The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-06-07

hat is 80 calculated to make people
pull back from cooperation in the
as the following: "But you will
open your mouths for there never
has been a king, ruler, u nor
arch on earth ever delegated with as
much power as the President" and
this very power" was put into the
Presidents hands by almost a united
congress, most of it without Senator
Vardaman's vote however, for the
purpose of coordinating every agency
of the country in fighting Germany.
In the Issue of January IT, 1918,
in what was printed as a Especial
to the Issue" from Washington, this
statement is found in reference to the
Presidents message taking over the
rail roads: "How many of them
(meaning of cours senators and con-
gressmen) will stand by their con-
victions, or, when the presidential
whip is cracked will stand by the
President remains to be seen" How
many have seen President Wilson's
"whip" outside OF the Junior Sen
ator and is that sort Of language con-
ducive to q spirit Of cooperation?
Mr.. F. D. Lander in his communi-
cation from Washington published in
the Issue of date of Feb. Ia, 1918,
tries to embarrass President Wilson
bv criticising the fuel administrator
and says that Garfield ought to be
decapitated ard the country will hold
the President responsible if ne is not"
In the Issue of Feb. p, 1918, Mr.
Lander speaks of the daily
widening breach between the Presi-
dent and the Senate" and $50 that
now instead Of telling the Senate
what to do, the President almost daily
is calling members of the Senate*"**
to come and counsel with him" But
the President did not nor does he to-
day send for Vardaman to counsel
with him" Why?
! II the Issue of Feb. %, is another
Washington communication dated
Feb. 26. supposedly written by the
same aforesaid F. D. Lander, in men
tioning the Hog Island ship building
graft, ~endeavors to connect Frank W.
Varderlip With the graft because he
was one of the stockholders in the
shipbuilding corporation, which he
knew perhaps as little about as most
of us do of the bank where we have
our money, and because no doubt
Vanderlip was working for the Gov
eminent without charge in selling
War Savings Stamps. This Wash
ington letter stated that "He Wan
derlip) will find a goat and alibi his
way out, and the President instead
of firing him, will permit him to re
sign" This is some more "Varda'
mar cooperation" Vanderlp has mo-
vet resigned nor has he been fired
The Issue of the same date says edi
torially "The question of patriotism
has no business in this campaign
Strange is it not? The Issue editor
was writing about the Wisconsin SEN
atorial election but what he said was
for home consumption and with the
hope getting Vardaman by.
In the Issue of March Z, 1918, ar
editorial headed, me Too Harrison
Gets Noticed" appeared. The state
ment is made in that editorial thai
either Johnson land possibly this &C
counts for tho Issue of a recent dat<
printing this Republican Senator:
specify or Bryan would be the next
president in which event "Vardamar
would be closer to the President thar
any Mississippian we could elect
So you find nothing in the NONSENSE
cal proposition of being close to thu
President" Really it is rather diff
cult for just a plain Mississippian t.
understand how Sen. Vardaman coult
claim to be "close" to Bryan afte,
his experience with Bryan at the Bal
timore Convention in 1912 when
became an open secret that Varda
imam got furious with Bryan becaus'
Bryan practically told the Senate
that their conversation was at an EN-
and that the door was open. Ate
Wilson was nominated Vardamal
!. gave out an interview on Wilson
nomination which was a slap at Bry
an. Another mar the Senator wa
unable to get along with. See. Thl
interview appeared in the Baltimor
Sun of July 8, 1912.
! In the Issue of April IA, 1918, +
= D. Lander admits that he is a hire
, writer hut he saws "SenatOr Varda