The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-16
NEWSPAPER FOR BILBO BEFORE
SAYS He CAN'T "C0MF BACH. :"
Gives OF Speeches at Monroe County Barbecue
Where There Was the Biggest Crowd Assembled
That Has Been Together for Years.
Reilly "Put it All Over Bi|bOn That Day.

Below The Sentinel reproduces from
The Amory Monroe county, Times an
account of the barbecue at Aberdeen
July 5, and the speeches by the Guber-
material candidates. The editor of The
Times supported Bilbo in 1911 but is for
him no longer The reader is asked to
note what is stated about Bilbo's
speech:
The barbecue and political fest at
Aberdeen Monday of this week. which
represented the only observance of the
'4th IN Monroe county, was more
than success. The people were there
from Dan to Besheba, and every
fellow who felt seized with desire to
crate ''bagged his game" got an op-
portunity to address one of the most
responsive audiences ever assembled in
Mississippi. Everyone seemed ready
to listen to anybody the committee put
up, every speaker got applause from
most everybody, and the best attention
ever given public speakers anywhere.
Bilbo opened up the fireworks of 20
itical speaking He had a fine crowd
that were all willing and some anxious.
to hear him His admirers claim that
he made great speech. and there is no
denying that he was in good trim, made
one of his best speeches. but there was
something lacking. The applause was
nothing like what he got in 1911. the
contrast was painful-there was no
''panch' to the yells. there is no deny
ing the fact that the fame of the hero
is on the decline, like Jim Jeffries "he
can't come back" OF course. no one
can say with any degree of exactness
as to how many votes the gentleman
from Poplarvile will get in Monroe
county, but no one will deny that he
will be long way behind what he got
in 1911, and most every one will tell
you that he is slipping, slipping. slip
ping," every day. Even his few en-
thusiastic followers get up very little
enthusiasm, and the atmosphere is 80
thin round about where his name is
mentioned that you heard fewer and
fewer trying to boost him. Theodore
may be the next governor of Mississip-
pi, we don't claim to know about it,
but there is one thing that We will
stake our hope to fame on, and that is
that if he has lost in every county in
the state like he has in Itawamba, Lee
and Monroe. he's "a long, long way
from Tipperary"
Speaker Quin came next. He made
d speech that was unanswerable or ev-
cry position taken; showed that the
convicts should not be placed on tht
public roads: that Mississippi shoulC
not have such a thing as ''pardor
board and great many other goo(
things, but the thing that aroused mos
interest was his reasons for not voting
for Bilbo In 1911.
Reilly spoke after dinner. the frs
and last after dinner, Mr.. Tally not be
ing able to come. The Irishman was
his best. the crowd had been we'll .fe'
and was ready to hear him, and h
made the speech of his life. His stor
les all fit in just right with comic rol
lick and rhyme, and the crowd wen
with him all the way-a few fellow
tried to stem the tide by following TO
Bilbo. but they went down with tn
waves and were lost. 1t wa
not altogether Reilly demonstra
ton. and did not mean that all tn
folks that laughed and followed a
''Rough Houses" jokes were going t
vote for him. but everybody was in
good humor and joined in the fun. Rell
was a very young Vardaman with all hi
pleasing manner and address, with non
of the critics to sit around and charg
s.demagogery'. The gentleman trol
Natchez put it all over Bllbo when
come to entertaining his hearers, an
that is the dream of all politicians, r.
gardless of what they may say 10 IN
contrary.
It was a great day for Aberdeen, al
Monroe County doubtful itwe VIII eve
see its like again.