The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-15
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Blue Mountain never thought that
had insulted their good women, for he
says that when he called upon the
manhood of Blue Mountain to resent
what had said, that instead Of heed
ing his call the men gathered around
me and began to cheer for "Bilbo."
Lowrey's frank admission is sad
commentary on his standing at home.
He says in one statement, 81 THINK"
Bilbo said so and so about Mr.. Henry.
To Henry he says that he would dare
not quote me in full, and then he
/ swears while and later he becomes
very positive, and then, to brace up
his charges and insinuations, he at
tempts to quote a Postmaster in Tip
pah county, but at the same time, he
fails to tell us who the Postmaster Is,
and where he stands in this contest,
and his political alignments.
The fact of the whole business is,
think Mr.. Lowrey has eagerly and
willingly used himself and permitted
himself to be used in getting little
notoriety by the Gang" who has
sought my destruction, just as Cover
nor Noel and the "Gang" tried to use
his brother B. c. in the secret caucus
of 1910 to encompass the defeat of
Governor Vardaman, and I think his
reference will explain to the people Of
Mississippi the reasons for the atti-
tude of the Lowreys towards Bilbo
and his exposure of the caucus meth
DDS. I
Shortly after the Blue Mountain
speech. 1t was rumored all over North |
Mississippi that J. J. Henry was going |
to kill me on sight. To these threats |
7 paid no attention, because any man
who would be guilty of circulating the
vile and anonymous literature against
a mans life and reputation, as he has
against mine, know to be too big a
coward to meet man fact to face and
settle personal matters like men.
I continued to speak on the railroad
of which Henry was claim agent and
in the surrounding country for several
weeks, was on the streets of Jack
son at the same time with him, and I
never met him. If I did, didn't know
him, for, up to the time Of this assault,
7 have never seen, him to know him. Il
While at Ecru, Pontotoc county.
County Attorney NJ. A. Saunders came
to see me as mutual friend, and in
terviewed me concerning the state
ment I had made about Henry. and he
assured me that had done Henry an
Injustice, because he said he knew
Henry was too much of a man to dis
tribute such circulars against myself
and family, whereupon told Mr..
Saunders that no man would more
quickly withdraw a statement than I,
when / was convinced that I was
wrong, and I told him that if he would
bring me signed statement from J.
Henry to the effect that he had not
circulated these campaign posters
against me, that I would give him a
statement in writing, retracting every
reference to him. But at the same
time 7 produced Mr.. Sauders the evil
dence of Henrys guilt upon which I
made the denunciation at Blue Noun
tain and Ripley. Mr.. Saunders asked
me not to make any more public state
ments concerning the matter until he
saw Mr.. Henry and reported. This. 7
agreed to do, and I have refrained
from referring to the matter publicly
any more since, yet have never heard
from our mutual friend, Saunders.
Henry tries to leave the impression
that he was resenting the reference to
his mother This is all nonsensel I
have been assailed in every possible
way in this most bitter campaign and
called many vile epithets and I have
never construed any of such refer
ehces reHecuon upon my mother,
and you may ask the vilest of my ira
ducers, and he will tell you that he
never meant to reflect on my mother
in any reference to me.
Mr.. Henry says that he did not
mean to kill me. Did you expect him
to say that he did?
Mr.. Henry says further that his at
tack with his crowd had no political
significance. Did you expect him to
say that it did? am willing to leave
the facts to candid world, and let
the people of Mississippi be the Judge.
Hon. Ross A. Collins, candidate for
Acknowledgement, and spoke at Gale
donia and Columbus on the 9Th of July,
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