, gives the witness .
Then, true to the time honored
policy of his imposing Chief, he
resorts to slander and vituperation,
with only a passing regard for the
verify of his words and enamored
Ntth craze to best his political
ayd in the public use of profanity.
And it proves three things,
saws Voter, First THAT Alexan-
Ter has access to the old, retired
nusty files of the Gulf & Ship Is
land Railroad Company, and he and
hat corporation are on speaking
erms" etc. Second That the
inlf & Ship Island Railroad Com
amy is doing its d-est to injure
Jardaman and is using Alexander
Us it's tool. Third; That Al9x-
Under is so anxious to represents
himself in the Senate that he is
Wiling to defamt the character of
IN honest man and destroy his good
lame. You steal my purse, you
teal trash, ETC."
We ask Voter" what it is that
proves these three things beyond
doubt! He does not state in his
article; and if he means that Alex
ander procured the pass from the
G. & S. l., he fatty contradicts
Mr.. Vardaman in another material
point, for Mr.. Vardaman says in
his Issue of the 18th. inst, that
John Allen procured this pass to
be used at the secret caucus for the
purpose of showing that Vardaman
was unworthy to represent the peo-
pie in the United States Senate.
Voter had better re-dedicate him
self at the shrine of his god and
i've closer to the faith.
Does it not suggest to your mind
that Vardaman was rather on
speaking terms with the G. & S. I.
when he used that free pass' Please
state, if you can, when such friend
| y relations eyer existed between
| Mr.. Percy or Mr.. Alexander and
that Company, when the law pro-
hibited it? What other grounds
i haye you to base the assertion that
the G. & s. 1. is doing its - to
injure Vardaman, than the fact of
this free pass? If you have no
other reason, do you thereby ad-
nit, again, that Vardaman rode on
the free pass although he may have
been in comatose state at the tims
:, or has suffered a very severe lapse
1of memory since? n
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