Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-07-15
The Bilbo-Riley
Debate at BoonsviIle.

Special 10 the Ea<ael
BY zccs5ent Lisaf- Gov. Bib
ard IariOa v. Riley net a
BooasviIle ass week Both ne,
made dates for the sane tim.
and their friends arranged for 1
join debate befween then Abou
s~o hundr@d people heard th.
debate. The tine vas one aaZ
one half hours % the SIDE. Gov
BIlho opened With ore hour. Mr.
Riley followed Nth one hnzr and
hfseen minutes. Gov- Bil5o eloset
with thirty minutes ard Ir. Riley
he1 fifteen minute re51irser
No neE matter wzs aiiowed i1
either reSolrGe-- Gov BiIbc
eOciy took up the debate and
Outlined rs plzffor=-the suns
be has advocated every=hers i
the state Mr. Riley began hy
saying that the DEBATE zoE,a
marx an epoch IN The history
Of the state. he E4ie many hozsss
conpi2enresi himself - hei1 :
the lezd<r q Ire 10 facsioc.
peace ard hz-rzs1y" novezenz.
that the state w2s to-r @su-ssr
81 factions bet failed % stz-e
whas fzetloc he s1hscrIbs1 - u
1911. ard then N . very incoher-
e1t w4y bean - appeal - give
TIE .-eo1ns-y boy a chase n
Efe- He anno4ncec bet th-e~
subjects N lis platfor--sHe
I0veaiie rsforzzt0-y. proeibltzsn
and he WORKING ot tie eoavirss
OF the roads On the prueielzor
question he xrEle1 a. i=zStA and
closed cy saysag that after al
the woes ard sorroxs Of ssrour
drink he would take = 6riak- be
stated he favored the barring OF
al int0xica1ts from every citizen
but gave 10 remedy whereby i
night De d0cs- On the coavic5
he favored parulirg
the coavlcr<. tnzs IS. the working
d the c0nvsets On the .-ho1or
sysee0''. without guards He
never explained hJx the negroes
s0usd De worked that way but
and in Wisc0nsin Il had pToFer
|. success (The-e are 70 negroes
here At ALL He favored work
ag the co1vScss On the roads for
. OF the year ard said that
AOse On the farm could support
hose Who were on the roads and
We would have good
roads free. He never gave
figures nor estimates OF the ex-
pense OF the working CT conxicrs
On TIA roads, he simply urp=uun-
- they wouid cost The state moth
ing ~ AL
Mr. Riley showed himself II a
ease al the way through: he IA.
Intensely nervous: be seemed L
De At Sea and MS entire speech
was . medley of confusion frog
FIRST 20 iass-it was a sore dis
appointment 70 his friends: the,
saw lie vas confused and had n
clear notions about any OF IN
pubic quessions-hiz adnirsr
were vislosy noplussed and not
outstanding he had some pro.
} fess1cnal sno1iers already ar
ranged 70 give hi7 > osg send d
, their applause vas very weak
not over fifty made any noise a
ALL In ms rel binder Gov Bib
riGdled Rliey's badly baiis plat
form 70 tstters; Riley sat ther
utterly upset ami seemed % reaifz
that he had failed 70 meet Il
issue And when Riley presss'
BiIoO as 10 his stand upon II
: prohibition question. Bil0o rezdl
responded that he had aided II
, churches: the anti saloon leagu
IN getting upon the statute COOK
the state-~ide prohibition las
: and every law looking 70 the rur
ming OF whiskey out Of this stat
! and as = further aid In this lin
, that when he vas governor tbs
he would quickly remove frur
ONCE such district attorneys a
Riley who knowingly was ALLOW
ing open saloons 10 run in Narche
. MS home to~n although he
being paid 500 LOO per month b
the state that he was under cat
10 put these deas on. vet he va
boasting about what q prohioi
. ti0n.st he i when the Woman
, Christian Temperance Union ha
recently sent q petition 70 Coy
, Brewer 70 send some body ther
10 aid them IN prosecuting thes
ssioonists- If, when your duty
, under oath Is 10 drive out thes
| saloons, and yOa are the onl
man Who mas that duty to per
form and you neglect II and sri
: talk prohibition and say Il vi
! take q drink pray what VII
: you do when you are governol
! shouted BIlbo. Riley was duml
| founded and the people yeIIs
!
their delight ~ Rileyss predica
ment- Riley showed anger on
the people PEELED and Riley szr
he was exaght and his hobb
, exposed.
} On the penitentiary plan Co,
Bslb0 riddied him from start /,
h0sh and the people dsafsnin
shouts showed they we're Wit
! Bllbo- Whsn Riley got up fc
! biz fifteen minute rei0inder /
acundered about Ike bswIlder
. ed man and could never regal
his c0mposnre. lie was q thor
caghly whipped man and hl
frierds saw it. be dit not Use. u
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