The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-01
S|SSON AND BLEDSOE
MAKE SPEECHES
Both Severely Handle Hills Rec
ord-BledsOe Tells Of Hills
Kindness To Sisson.

Hons. II. u. Sisson and O. +. BleG-
soc, candidates for congress, made
speeches at the court house MOnoay
in the interest Of their congressional
aspirations. Mr.. SSSOn spoke in the
forenoon and Col. BledSoe in the af-
ternOOn.
Mr.. Sisson looked little worn an(
jaded, but he did not fail to put fsx
and enthusiasm into his speech. He
said he was ambitious; that his moth
er taught him tnau at her knee He
said but for ambition the worlds
progress would by no means be where
it is to-day. He endeavOred to recon
clle his position as candidate this
year with a platform and last year
without one. He said he was per-
fectly consistent. That this year he
was running for a Legislative office and
last year for an executive one. AS to
the Vardaman and Williams mattec
he said he did not inject that into the
race. He defended himself vigorous
ly against number Of alleged charges
against him. He took up Hon. W. s.
Hill'S public record and stated that
that gentleman deserved no credit f0J
rural mail routes and that about his
chief business at Washington haG
been to send out horse books and gar
den seeds. He took up Mr.. Hills
mileage vote ahd was exceedingly Sc
we're in handling that, quoting several
different times from various writer's.
Mr.. SiSSOn was frequently greeted
with applause and his speech Seeme&
to please quite large number in tlc
audience. Mr.. SiSSOn'S friends were
delighted with his speech and claim
many converts for him as result Of
it.
In the afternoon, Col. BledSOe made
speech Of about one hours length.
He, too, went after Mr.. HIPS public
record. The Colonel intimated that
had he not broken the ice, no one else
would have dared to oppose Mr.. Hill
He said he made speech or two an6
began to show up the vulnerable places
in that gentleman'S record and Thea
Mr.. SisSOn came into the fight. AS te
Mr. SiSsOn, he said no one had evel
heard of him except as au Office seek
er. He was a runner. He said thai
Mr. SiSSoOn first hung ous his shinglt
to practice law in Memphis. He left
Memphis and went to Winona, land
ing there without a dollar. Shed HiK
took him into bis office and boarded
him at his home Hill was a friend
to him in the hour of need. Would
Mr.. BledSoe inquired, "a man that
would turn on his friend make a safe
Congressman" He referred to pub
lie statements made by Mr.. SlsSon as
TO the tie Of friendship that had ex-
listed between hint m(Sisson)and HilL
Notwithstanding this. Col. BledSoe
said, Mr.. SiSSOn was at Hills thrOas
with his political knife. He said thas
the feeling was intense between the
two men. That the public cared moth
ing about their chickering's and that
the best thing for the reOple to dc
was to hands off in the Montgomery
county cat fight and elect him. He
his ideas on various public
questions and insisted that no man
would be more faithful and earnest
than he. He stated that he would
give all his time to the people should
he be elected. On the race question
he said he was in favor of deportation.
This, he said. would have to be grad
ual. To begin with, he would favor
the deportation Of criminal blacks,
He spoke of his record as a Confeder-
ate soldier and said that if the people
thought that he would do as well in
Washington otherwise as either of the
two other gentlemen. that he thought
the fact that he gave four years OF
his life for the South, ought TO enti-
tie him to some extra consideration.
He said that he was the only farmer
in the state seeking seat in Con
yreSS and that being farmer himself
he understood the needs Of The tillers
Jt the soil and he pledged his best ef-
forts in their behalf, in case they hon
1red him with an election. Nh BleG,
soc was literally applaudad and manF
around him a. the c0nclu-
sion of his speech.
Mr.. SiSSon spoke in the dfternoes
1t Holc0mb and on TUESDAY at Grty<-
0OTt and Mistert0n.