The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-14

phetic vision; and there are three
things no man knows anything about
which horse will win, how an elec.
tion will go and the ways of a
woman" So | am not prophesy-
ing. l am just viewing the situa-
tion from afar." Free from the tur-
mOil and strife and smoke Of battle;
above the fog OF hate and prejudice
of local or personal politics, there is
nothing to dim my view. My guess
may be wrong. my judgment faulty;
distance may lend enchantment to
my view. and robe the situation with
an azure hue; but it SEEMS to me
that the enemies of Senator Varda-
man have about spent their strength
and are running the race with heavy
laden and tagging feet.
They picked their man last year
when Senator Vardaman's sins
were fresh upon him." 1t looked
mighty good to them then. Their
entry was young and eloquent. mag
netic and popular; he had no chill
blains on him anywhere and was
not going to have any. because he
was running easy and smooth along
the way of least resistance, adown
the administration road. So they
sent him around the circle to warm
him up; aud he warmed up splend-
idly; but somehow the warming was
all on his side; the bookies did not
take to him; the betting remained
the same. The White Chief was
still the favorite and the field was
still marked down. So they called
him in and stabbed him for the win
ter, and it proved to be
THEIR WINTER OF DIsCONTENT.
And then they changed their tac-
tics. From a horse race they turned
it into fight. and prepared to make
a great drive" in the spring. And
they did. They submarined the
White Chief by taking his patronage
away from him; but the Senate stood
firm and left him in command of
the field. They started the Liberty
Bond wagon through the State.
loaded with shot and shell for the
White Chief, and the forces Of the
White Chief captured the wagon and
went over the top with patriotic
whoop. They brought troops oJ
speakers into the State upon one
pretense and another to beguile the
people from their homes; having
met frost in the summer time of
1917. they were too wise to risk the
issue second time. so they plaster
ed the State with speakers clothed
in the livery of patriotism. who never
lost a chance to fire q shot or throw
q lump Of mud at the old White
Chief. who stood patiently hitched
in his stall in the national capitol.
They called him a traitor. If /
am," he said. SO is CLARK and
Kitchin and Bryan and Ford and
Kenyon and Nelson and others the
president is supporting and has sup
ported. and ! do not think the pres
ident would support traitors. Dis
loyal" they said. That was their
big gun; it volleyed and thundered,
and some people who did not know
the metal they were made Of.
thought the ranks of the White Chief
were wavering. But when these inn
ported speakers had returned to
their abiding places in other states
and the people had gone back to
their modest homes in the country
side and the casualty list was re-
ported. the White Chief stood pa:
tient and towering at the head Of
his forces and not . man was miss
ing. They had made their Big Drive
and his line OF invincibles Mad stood
like = stone wall.
Patient he stood through it al.
HE friends grew hot with anger.
Some Of them grow fearful and others
wanted him to come home and start
something." Il would not leave
my post Of duty" be said. IL ]
knsw my staying heEs meant my
deosat. OthsEs may 20 who can: !
cannot - Away. They have no1h-
NJ - keep thsm hsse. / have. Thsy|