The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-11-03

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solicit the support of man in Mis-
sisslppi, and refer to the fact that GER
tain gentlemen are supporting you,
and. among those, referring to Gen.
Catchings, T. A Melville and Leroy
Percy, three of the leading railroad
attorneys of the leading railroads or
the State. Isn't that all | said about
the letter? Doesn't this statement,
,, coupled with the letter, prove every
word of it? Now, this man has gone,
| through the public press, and accused
me of slandering his character. He
either wilfully misrepresents me, or
he has wholly misunderstood me, one
or the other. His newspapers. many
of which are controlled by the the
| public service corporations, to-wit, the
! railroads, have attempted to drive me
out of the race because they say |
have slandertd his character, all of
which he knows is not true.
| "One of the newspapers, the Vicks-
burg Herald, has gone so far as to
| present my tomb in the paper with the
statement that | was politically dead,
and let me illustrate with joke OF the
| old man who was hauled out into a
cemetery while drunk, and laid down
between two graves, and woh awaken
ed next morning and, looking around
hi mat the surroundings, said:
It is, resurrection morning. and
| am the first sun Of gun up! and so
they will hndit with me on the polite
al resurrection morning
'Since. this Mr.. Scott has seen FIT
+; to publish and scatter broadcast over
the country a lot of scrupulous, an
onymous circulars, one OF which
show you headed at the top, THE De-
i nouncing of Brewer Now 1 want to
repeat that | have never said a word
in my life, public or private. that re-
Elected on this mans character or in
tegrity. and | have never yet called
his name in a speech until since his
attack on me at Greenwood, and then
only replying to his attack. and | de-
s,andered him, and he ard all the or
gans of the railroads combined can [
put me in that attitude truthfully.
pass it up to the people of the State
OF Mississippi to say who has been at
lacking the other fellows character
| and want to say that / expect then.
to attack mine. and to do everything
| they can to break me down. Just like
the railroads have done i'll every fight,
/ like they did Hoke Smith. OF Georgia.
| and Goebe. of Kentucky. but I expect
| to come ont on the other side clean
and heightened
Here Is The roubie: My distin guish-
cd opponent lodges the issues OF the
| day coming and its very appearance
| doth make him mad. At Greenwood
! chars cd that the Yazoo and MLsslS-
sippi Valley Railroad. and other rail
roads of the State, were not paying
their proportionate share OF taxes, and
! demonstrated It by facts and figures.
and | told the people then that he
would be as silent as the grave upon
/ that issue. and | call your attention TO
the fact that laesis yet silent, and on
s,sss. issues OF the day he can not
nice 5 the reason why he
gets mad and Wishes to talk about
something else.
MIR. Brewer referred TO certain cir
culars that were being mailed out ot
Water Valley that purported to be
signed William Miles. and said:
You people all heard me denounce
this circular III 1900. when | was
candidate for District Attorney, and
the author never resented II.
Mr. Brewer closed his speech amid
shouts of applause.
The circular published above IS be
ing sent ont over the State by Mr.
Brewer and his friends. The circular
! vas. no doubt. written by Brewer
: partisan, as its reading shows. Will