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Show SENATOR PERCY LASHES HEARST AND1DAU Mississippian Bitterly Denounces De-nounces Article in Magazine Maga-zine Relating to Manner of His Election. ASKS OPPONENT TO DEMAND AN INQUIRY Characterizes Publisher as j "Mendacious Muckraker Without a Peer;" Challenges Chal-lenges Senator-Elect. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Senator Percy of Mississippi rose to a questing of personal privilege, and gave a scathing denunciation denuncia-tion to a.n artlclr relaUnc to his election published in the November number num-ber of a popular magaalne. Tie also bitterly bit-terly attacked William R. Hearst, who. he said, owned the magazine, and inspired in-spired the article, and former (Governor Vardaman; nominated bj the Mi?lsyippl Democratic party to Bm-i-M Percy. The senator said be would not art 'or an ln-rsi Igation Of his election, hut challenged chal-lenged his prospective successor to make such a demand, saying: "If ho wiil by tetier advise n.e that any on" of those eighty-seven votes cast for me was improperly Influenced in my behalf and hs desires an Investigation by Die T'nited State? senate, f. In his behalf, win Introduce a resolution requesting such an Investigation and urge Hn favorable fa-vorable consideration." rongue -lashing Senator-elect Varda-mac, Varda-mac, Senator Percy declared that the fornier coernoi wa.- now defendant In a suit Bled by the attorney general of Mi-S-Blsslppl charging embezzlement of tmst funds. Mr. iie;ir-.t wf characterised ai a "statefman without a record, a nienda-eious nienda-eious muckraker without a peer," whose bitter. maTiguaut and incendiary utterances utter-ances oauSSd him to be held by the conn-try conn-try 11 pralh. responsible for the shots fired Into the body of WUllam IfcKmley." j JACKSON, JTiFs., ree. 12. United States Senator-elecl James iv. Varda- I man today flleri a. j.etltion for injunction to prevent hearing of a. suit fileo" against him. asking for n accounting of about $li. 1 state funds, al'egixl to have betn used Irregularly during bis ku hern -it ori a I term. The case a as been set for tr'al in January ie-re Varrj.imah d-'-etares he would have to cancel lecture engagements to be present at the trial |