Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-02-29
Mr.. Russell, Reply.

issued the following signed reply
- the charges made agains, him
To the Citizens Of the State Of
Mississippi:
| have just been handed a
printed circular pgrporting 10 b.
signed by a number Of citizens Of
Oxford and the University rel
alive 70 what vas said by me /
the state senate sons days ago
relative 20 the abolition Of the
Greek letter f~riternities existing
N the University Of Mississippi
and in ali other edIcationaI in-ti-
tItlons Of the state. Let me saw
IN the outset that | have been
gr ss!y misrepresentsd a. every
member Of the senate will bear
re out as well as many Of the cii
zeus Of the state VINO heard m
speech. This circular ssafes tha
said that there now exists such
a C 10 there as the "Ail Right
clbu-l never said any such : ing
Bot dIi say that there GIi exist
there many years ago, some
where about the year 1900.
Il my memory serves NE right.
such a club. The picture Of the
members composing this CLUB
Vas published % the world IN the
annual Ole Miss published by
the fr1terniues there each wear.
The name OF each composing that
cub vas also printed there. /
dG say ina. TIE teaets Of tina.
fOrder was practically a. stated In
the circular letter. - Wit: ist-.
that no member could ne admitted
who would not get drunk. 2n5.
who would not gamble; 3rt- who
would not indulge n licentiOgs-
ness Ideuand tha. members Of
the fratsrnid-s procure a copy Of
that book and snow It to the pub
ilc- had this picture and the
same was stolen from ne. I have
examined the state library here
and find no copy. The publlca-
ton is extant and I demand that
these men in fairness 10 the eit-
liens OF Mississippi If not - NY
self, that they produce this pic
ture-it will coudem them in it.
self. did say further that al
though this club composed a. il
was with members Of several
fraternities, | viii not say every
fraternity was represented. bur I
think every fraternity was 80
represented, were members Of
these clubs that allowed such
characters 70 impose upOn the
good citizens OF Oxford with such
company as tlis-if the clubs
ever warned any homes IN OK
ford or elsewhere Of what this
-tuo stood for no one ever heard
u IT, did lot say that the cit
zens Of Oxford eondoned such
conduct but on the other hand
that these good citizens we-e i'm
posed upon, their daughters and
families grossly imposed upon,
oy these f~ratefaities who dl5
know that they had such char
acters IN them. | have the pro-
foundest respect for the citizens
OF Oxford, that i M home, and
know that if they had known
that there we're such characters
there they would have risen 10
seized a baseball bar, or a win
chester, and such characters
would have left the community.
the reason they did not do SO is
simply because they were not
aware that such men lived IN
their community.
Not only this but the no1-fra-
ternisy students, goats If YOU
please, had the manhooi to IndIct
these dirty wretches before the
board OF trustees, call names,
present this photograph to them
and IN the very face of some of
the men who were members of
this club and they never dared
TO deny it-they never have done
90 because 1t was an incontro-
vertible fact.
| do not know who is respon-
siole for this misrepresentation.
| take for granted il was some
fraternity man. but let me saw
II was unquaIifie eddy false, and ii
the man that is primarily respon-
sIole for this, heard my speech it
10 whfully and ma!ici0usIy false
and without any foundation in
fact He knew, or ough, to
nave known, that I would never
have branded my own people
with such calumny; there is no
people who are more honorable
and upright and any man that
would dare to insinuate that I
said anything to the contrary Is
q wilful and malicious faIsids-
and 1t lac will even insinuate that
IN my presence / will make the
language stronger than that. al
well az wait on him further.