The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-06-30
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ylROlslN WILL WIN
BY 5000 MAJORITY
Vicious tiisess On ymdsmsn
MAJ Be Dropped And Plan
Of Csmpsign tntifsly
Changed

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fbs recognized eghdld1fe thd . hti
sxsinst Vifdsms8, held smother
"sesfet c1ueuFf 40 iscks1h. w the
state sehate chamber, M Thursday,
Inhe i5 Practically ali pafts ~ ths
state Refs represented ~ tbis "secfet
caucus" apparently the Dnly mahdef
" holding political meetings soDsh
Nv Che opposition 80 this meeting
reports from each county we're n.
eelVed and 'tabulatod, showing the
impurities ~ chat either N both
Percy and Alexander may be- expected
~ receive On The nfst primary voting
After these reports we're io, these
anti Vafdaman men we're called M t0I
report the mnjofities that Vafdaman
Will receive az the same tine. The
Percy and Alexander malnrltics tD
we're given with liberal abandon, 90
be sure, tut Vafdaman was accorded
everything Given him gfudgingly
CONSERVATION was caused the group
~ anti.Vafdaman men when, accord
ing 10 their own figures and their own
biased reports, Vafdaman showed up
with majority Of 5000 votes over
both OF the other candidates. These
stubborn facts that could not be
cvaded even by their own cooked re.
ports became a revelation TO the anti.
Vardaman forces, aud they immedl.
ately sat up and took notice. Accord
Ing TO report, II was decided that the
plan Of campaign thus far followed
by the anti.Vardaman forces had
proven failure, and that the vicious
attacks on Vardaman and Varda-
mans supporters had driven many
reasoning people TO the support OF the
White Chief, and that the gratuitous
~ support and speech making by rail-
road attorneys for Percy had not
tended TO be OF benefit,
THE SECRET CAUCUS
The credit for this exposure Of
another "secret caucus" belongs to
the Brookhaven Leader, which, 10 its
Issue Of June 81, tells the story as
follows:
The Leader presents today to Its
readers juicy piece OF political news
that no other paper 10 the state or
out OF IT. has given the public 1t
would have been old news" ancient
history"--had not the item by some
unaccountable ~ omission been over
looked by both the enterprising Jack
son daily papers, as well as by the
correspondents OF the great New Or.
leans and other dailies, at the state
capital.
4 The Leader has II on most reliable
authority that another ''secret eau.
Gus" has been held by the support
ers of Percy and Alexander in the
senate chamber Of the capitol, This
event occurred last Thursday, June
10; and parenthetcally, let us sug-
gest that because it was secret eau
Gus, 1t became point Of honor [! J
no doubt, with the Jackson News and
"the great religious daily" to sup
press the facts and so conserve its
interests.
The purpose OF the conclave, at
which were represented Percy sup.
porters from over the state, was to
size up the progress OF the campaign
for all candidates-see who was ahead
land then decide on what would be
the best vote. winning course to pur.
sue further, from date up to the poll.
Ing OF votes August /,
STRAY SHEEP IN FLOCK.
This, and the information append
ed below, has come to us through the
providential personal presence OF a
strong Vardaman man at the Percy
meeting This gentleman, 1t appears,
CHANGED to be spending the day at the
capital city and by mistaken Identity
was taken for his brother, who is an
outspoken Alexander partisan.
Failing to apprise his political
friends (gl OF their mistake, he was
taken as lone Of the fold" and
allowed himself to be led like the
proverbial lamb until he reac he'd the
Percy pasture at the capitol.
The main points CLEANED by the
STRAY sheep" while grazing were
that the tactics OF the opposition
were to be changed-that the fight on
Vardaman on the pass proposition,
the various funds--contingent, bat.
tleship, silver service, ETC., were to be
tabooed, and 1t was agreed by the fol.
lowers OF Percy and Alexander that
the war waged along the vituperatiye
mud'slinging liue was making more
votes for the peoples choice" than
IL was for their own, and that this
line OF campaign would be called of
-Vardaman would have to be headed
off, II headed at all, by the use OF
different tactics,
A VARDAMAN MAJORITY.
A distressingly dverting part OF
this caucus was the tallying UP OF the
estimated strength OF Percy and Alex.
ander.
After deal Of speaking and dis.
cussion from those present, the lamb
remaining becomingly dumb = the
combined estimated strength OF both
Percy and Alexander, given by their