The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-17

Nardaman candidate against Will Hams. That much is determined. 1t is said, and Senator Vardaman will di- rect the fight against Senator Will Hams. and perhaps take a hand di rectly in the contest. Ambitious mem bers Of the House among the Missis- sippi delegation are already holding their ears to the ground to catch the first faint "call from the people, of that state to enter the lists against Senator Williams. but the real call will be from Senator Vardaman himself, for without his approval and aid there will not be the ghost of show to defeat the grizzled old warrior who gives his address in Mississippi from Benton, R. F D. No L.
 It will be the old fight of Nardaman vs. Williams. for supremacy in the state and in a state where politics are taken very seriously. The only dis advantage the Vardamanites will be working under is that their chief him. self will not be the candidate and as powerful as he is he cannot deliver his full strength to some other man.
 The friends of both Senator Varda- man and Senator Williams indulged themselves in the hope that the two distinguished and able men might be reconciled after .yardamans ambition to come to the Senate had been crowned with success. But that is not the way they play politics in Mississippi. Sen ators Vardaman and Williams take no pains to conceal their antagonism, and 1t crops out on every occasion. and serves to predicate the fiereeness of the next senatorial primary.
 May Be Tolls Issue
 It is more than likely that the tolls Issue will be raised and fought out in the approaching contest. Senators Williams and vardaman entertained opposite views on the question of tolls repeal Williams followed the President and Vardaman vigorously maintained the Baltimore plat form. At times the tension was great, and particularly in the closing hours of canal debate when Senator yarda man and Senator West of Georgia became in- volved in a personal and heated contro- versy, following which Senator Williams calmly took the floor and read an inter- view with Senator Nardaman printed in a Mississippi paper, and severely taking his colleague to task for his utterances. It was with the greatest effort that the fiery Vardaman controlled himself. and it was with a voice choking with emotion and a eountenance depicting the fires that ragged within him, the junior Mlssis- sippi senator said with biting sarcasm, "l decline to answer the senior senator from Mississippi. l am indifferent now as at all times to what he says
 With one exception the Mississippi dee- gation in the House, like Senator Will Hams, voted with the President on the question of canal tolls. This single ex- ception was Representative Pat Harrison, one of the youngest of the Mississippi del- egation in the House, and also one of the ablest. The delegation, however, so far as is known, carefully avoids taking sides in the differences between the senator's. They have, on the contrary, endeavored to smooth them out.
 It may beat least there is hope-that during the time yet to eiapse between now and the primary in Missrssiippi. something will happen to create a friendlfer feeling between that states senator's Both are highly respected and loved by their col leagues. Senator Williams from long as- sociation with members of Congress has host of friends here and in the Sem ate, while Senator Vardaman has been just as successful in making friends, though he has been in Washington only little over a year. If this happens the contest when Senator Williams becomes candidate for reelection may not have the Vardaman side to it. Such, however, is not tie outlook or the prediction now.