Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-06-25
THE BILBocAsn.

case nave SHOWN some oil toe
most alarming conditions ever
known in this state. 1t has
clearly shown that Gov. Brewer
is using every power incident to
his high office to prosecute a
mar that never harmed him nor
has ever done anything that does
not meet with the approval of the
best citizenship OF this state.
Here are some of the things
Gov. Brewer has done in the way
of Juggling with the courts of the
state. First, he caused the War
rem county grand jury to be dis
charged because they would not
indict Bilbo, and he and his hired
attorneys and henchmen selected
a grand jury that would 90 and
did do his bidding-they indiet.
ed Bilbo. He hired his own law
yers to %persecute Bilbo and, af-
ter Senator Hobbs was acquitted
he secured the resignation of
Hon. Thee. Birchett, an able and
honorable judge who had en-
phatically told Gov. Brewer that
the state had no case against
Bilbo, and that he was going to
throw the case out of court.
Gov. Brewer then selected a
judge OF his own liking in the
person of Judge Brien. This
judge did all he could to hold
Bilbo for trial in the Warren
county court. He was ~autocrat-
ic, unjust, unfair and highly BIZ
ased. prejudiced and a hater of
Bilbo. But Bilbo's lawyers
made it too hot for this judge.
And, since truth will always
come to the surface. Brewers
lawyers saw that this was simply
a persecution by Gov. Brewer,
and these lawyers, Messrs toller,
Kelly and Brunini told Governor
Brewer (being the hired lawyers
Of Gov. Brewer that the state
had no ease against Bilbo and
that they could not convict him
in Warren County.
But Gov. Brewer was mad: he
asked for a consultation. They
had it at the National Park hotel
Nicksburg and it is supposed that
Judge Brien was there present.
Anyway, Gov. Brewer decided
that n change of venue should
be had to Kinds county, where
he said he could get a Judge
and jury that would convict
Bilbo; he ST. informed Judge
Brisn of mis- desire and Judge
Brien gave the change, although
he had fully decided he would
not do 50, and he gave this
change not upon the ground that
he himself was biased and preju-
diced. when this last matter had
never been presented 10 him and
which WA not a fact. That Is
not all. GOV. Brewer and his
friend, Judge Henry, in some
way managed to get Judge Teat
Ia try the case in Kinds. Judge
Teat. ii il nov shown, ID "a bitter
partIsan-a rabid enemy Of Bill.
bo's. Judge Teat acted very un-
wise, unfair and unjust ia sitting
III the case after afidavits were
made against him. He has low
cred the standard ri the fair ad-
ucin,stration Of justice in Mlssis-
sippi. he has ~disgraeed the err
mine OF Judge; he has spat upon
the right of an humble citizen
who - demanding only "a fair
trial; he has shown 10 the world
how deep in the mire the courts
Of justice vi a great state may be
dragged. Judge Teat's name
will 20 down in history as a name
to be summed and despised; the
courts Must he kept above re-
proach; the people KNOW when
justice i being administered:
they cant be fooled. and they are
not fooled.
Gav. Brewer deserves 10 be
impeached: he is already i'm
peaehed in tine minds OF every
fair-minded citizen; mis- name is
spoken Of with contempt every
where. Il looks 10 the average
citizen a. a deep laid scheme to
railroad Bfibo into the p~eni,enti-
AIRY without any sort OF a fair
trial. The perpetrators Of this
crime must be punished. BiIbo
has eve asked for anything out
u fair trial: our laws guarantee
that, yet thVss who execute il
r not giving him the benefit of
II. Disgrace enough has come
upon the fair name Of this state
because Of Gov. Brewers spite
ful and malicious activity. The
citizenship should rise up and