The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30

5M OWN in Mississippi politics
 is usually about as pro-
 life along about August
 of each year as the proverbial dog
 fennel that infests the small town
 ball lot, but in the year 1918 there
 is lack of political pep, an ab-
 sence of curbstone exhorters, and
 one visiting Jackson, the capital
 of that great state, would think
 that the state was under federal
 control and all of the job hunters
 were lettering around the presi-
 dential edifice in Washington.
 But upon going under the surface some disclosures are made that smack of an election in the Magnolia sta te on August 20 that will mean another term of Nardaman in the United States Senate, or his replacement by Pat Har- rison. member of Congress, or eX-GoN. E. r. Noel, both of whom aspire to relieve the incumbent of his duties as senator from Mississippi basing their claims for a change on the ground of disloyalty to the administration.
 So, after a perusal of the situa-
 ton, there is only one sensible
 question that can be asked anent
 Fardaman's chances; Has he lost
 enough friends in Mississippi to
 place him in the discard, or has he
 gained ms many friends he has
 lost, regardless of his failure to
 x,f
 sissippians claim their creed of
 loyalty to the President, the gov
 ernmcnt and the winning of the
 war:
 VARDAMAN A POWER
 If you are sensible you don't have to be for Yardaman to admit that he is a power in Mississippi politics. l mean now-not when he ran and was elected to the Senate-for the records show that he was the biggest sheet of tang1efoot in that race-but today James K. Vardaman has a following that believe that he has a right to op- pose President Wilson or anybody else, to fight the national war programme, to crate in prose and poetry for or against any issue, just the same as he has to wear white suits and ignore all barbers. their unions notwithstand- ing. But-the question is, is this fac ton in Mississippi still in the majority The question may be asked, Are there not enough fathers of fighting sons in Mississippi to elect a man to relegate Vardaman to the rear in favor of q more democratic. a more loyal and President-backing eandidate?'
 VARDAMAN'S ANSWER
 Vardaman will have the answer. He will resurrect his record as a major in the Spanish merican war, and he will peint to his two sons now wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam-and no one doubts their patriotism-and with his rhetorical brush he will smear on the minds of Mississippis rural voters a pictorial edition of his patriotism that wil-unless heh as lost his punch as l a platform performer-set them agog with renewed admiration for their White Chief"
 But Vardaman says that he will not make a speaking tour of Mississippi He admits that he is needed on the job l in Washington, and that he will stay there until Congress quits. Conse- ouently his propaganda has begun. He ! has a campaign force busy in Jackson and they are aggressiyely loading toe mails out of Jackson with this fast 8 ided and abetted by every known means that will rebound in his favor l His manager, Vaughn Watkins, states 1 that he is confident of victory. "The | Issue" which was edited by Varda- I mar prior to his taking his seat ir | the United States Senate, knows nC 1 difference in it's political makeup to- l day This weekly paper goes into the | rural districts with a melange of Wash ington and Mississippi gossip thai smacks all the way through with one aim--to re-elect Vardaman.
 PAT HARRISON
 Pat Harrison, who opposes Narda- man, has made a swing around the 1 state in the interest of his candidacy l and undoubtedly aroused the masses i particularly the i-Vardamanites. He las an active campaign force on the | job at Jackson, managed by his secre l try, Eugene Fly, a very astute cam | paigner and shrewd young student oi l the political, complexion of Mississippi l Fly is waging fight on Nardamdn's record with a vengeance, That he is making it interesting for VardamaT | Eenchmen no one doubts, but the pro l verbal question bobs up. Gan he put | Harrison over?a to which the answer l is not to be had officially until All | gust 20. Harrison is young man about 36 years of age. has plenty of per and speed, and halls from south Mis- l sissippi. He has a strong following l He has only one offset when it comes | 10 pouring it into Nardaman," ant l that as stated by Vardaman support. l CTS, is, that he has always been g | Varda man man until he wanted Var. l damans job. This, however. is merG l subterfuge, for he could not be fol l Vardaman now. having convinced him. | z l., +Ia { ia,