The Pascagoula chronicle., 1918-08-24
PRESIDENT GLAD
VARDAMAN LOST
Was First Of the "Wilful Twelve" to
Be Rebuked at the
Polls.

| Washington, Aug. 21.-Washington
is pleased at the passing of James X
Vardaman. If the opinion Of David
Lawrence, widely known Washing
ton correspondent. is accurate.
An article today by Mr.. Lawrence
carries the following headlines in the
Washington Star:
President glad to see Vardaman go.
Not the only one here pleased by
Harrison's victory in Mississippi"
Mr.. Lawrence's article is syndicated
and will be printed by more than
twenty important newspapers throug-
out the country. An extract reads as
| follows:
President Wilson was not bit dis
pleased by the result of the primary
in Mississippi, which means the elm
nation of James X. Vardaman from
the United States Senate. In the first
place, Mr. Vardaman was an impla-
cable foe of the Wilson administration
and Representative Pat Harrison is
friend tried and true The administra-
tion wins heavily on the exchange. In
the second place, it is vindication OF
the Presidents outspoken opposition
to Senator Vardaman, who has fought
the administration ON many questions
of domestic policy. And in. the third
place, it is the first victory against the
"wilful twelve" who filibustered
against the armed neutrality bill,
circumstance that is often cited as
having convinced German statesman
that America was disunited and would
not fight.
Irrespective, however, of the Presi-
dents own uttefances on the choice
OF a senator in Mississippi, there are
many people in the national capital
who are pleased at vardamans elm
intion, for by no stretch Of the i'm
agination can it be said that he was a
popular senator. He was one of the
men always ready to bring the negro
question into q debate when most peo-
pie hoped II would be omitted and
he not infreaucntly voted with the
Rebubiican5 in committees, thus baik-
lns or delaying administration meas.
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against the administration from pure
conviction, the Mississippi senator
made it his business to be an anti
administration man all along the line
and was rarely heard to say a word in
Iavor OF the policies of the President.
either foreign or domestic.
Both Messrs. Noel and Harrison.
who made the race against Senator
Vardaman, were friends of the Presi-
dent, and in coming out against Varda,
man 1t is to be noted that Mr. Wilson
expressed no preference as between
the other candidates. Pat Harrison
however, who has made an enyiable
record during his four terms in Con
sress, has been of considerable help
to the President In the critical mo-
'fASAAs - he7o ltditu lHdI the
House committee on foreign affairs
would not support the President in his
iemand for report on the McIemore
'esoluuon, the measure that would
lave surrendered American rights on
he seas to Germany, it was Repre-
Harrison who assisted mate.
tally in getting a report that was con
lstent with American tradition and
onor
On other occasions, too Mr.. Harri-
on has taken up the cudgels against
acifist clements seeking to obstruct
rmy and navy appropriations. The
eople OF Mississippi knew without
'ord rom the President that he liked
at Harrison. In January, 1914. it was
representative Harrison who brought
resident Wilson to Pass Christian.
liss., which is in his congressional
istrict for . vacation They have
cen close friends ever since.
There are indications that the Pres
lents success in Mississippi will
imulate friends of the administration
press hard in Georgia for the defeat
Senator Hardwick and the election
William J. Harris. while in South
arolina the moral effect of the vic
Try IN neighboring state is counted
pom by the administration to help
sat Colel-lssse for the Senate
Bdt the defeat of Vardaman may
ave a national aspect when some of
e other members of the "wilful
7elve' group come up for election
ext fall--Special Correspondence
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