Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-04-13
THE SENATORIAL CAM.
PATGN.

the continuation OF a government
of the people, for the people and
by the people.
Upon the one hand there j.
arrsyed the representatives, the
influence, the money and the
dastardly efforts Of corporate
wealth and specislinierest. Upon
the other side there IS s body 0.
common citizens upon whose
shoulders fall the support and
maintenance Of free public il
sdtuaoas.
In two decades the people have
watched with ever-increasing
alarm the eacroach-ent Of the
interes; Of toe few upon the
rights. privileges and coasasl-
tIonAl guarantees q the many.
Every special interest has 8
representative and a lobby II
Washington; tia common citizen,
the ,oiler. upon whom the bur-
6ea and MAINTENANCE % govern
ze1t falls heaviest. = the ore
Gsh fever representatives.
In SPECIAL Legislation for the
sPeeiA. Interests. II Judicial leg
!s-saoa. tie -ishts Of tie people,
ne zsny, have beea postponed
and Pre!Giiced ard cu-taile9 for
tie advantage o, the few.
The prce fer the continuance
and zaia;aineace OF a free gov
eminent for the bench, Of the
people = eternal vigilance upon
their part. AnY degree OF po-
lIacsl trickery, any amount OF
campaign funds, are ready to put
another representative Ct tie
special interests at Washington
and 70 defeat the man WHOM the
the state and the nation know TO
be the representative OF the peo-
pie.
A Vardanan has been the
representative OF the people
throughout lis life, a. 4 private
citizen aud ~ a public Official,
uninhuenced by any other n
terest or end except for ths bes;
good of the most people, 80 as
the next Senator from the State
of Mississippi, the people aad
nation viii know thar TIE South
mas presented - the nation 4
statesman Of experiences. Of Il
teligence. Of Learning. OF inueg-
rity, Of courageous manhood. 0:
the oax-tree variety, vao vii
ever De found On the fi1nx-hr-
pressing forward the Intefesc o:
the people Of tie United States
as against the sappsrs and bar
naeles upon the body polite.
Il therefore bsnooves the psO-
pie OF Mississippi, the COMMON
people Of Mississippi 70 Dc watch
ful Of their interest This i
their campaign more than Gov
ernor NarcAnan's Campaign.
Be vatchful Of al plans And
scruunizs AL Purposes advanced.
We learn that for the hrss tine
the election commissioners vii
s,rua1Ize the rolls 30 IrefnlIy
a. 70 dls9ualfy every voter VINO
mas not tscha4caliy fulfilled every
condition, oelng wiling 70 dis
qualify white men for political
reasons anu 10 sufle a popuIz,
expression Of the people VISA
and and viii
We learn ina. Al efiort Il be.a,
made II certain Of the counties
for IN early primary TO De held
% select county candidates. ne
argument being made that Il wi
shorten the campaign and MAKE
Il less expensive - tie candidates
IN the respective counties. We
trust that the friends Of TIE ueo-
pie OF Mississippi, the friends Of
Gov NardamAn Will not tai 4
discern the purpose underlying a
suggestion Of this kind.
The purpose of this plan IS no;
10 save the candidates time and
money, not % save the peools
the time devoted 70 a poli..ca.
campaign out the purpose i e
be able % carry out the Ins:di.
Gus and cowardly plan OF dis
qualifying voters and at the same
time not 70 run afoul the county
candidates. Another purpose
which they have in mind is tha,
they hope that by holding the
election of county officers first
that when that is over less inter-
est Will be laken in the regular
primary and that fewer voters
will turn out.
To express their purpose in
fewer words they fear to let the
people Of Mississippi speak and
are seeking in every conceivable
way 70 uislead them and to keen
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