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


appears anxious to want a joint de-
bate provided he a have an oppor-
tunity of a long time to get up and tell
everything bad about the Governor,
and tying tho Governors hands and
insulting the Governor. He Is here to
night, his manager is here. | tell you,
and | tell him, you can't pull him upon
this platform with a log chain. and get
him (cheering) and give me an OPP
portunity to reply to him. He won't
come here unless he has got the last
say and unless he has my hands tied
in an agreement in writing, and that
the Governor cannot bring out any.
the same matter in the original speech.
Who ever heard Of such a-thing?
AT Clarksdale, he came around with
an agreement in writing. ! told him
to come down to the court house at 2
o'clock. When ! got through with my
speech, | said: Ladies and Gentle
men, Senator Russell is here to make
a speech. want every friend of mine
to hear him, and then remain and hear
my reply. He made his speech and |
replied to him. He did not make up a
charge hat | did not answer in de-
tail. And turned to him and said
IF you have any charge that has not
been answered to you satisfaction, let
me know and / will answer 1t now"
He sat there with his mouth closed.
We came down to Cleveland the
next day, and he sent over the com.
mittee a proposition; Let the speeches
begin at 10 o'clock, to let him speak
one hour and her 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 ~
o'clock. and let the Governor speak
till noon, and then get dinner and let
him speak from 2 until shutdown, and
let the Governor reply to it for one
hour and then give him a s%ur-rejoin-
der. That gave me an hour to reply
to his false accusations.
He came to Greenville and said he
would not speak unless he had the last
say. | exposed him so that the people
would lot hear him. So, at the last,
| warned him. "If you have anything
to say for the benefit Of the people OF
the State. the people would be glad
to hear you, and I warn you in ad.
vance If you have anything else they
will leave you" And they left him
He came to Carrollton, and | wish
had time to read o the correspond
ence. He was not going to speak al
Carrollton unless he had a chance tc
pour out falsehoods for an hour, and
then give the Governor a reply, and
then he have fifteen minutes to pour
out f~alsehoods. 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 thest
things, and you may dictate the terms
and the master of ceremonies" ant
he did. Well, I did this while ovel
there, I smoked 1t out of him, and HI
lost his temper and said that Doctor
Thomas II. Somerville was a cut-throa
of character and a liar and a charac
ter assassin. And | asked him If h,
meant to say that Tom Somerville wa!
all that, that | did not want nor dit
the people of Carroll county want t.
misunderstood him, and he said Eyes
and | told him so to his face" So,
told him to remember it, and | woul,
run him off with it.
The nex time at oxford. and 70
fear he would not answer me at Ok
ford, | went to Lafayette Springs. an,
so | asked him to meet me there. La
fayette Springs is his stronghold.
asked him If he had not said Tom Som
erville was a liar and a character as
sassin. He said, mo, l never said it.
At Oxford there sat a big six-foot DO,
of Tom Somerville's; there sat tw
sons of Jim Stone, and I knew tina
he would not say it in Oxford. | sal
and he commenced that he wanted t
go last, or | won't go at all. He pull
l lished some circulars that he was e
!. ing to the court house to speak Will
| spoke at the opera house. He pulle
4 out one hundred and sixty-seven mel
{ women and children, white and blacl
| and | had over seven hundred. In m
u speech at oxford ! said. 81 will sa
! now, that you will have to meet me q
Lafayette Springs to answer me, G
{ you won't get the votes of this coul
ty."
l said at Lafayette Springs, "Yo
are the man that denounced Mr.. Tol
Somerville as a %cutthroat and liar, an
-, he said. mo, sir; | eve did It," A
right.
d Next day we were over at Toccop,
Il la. There were a number of gentl
d men present who had heard it denie
at Lafayette Springs. / repeated tn
question to him there, and he sal,
NO, | did not do it," He could sc