The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-21


selection Of United States Sen
ator in Mississippi isof vital i'm
portance of free Government, the
continuation of government OF
lac people. for the people and by
the people
Upon the one hand there is ar
raycd the representatives.. the in
fltcn ses, the money and the das-
ta,dly efforts of corporate veal
the and Speacial interest Upon
the other side three is ii body
Of common citizens upon whose
shoulders fall the support and
maintenance of free public insti-
tuition
In two d.+adcs the people have
watrncd with ever increasing IA
lam the encroachment OF the
interest of the few upon the on
ly rights, privileges and consti-
tutional guarantees of the many.
Every Special interest has "A
repf esentative and lobby in
Washington the common citizen.
the tailor, upon whom the bur
den and maintenance of govern
ment falls heaviest isthe one
with fewer representatives.
In Special legislation for the
Special Interests, in judicial leg
islation, the rights of the people,
the MANY. have been postponed.
and prejudiced and curtaiIed for
the advantage of the few.
The price of the continuance
and maintenance of a free gov
ernment for the benefit of the
people is eternal vigilance upon
their part.
ANY degree of political trick
cry. any amount of campaign -
funds, are ready to put another
representative of the Special In
ferest at Washington and to de-
feat the man whom the State
and the Nation know to be the
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
PEOPLE.
As Vardaman has been the re-
preventative Of the people thro-
,ghout his life, as private cit
-izen and as a public official. I'M
A.fl.iF,eed by sl.y other intere1
or end except FOR the best good
of the people. so as the next Sen
atol from the State of Mississi-
ppi, the people and Nation will
know that the South has present
I'd To the Nation Statesman of
experience. of intelligence. OF
learning, Of integrity, of conrag-
eons manhood. Of the oak-tfee
variety. who will ever be found
on the firing line pressing for
ward the interest of the people
Of tn. United States as against
the sappers and barnacles upon
the body polite.
The action OF the secret caucus
serves TO put the people of the
State on notice that no political
trickery. no dishonest scheme will
be lett untried to defeat the wish
Of the people Of Mississippi.
Prince Percy. Lord Alexander,
and. Noel and their Secret Cau-
Gus henchmen. know full well
that in an honest and fairly con
dneted election before the people
that Gov. Vardaman will have a
majority in the first primary.
larger than the number of voters
received by purse proud Percy.
and selfishly-ambitions Alexan-
der.
1t therefore behooves the peo
de Of Mississippi, the common.
neo lie Of Mississippi. to be watch
ful If ,>Seir interests.
Th;s i thsir campaign more
,han Gov v,,Sdaman's campaign.
Re- watehfnl of vi plans, and
scmtinize all pun 'esfs auvanc
cd by any of the i-es s'ss'"
ment- -gagging band.
We learn in the daley pe"@
that for the first time the Elec-
tion Commissioners will scrntin-
70 the rolls so carefully as TO
disqualify every voter who has
not technically fulfilled every
condition. being willing TO dis
qualify white men for political,
reasons and to stifle popular
expression of the peoples wish
and will.
To our mind except for the
matters hereafter mentioned, is
little danger from this source
as to the ultimate result because
they might disqualify 20 per G.
Of the voters of Mississippi. ad-
hitting for the sake of argument
that Of hte disqualified annnslue,
majority would be friends OF
Gov. Valxlaman, which is denied
and still Gov. Vardaman would.
receive larger majority than
votes will be pOlled- either BY
Alexander or Percy.
We have thought that there
would be small danger from this
source because Of the fact that
the County Candidates would not
limit ia such procedure and
that. IL either Alexander or "A
Percy tried this political scheme,
that they would be swept off the
politician horizon.
Gov. yar(laman wants u hea1
Tree ana su1inf fl,aeneed express
-. df the white Donnnorooy q