The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-12-16
laney any during the caucus?

one time and sat down and talked to
him a good while.
@. Ibid he offer yon a bride?
A.. mo, never limited a bride.
Q. did you take a drink with
him?
A. YES, sir.
Q. WAS that drink given to you
to induce your vote?
A.. Nothing said about it,--iust
an old acquaintance.
Q. did you meet Senator Leroy
Percy?
A. "Yes, sir; | met him two or
three times.
@. Did he attempt to use any
undue influence to get you to change
your vote?
A. mot a bit, no. sir. He never
limited such a thing to me.
@. did you take drinks with the
supporters Of all the candidates dur
ing the caucus?
A. Eyes, I believe did. | am
satisfied I took a drink with Brelan5.
he was a supporter Of Alexander; l
took q drink with Mr.. Green, who
was a supporter of Anderson; and !
know 7 took a drink with several OF
the Percy supporters. know LOOK
q drink with Tyson two or three
times.
@. where, at their rooms?
A. Yes. l reckon it was in their
roorns n was where they were stay
ing.
O. Did you drink with the sup
porters of Major VardanaA?
A.. "Oh, yes, ~ sften.
q. ''Whs?
A. well, I cant call all the
names now.
@. A great many Of them?
A.. "a good nany."
Don't O know that when Stesai'
thinks at this sworn testimony re
duced to cold print tae has oesn done
with all the testimony in this case
and It IL now all open to the people
Of Mississ,ppI,, It crannfs his oratsfs'
It interferes with the hOw Of his eic-
~ouence? He feels like a negro wit
ness that my friend. Ben Humphreys
now In congress, then a prosecuting
attorney, tells Of WAC OF the stand
knew all about a blind tiger case, but
when placed on the stand knew abso-
lutely nothing. Ben, compelled 70
mol PROSE- the case. said - the Negro
when he left the stand, "Bi1l, what
made you lie to me like you did!"
The negro replied, well. boss. ]
guess I Just over-spOke myself SO
when Stegall thinks of his sworn tes-
timony he feels in his speech that he
over-spoke himself. I said to the
Pontotoc people: You all may feel
that you have a great orator in Bill,
but you have no real conception Ol
how great an orator he really Is un-
less YOU have heard him speak for
liquor. He reminds me of a Gordon
setter dog given me, and the boys
taught It when a pup to dance. aud
when you told II to dance 1t would
dance around and around until II
finally added its brain. and II you
held a bone before that dog and SAID
Speak, Fido," he would bark hii
fool head OF. Stegall had composed
a speech which he said he was eoine
to deliver when the ballot came down
finally between vardaman and Per
cy. He was going 70 vote an opsr
ballot for Percy and deliver tAii
speech in repudiatins vardaman. Al
FIRST Il sounded like . great speech
When liquor would run low IN thu
vardaman headquarters ana Stsga1
would learn that some green, unso'
phisticated friend of mine had drop
ped down from the Delta With a DO:
tie, ne would come over TO the Ed
wards House, and deliver this speesi
and take the bottle away from him
Any hour of the night. three OF foul
O'Clock In the morning. II You hap
pened to be coming down the CORR
dor Of the hotel, and heard a gres'
noise in one of the rooms. and turn
ed the knob, you would find Stegai
making this GRAFTON with his eye OF
the bottle, and when he finished tn
hottie would be gone. Finally, tn
boys caught on to It. the ratious wect
cut on. the oratory died out, and W
lost Bill. This is the man who. II
the interest OF vardaman. Is nov
travelling around over MISSISSIPPI
instructing the people in civic right
~eousness, and deemed by his chief
tain a worthy exponent Of his caus,
INVESTIGATION FAIR AND THOR
OUCH.
The Legislature did not conclude
its investigation until every man II
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