Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-29
THE
JOINT EBATE

5 nothing 70 be gained, q ~ rule.
in joint discussions either upon
religious or political topics. Jet.
at times. they serve to check the
slanderer and character assassin. /
Al Winons last TALL Governor
Brewer imagined he would have
easy sailing in his debate with
Senator Lee NJ. Russell He had
an idea that being the Governor
Of Mississippi and well versed in
art Of debate that he would have
an essy-going time but when he
tangled up ~ith the big eoIIegiar,
successful lawyer and all round
debater from oxford his eyes
we're opened and while his friends
Of the press made much ado about
[ Governor Brewers speech at
NinouA yet those who were there
saw that Brewer had met his
Waterloo. All who know Missis-
sippi's greatest sage and states
man, the beloved DE-. b. +. Ward,
know that his account Of the
Winona debate was the correct
version OF the matter. Governor
Brewer saw he Was up against q
hard proposition: he had in that
fret debate invited Senator Rus
sell to go with him and he was 50
misput in this debate that he
used much printers ink TO
square HIMSELF for the next
encounter so, he slipped out here
and there aud boasted-Brewer
like. about how ne thrashed SEN
ator Russell. But Senator RUS
sell .'Iay'' for him and just the
other day dropped OF at Raleigh
in the great old county of Smith
and here Senator Russell gave
Governor Brewer, another drub-
bing. At this debate Governor !
Brewer entirely changed his
tactics. He refused to discuss :
any of the mootei questions he
sprang at Winona but contented :
himself with discussing matters :
tina. no one had any interest in :
about which no one had any !.
criticism to offer. For instance =
he discussed only the bucket shop '
law. juvenile reforma;ory. child
labor law, business administrs- :
hon and Law enforcement but in .
mis- latter he adroitly avoided 8,
my reference directly or indisect-
Y TO the Smith case, the Mont n
case, the Hobbs Bilbo m
ase, the elective judiciary and q,
ne land holding corporation bill. m,
lis idea was to-taik about some "
hing about which he could not Pl,
g criticised and then have Sena- ua
,r Russell violate the rules of A.
ebate by springing new matters. SD
ut Senator Russell would not esI
ak into the net; be conformed pc
20 the rules of Legitimate -,
ebase and so Brewer was upset. m.
,rother. Brewer thought his h
nance was to get Senator Rus
to lump on him by bring
ng Ia neU matter and then he
Bould get up . few crocodile
rearsEEke he did in the Hobbs
case, get up some sympa- Z
ny and thereby make a hit. Bu.
Smith county was against, very h,
much against, our Governor. r
Governor Brewer refused to al i
ow Senator Russell a s~urrejoin- A
Ter at Raleigh and ne did this de- u
~iberately for the purpose OF
bringing in new matter On his re- q
and thus shutting Sena- ii
tor Russell of from a reply but 4
Senator Russell forecasted that 4
and took advantage on the last {
GO round, with the consent OF the a
audience, to call Bro. Brewers :
hand in good style. Gov. Brew 4
er saw his fate when On the last 9
round he called mourners'': :
that is, he asked all those who |
approved his administration TO !
hold up their hands and behold |
out of an audience OF about eight
hundred there went up twenty
six handsi Think OF 1t: twenty |,
ski So, the Governors efforts
fell fiat there. At Mizs, Smith
county, that night the Governor
got somewhat holder: he tried to
lambsst Biibo, Hobbs and Charlie
Smith in his last speech and
Senator Russell had followed
our Governor there, but when
Senator Russell called his hand
again he made it so hot for our
Governor that he got his hat,
called for mercy, and left the
the stagel Saying Senator, you
are unfair. And yet Governor
Brewers papers-the News at
Jackson reported that when Sena-
tor Russell got up TO speak the
audience left. We have il frUm
reliable authority and not from
anything Senator Russell said
about 1t. that the above are the
facts Not only this but at this
place when Gov. Brewer SCALED
mourners" twelve by actual count
held up their handsl And Senator
Russell called out to the audience
and said: Twelve, Governor:
you have, twelve with you.
Anc there were about three hun
dred in this audience. +
Gov. Brewer then left that part
of the state and Senator Russell
found out that he would be at
BstesviIle and he left his engage
ments in Pearl River county,
caught the train and was at
Batesvisle on time for Saturday.
Here Gov. Brewer ulayad his