The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-13
Reads StenographiC Report of
Greenwood Speech.
PUTS DIRECT QUESTION TO SCOTT
Displays the Best of HumOr and
Asserts That Mr.. Scott is Seek
ing to Divert Attention
From the Real Issue.

The following special dated at Bates
vile. Miss. October Sth, appeared il
the New Orleans Picayune Of the 9th
Circuit Court met here this mOrnin;
with Hon. j. b. Booth presiding, AM
after delivering an able charge to th
Grand Jury, turned the COurthouS,
over to the candidates, who made
speeches in the following order: Hon
John Sharp Williams, the minority
leader, spoke for one and One-hal
hours on the national issues along the
same line Of his speeches heretofore
Hon. II. U. SiSSOL, candidate fOl
Governor, then spoke for thirty min
uteS along the same line of his former
addresses, Hon. ChaS. Scott then spoke
along the accustomed lines, and Hon.
E. F. Noel then spoke and then Mr..
Brewer made speech and took Oc-
caSion to reply to Mr. Scott'S attack
upon him at Greenwood some days
ago.
AS Mr.. Scott was through speaking,
he started to leave the room, and Mr.
Brewer arose and asked him if he
wouldn't remain, as he (Brewer) ex-
pected to reply TO his Greenwood
speech. Mr. Scott replied that he
would come back, and he did come
back before Mr.. Brewer began speak
ing, and took a seat near Mr.. Brewer.
Mr.. Brewer said that a few days
ago at Greenwood Mr. Scott took Oc-
caSion to get up and miSquote him as
saying many things which he did not
say, and then denounced him Drew
err and that he now desired to read
his speech made at Greenwood, taken
down by stenOgrapher at the time,
and certified to by the StenOgrapher
and sworn to by a number of people
who heard the speech as being correct
He read all Of the speech that referred
to Mr.. Scott on the railroad section
by section, and then turned to Mr.. |
Scott and said:
Now, l defy you to put your fin
ger on single word in that speech |
that reflected on your honor or in
tegrity as man, and the charge made
that Mr.. Harrahan was in Memphis. |
-NON vi ISttiIS vi tlOASDil uOcS lIOU dI-
feet you, as your name is not men
toned, and Mr.. IIarrahan, | presume.
will be able to take care of himself in |
that part OF it, as | see he, too, has |
jumped on me. That part OF my
speech which charged you with being j
in Jackson some time before your
public announcement for Governor, |
ic 40 >l,;,
about.
Now, ] want to say that | was in |
Jackson, Miss. in the Governor s of !
fee, last year before you made public |
announcement of your candidacy, and |
there saw you in company with Gener-
al CatchingS and others come into the
Governor S Office, and you found Judge |
Sam Cook, Governor Nardaman and |
myself in the Office, and | am relia-
bly, Informed that you took dinner in
the Governors mansion that day.
with General Catchings, Judge HouS-
ton and others, both CatchingS and
Houston being railroad attorneys, and
while there that day discussed yonr
probable candidacy for Governor, in
Guiding your eligibility for the office.
Did you not do it? You know YOU
did it, and you can't deny it. If you
do deny it, speak out now, while |
have an opportunity to be heard. F"
Mr. Scott did not say word.
Mr.. Brewer said:
Next | said one of the candidates
for Governor had written a letter. or
letters, to certain persons in this
State, soliciting their support, where
IN he had referred to certain people
who were supporting him, and among
those referred to were two or more
IF the leading railroad ATTORNEYS of
The leading railroads of the State, and
now will show you that that state
nent is true. Here is your letter,
)ver your own signature, in which {
you solicit the support of a man in
and refer to the fact that !
certain gentlemen are supporting you,
md, among these, referring to Gen.
T. A. Melville and Leroy {
Percy, three of the leading railroad {
attorneys OF the leading railroads in
he State. Isn't that all l said about
he letter? Doesn't this statements. |
coupled with the letter, prove every t
word of it? This man has gone, {
through the public press, and accused t
ne of slandering his character. He a
ither wilfully miSrepresentS me, or |
lie has wholly misunderstood me, one '
r the other. His newspapers, many {
# which are controlled by the public /
ervice corporations, to-wit, the rail. e
Dads, have attempted to drive me
ut OF the race because they say l
ave slandered his character, all of
which he knows is not true.
"One Of the newspapers, the Vicks- t
urg Herald has gone so far as to pre- I
ent my tomb in the paper with the i
tatement that l was politically dead, t
nd let Inc illustrate with a joke of e