The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-07-09
The Real Jeffersonlan constitu-
tional Democrats of Mississippi.

ord of achievements of the Dem
ocratic party during the pas
seven years have cause to con
graduate themselves on the tri
umph of those principles at Sar
Francisco in the recent national
Democratic convention.
Reference is had to the Varda
man-Russell resolutions which
were prepared to be offered fol-
adoption by the recent State
Democratic convention. Because
ii was learned that a secret eau
Gus of the opposing political fac.
ton, which by adroIt maneuver-
ings in the beat elections, though
normally in the minority, had
managed to get itself in the ma
iority at the convention, had re-
solved 10 use gag method tao
TICS" these resolutions were
never filed with the Resolutions
Committee. but were given pub
licity a week before the national
convention met in San Francisco.
The platform of principles and
record of achievements of the
Democratic party, adopted by
the National Democratic Con
yention is so nearly like those
principles and fluctuations of the
party's achievements prepared by
the Vardaman- Russell delegates
that it shows them TO have al
ways been in full accord with
the platform of Democratic pTin-
ciples SO recently re-enunciated
by the highest tribunal of the
party, and established them as the
real, Jeffersonian, constitutional
democrats of Mississippi.
The Vardaman- Russell resoIn-
tons were published in full in
this paper last week with inter
pretatiOns that fully defined the
position of those who framed the
resolutions,
Any one who may care to do
so, can take the platform recent
~ adopted by the Democratic
party at San Francisco in one
hand. and a copy of the Varda-
man Russell resolutions in the
other and by comparison see for
himself how much the one is like
TO the other.
A striking difference, however,
between the two is, that where
the Vardaman-Ru resolutions
inveigh against presidential third
terms, and inferentially, against
the danger of hereditary presiden I
tial succession, or dynasty, and
cabinet succession in the PreSi-
dents office. the Democratic plat
form is silent, choosing rather to-
show by its action a failure
to nominate either the President,
himself; his son-in-law. Mr.. Nc
Adoo; his preferred cabinet mem
Der, Mr.. Palmer, or his English
ambassador, Mr.. Davis, that ii a
greed with the Vardaman- Russell
resolutions. If the attitude of
Senator Carter Glass or Secreta-
y Colby, the two recognized |
eaders and spokesman for the |
administration at the convention |
ire to be credited, the nomination |
ell TO a man. Gov. Cox of Ohio.
Who is entirely without the realm
IF President Wilson'S preference.
Another difference between
he platform and the resolutions
S, that where the resolutions are
silent on the League of Nations,
he platform wrote that feature
n as one of its planks modified,
however, by the Walsh amend
nent.
The League of Nations with I
be Walsh amendment makes ii
very safe plank for any demo
rat TO stand on, and safe guards
he nation so as to leave TO the
Congress of the United States the
'rerogative to determine the stat
S of this country's obligation in
league of nations. and not 10
cave that important matter en-
rely to the adjudication of a SUI
RENE tribunal composed most
Y of delegates representing for 1
ign countries. {
The Jeffersonian wing of the /
democratic Party in Mississippi, {
uring pre-convention times, was (