Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-10-22
The Oxford Eagle Senate
senator Lee M. Russell and Governor
Brewer Engage in Warm
Discussion at Winona.
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cussion Of this campaign was
staged in Winona last Thursday
between Gov. Earl Brewer who
had been invited there by a few
anti-Nardaman anti Bilbo citi-
zens and Senator Lee NJ. Russell
candidate for Lieut.. Governor.
The Nardaman- Bilbo men know
ing that Gov. Brewer did not
come to discuss his administra-
ton so much as to make a speech
against Bilbo and in favor of the
other candidate for Governor in
vited Senator Russell so that he
might keep the ''record straight '
The now famous Judge Tea;
adjourned court and gave up the
afternoon to the distinguished
speakers. Hon. Shed Hill intro
duced Gov. Brewer who spoke
for about two and one half hours.
A part of his time was taken up
in an attempt to explain his work
as governor but the larger part
was used in flayiug Bilbo and his
supporters calling them crooks,
bad citizens and criminals and
even going so far as to charge
that all bank defaulters, most Of
the crimes and even all the ex-
pulsions from the large educa-
tional institutions was due to the
principles of government advo-
Gated by Bilbo and his followers.
He rehashed the entire Hobbs
Bilbo case saying that they were
both guilty and criminals of the
worst sort although the courts
and juries had said otherwise.
Gov. Brewers speech called very
little applause and that came
solely from the enemies of Bilbo
and Vardaman, not Vardaman
or Bilbo man took any part what
ever in any such applause and
even the anti-Nardaman and anti
Bilbo men applauded only for the
reason that they hated Nardaman
and Eilbo and not for any love
or respect for Gov. Brewer. In
fact many of them had recently
been heard to say that they had
no confidence in Brewer nor did
they approve of his administra-
ton 7 ole es.
At the close OF Gov. Brewers
speech Senator Russell was pre-
scented by DR.. b. F. Ward, the
states greatest political sage.
philosopher, thinker and most be-
loved citizen in an eloquent and
beautiful tribute 10 the ability.
character and worth of Senator
Russell predicting that he would
be elected and stated that in fact
he had already been decided upon
by more than $4,000 of the states
best citizens as their next Lieu
tenant Governor. DR.. Ward also 4
urged the "small minority" that
rebelled in 1911 to quit their
yrumbling, get right and come
along with the majority and they
would be forgiven il they would
repent and do right forever af-
He stated that OF course
when eighty thousand stalwart
Aississippians had run over their
oes in 1911 that of necessity their
oes were sore, in fact most OF
hem had lost their toe nails and
these nails that had begun to-
grow back were of the in-growing
and that Gov. Brewer was
possibly suffering with the worst
case of this sort out that he hoped
there was even a chance for him
il he wnuld take immediate treat
ment. DR.. Ward received an
ovation as did Senator Russell
when he arose to speak.
Senator Russell began by
stating that he had always en-
deavored to hold up Gov. Brew
er's hands but when Gov. Brew
er forgot his pledge to the people
as to the elective Judiciary and
as to the land holding corpora
ton bill, vetcing the first bill and
threatening and finally over
riding the wishes of the great ma
jority of the people as to the lat
ter, he came to the point where
ne could not believe Gov. Brewer
to be trne to the trust imposed
upon him. Senator Russell took
up in detail these bills showed
their Importance, their approval
blythe people, the activity of Gov
Brewer to defeat them although
he said he stood for them in his
campaign and urged Gov. Brew
er to say now if it was not fact
that he had been doing his best
10 get a judge that would yet de
clare the law unconstitutional;
that he really appointed Hon.
}. 5. Sexton thinking this distin-
guIshed lawyer would say the law
unconstitutional but that this law
yer was in truth a man and an
upright lawyer deceived our
willy governor and he urged to
Gov. Brewer to say if he would
again appoint this same lawyer
or would he appoint some enemy
of this elective judiciary that
would yet defeat the law. In his
rejoinder Gov. Brewer never said
a word as to this.
AS to the land holding corpora
ton bill Senator Russell asked
him why he chartered many
many such corporations between
the date of the passage of the bill
and the date il went into effect
over the objections of Hon. Ross
Collins, attorney general, and
Gov. Brewer was asked if it was
not a fact that he did so because
financially interested in such cor
porations, or If not, did he not