The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-07-28
CLOSING WEEK
OF THE CAMP PAIGN.
factional Lines More Tightly Drawn
Than Ever Before.

The ending of the final week of
Mississippi's memorable senatorial
campaign finds the factional lines more
tenseIy drawn than ever before in the
political history of the state.
Senator Percy opened Monday in Cal
houn county, where he deliver, d three
speeches. He went to Mesh .ta C, unity
on Wednesday and THURSDAY, Meridian
on Friday, Brookhaven on Saturday,
and winds up his campaign at Itta
Bena, Lefiore county, tho old home
county OF Ex-Governor Vardaman, on
Monday, where he will be introduced
by his colleague, Senator John Sharp
Williams, who has publicly announced
ington to vote for his colleague. Sena-
tor Percy will be given rousing well
come when he reaches his home city,
Greenville. Monday night. a notable
public demonstration being planned in
his honor.
Ex-Governor ] X. Vardamsn opened
at Lucien, Franklin county, ON Monday.
went to Port Gibson on Tuesday, and
then jumped to the northern part Of the
state, speaking at Ruleville, Sunflower
county, on Wednesday, Water Valley
on Thursday, thence to the southern
section, speaking at the Crystal
Springs chautauqua Saturday morning
aud Osyka, Pike county, Saturday
.rht IN,
Flora, Madison county, returning to
jackson at nine p. N. when his follow
ers will give him torchlight reception,
followed by addresses at Smith Park.
Mr.. Alexander, who has shown phe-
nomenal physical endurance since the
inception of the contest, will have de-
iivered sixteen speeches during the
closing week of the campaign, opening
with three addresses in Attala, his
native county, on Monday. leaving that
county Tuesday morning after and ad-
dress at McCool, aud speaking the same
afternoon at Chester, Choctaw county.
He was booked for three addresses in
Monroe county ON Wednesday, and two
W
jumped to the southern part of the
state for an address at the Crystal
Spring >chautauqua FRIDAY, and will
speak that afternoon at Damascus, in
the same county. On Saturday be will
make three speeches in Yalobusha
county. and then return to Jackson for
a rally of his followe~~ % be held at
Poindexter Park. Th Alexaud. r
campaign bureau cl; inns that he will
carry jackson bv au overwhelming
maj ,rity, and lead in the county by one
thousand votes.
There has been but little revision Of
the campaign bureau estimates during
the past week. Ex-Governor varda-
in the first primary by $4,000 maj ,rity,
while he pesonally claims that not less
than 5000 votes will he polled for him.
Mr.. Alexander's managers say their
candidate will receive 45 900 votes in
the first primary. Senator Percy'a
campaign bureau announces the COM
pletion of poll of ,O19 of the 1885 pre-
circts in the State, made with painstak-
ing care, and showing that the vote
will be divided as follows: Vardam n Al
per cent Percy 3S per cent, Alexander
Il per oent.
The most notable feature OF the cam
paign during the past week has been
the terrific slaughter Of the poll books
nv county boards of election commits
si"ners.
In nearly every county the commits
i"ner have implicitly obeyed instrnc-
! finns from the state board Of election
| commissioners and the rulings Of the a.
tnrnev general, and have eliminated
not properly qualified in every respect.
In some counties the number Of
names eliminated has been as high as
thirty-five per cent. Of the registration,
and this inevitably meaEs a cutting
down Of the total vote, perhaps to a
figure below the numher Of ballots cast
on the Williams Vardamcn campaign
forr vca's ago. which p "a abunt 122 900.
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faction has been the principal loser by
this strict Interpretation Of the
statutes governing the right Of snf-
frage. l., sssna counties great indiCna-
tien is h. ING .xpressed ny tho .
whose names have hean DR. .pred #
and in some inst ,nces election com.
} missisners have ',eAn threa5+...ed with
personal vioi.s,.ce unless til. names oi
dclinquents are restored.
The intense bitterness that has char.
J acteriz-d the campaign pives rise t
the fear that personal difficulties. and
perhaps more serious affairs, will b,
numerous on election day.
Parsons Poem a Gem.