The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-08
RtITERATES CHARGES
in FORMER STATEMENT
Says Many Interviews Wound Up With
proposition for BiIbo to Line Up
With You and Bring Vardaman to
Terms"-New Matter Injected.

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dynamite shock of the Bilbo-Hobbs
bribery case came last night at 10
o'clock when Senator Hobbs furnish
ed to the press bitter arraignment
of Governor Brewer, whom he literally
challenged on the score of>their recent
differences as to the nature of the in
terview between them, held in,Jackson,
and also infused some other very in
teresting documents, as follows:
"Sir-I see that you have given the
'lie out of the whole cloth to my |
statement of Thursday concerning our |
conference of the Tuesday previous.
81 will say at the outset that such |
course is characteristic of you. A
man who would propose so base a
purpose as you did to me adds very
little to his moral turpitude by de-
nying it, hence no one who knows you
will be in the least surprised.
"T am sure you wish you could for
get the episode and could Danish it by
lie 1t is indeed ludierous to observe
with what haste you dispatch mes
sage to Senator Vardaman for the
object of palating him, especially is
this true in the light of the fact that
you and a number Of your friends
have, within recent months, attempted
in every way possible to form a COM
bination against the senator for the
purpose of eliminating him from the
United States Senate or else force him
to make terms with you. Perhaps this
will occasion a little surprise to you
when you read it, and perhaps you
will be inclined to Lie out of the whole
cloth again.
"But to refresh your memory, have
only to recall to you the number of
times you have called me to your office
and informed me of the many vicious
things that you allege Senator Varda-
man has been saying about Bilbo, and
always winding up every interview
with a proposition 1ur 3ilho to line
up with you and bring Vardaman to
terms. You know that I know you
have worked increasingly to destroy
harmony among the Vardaman follow
ing. You know that you have also
made these overtures to Mr.. Bilbo di
rect and in my presence.
Wants Brewer to Tell.
"And bear in mind further, similar
plans have been urged as late as last
June, six months after the occurrence
of the things upon which you had the
grand jury of Warren county indict
Mr.. Bilbo, and you know as much
about the affair then as at the time the
Indictment was brought.
'T pause here long enough to asl
If it is possible that you desired t.
form a political combination with tw,
men whom you knew to be crooks, il
order that you might eliminate, mai
whom you know to be the choice O
the people and gain preferment 70
yourself?
"Now you gave the lie to my STATE
ment and am going to suggest tina
yeu tell the people what you did sa,
If did not tell the truth you com
forward and tell it. If you did nc
send for me to accomplish the purpos
set forth in my statement, what di
yoa send for me for? You said thf
Bilbo and were equally guilty. VIII
did you not send for Bilbo as you di
me? You have dictagraph of dict
phone record of what took place ;
the meeting evidently. Throw it OF
and let the people know what 1t co
tains. Don't wait until you have tin
to frame up something that will see
to exculpate you from the daze al
ignoble purpose in mind. You kno
that my statement is true, and "
know that you were falsifying wh'
you said it was not true.
"cowardIy Purpose"
"The purpose you We're attemptil
& to accomplish was as cowardly as
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