The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-09-16
KNOWS NM ONLY TOO WELL.

HVUUS 1UW UNI tUU VIII.
When Bilbo spoke at Aberdeen the
other day he was challenged to joint
debate by Hon. George j. Leftwich,
member Of the State Senate from Mon
roe county.
Representative II f. B~royles,a strong
vardaman partisan, On behalf Of the
Biibo committee, declined to grant a
division Of time, saying that he feared
q repetition of the exciting incident at
Maben on the previous day.
According to the press dispatches,
Mr.. Broyles paid Senator Leftwich a
very Hattering compliment, saying that
he didn't know the facts in the case or
he would not have carried On the Sen
ate investigation Of the Bilbo case"
Any compliment paid TO Senator Left
witch is we'll deserv. d, for there is not
a more honorable, high-toned, lofty
minded : Christian gentleman in the
commonwealth than George ]. Leftwich.
He is a leader in the church, a leader
in the legal profession, and a man who
enjoys the respect and confidence of all
with whom he comes in contact.
The assertion of Mr.. Broyles that
SENATOR Leftwich didn't know the
facts in the case or he would not have
carried on the Senate invest cation Of
the case" is not even decent nonsense,
but it is quite on a parity with the
other silly and absurd statements made
by Vardamanites to bolster up the dir
ty, contemplate and cowardly little
crook and moral pervert who is labor
ing fer the Vardaman cause.
Senator Leftwich knew all Of the
facts Of the Bilbo case. He was appoint
cd by the senate az counsel to uphold
and maintain the dignity and self-re-
thoroughly into the case and into Bill
bo's moral character as any trained
legal mind could penetrate.
Furthermore, Senator Leftwich knew
scores of fac. s. in connection with Bill
DO that were not brought omit in the
investigation-facts backed up by an
array of evidence that could not be
challenge ed, and sufficient to horrify
any man in whom the principles Of
honor, integrity and self-respect are
imbedded.
At the earnest insistence of Bilbo
during the executive sessions of the
benate-his appeal was well-nigh plte
ous-no testimony was presented by
counsel fnp tho Spnatp ShDwInO lis
l%eperous personal character and private
sim. The evidence was confined to his
specific charge and facts bearing on
his INSCRIPTIONS business and profess
sional methods, and his notorious lack
OF reputation for honesty, truth and
v~eracity.
Notw ithstanding this fact, counsel for
tho senate could have placed on the
stand scores Of witnesses to testify
that BiIbc is a libertine, a constant
hubitue of houses of ill fame, the sedu-
Ger of a pure ana umdefiled school girl,
and numerous other phases of his moral
rottenness.
Counsel for the senate had in their
possession a photograph taken of Bilbo
and another legislator during the
Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans,
in company with two notorious female
inmates Of the New Orleans red light
district. The party of four occupied
an automobile, all were intoxicated, and
had just started out for a joy ride
This photograph was shown to a mum
Der of the senators, and is still in ex'
istence.
The assertion, therefore, that "Sena-
ator Leftwich did not know the facts
in the case" is the climax of absurdity
1t is just the sort of argument one
would naturally expect in behalf of Z
~discredited wretch like Bilbo. The
real reason why Mr.. Broyles would not
consent to a division of time at Aber
doen was that he knew Senator Left
witch knows Bilbo far too we'll for the
lattsr's good, and he knew, further
more, that Senator Bilbo mad the mora
and personal couIrge to give the people
of Monroe county a thorough exposure
of Bilbo's character:
- In the midst of their fanatical wor
ship of a counterfeit saint with a tin
sci halo, the V~ardamanites seem t.
have lost sight of all moral questions
they sacrifice their self-respect withou
hesitancy in order to bolster up adyins
cause, and actually place themselve
in the attitude Of approving that typ
of humanity with which hell is flle'
10 overlooking.
But the day of reckoning must come
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