Oxford eagle., 1918-04-18
BY r. D. Lam DER

emily Mr.. HIS name wzs sent for
appointment. and Senator Narda-
ian. re,yi-g upon his agree q nt and
.ot desiring or thinking 10 s.eat II as
mere scrap of paper allowed his
onfirmation 10 90 unchailenged.
vardsmsn confers with Attorney
General Gregory.
Some two or three OF four weeks
20 Attorney General Gregory asked
senator Vardaman TO cal to see him
ipon official business. Tae senator
vert The business was "the mar
halships ard attorneys q AissisSip-
l." The Attornsy-Geuersl desired TO
now the wishes OF the Senator Sea-
tor Vardaman told ailE taat the pres
mt incumbents had made good Of
icers. and. personally. he had no dis
sosition TO remove either OF them Mr..
;regory said he did not know what
he President would do in the premi-
es. and there the interview ended:
Er. vardaman. meantime. waiting and
elying upon the agreement he had
our years ago and still consider i
inding upon all parties. having re-
eived no word or intimation to the
ontrary.
Now comes the President. without
nv word Of notice TO Senator Varda-
nan. and undertakes TO take from him
lis patronage by appointing the Hon
lloyd Loper Of Newton COuaty 10 sue
eed Capt eastman and The Hon
Bruce Alexander OF Bonneville. 10 sue
eed Nr Vardaman-
what Senator vsroanan win Do.
Senator Vardaman VIII oppose The
Confirmation OF Mr. ioper as Marshal
Il the Southern District and he will
llsO oppose the confirmation OF Mr..
Nexander as Marshal OF the North
.rn District. He has q as much
light to do that as be nad to oppose
he confirmation OF a negro named
" the President for the office OF
registrar OF the Treasury.
Mr. Vardaman had not been in the
senate very long. just a few months.
think. when the president sent into
he Senate for confirmation. tas name
Il one Patterson. a negro. as Regis
rar OF the Treasury That riled the
White Chief TO the fighting heat. and
,e notified the President that he
would not stand for IT, When the
iame came before the Senate, Sen
tor vardaman led the fight against
he confirmation, and won IT. The
President seeing that The Senate
would not confirm his negro ap-
,ointee. withdrew his name and sent
n the name of a white man. who was
promptly confirmed and holds the Of
ice today; an office which under Re
,ublican administration had been held
~ negroes for forty years
Nobody In Mississippi objected tc
hat. that | heard OF. except the mig
,ers. Nobody said that was -oppos-
ng" the President. or -antagonizfng"
he President. or any such rot rs
hat. Everybody said well done"
And yet Mr. vardaman was no more
.leariy within his rights then than he
now when he opposes the confir-
nation Of men who are Objectionable
% him.
/ do not know the men; ! do not
Know their merits; I am not discuss
ng that phase OF the case. What /
am saying is this-Senator varda-
nan is doing Just exactly what Sem
,tor Williams would do under similar
circumstances; what any other Sem
,tor and every other Senator in the
Senate OF the United States would do
mder like conditions.
To Rebuke vardaman.
This action OF the President has no
other meaning. is not capable OF any
)ther construction, than a direct snuh.
" more than that, slap at a man
who has dared TO differ with him upoa
we<a1,xide questions The President