Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-05-13
From the jackson Issue.l
Meridian, Miss, May 4, 1915.
Governor Earl Brewer,
jackson, Miss.

you correctly, you greatly magni-
fy your own speech, fail in all
essential matters to state the facts
as they actually occurred and
without any warrant whatever
cast reflection upoE the force OF
my speech. You very well know
that the audiences at each of the
soove places were very largely
against you and that your efforts
J were a sOre disappointment to
your most ardent friends, If in
fact you really had any.
You have learned a less on
since We met at winona. You
have entirely forsaken the line Of
argument and al material matter
discussed by you there-yOu now
studiously avoid any reference
whatever in your opening speech
to any material matter discussed 4,
by you at Winona and for no
other reason than you e you
cannot successfully defend any ,
OF those matters about which |
routed you upon. You hope by
this to make a speech about MOTH
ing material, and il | should
present any new matter in my y
argument you would then say ,
that I had forced the discussion I
about matters entirely new to Il
your opening argument-in other n
words give you a new opportunity a
to shed tears and cry persecution. a
your capacity for shedding tears
being well known since your
performance at Vicksburg. Here I
you have refused me any ,
surrejcinder, and for the above
reason. you have tried each time
% bring in entirely new matter B,
n your reply to me and having
Of your selection, re-
use to allow me any reply. But
he audiences have seen your y
veil known cunningi in this matter -
n other words, you Intentionally Tt
void in your opening argument al
ny reference to any material in'
about which the people Of ~
his State condemn you. ",
You pretend to be speaking he
about over this State Sin defense bS
Of your administration" and &c
while every patriotic citizen pain ;
fully and humiliatingiy realizes i
needs defending, yet in the u
past proud history of this State o
such a spectacle as you present =
has never before been seen. AL
coed men realize that many of il
YOUR official acts, as | have stated .
to YOU. are indefenslble, and that Q
il is too late now for you to try I
to "defend" them. Why come {
out lust before An election? Why !
not wait until after this events
Your reason for coming out at
this time Ia well known; II IL
stated in your public declarations
to the effect that you are not tell
ing the people of this State for
whom they should vote for Cow
ernor. but that you do tell them
that they should not vote for
Lieutenant Governor Biibo.
Another very significant fact:
Why DIES II so happen that the
persons who are inviting you are
the enemies of Lieutenant Cover
nor Bilbo2
Then, at Batesville. the follow
ing Saturday, after fully ad-
vertising the audience about
your custom Of calling mourners'
you entirely left of that part of
your program. Significant, don't
you think, Governor? But how
differently all this sounds in the
public press when you give out
your report Great thing 10 be
your own press agent, don't you
find Governor
Ii you report yourself correctly
you have .'driven me" from your
speakings. You know that is
untrue; you have eve given me
a list of your dates; you seem 20
90 to places unannounced and
tile report comes out that you
abuse me and Lieutenant Cover
nor Bilbo and praise yourself
immensely. Surely you would
not ssysto ones back what you
would not say to his face. | an
anxious TO hear you make such 4
speech denouncing me or any
cne else that you ike, as the re-
ports quote you.
Since you have invited me tc
be present at all your speakincs
but have eve given me notice
of any of them, in order tina
there may be no misunderstaAd-
ing hereafter and in order that
may be present and hear thes'
great speeches you are reported
10 be making, | most respectfully
request that you send NE at ono:
led a list of your dates, accord ma
ay. an equal division of time, seiscf
q committee of say three and
md shall do likewise, to-arrange time
in and rules of these debates. Thi:
AID ] think, is fair. However, il thsi
\. don't suit you then send me a lis
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