The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-05-27
MORE SECRETS
ARE REVEALED
Showing the Inside Manip-
uIations Of Anti Varda-
man Campaign.

man Campaign.
For the life of Us. we cannot
understand why we are expected to
do SO much campaigning and vote
buying for Pyearcy. when. as q
matter of fact. all his crowd have
hushed simply hushed up tight.
Ever since Col. R. j. Harding. Of
jackson. Miss. put that bunch OF
questions with reference to the
theft of Vardaman's Vouchers) up
to Auditor Moore, also, when Mai.
Vardaman refused to answer ques-
tions submitted by Auditor Moore.
we be ding busted if our
Pyearcy friends and advisers
haven't gone back on us complete
ly. Come on here. you> corporal
guard. and stand by your Marshal
Ney, the rear guard of this Moscow
affair. Don't be a bunch of quit
ters leaving us the sack to hold
this way. Stand by the Old Guard.
No use being crestfaller about a
small setback this early in the cam
paign-for it's going to be warmer
before the last rose Of summer
(Pyearcy) blooms. Can't you en-
courage yourselves by the reflection
that we Of the Pyearcy stripe al
ways have a card up our sleeve
minute men, IN other words.
ever ready to spring something on
Vardaman? So come on back and
let's renew the onslaught. As for
our part we are in the game all the
time and wish it understood that
our contract with the Pyearcy Cam
paign and Doodle Committee calls
for effort in any and all. kinds of
weather: conditions are nothing to
the purpose wet or dry sanguine
of victory or certain of defeat. we
work on ever the same. You see,
we get paid a nice. neat. net. lump
sum of money for the part we play
u
(Mercenary, did you say? Well,
why not?) and we are only earn
ing our salary when we keep the
ball rolling for Pyearcy-'.a
smooth one." did we hear you say !?
Well, that's the name we have.
Yes, We are running for smooth. !"
Kindly permit us to show you
how very smooth are we. Last
season we were very much interest
ed in campaign where an anti
vardaman man was ambitious to
go to Washington and didn't ex-
actly know how to get TO Congress
owing to the scarcity Of anti Var
daman voters in the district.
we solved the problem for him
when we told him to open up as a
red hot Vardaman man, and pull
the wool over those old crusty,
horny handed farmers eyes.
Well-and he tried it. At the
same time we were riding the
bushes" for him, Dragging on the
merits of Vardaman over the dis
trict. He was defeated, as you
have found out ere now, but wasn't
that slick trick? That's not all
We are foollng 'em yet(?) In
fact, we do not want anyone to
know right plumb where we are
(at.) Keep 'em guessing and in.
doubt; that's the way to be a poli-
tician.
We wriggle in and wripgle out
And keep the voters all in doubt,
AS to whether the snake that made
the track
Was going south or coming back. .
Now. my young man. when you
can be a smooth politician like
that, you can come up on a higher
political plain. and be a gum
shoe artist" like unto your Uncle
Fuller. easing supporters away
from the Vardaman ranks. and lin
ing their pockets with a few cam
paign shekeIs send them out into
the open to pipe for Pyearcy
"WiIl we give them actual
coin" did / hear you ask? That
is part of the game, beside, that's
the instructions we got from our
Pyearcy Campaign Bosses at Jack
son. You see, we are firm beIiev-
srs in reciprocity. We believe in
take" and give (but, be sure,
we take" first). just let US show
vou our position. During the se-
ret caucus. didn't we take"
more than $50. 900 Of your money
% pay the expenses Of that caucus,
and wasn't that the States money,
paid in there by you old crusty,
lorny -handed. nayseed tax payers
Ill over the State? And won't
1ou be obliged to go down into
your jeans and replace it? Well,
We guess you will have it to pay
all right. (and let's not hear any
nuttering about it,. That being
true, here is the other side of it.
Are we not now offering you
your money back r. Haven't we
1rged you, repeatedly. to take
his money land vote for Pyearcy?
Yes. we believe in reciprocity.
We used your money in paying the
expenses Of that Al days caucus at
Jackson. Now. come on up to the
lick l0O,' bOvs. and GET Maid off