Greene County herald., 1911-05-26
PERcY's SPEECH ON MAY 8ta.

PERCY'S SPEECH ON NAY 9th.
Hon. Leroy Percy, the junior U S.
Senator from Mississippi, while re-
Gently down in the state making
speeches in behalf of his candidacy
for election by the people Che was
nominated in the Secret Democratic
caucus aud elected by the Legislature
of 1910,} he having paired with re-
publican senator, spoke in Leakes
Vile the first day Of the recent term
of Circuit Court, Monday May Sth,
to a pretty large audience, the court
room being packed and iammed. and
the quota of ladies and childron not
being so very big. Court had brought
out good attendance of qualified
electors and a heavy proportion of
those present gave Senator Percy a
hearing, though we noted a good
many who did not attempt to get in
the room, whether they disliked the
crush or cared nothing for his speech
is not our BUSINESS to figure npon in
this article.
One Of the very first impressions
made upon our mind and coming
somewhat IN the way Of surprise
was the poor quality OF voice the
speaker possessed. He could scarce
ly be heard downstairs, and it had
none of those rich musical cadences
usually so easily distinguish the ac-
complished from the mediocric
speaker Then the volume WASH t
there. Either Dan or Eugene Bre-
land could skin HIM a block on the
latter vocal quality. However, let it
be said in simple justice to the man
that he has ample vocal control to
clearly articuIate his sentences and
voluble language of that orderly
strength to forcibly express his
thoughts. Seldom did his language
partake of that type of high descrip-
tive which we class as eloquent but
it was pungent and pointed. He
dwelt a good deal upon some speech
es he had made in Congress on the
Cotton CLAIMS Bill; the Civil War
Veteran Pension Bill and the south
erland Amendment, taking to him
self considerable OF the glory for the
enactment OF the first named; the
cutting down OF the second and the
defeat of the last account Of obiec-
tionabe clause which would take
away control Of elections from
state and place in hands Of
federal government. He m e
several very stlong patriotic
and statesmanlike appeals to his
hearers, but usally capped each such
off with some keen cutting fling ol
of satire at Vardaman. The audience
were courteousiy attentive but by
their unresponsiveness showed not
TO be much under the spell of bis
speaking He was but it,le applaudec
only a few times getting read gooc
outbreak of same and this only wher
he had introduced his very funniest
of Jokes.
That he has brilliant and remark
able alert mind stored with mucl
learning and a ready familiarity viii
American government in all its ave
nues. could not be for an instant dis
puted by any fdir-minded hearer
even though not supporter Of hi!
as is the case with this writer Iii!
ability to hold down the Senatoria
job is not to be questioned, the ques
tioning having to turn upon hi
closeness to the corporations, whicl
IS reVerting to matters connected
with his candidacy that will hay,
better place on our editorial page
and doubtless will later on. We pro
nounce Mr. Percy unhesitating!y a.
we have always believed him, an eX
ceeding smart man, and one certain
to I'LL high position whether in th'
portfolio OF government Or CONNER
cial life, to which latter walks W.
would much prefer seeing him re
turned.