The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-27

purposes, took the advice of John
Allen, then his supporter, who was
honest enough and candid enough
to base the advised action in the
matter only on political grounds.
He said to Vardaman, Its good poi
itics to veto the BILL Good pol
itics and nothing more! For every
one knows that thee roads were
merged in fact at the time of this
stroke of good politics. and have
been ever since; that they are un-
der the same management and have
the same officers. And yet, in the
hypocrisy of his insincerity, he is
endeavoring to make the horny
handed sons sof toll" believe that
he prevented the merger and thus
ient corporate interests" and
predatory wealth from putting a
collar round their necks.
| Now as to Vardaman's acts; GER
tainly he has been living on the
charity of his friends and the for
bearance of his creditors and this
also, is no idle assertion. He says
with pretended 'meekuess and feign-
ed regret. yves. I owe debts | can
not pay; but | have my life insured
and list of my creditors so that
every dollar will be paid. Every
one should know that five thousand
dollars of life insurance money IS
exempt, and its dollars to dough-
nuts that Vardaman has 90 list Of
his creditors. He owes MEN from
che end of Mississippi to the other
all kinds and sizes of debts. He
owes debts in this county, debts
to Woodworking men, men who do
more labor in one month than Var
daman ever did. There are few
counties in the state where he does
not over five dollars to five thousand
dollars.
Is the unpaid debt of S27 to Far
mer McCaulla, of Grenada county,
an act of friendship for the laboring
man? Is the uncancelled debt OF
1856 to the Canton timer, Gunther,
any evidence of friendship for the
toiling man? Is the 800 debt to
TAYLOR. who took stock in his pa
per because he was Vardaman's
friend. and for which he never re-
ceived either stock certificate or az.
acknowledgements Of its receipt save
the cancelled check that came back
"a friendly act? Is the purchas
of a horse for 500 note from the
Yazoo farmer and the sale OF the
horse later for 5000 and pocketing
the while amount, leaving the note
unpaid, friendly deed? Is the ride
on freight train after having been
refused permission to do so by the
authorities. thereby causing Con-
ductor Childer to lose his job, a
specimen of his friendship for the
working man? Is the Sf4 due the
orphan boy for cord-wood some
thing that manifests the generosity
of a friendly heart? If these be
evidences of friendship, may the
saints preserve us from our friends?
They look to man up tree like
the acts of professional deadbeat.
II all shows the cOnsummate specl-
men of egotism that regards only its
pleasure and it's own good, no mat
ter whose rights and interests are
ignored. These things are but signs
of concentrated selfishness that
should make the people look furth-
er before blindly voting for such
a person.
And he would treat any work
ing man just as he has treated
these and many more. His only
regard for you and his hope of get
ting it is to keep it an uniformed
vote He don't give three whoops
in Halifax for you, except as he can
use YOU: and he is hoodwinking you
bv nefarious ISLANDERS on everybody
that opposes him, and with eurysto-
matous vociferations ,of his own
honesty. proclamations of your
PERSECUTION by predatory wealth, :
and his own love for the dear peo-
ple.' of course he is pretending
to love you; that's his stock IN
trade, his long suit, the thing ne is
depending on. Vardaman is as gull
tv as forty convictions would make
him The record evidence has been
cited and is today unanswered, and
many honest men are being duped
into thinking him honest by his
bombastic answers" OF infamous
lies" to these charges.
You have two others to choose
from and no one has ever charged
either Of them with dishonesty, but
evidence of -glaring and gross dis
honesty has been piled and heaped
against Vardaman. They are truth
FIJI but public statements OF Var
daman's that are absolutely con-
Trajectory will be shown you Il you
wish to see them; they are courage
Gus and invite questions on public
issues, but vardaman's answer TO
the most serious questions is a joke
about the negro, the mule and the
lightning.
Friendship for surel He is trying
10 make cats paw of the "hOnest
voter" to rake the senatorial chest
nuf out of the fire. To do this he is