The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-23
Mr.. Brewers Speech.


last Saturday to large audience, Of
whom many were ladies. His speech
was an eloquent and powerful one,
and impressed the audience with the
fact that he Is an orator.
He advocated the enforcement Of
the law, and especially the breaking
up Of bucket shops engaged in dealing
In cotton futures. He also denounced
severely the merger Of the Mobile &
Ohio and Southern Railways, and
stated that If he were governor he
would see that the laws are enforced
against that merger, and that it
should be annulled.
| He said the Y. g M. v. Railroad
Company secured from the Black and
Tan Legislature Of Mississippi, in
reconstruction days, and act ex-
empting it from the payment Of taxes
until it earned s per cent on the
capital invested in the construction Of
the railroad, and then after it had
earned per cent, refused to pay any
taxes, until Hon. Writ Adams in
stituted suit against it; and after the
suit was instituted against that rail-
road company, the railroad company
tried to stock the supreme court, and
that Governor McLanrin interferred
and prevented the stocking Of the
supreme court, and thereby q fair and
just decision was rendered, holding
the railroad company liable to the
taxes, like other people. That when
he called attention to the circum.
stances which induced him to believe,
and he thought ought to induce
anybody else to believe, that the Y.
& NJ. V. Railroad Company was in
terfering in the present election for
governor in this state, he brought
down upon him the antagonism of
not only the railroad company, but
the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
After criticising the other can.
didates he then went into a statement
of what occurred at the Greenwood
meeting last year, and stated that
when he made speech giving his
version of that affair and when it had
been reported by reporter of the
Commercial Appeal, Of Memphis, that
paper refused to publish the report Of
their own reporter unless he would
pay them $252 go for the publication
of it. He was not able financially to
| bear such expense, and, therefore,
has no other way of putting his version
of the affair before the people except
by making speeches to them. That
Mr.. Mallory, the President of the
Memphis. Commercial Appeal company,
owns $4,000 Of stock in the Y. s. M.
w. railroad. and is father law of
Harahan, the president Of the rail.
road company.
| He never said anything at Green
wood to reflect on the honor or in
tegrity Of Col. Scott, and read q
stenographic account of what he did
say to prove this assertion. He
offered sworn stenographic report to
Col. Scott, in the discussion at Bates
vile, and he called upon him to point
out anything in what he had said at
Greenwood that would reflect on his
honor or integrity, and Col. Scott
could not do 1t. Since that day to
this Col. Scott has never met him in
joint debate.
| He read letter written by Col.
Scott to L. Fl. Doty, Of Harrison
county. proving exactly what he said
in reference to the letter at Green
wood. He said that at the time an
effort was being made to compel the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad
to pay their taxes, COL Scott was de-
nouncing the effort, in the Bolivar
Democrat, srepudiation; and claim
ing that the railroad company ought
not to be required to pay its taxes.
That Col. Scott was not attorney
for the railroad company in that case,
but that being attorney for the rail
road company in its cases along the
line Of the railroad, .his environments
were such that he could not see any
thing in favor of the people against
what be considered the interest Of the
railroad, and, therefore, he could not
see why the railroad ought to pay it's
taxes, when other people pay their
taxes. That if the railroad did not
pay It's taxes the other people in the
state wonld be compelled to pay their
taxes for them, as the money must be
collected from somebody to defray the
expenses Of the state and county
governments.
He refuted Col. Scott's statement
that he was only local attorney for
the railroad company, and said that
Dol. Scott was salaried attorney for
the railroad company; that he had 4
brother who was railroad attorney,
i 4 son. and 8 son .in-law IN the delta.