Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12

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Us FL candidate for governor, spoke to arg
NJ AEReon audience at Bolton last Thursda
ANGN@ @%NsNRz=s night After discussing the issues
the day he paid his respects to MI
.WKAp M y Scott in the following language
GEAE ltkA%NS lf am correctly informed by th
1HzIfgt IASg public press Of the country, the Hon
{gS3 JHfkl4 Charles Scott look occasion recently il
public speech at Ponotoc while ostensiby replying tc
Senator McLaurn, 10 FIRE on and said that the Nc
Larns in trying to accomplish his defeat have two can
ddates in the field Brewer and Judge Truly Brewer tn,
torpedo boat and Truly the baleship and further said
that they know that Mr.; Brewer win not be one two
three in the race but used him to do the mud singing
hoping detract from my strength etc And then agar
he says that now promise my friends, that they vii
again that McLaurn candidates 60 down defeat
for after the primary the torpedo boat and batleshp vii
both be ready FOR the dry docks. say reply
to this unwarraned attack upon me, that turned upor
Mr. Scott in the presence Of three thousand people las
week at Walthal in Webster county, and told him IRON
the stump that he and his railroad subsidized press hac
endeavored ever since the 10Th day of last September
put in the attitude Of being mud singer and Of hav
ing made charges against him that could sustain
no one knows better than you Mr. Scott, that this is
wholly without foundation and said if you will point ou
single word that has fallen from my lips publicly OF
privately in the campaign that can by any kind OF
strained construction, reflect upon your honor you
INTEGRITY, | will Withdraw from the race. said, don
wait until you get out to give out interview to dc
nlS, or get closing speech SO you can out
rageousy misquote me- like you did Greenwood but dc
it now here's the door, tender you the time. Mr.. Scot
could not and did not take proposition but now
public speech, when not present again seek TO pu
in the attitude OF being mud singer, and being rur
tool OF certain designing persons encompass his
defect and his only motive in doing this is avoid dis
csson of the issue Of the day with me- have thrown
any mud in this tight and the charge that have thrown
mud nothing but snarng howl Of the great public
service corporations Of the country whining over dose
Of medicine which | am administering to them. Mr.
Scott and his friends complain bitterly about me replying
to The attack Of Mr. Scott and his press made upon
the 10Th Of last September at Greenwood But, let's
about the justice OF this contention, Mr. Scott and his
press made through his interviews, given out two days
after the Greenwood meeting repeated again in
scrrous circular scattered from his office broad
cast over the state Of Mississippi few days later head
ed The Denouncing OF Brewer sought to put in the
attitude Of amud singer and character assassin based
on my speech made at Greenwood, and caught him al
Batesvile and before large crowd | rendered him
steRographc report Of my speech made at Greenwood
taken down by stenographer at the time and certified
and sworn to by him being verbatim correct, also
sworn to by vast number Of citizens who heard me
make the speech including the sheris OF three different
countless who present the 10Th day OF September
as being correct to the best Of their knowledge and
belief
rendered him copy Of this speech from ladies' and
gentlemen to amen and told him il he would point oui
single word in that by any kind OF strained construc
ton could reflect upon his honor his integrity would
withdraw from the race; he would point out any
charge that had made against him which had moi
proven, that would agree to it tor him then and
there to the entire satisfaction Of that audience would
quit the race and then the newspapers he looked at
in stole silence. am at loss to know why thus
distinguished gentleman should continue try and put
in the attitude Of being mud singer. when the great
mass Of people who heard US at Batesvle in October
and at Walhal few days ago, know that there is
n hHr
Scott and the great railroad subsized press misquote
me in speech at Greenwood and Just pounced me
like tiger upon its prey and defeat me before the people
on their interpretations. In order that might thoroughly
demonstrate this to the people, challenged Mr. Scott
Joint debate before the people Of Greenwood who heard
the speech the 10th Of September and gave him ten
DAYS notice Of the appointment special invitation in
writing rendering him an equal division Of the time and
repeated this at jackson Mississippi when spoke there
the 30th Of October, and he came. Now he and
his friends complain that mud singer, because
expose the effort Of him and his press to falsely put me
the attitude of making charges against him that could not
sustain but submit to every fair minded person il il
would not be an injustice myself to sit down and let them
But me in this attitude without exposing the Ealsy OF the
position and thereby ruin and destroy politically, and
how else can do SO than BY public speech when the
gentleman will not engage Joint debate wthme and his
newspapers have never published my reply 10 him,
notwithstanding they eagerly publish his attack upon
me- owe it to myself owe 10 the state whose servant
have been and which has honored IN the past owe
Il to my good wife and children at home i p that
grand old cray-headed mother who took BY her knee
N her cabin home when was child and tried to teach
me how to be man. to take the facts and figures and
demonstrate that they tried to do unfairly and that's
lie reason the gentleman has not been meeting IN Joint
debates The charge his speech at Pont0tOc that am
being run By clan McLaurin assist Judge Truly IN en-
comprising His defeat no knows better than Mr..
Scott y wholly without foundation Il is true that have
Been Senator cLarin friend in the past and expect to
be IN he FIrs and am proud If the friendship o such
X ~nIena;1 gentleman. Bit every one knows il this