The Grenada sentinel., 1899-04-29
ncr.AuRIN AND ALLEN AT sENA.
TOBIA.
A splendid Victory for AcLauFin''
Even the ColdbuGs Being Dis.
eusted With Allen.
why the Commercial Appeal Did NOT
Publish Report Of the Spesohss.

yyhv the Commercial Appeal Did Not
Publish Report Of the Speschss.
Editor Grenada Sentinel:-In the Lam
guage Of ''Oliver Hazard Perry, I'VE
have met the enemy and they are
ours" Gov. McLsurin and John Allen
me. at senatobia, Miss, in joint debate
Yesterday, and the Governor made .
regular "killing." The Governor led
off in a speech Of one hours length, In
which he met the charges that ne
knew that Allen would make against
him. aud tore them into shreds. Allen
followed in speech Of an hour and ten
minutes replete with mud and slime, In
which he succeeded in disgusting ev-
ery man Of intelligence and refinement
in the house. Aliens name with our
people was household word, and we
had been told that while he was
Joker. that he Eever INDUCED in those
things except to point moral or
adorn tale," that he was statesman
OF the upper class, and an orator OF
splendid ability. What, then, was
their disgust to find, instead Of an ora
tor and statesman, that they had before
them clown and a pot-house politician
of the lower class. He was cheered
Justify upon first arising, but after he
had made his last rejoinder his friends
could hardly get up grin. One OF ais
friends nudged another who was sitting
Just in front of him and said "Help me
applaud" The fellow, with a look OF
disgust on his face, looked over bis
shoulder and replied, ITO hell srith John
Allen!"
At 1Oo'clocls last night the Memphis
Commercial Appeal called up its Sena.
tobia correspondent and asked why he
had not sent in report of the debate.
The correspondent replied, because I
could not report anything good for
John Allen why" was the next
question, ibid McLaurin capture the
crowd?" The answer was: II cannot
say that; but numbers OF men who came
in to-day shouting for John Allen went
home this evening yelling for McLau'
rim" And this acas true too. The wri-
ter made it his business to inquire OF
men in large numbers what they
thought Of the discussion, and the
opinion was almost universal that
Envoy" had him down fine when he
said in the last issue OF the SENTINEL
that he was "roarer and clown"
instead OF an orator or a statesman.
Every goldbug in the town of Senate
bia was opposed to McLaurin, and a
sympathizer with John Allen, and
many ot them we're outspoken in their
advocacy Of him before the speaking;
but afterwards, when asked whom they
favored, the reply was neither McLau-
rim nor Allen, a confession upon their
part that Allen was complete
disappointment to them, as he was 10
all others.
By the way, John came into action
armed with copy of the SENTINEL,
with Envoy's letter in it. Some of his
friends had armed him with this
weapon, and ''Envoy," who sat near
the speakers stand, expected that
John was going 10 make it so hot for
him that he would have to go to sheol
to cool off-hut he didn't. He read
some dozen or SO lines. declaring that
he did not know who wro:e it, and
tried to leave the impression that the
Governor wrote it himself. This he
knew was not true, for he knew as we'll
who wrote it as did. ....
Take 1t altogether, it was field day
for Democracy and McLaurin. .o
ENVOY.
Bowman, Miss, April 25, 1899.