The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-20
THE SENATORIAL ELECTION.

The greater interest is centcrcd in the
senatorial race, there being no contest for
governor, and the contest for other Offices
attracting no great attention.
The senatorial candidates are hard at
work, Vardaman and Percy making one
speech day, while Alexander often makes
from one to three. They will remain in
the contest up to the day before the first
primary.
Who will lead In the first primary and
who will drop out, are Some of the ques-
tons frequently asked There is no
trouble in answering the Srst question, if
men will put their prejudices aside and
take calm view of the situation. Varda-
man will lead--there is NO doubt about
that. Many of his friends believe he
will lead both his opponents In the first
primary be elected August Ist That
idea is being disseminated very generally
BY his supporters, and it may be true, but
this paper, which has gone through many
political battles and tries to view things
in calm and unprecedented manner, does
not believe that Vardaman will win at the
first primary.
Granting that II 900 votes are cast and
that, seems to be about the genar lesti-
mate, Vardaman would be compelled TO get
over 10000 to be elected August Ist. Will
he get them9 Hardly.
All kinds of estimates are given cut
about the strength of Alexander and Per-
cy, each claiming to lead the other. If a
person drops in at the Percy headquarters
he can soon be convinced that Percy will
lead Alexander, so very clear seems the
demonstration. Then go over to the head
quarters of Alexander, and you are soon
convinced that he will be second in the
first primary.
There is no doubt but Alexander has
made great gains within. the last few
weeks, and for while it looked like
landslide to his standard Percys sup
proters boot the idea that he will be less
than second at the first primary, and some
Of them believe he will lead the ticket
The number of votes that any candidate
for the senate will get, is wholly guess
as another's.
The headquarters of the several candi-
dates show unusual activity and at each |
the greatest confidence is expressed. The
literature that is going out to the voters
loads the mails, bushels of it being sent
daily. So the voters, if they have the
time, or inclination to read up and post
themselves, need not be ignorant as to the
men they will support, for practically every
phase of the canvass has been covered
in the literature being sent out.
The remark is often made that this is
the meanest campaign ever wagcd in the
state. People make that remark knowing
nothing about campaigns of the olden time,
when speakers often spoke with pistols
on the stand, ready to back up what they
said, or denounce what was said by their
opponents.
True, this has beer mean campaign,
as most senatorial campaigns are, bur
no worse than some of the others, except
that it has been bit more personal, and
candidates have submitted more philisoa
phically to what has been said about them
than formally.
THOSE VARDAMAN JUDGMENl .
The friends of Major Vardaman need
not be exercised over the publication of an
abstract from the Judgment Roll, fac
smile of which appeared in the Jackson
Daily News, purporting to show that there
are number of old judgments in Leflore
county against Major vardaman that have
never been paid. Every one of these
seven judgments mentioned in that alb
stract have been paid and just as soon
as the proper parties can be gotten to can
Gel the record statement will be issued
showing that they were paid years and
years ago.
The judgment of T. A. Price was first
transferred to NJ. E. Price and February
1864 was transferred to J. R. Bew, guar
dian of Douglass Robinson. The abstract
as certified to by Ben Chatham and pub
lished in the Jackson Daily News does
not show these transfers aud is therefore
incomplete and incorrect as to this judg-
ment. 1t was paid years ago.
The judgment of the Delta Bank for
100000 has caused more comment than
any other. In the abstract as made by
Chatham it appears as personal judg-
ment of the Bank against Mr. and Mrs.
Vardaman. The Bank had no record of
Vardaman ever owing them SI,ooo.oo and
Mai. Vardaman had no recollection of it
and the Delta Bank officials and friends
of Mai. Vardaman were at lost . ac-
count for such a judgment being enrolled
until an examination Of the Judgment Roll
disclosed the fact that it was enrolled
against r. K. Vardaman and A. E. Var
daman EFT AIS. Mr. Chatham having
overlooked the @ETS AIS" in making the
abstracts. An examination of the records
to find the EFT AIS disclosed the fact that
this was suit against Sam ]. Johnson,
w. F. and S. A. johnson, ]. S. Melon
aid, Kittie Holmes, D. T. Mitchell, +. W.
Golf, A. E. and J K. Vardaman, F.
r. Pleasant, T. c.. CARROT and w. r.
Randle on a guaranty bond given the
Delta Bank guaranteeing the notes Of the
old Greenwood Hedge Fence Co, signed