Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-09
To Every Fair-Minded Voter of
NOxubss County:


fOrmOf campaigning that had been COM
monfor seventy years and until Varda.
man got into politics, the following
questions were COTTON up to be pro-
pounded to him at Meridian. His fol-
lowers. in all fairness, should see that
he answers them, or force him from the
stump.
To Senator James X. Vardanan:
We respectfully ask you to explain
in your speech here why you voted
against the following war measures
of President Wilson:
First-Ship purchase bill. See Rec
ord, page SS44, bound Congressional
Record, third session, Sixty-third
Congress.
Second-Naval appropriation bill.
See Record, pages 11167-11170,
bound Congressional Record, first
session, Sixty-fourth Congress. This
bill passed the Senate, II for it and s
against 1.-THE eight senator's voting
against it being Clapp, Curtis, Gron-
na, LaFollette, Norris and Works,
Republicans, and Thomas and Varda-
man, Democrats. Is this record lie?
Please explain why you voted against
the Democratic party and voted with
the Republicans?
Third-Fortifications bill. See your
speech against this bill, page 1860,
Congressional Record, first session,
Sixty-fourth Congress. Also see your
speech against this bill. page 1864,
Congressional Record, first session,
Sixty-fourth Congress. Is this rec
ord a lie?
Fourth-Resolutions severing dip.
lomatic relations with Germany. See
your speech against this resolution,
February Z, 1917, bound Congress
sional Record, page 2734, second ses-
sion, Sixty-fourth Congress. These
resolutions passed the Senate by a
vote OF rs for it and against it, the
five senators voting against It being
LaFollette, Gronna and Works, Re-
publicans, and Kirby and Vardaman,
Democrats. Is this record lie? En-
plain why you voted against your par
ty and five-sixths of the Senate?
Fifth-Armed neutrality bill. This
bill passed the House 403 for It and
IA against it, Every member of the
Mississippi delegation voted for it. 1t
was defeated in the Senate by the
filibuster tactics of small group of
voters, who prevented it coming to a
vote before the session ended. Presi-
dent Wilson, on the night of March
IA, 1917, issued an address to the
country, ir' which he said: "A little
group of wilfui men representing no
opinion but their own have rendered
the great government of the United
States helpless and contemplate"
Were you one of the little group of
wilful men? See your speech against
this bill, pages 4777-477S, bound
Record, second session, Sixty-fourth
Congress. Is this record lie? Please
tell the people in your speech wheth.
er or not our ships of all kinds are
not now armed and sinking German
U-boats while trying to destroy our
commerce on the seas and destroy
the lives of our soldiers?
Sixth-War resolution. This reso-
luton passed the Senate by a vote of
S2 for 1T and 6 against it, the six
senators voting against it being Gron-
ma, LaFollette, Lane and Norris, Re-
publicans, and Stone and Vardaman,
Democrats. Is this record lie?
Seventh--Selective draft. See your
record April rs, 1917, page 287,
bound record, first session, Sixty
fourth Congress, in which, according
to the record, you said:
1.-The conscript and the convict
have been held by the patriotic,
brave men in equal contempt. The
republic that must be defended by
conscript soldiery has about run it's
course and ought TO change its form
of government"
| Is this record a lie? And do you
still believe that our brave soldiers,
covering themselves with glory on
the battle fields of France, are the
same as cOnvicts?
Eighth-Espionage bill This bill
passed the Senate by vote of II to
b, the senator's voting against it being
Borah, France, Gronna, LaFollette
and Sherman, Republicans, and Var
daman, Democrat. See your speech
in opposition to this bill, page 2O04,
bound record, first session, Sixty-fifth
Congress. Is this record lie?
Naturalization bill. See your
speech in opposition to this bill in
the Senate, page 5311, bound record,
first session, Sixty-fifth Congress. Is
this record lie? A stenographic re-
port OF your speech made at Walnut
Grove, Miss, November 8, 1917,
quotes you as saying: "They don't
tell anything on me but lie. They
tell you now that have embarrassed
the President in war legislation
There is not enough truth in that
statement to make a decent lie." We
very earnestly request you to har-
monize this statement with your op
position to the foregoing administra
tive war measures.
Tenth-According to the foregoing
record you voted with LaFollette
Republican, against your party and
against the Democratic administra
tion, and we would like for you to ex
plain how it happens that you alway'
vote with LaFOllette. Please tell the
people in your speech whether or not
there is not now pending in the Sen
ate of the United Statse a proceeding
to expel LaFollette from the Senate
on account of his disloyalty?
, Elavonth DIaoeo nyn1o;n ~ A.,