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Show WILSON ISSUE IN MISSISSIPPI James K Vardaman, Foei of Ex-President Takes Political Field B ITiKDIJlICK SIL1,RS. Edlior Jackson. .MIks , v. I Spoelal liptch to The Standard- I -.ni.i In r (Copyrlffht, 1922 i JACKSON', Miss.. Juno 10 Wood-row Wood-row Wilson Is Just about the only Issue Democrats have been able to stir up in the senatorial campaign which has been projected In Mliislsslppl by voluntary vol-untary retirement of John Sharp Williams Wil-liams John Sharp is lust naturally tired of the t'nlted Statas senate and says he wants to spend his remaining days in peace and o.ulet. away from the toll and troubles of politics Senator Williams' retirement has brought to lhf fore once more former Senator James K Vardaman and the latter's candidacy for the nomination I Is surrounded by all of his vltrollc hate of the former president Herbert Her-bert Stephens, of New Albany candidate can-didate of the conservative faetlon for ten years a member of congress from I hf second district and acknowledged champion of that section of Mississippi Missis-sippi democracy which has always followed the leadership of John Sharp Williams, has taken up the cudgels for Woodrow Wilson and Is making an active canvnss In defense of his policies. poli-cies. VARDAMAN IS ILiL. Mr Vardaman so far has heen unable un-able to take the slump, although the primaries are less thnn 60 days aw-ay. It has been difficult to ascertain the facts concerning Vardaman'B Illness. His friends claim that his sole handicap han-dicap Is his new set of false teeth i which make articulation difficult. Several months ago, on the advice of phyelolans, he had all of his teeth pulled and since has been unable to have satisfactory plates made The former senator also Is said to bo suffering suf-fering from high blood prowur' Additional Interest Is lent to the campaign by the candidacy of Miss Belle Kearney, the first woman In the south to contest a nomination for the United States senate Miss Kearney Is waging an active campaign and Is attracting fair-sized crowds to all of her meetings. She makes a very favorable fav-orable Impression That she will I make an excellent show ing In ihe first primary Is conceded by friend and foe alike Veteran political observers, however, say th lime is not yet ripe for Mississippi to send a woman to Ihe senate. At a matter of fact this state failed to ratify the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the federal constitution, and that was substantial e1denee that suffrage for women Is none too popular here. The women themselves do not soem to be taking an active interest in politics for less than 25 per cent of the qualified women wo-men voters have registered OPPOSED BY WILSON. When Mr Vardaman was .defeated in 191$ h Pat Harrison it will be I recalled that Woodrow Wilson addressed ad-dressed a letter to the Democrats of Mississippi declaring that no man who ; had been untrue to the principles' of the party should be honored with office of-fice and citing the Instances wherein Senator Vardaman had fallod to support sup-port the party, especially on important import-ant war measures. The Wilson letter contributed n a very large measure to Vardaman s defeat, nnd since that time, through : his weekly newspaper published in Jackson he has nvnr lost an oppor-tunltv oppor-tunltv to vigorously lambsst the former for-mer president. Mi. 1Non has, up to this time, been silent concerning Vardamans rr Bent ambition to run for the senate, sen-ate, but It Is freely rumored that history his-tory wlU repeat Itself before the campaign cam-paign closes, nnd that another Wilson Wil-son letter will be forthcoming, similar simi-lar In te.r to that which created I such a furore In Missouri when Mr I Wilson paid hlB respects to Senator James Reed, who. by the way Is one of Vardamnn s closest frlenda There has been no sign or repentance repent-ance from Vardaman, Insofar as Wilson Wil-son Is concerned He has offered no explanation of his opposition to the former president, neither has he ten- dcred anv apologies, and It is a safe .surmise that h" will not do so DOCUMENTS INTERESTING. I Hubert Stephens is a staunch Wil-I Wil-I son supporter Two very interesting (documents have been Issued his campaign bureau, one hears the lm j pie caption "hale," and Is a complla-' tion of Vardaman's most vltrollc ut terances concerning Woodr .w rVllsOn i The second pamphlet bears the cjues-, cjues-, tion mark on lis cover, preceded by the words h.-i rat or Republican"" Republ-ican"" and quote from Vardamans own speeches and writings ln criticism criti-cism of the Democratic party and In praise of various Republican' leaders Both pamphlets are published without explanation or comment. Mr Vardaman's chief champion of , the stump Is Major Lu'her M. Burch, a Jackson attornov Although a fluent i speaker, and a man of attractive personality per-sonality Major Burch has made hut little headway In stirring up the masses as Vardaman was wont to do 1 In his nalmv davs |