Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-10-22

fence ana VIII SHOW tHAt BuNce
{ Co, stole $500, 600 Of the peop-
les money" Senator Russell
,sked why Gov. Brewer had said
nothing more about this case af-
ter Boyce & Co. called his hand.
Gov. Brewer did not answer ex-
cept by abusing Boyce & Co.
Gov. Brewer denounced the legis
latiye investigating committee in
the Boyce matter calling them
dishonest and n set Of crooks.
In all the above matters Seua-
tor Russell put Gov. Brewer to
utter route and the shouts from
the audience showed that Senator
Russell had coinered the govern
or.
When it came to Bilbo- Hobbs
case Senator Russell literally took
the skin off Gov. Brewer; he adj
ministered to him the severest
castigation ever heard. Senator
Russell shouted at him: What
court do you now propose To. try
this case; you have selected the
most unfriendly you could find,
you selected judge after Judge
and bitterest you could find
against these men; you had all
the officers, you had public senti-
ment in the locality with you,
you had juries that were enemies
OF these men yet these iuries said
in each case mot guilty" and
they not only said that, Governor
Brewer but they refused to be-
lieve you, our governor, on oath;
they said you had perjured your
soul and yet you still aUuse these
men; you still call them criminals
when your own friends, the ene-
mics of these men. said by their
verdict they would not believe
you under oath who row Sc. your
self up as 4 saint 10 dictate to the
people of this state whom they
shall vote for. Just here pande-
mOnum broke loose; the audience
yelled their approval and it was
some time before the speaker
could resume. Gov. Brewer was
dOwncast, the ''secret caucus"
contingent dumfouuded; they
saw Gov. Brewer was trappa /
and the mask torn from him and
his peace and harmony" nv-
tons torn TO shreds, and showed
Gov. Brewer belonged to the
same old anti-Vardamau gang
that had tried to, and had sue
ceeded in, disgraeing Mississippi
beginning with the "secret eau
Gus" Il
Nor could Gov. Brewer answer
these propositions: Why be
went to Europe on some yet I'M
"trip aad left Bilbo on
the JOB knowing at the time that
Bilbo was bride taker and know
.ng of the Hobbs-Castleman mat
Ter and even paid BiIbo's salary
u well Us his own while be was
gone. Gov. Brewer never at
to answer. Also Gov.
Brewer said that he had advised !
Senator Withers during the ses-
sion of 1914 70 catch supposed
bride taker in the proposed De-
county tight and
when Senator Russell asked why /
it WAS wrong for Bilbo 10 take a
bride To catch somebody why
was il not wrong for him and
Withers to be connected. In his
rejoinder Gov. Brewer tried To
side-step this by saying that he
advised private citizen to take /
the bride which made it worse
and the audience so decided by
their applause. to Senator Rus
sells exposure of this fallacy.
Senator Russell dared Govern
or Brewer TO go on that fa,eful
journey from yellow Rabbit 70
Vinegar Bend" he stated that If
he would do so he would make il
practically unanimous for Bilbo;
he dared Gov. Brewer to be hon.
est with the people AID tell them
that he had desired all the while
70 run for L. S. Senate against
Senator Vardaman and predicted
that If he did 50 he would md
himself the deadest duck that ey-
er strutted across the stage Of
Mississippi politics.
Gov. Brewer used more than
one and a half hours in a reioind
er in which he exercised himself
very much and used most of his
time in lambssting Bilbo and his
followers and for this reason he
aroused tine Blbo haters up to
such point that they gave aim
a hand snake saying that his ad
ministration had been a success.
Many of them held their noses
when they did it ard every one
OF them that did 50 was anti-Var-
daman. anti Bilbo man. AT this
point the anti-Vardaman crowd
including Gov. Brewer tried TO
break up the meeting; they tried
10 keep Senator Russell from a
rejoinder but although most Of
them surged out of the house vet
a large crowd. much mare than
half the entire crowd remained +
and heard Senator Russell flaw
Gov. Brewer in a ten minutes
speech.
One thing Is sure the Varda-
man Bilbo men were more than
delighted at the results of the dis /
cussion and the anti crowd show
ed they had made great mis- /
take in inviting Gov. Brewer and
that if they had it to do over they /
would not do so.
\ MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
My little boy had a marvelous es-
cape writes f. +. Bastiams of Prince