The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-09
ABOUT SOME MERCHANDISE"

are preserved, while things solid and valuable sink to the bottom
The evocatory cause of the present accidental Lieut.. Governors
public appearance was a crisis in a sequence Of public events which
heretofore unknown in Mississippi. In the whirlpool of events &C.
curing e. at dea rhf i anS he OF has 'i Beer ep'f bob hd was around oG a' o n th srns sStiase a Of
the troubled waters eve since. The immediate cause of his emerg-
he occupied. according to his own statement, the position of bribe
taker. His charges were investigated by the Senate of which body
&c cou wis Of i' Yss q n eounsy. Both rejected c Pf his charges %ges as $ absolutely in
credible 18th, The Senate nss a n as . we have shown She sn,; before h,;he by q aS,rss s sd
the statement of the role played by himself as detective and decoy
resolution he is; declared by the Senate "as unfit to sit with honest
upright men in a respectable legislative body and he is he.eby asked
reason why we thought him unfit to sit" in the Governors chair
About the same tin Ell this same .ns resolution ehsne led to !, be e.L published, lis ,%s
Senatobia Democtat he made an indecent attack upon the editor OF
this resolution was passed by a bunch of "caucusites" in the absence
of his, Bilbos friends. His whole statement in his Tate county
Ge Is a u ta rnrpss ctaim thsi ts6e n resoI huio u IN oue p,Dm, did no. nass
by a vote of Is to one, but claimed that it would not have passed
but that the Senators who passed it took advantage of the absence
of his senatorial friends and rushed the resolution through. Now
let us us see. There are 45 members of the Senate. Twenty.'six voted
on this resolution leay,ng i9 votes unascoun n tor. Granting tina;
have been passed by a very emphatic majority had they been pres,
Remember at this time it was impossible for any man to be
more obscure than he. He was in Jackson simply floating on the
anybody to buy him; any one who should happen to want such a
job lot of damaged goods. Now during these memorable caucus
Governor Vardamans campaign committee that "Percys crowd
Ss Would fd go 1 o~e s' to- tb pssRR'SS w "a, lqf Hou se0 and "a eIs you a' fellows ss0 will H' sav 'f
to CONE Across if you want me to remain with you" No doubt he
of Jackson es gave him the s,oo and no doubt SAID to him. &c, thee
to "a bath tub g "' r For I'll. the ,e correctness ne M Of our narrative W. Of tm,
% say that while this statement is quoted by Governor Brewer Mr.
1nln ! biaE, T rr soeI1e Gs;,;z :. at Of any nset t%e' bu ar has Ar% 1Ss h rs not =
friend and supporter of Senator Vardaman. (Senator Vardaman
some time later, and then he expressed regret for IT, This was moi
a br,be, understand. but just Mr.. Armstrong; decent desire to get
s Mn pa"c by III the Senate !" az and e Mr. a. D Statement sns 'p prove
that MI. Blbo was lying around Jackson placarded For Sale and
further that he needed a bath. His friends have been dSinfeCtinp
him with whhewash ever since. But the bath is better.
He claims, or tries to make the public believe, that the Senate
annulled its expression Of approval of him by the resolution 81
thanks at the close of the session of 1912 and 1914. In the FIRST
place it was not a Senate of the same members. 1t was largely
factional Senate elected on the same hysterical ticket with Bilbo
ptssidi1s sn oe ! ,s at of sv eu delnsTy, to st bod "a v uooo at sdi tnanns to a snd
means nothing. Speakers Reed, Henderson and Joe Cannon. al
presided over the national House of R Representatives, each received
votes of thanks mem con; 1t means nothing except that the House
sometimes say thank you" when they would prefer to say "d-r
The Senate inquiry took place about the time Mr.. Bilbo wa.
marked down for sale" and it is very evident that such a forlorn
no friends in the Senate who did not vote in his favor on this reso
luton because they were not there. If they knew him at all the
corded vote for U. 5. Senator was for Percy. The record never
shows that he voted for vardaman at all.
And yet this man tells the people that the quotation of the
unquesiionabls senate Journal ma is a lie gotten up and circulated b,
structure, is a man of chicanery, Misrepresentation and faIsehood
He has purposely led the friends of Senator Vardaman to believe
consent. Going into office on Vardamans ticket he built up a fol
slowing H On two e tn,1ss; Ss5d himse,ib bs sb;ed and . .; IN spR F.I1d,. to eo or as
tanned he ceased to claim alliance with Vardaman and began to cast
weather eye to the Senator'S seat in 1918. 1t is worthy of note tina,
very little of approval of Vardaman's career in the Senate ever ap
3eared in Biloos organ after 1911 until seeing his waning strength
in this campaign he thought it expedient to again "hitch his wager
to a star" and invoke the aid of the Senator's friends.
1t is undoubtedly his purpose to knife Vardaman and overwheln
him with the Senator's diverted following. The Wings went il
bathing and the Tories stole their clothes" He caught Senator Var
daman mapping and robbed him of his following.
This is the man who is offering for Governor, and who will re
celye the support OF some people who believe the utterly incredi
Ole" talsehoods he is stating in his speeches. And because he is Sc
base, and because of our respect for our native state is the reason
we now oppose him and shall ever oppose him for any public of
hce. 1t is not a pleasant duty but it s a duty. We do not like t.
attack any man but this man is a public enemy, a public danger ane
public nuisance. When a man becomes a candidate his public act
are legitimate subjects of criticism. The public has a right to Sc,
the man in all his bearings.