The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
alLeo ANOTHER vAAoAMAN
FoRERuNNER.

the people OF tntS county 50
Ignorant as to the issues Of the
day as to need the services Of
another political teacher. First,
with a flourish Of trumpets, came
Senator Hebron-and departed a
sadler and wiser man. And
now comes Senator, by the grace
of one-vote. Theo. G. Bilbo, and
makes a canvass Of the county
lin the interests Of his and Mr.
Vardaman's candidacy. It is
not the purpose Of this article to
"cuss out" Bilbo. but to ask the
people Of Lee county to stop and
consider what manner of man is
sent out to tell them how to cast
t cir ballots. a sort of Vardaman
john the Baptist, so to speak.
DO you recollect the first time
v u ever heard Of Bilbo? Wasn't
it when he claimed to have been
bribed by Delaney? Do you think
that a very fitting introduction
into public life? Do you know
that it was some six weeks after
the last alleged installment of
the money had been paid Bilbo
before he uttered a word of this
bribery? And that he only told
it when he was carried before
the grand jury of Kinds county?
Laying aside all prejudice and
using your common sense, sup
rose a man offered you, Mr..
Voter, a bride to cast your bal
lot, what would you do? Suppose
v ~ decided not to punch his face
but to take the money and trap
him, what need would you have
for the second installment of the
bride when the first is sufficient
to conviction if that was the pur
pose of it, and would you wait
six weeks after the last install
ment was paid you and then be
summoned before the grand jury
the second time before appear
ing, and finally let the informa-
ton be corkscrewed out of you?
And suppose, Mr.. Voter. you
wanted to bride a man to vote a
certain way in the coming pri
mary election, would you be fool
e rough to pay him s650.0O or
any other amount when he voted
a secret ballot las you will a., do
in that pr nary and yous5uld' mt
Itell whether he delivered the
goods or gave yoE the double
cross?
MhArd0tfeyAn ink Of this Bill
DO down in his home town and
county? Do you know that county
officers and merchants and farm
ers testified, before the senate,
that they would not believe Bilbo
on oath and that his reputation
was bad? Did you know that
Cl. Chalmers williamson, Of
Jackson, who managed Gv.
Vardaman's campaign for the
Senate in 1907, and who is now
making speeches for Mr.. Varda-
man, testified that he would not
believe Bilbo on oath? Did you
know that on the trial of Delaney
it was proven by the cashier of
the Bank of Pop!arville, of which
bank Bilbo's father is vice presi-
dent, that some of the very
identical bills wh'cl Bilbo says
Delaney plid him, were issued
by that ve.y bank at least one
week after the last date on which
Du'anty was said by Bilbo to
have paid him any money? Do
you wonder that the jury was
out only II minutes. And did
you know that the jury made
afidavit, showing how they stood
on the Senatorial race and that
six of them were for Vardaman?
And did you know that Sena-
Tor Mcmillan, who was the lead
err Of the Vardaman forces in the
caucus, voted to expell Bilbo
from the Senate and that Sena
tor Vance offered q resolution to
r.primand Bilbo because his
c ,nduct was unbecoming to a
member Of the senate?" All
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