The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-07-25
THE sO-cALLED INDEPENDENT.

in the Century Theatre in Jackson
Immediately after the adjournment
Eof the Legislature of 1910, and on
the heels of the notorious Sena-
toria1 caucus that defeated him
for the Senate, in which he declar-
ed his candidacy before the people
for the Senate and declared that he
INTENDED to wage an uncompromis-
ling war against the corruptions ia
officialdom. aud to raise the stand
ard Of public life in the State.
4 The State and Senatorial election
in 1911 resulted in the election of
Vardaman to the United States
Senate, and in the overwhelming
defeat of Senator Leroy Percy and
the political gang that engineered
intrigues and schemes of the sena-
Itorial caucus.
A Legislature was elected, a
majority of whom were originally
of the Vardaman party, and fol-
lowing the primary election elected
Governor Vardamap to the senate.
Unfortunately for the State. Gov
ernor Brewer was elected Governor,
who was not classed by Gov. Var
daman's friends as a Vardaman
supporter except in limited way.
Charles Scott Withdrew from the
race for Governor late in the can
vass on account of his health. and
this gave Brewer an adventitious
chance and he was elected without
opposition.
The Legislature of 1912 did some
good things at its first session,
mainly in the way of repeating
some of the very bad things that
were done by the Noel Legislature
of 1910. But it did not do enough.
Some good measures passed the
Senate and the House which were
vetoed by Gov. Brewer, and which
the Vardaman members of the
House were not strong enough to
pass over the Executive veto.
The remnants of judicial ap-
pointments were at the disposal of
the Executive during the Legisla-
tive session of 1914, and these
played their part in persuading
enough members of the House to
look with expectancy to the judi
cIal crumbs that fell from the ex-
eeutive table. to turn small ma
jority of the House members from
their allegiance to their Vardaman
friends. And then few senators
afflicted with the bee of office,
swerved from their former course
to the compromise course, ostensir
bly, to make terms gof peace with
the Brewer faction.
1t is we'll for the people to re-
member all these things for future
use, and to make a note of all
these events and happenings when
they come to the next State cam
paign and when they come to form
and strengthen their lines, and
grid up their loins for a renewed
fight and sweeping victory in the
cause of reform in Mississippi.
Already we hear the whine of
the so-called independent candi-
dates. who propose to run on their
own transcendent merits; who boast
that they are non partisan; and
that they will wear no mans col
lar" All cheap and tawdry stuff
and nonsense! We have no use for
a man who does not stand by his
FRIENDS in politics.
This is all cstch-penny talk. 1t
fools nobody. We all understand
that this cheap john talk about in
dependence Of factions, personal
merits, the cause of the people and
peace at all hazards, lis nothing but
lamp-black and paste-board mask
for anti -Vardamanism. 1t is all
sham, end a pretense, and
fraud. Whenever you find one of
these so-cslled conservatives, these
so-calIed independents, appealing
against what they term factional-
ism in politics: you will find man
who in his heart would crush the
Vardaman party out of all political
existence. Like the tabled animal
that first played bird and then ami
NAL. he was ANONYMOUSLY spurned
by both.
This little cheap two by four
scheme was attempted to be worked
on the people in the State election
of 1911. A lot of -Vardamans
paraded themselves before the peo-
pie as candidates for office. es-
pecially. as candidates for the Leg
isIature, deprecatinR factionalism
in politics with Noel Percy collars.
around their subservieDt necks.
They deprecated factionalisml''
They appealed to the people to take
them on their own precious esti-
mate of their personal merits.
The Vardaman following came
out to man in the open and under
his own colors made square and
manly fight before the people.
Just watch these patriotic candi-
dates strutting around with a be-
draggled dove Of peace on their
shoulders. and you will see that
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