The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-18
CAMPAIGN
 IN MISSISSIPPI ID
 END ON MONDAY
Question Now Is Will Mis- sissippians Stand by Pres- ident or IndOrse Course
 of "Willful Twelve?"

Jackson, Miss. August 1.-The short est. liveliest and bitterest political cam paign waged in Mississippi in many years ends Monday, and Tuesday will ftell whether Mississippi is to stand by President Wilson and the administra- tion or indorse the course of Senator Vardaman and the balance of the "wil- ful twelve"
 MT. Wilson has told the people of the state that he would consider the re- election of Vardaman as a ''condemna- ton of his administration"-a declara- tion that will cost Vardaman thousands of votes, it is constantly believed There are a great many Mississippians who almost worship the Great White Chfef," and who have followed him for years. but they will not stand with him against their country.
 Replying to the Presidents letter Senator Vardaman tries to make the ignorant element in the state believe that the President is a New Jersey Yankee, knowing that would appeal to their old prejudices, but it gets him no votes from the ranks of the intelligence of the commonwealth. He also tries to lug in the negro, saying he incurred frthe Presidents everlasting displeas- use" when he opposed the nomination of couple of negroes for office
 HAS NOT SUPPORTED WILSON
 Senator vardaman's assertion that he has supported the administration 99 times where I have opposed it once, caused derisive laughter in all half informed circles, as everybody knows it to be fact that he has not sup ported him at all in any matter bear ing on the war until very recently, when he found that his course was heartily condemned by even the legis- 1ature of his own state, and that host of old friends and supporters had repudiated him.
 Vardaman was mad as a March hare when he reached home from Washing ton four weeks ago, and has never cooled off, He loses his head every time he makes a speech. denouncing and vil- 1ifying every newspaper and every man opposing him, while he has persistently ignored the candidacy of ex-Governor Noel and abused Congressman Harri son from every stump. so that it is confidently predicted and believed he is one whom the gods would de- stroy."s
 All three of the candidates have made . vigorous drive for votes, averaging
 
 as many as six. Harrison and Varda- man have been drawing large crowds at every appointment, estimated in some instances at as high as 10,O0O men, women and children. The usual audience, however, has not been more than 400 or 500, and in many instances in sparsely settled communities 100 would be liberal estimate The state has therefore been stirred from center Eto circumference. Three speeches per !day from three candidates has meant nine speeches at different points of the compass. and there is no longer any thing like apathy or lack of interest, even in the remotest districts. ss CASE NOW CHANGED
 It was believed until few days ago that every man in the state had his mind made up as to how he was going to vote for United States senator, but the letter from President Wilson de- claring he would take the reelection of Vardanan as a "condemnation of his administration,' has reopened the case on Vardamans demurrer. MT. Harrison is using this letter for all it is worth, 1 and it is claimed by his friends here that it has been worth 10000 votes to l the vardaman opposition.
 However. Vardaman is not idle. He | sees that he has a great tidal wave to | meet and is turning the Wilson letter | to his own account and credit wherever l he can. A few men have been reported l as having changed to Vardaman be- l cause or the Presidents Interference in Mississippi politics. as they call it. | but such declarations are taken with l a good biz grain of salt--in fact it IS not believed such alleged proselyting l comes to any but men who had already | been tinctured with vardamanism. I Tuesday will tell the story as to wheth- CT Mississippi patriotism and American ism weigh more or less than personal l consideration for tho man Vardaman, for a quarter of century idol of the ! majority of the voters.
 The friends of both Harrison and | vardaman are sclaiming the earth" The Vardaman campaign committee |