The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-01

plause Of the enthusiastic crowd
when be made an especially apt
reference, or specially hard hit.
and at the conclusion Of his
peroration Mr.. Shelton was made
the center of cordial and spon-
taneous demonstration on the part
Of the vast crowd.
BiIbO FOlItlws Shelton and Soon Wins
The Crowd.
However. all the other events of
the strenuous day paIed into abso-
lutte insigniticance beside the
tumult Of the restless crowd which
had waited in its impatient
anxiety all through the sultry day
in order to see and hear and meas
ure up the stature of the mo-
torious's BIlbo.
In few Well-chosen remarks.
Hon. r. 7. Quin, master Of cere-
monies. introduced Senator Bilbo.
frankly stating his attitude, which
was seemingly also that of the big
crowd, to be one of intense curlos-
ity as to whether Senator Bilbo
was either fool or knave, 0r both,
and that he was here today, just as
were nine -tenths Of all the others
present. to settle this great quesz
ton IN his own mind for once and
for all. After the complimentary
applause to Captain Quin had sub
sided. Senator Bilbo took the stand,
seemingly somewhat constrained
and embarrassed, and the fiercely
critical crowd plainly manifested
its disappointment but as the speak
er gradually warmed up to-his sub
ject the applause began to quicken
until before he had proceeded far
into the discussion of his remarka-
BILE performance before and during
the secret caucuses at jackson. the
big crowd became so enthusiastic
and demonstrative that numerous
pauses were necessary to allow
them to exhaust their superf1uous
enthusiasm by way Of their mouths.
The speaker was intensely sarcas-
tic and bitterly caustic in his everg
reference to his excellency, Govern
or E. f. Noel, and the crowd cheer
ed each and every single derogatory
mention of Gov. Noels name.
This was considered as all the more
remarkable by the many leading
Democrats on the grounds. in view.
of the fact that this county has
always heretofore been regarded
as a Noel stronghold.
Mr.. Bilbo numerically fiayed
the adherents of Senator Percy, and
with the widest flights Of his elo-
quent fancy he painted Ex-Governor
Vardaman as the apotheosis of all.
the virtues, while picturing his
political enemies as the tallest
champions of all the Wickedness
and wiles of the devil.
After nearly two hours of his
speech the crowd seemed still
eagerly impatient for still more
talk. but from sheer exhaustion the
speaker was compelled to bring
his address to a peremptory close
and was then unable to leave the
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