Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-06-17
TO NY FRIENDS At HONE.

lew 4dgo bn1b ! nav IT. HdQ Tins 70
write the usual weekly letter.
am not in touch with matters back
at home very much. Ny regular
dates together with trying to catch
Gov. Brewer keeps me pretty
busy. /; is very significant that
since my cate at Winona with Gov.
Brewer that ! have never been
ABLE TO get ANY agreement with
this gentleman for a debate except
where the people ross Up and MADE
him tote fair. There is a reason
for that His rule after the aoove
event has been and is row TO have
unlimited debate. His reason is
that he knows ! never speak more
than one and half hours; then he
opens and talks about everything
in the world except what the peo-
pie of the state censure him for
and then after ! speak he then de-
sirss 10 speak for an unlimited time
and until the people are wholly ex-
hausted and there are no hearers
left for me to speak too. and then
he charges and abuses everybody.
To the average laymen that don't
think about It. some Of his foolish
propositions as to debate might
sound reasonable but every man
knows that any sort of debate that
lasts over four hours is beyond
human endurance yet Gov. Brewer,
At severai places where he WoULD
not allow a time limit. where ms
friends knew that it would not be
healthy for him for me 70 have any
opportunity to reply, has spoken
for more than two hours In his re-
joinder. In this he charges every
person that has opposed him with
every conceivable sin and crime
and yet brings not one particle of
of proof. And, since the juries of
the country refused to believe him
under his oath and thoroughly
repudiated him, yet he still goes
around the country telling the peo-
pie monstrous tales but no fair
minded man will pay any attention
to him. OF course. the Biloo haters
and some of my haters will Haw.
Hawl but it is not because they
care for Brewer-few, il any of
them have one particle of respect
for him. They have cursed him
and abused him; they feel the
sane about it now but If he will
1nly curse ana abuse me or Biloo
hey will sH - and listen at him in
us TRADE of faisehood ana abuse. 4,
This sane old crowd talked with ,
much emphasis about the time the !
ion. Charles Scott put his fngerIt
\ Brewers face and called him !
he sharp. crisp Anglo Saxon word
nth three oilers Arp Brewer :,
-ook IT Too. But row they say: I
sick I'm Brewer. And that sort !.
{ bunch amuses the people Of !,
his state :
| have had some little inkling :
hat my old friends, the enemy,
planning to do me some harm !,
Il home Let them come.on; they !.
are welcome. Let them do their !,
best, u u ths same old gang
NV snow thems they are
desperate; they will stop at moth
ing out<jslSt give Tram the RoPE-I
they nsedand they will hang them
selves Turn them loose and you.
my friends. see that | get square
deal; that is all | want.
am going to win: that is why a.
few Dire heads at home will invent
any sort OF thing to 90 me hurt
let them alone: don't stop them.
Throughout the state | am meet
ing with thousands who believe ia
far play. have every good rea-
son 20 hope for exceeding a hun
dred thousand votes. II Brewer
will lust keep on a little more.
whether ne will debate with me or
not. ! will get even a larger amount
han the above He has made me
many friends | find everywhere he
has been and many places where
he has not been-the people know
him, they favor a fair deal ana
they are going to see that | get it.
). want the vote of every man in
lafayette county who believes in
a square deal: there are a few
that have uniustly attacked me
} and they will 90 1t again but my
friends nave them spotted" they
know them and expect any sort of
dirty deal, and the more they
abuse me the better it will be-
! they have no friends that will be
led of by them want my friends
not TO De mislsd oy some or any OF
the malicious falsehoods that are
now being or that may be circu-
lated against me. By this tune
you know who my enemies are.
; | want to thank my friends again
for all they have done for me. 10
this new hight against Brewer and
his gang, ali ask is a SCARE deal;
! am gong to whip the life out OF
! The entire bunch, you may DC as
sured of that
Respectfully,
Les M. Russell