The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-18

tail Aud | turned 10 him and said.
III you have any charge that has not
been answered to your satisfaction, let
the know and | will answer It now
He sat there with his mouth closed.
We came down to Cleveland the
next day, and he sent over the con
mjttae a proposition Let the speeches
begin at 10 O'Clock, to let him speak
one hour and then myself an hour. and
then him a half hour. But could ! re.
ply TO all he says In thirty minutes?
And then him fifteen minutes, They
said he has his gall about him. They
| said let The speaking begin at II
o'clock, and let the Governor speak
til noon. and then get dinner and let
him speak from 2 until s~undewn, and !
lot the Governor reply to II for one
hour and then give him a suT.reioin.
der. That gave me an hour to reply
10 his false accusations,
He came 10 G~reenyille and said he
would not speak unless he had the last
say. I exposed him 20 that the people
would not hear him. So, at the last,
warned him, EFF you have anything
To say for the benefit Of the people OF
the State, the people would be glad
10 hear you, and | warn you In ad'
vance il you have anything else they
will leave you And they left him.
He came t q CarrOllton, and | wish !
had time to read you the correspond
encn. He was not going to speak at
CarrulltOn unless he had a chance to
pour out falsehoods for an hour, and
then give the Governor a reply, and
then he have fifteen minutes 10 pour
out falsehoods. Nothing else would
! suit him. The committee wrote him.
"You don't want a joint debate, and
you won't meet him without you have
time to charge him falsely with these
= things. and you may dictate the terms
and the master Of ceremonies and
) he did. Well, I did this while over
J there. | smoked II out of him, and he
3 lost his temper and said that Doctor
Thomas II. Someryille was a cut.throat
4 of character and a liar and a charac.
ter assassin. And ] asked him II he
meant to say that Tom Someryille was
@ all that. that | did not want nor did
j. the people Of Carroll county want to
" misunderstood him, and he said "Yes
: and told him so to his face" SO, ]
a told him 10 remember ii, and | would
d run him off with 1t,
The next time at Oxford, and for
fear he would not answer me at Ok
d ford. | went to Lafayette Springs, and
o so | asked him to meet me there. La
l. fayette Springs Is his stronghold, ]
asked him II he had not said Tom Som
! eryllle was a liar and a character as
sassin. He said, mo, | never said It,
o At oxford there sat a big six'foot boy
d of Tom Somerville's, there sat tive
e sons of Jim Stone, and ! knew tha'
.e he would not say it In Oxford. ] sale
d let's don't go and tie you and me up
o. and he commenced that he wanted t
,r 20 last, or | won't go at all. He pun
80 iished some circulars that he was &C
Id ing to the court house to speak Will
ie | spoke at the opera house. He pullei
out one hundred and sixty-seyen mer
d women and children, white and black
ke and | had over seven hundred. In M
by speech at Oxford I said, ~ will sa
og now, that you will have to meet ME q
he Lafayette Springs to answer me, o
er Won won't get the votes of this couI
OF ty."
ia | said at Lafayette Springs, "Yo
X are the man that denounced Mr.. TOT
Oh Somerville as q cutthroat and liar, an
ny he said, mo, sir; ! never did it A
- right,
,rs Next day we were over at Toccop
,at la. There were q number of gent
avn men present who had heard 1t denie
,at at Lafayette Springs. l repeated Il
question to him there, and he sal
he "No, | did not do It." He could 81
are those fellows that were over at Lara
mi cite Springs the night before--"I didn
We. do it," | said, Didn't | say to you
Carrollton that | did not want to mi
am understand you, and the people d
NJ not want to misunderstood you," al
ms he said, "No, I did not say anything
ma the kind" ! said don't you all forg
.e6 that. am going to smoke him off
ata that proposition. So he would II
Ito, speak at Thaxton that night witho
,,s he could go last. He would not spe'
at Randolph unless he could folio
,sa last. So we spoke last night at Ee
e, and | let him follow last, ] told d
boys, ''This fellow Is following II
md around TO fool you" | said, I'VE W
!, be in Pontotoc county Monday. a
going to give him a chance to make
, |, the charges he wants to charge 7
with, | will then take plenty OF tin
an. to reply to him" l knew his lie
var would not stand under him III Pont
7 toe. And he would not agree 10 an
=, thing unless he could have two hot
to pour out false charges against I
40, Governor and him to have thirty m
,e,. utes to reply TO all these charges, \
committee said, -Four out of five
us live in the country. Govern
Brewer told you to come here and y
have come now Let's see II you "
sneak" He was in the crowd. ! sd
there, he can have unlimited time
make a speech and ! will have unli
~. tied time to make n speech. | tc
them that "You cannot pull him
w here with a log chain" He is he
tonight, and he won't speak If | ha
Nv time to reply to him. I have five tim
In succession given him the closi
speech. At Ecru yesterday t