The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-06-18

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planned the distractions that had been
put in my way. | came on down
through Leake county and visited the
Leake County Fair at the request of
the people there. represented the
same thing.
The message came in to the Bllbo
people. and this was the message that
you have made a mistake by pitting
your faction against Governor Brewer.
and his administration; and. If you
don't come out and meet him, he will
peat you for office. and the only saliva
ton is to come out and meet him.
Bilbo says there is nothing to do but
to send out one of the boys. The lot
fell to Senator Hebron, who thought he
was a candidate for the United States
Senate. So, in Quitman county, on
the next Monday. the Senator went
down there and me- me and showed
me up, but he retired from the race
and has moi made a speech in Missis-
sippi from that day to this. But he
came to the Issue office, so | am re-
lldDlN lHlol lltus dilu tOlu AitAhf WIN
you you made a mistake in getting
Brewer In this affair. You can't take
all the crooks of Mississippi and run
over the Governor and l~aw-abiding So
ciety. And | nov tell you that | have
been out and heard him speak in Quit
mar and Clark county yesterday. and
if he keeps that up he will beat Bilbo
twenty thousand votes
The Lieutenant Governor says there
Is nothing to do except meet him ana
show him up. We'll" said Senator
Hebron. you can go out and show him
up If you want TO. | have done BEEN
So Senator Russell came and met
me at Winona the following Thursday.
He showed me up; the boys did not
quit hollering for two days. | said.
I'VE are here under the shadow of the
wing Of the venerable Doctor Ward.
You are told that the country people
are for you and Bilbo." So we took
an inventory. and out of the twelve or
fifteen hundred mourners | don't thinR
| lost twenty-five. | told him to get up
and call mourners and see how many
he had. | told him to come and make
it unanimous. and while the light
should burn | would let it lead my
way. | said, when ! turn on loose
this evening this is not the last one of
the Governors appointments you are
invited to from this to the election"
| told him. You come to any point
where | speak, and ] will divide time
with you. and will give you a free bal
lot. and a fair count" Four months
later he come back to Raleigh, in
Smith county. He got up and made
his speech of not more than thirty
minutes. Notwithstanding that | had
given him an hour and a half's time.
He said. 81 have been in the Senate,
while Governor Brewer has been the
Governor" He said, 81 was his cam
paign manager in Lafayette county
That wasn't true. but Mr.. Sisk was
the man. Senator Russell own a
newspaper Y at Oxford. body and
b%reeches. He published in this paper
many untruths about the Governor and
Bilbo. The Issue come out and said
Governor Brewer has no right to &c
and make speeches defending his ad
ministration; he has no defense to
make. That Northumberland Bill
DO has never mentioned his name ex
cept in a way. So they decided tC
quit. as Senator Hebron said. ! haC
gone from Tupelo on the north to the
gulf on the south, in the populous white
section of the State, and they coult
hear me speaking to thousands Of PEG
pie in Mississippi, and calling fo'
mourners and getting them all. s.
that they decided that they woult
come back or have to get out of tn
race.
They shifted the issue. But | said
NO, you started this row | am lik'
the farmer who was coming down b,
the farm house and a vicious bulldoi
undertook to eat him alive, and h
took his pitchfork from his shoulde
and used It on the dog, The owner O
the dog said, why in the world di
you kill my dog with that pitchfork
Why didn't you turn the other end q
the fork on him. and he said. WI
didn't he turn the other end on me
My message has come back to 20
] from your own friends that they ar
going to defeat you unless you defea
) the issue. Now, you are laying dow
I on Governor Brewer 1t got hot. ths
: is why he laid 1t down"
l A negro preacher went over to tn
white folks church. where they wei
burning incense. He decided to adoI
. that in his church. He got some oy
ter cans and filled them with incens
and painted the outside. and give thel
to some little boys and told them
o the right time to file down and by Il
: altar. They came n little late, On
without the incense pots. He aske
them in song, "Hallelujah. what d
e you do with the incense pots? Hall
luiah.' 1--WE drapped den in de aisl
case the pots got hot, Hallelujah."