The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-05-07

mad closed the work o. our governor YOU law been ended u no, or 20
n sa1 sts Sss pE % s d fahhI ns grew ut ut o Of ma HSs f1rs 'a and az q desire eG~ to use he
power. Of his high office to punish a personal and political snemy~a man in his
Just consider for a moment. "f you please the absolute unreas-
condolences of the statement of Brewers desiring to destroy the
Lieutenant Governor because he is AZ man in his (Brewer's) way
Gov. Brewer could not be a candidate to succeed himself as Cover
nor for the reason that the Constitution of Mississippi forbids it,
consequently there could be no conflict of aspirations or ambitions
in that line. 1t was we'll understood that the Lieutenant Governor
was grooming himself for Governor and it is equally true that Brewer
had repeatedly stated that he was not and most probably never
would BE-, a candidate for any Office. .
But The Press goes on:
courts : jHas : and Buying ass: sssd: a%s i sai the Burns u. ss gang S% ssr g sooS SsrSa'1 se% nc
our o%I governor sos nor just HAD % to cou %s "s1 lis ~ists Ak ny ''' '' ''s''' '"0 50
Our readers are asked to note the words, "disgraced his high
oh6ce"-has a man not the right to answer a charge of disgrace?
But some more:
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, ,s5ssssd Ss Ss.o G sSd s ssS = is ssssHs Is t tss ; :6ss his Of S~ Z. selected ssC sSd Jury in al his t.% own
him down 5sm. under undo Ibis s oath At hand and 5 f asnd. 70 believe belle e. E s sI S,, and HsS:: whom E
s sssss e IS s 3: w%1 a. 50 Il. h' sss s g s ssssy Of :se n ss ssns:st ss'j Sa In e.. t ss.. s"s a ct
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hs ad n Dnsns to- k is his ira f4sn ND b %sn o sHs d eSsss e Cow. to Brewer spsse II . d sssoS ,9o of
y q me- sr' that an nVise cow nf Brewer ss ia%s % re sess for himH lshs e "a st psi
The Press might fool the people about the manner or the
method of choosing a jury in England, in France or the Fiji Islands,
but when it undertakes to tell the people of Mississippi that Gov.
Brewer, or any other Governor, selected a jury it makes a statement
that brings in question the manhood of Mississippi and calls to mind
the catechising of the Jew about certain miraculous Biblical incl
dents as a test of his christianity. The Jew was asked first, "Do you
believe that Joshua made the sun stand still?" to which he answered,
yes; the next query was, DO you believe that the whale swal-
lowed Jonah and then spat him up on dry ground" and his answer
was again in the affirmative; the next question propounded was,
DO you believe that the Hebrew children walked through the fiery
furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and came out without
a smell of fire on their garments3' the last was too great a tax for
his faith. and he answered, mo" and replied further, 81 do not be-.
lieve that fish story you told either" Gov. Brewer had no more to
do with the selection of the jury to try Hobbs than the senator from
Lafayette county.
The Jury that tried Hobbs evidently did not even believe that
he could or would tell the truth on himself. The indictment charged
him with having solicited, or received a bribe." He said he was
trying to trap Castleman and DID SOLICIT A BRIDE. Gov.
Brewer was not the chief witness in the case, Casueman was, but
regardless of that, a vast majority of the people in Mississippi
believe that both Hobbs and his chief were guilty, and all of us know
that there is MOST FREQUENTLY a miscarriage of Justice and
that the guilty are allowed to 60 free.
But accepting for the present The Press standard that the jury
all turned him down, under his oath and preferred to believe Bilbo
and Hobbs" and declaring our Governor to have been guilty of
perjury in the trial of these cases. let US turn for a moment to a
certain trial which took place in Yazoo City, in December. 1910. in
which the man to whose coattail the senator from Lafayette county
swinging and see what the jury that tried Dulaney thought of the
star witness" in that case:
I'VE, the jury who rendered the verdict in the trial of the case
of the State of Mississippi VS.. L. c. Dulaney No. 1907 in the circuit
court of Yazoo county, Dec. 3, 10, on the charge of brbing Senator
I. G. Bibo, of the Mississippi legislature, do hereby certify that our
verdict was unanimous on the first ballot, and was based upon the
fact that each of us, after hearing Mr.. Blbo's testimony under oath,
and all of the testimony in the case, believed Mr.. Blbo's statement
to tie untrue"
What is sauce for the goose we have also understood is pretty
good sauce for the gander.
But to more of The Press editorial:
f thsn not O s~s. As against :sd s !M% A sSs Hsss: ;"f 4sin iRs Of g es governor sss~'s Of ' a..i to
The Press hides behind an Interrogation and asks, ibid not Pat
Henry and Jim Anderson swear that Gov. Brewer tried to bride them
to swear against Bilbo and Hobbs" we answer, no. 1t is hard for
The Press to stay within the record.
But The Press continues: y 100 es 4
gang I'd. e . . s s DAY :, has :' rss5sssd I e s:ad:.. :: q .;s@ 1isst ssa %Snss on Of tie ,h ss1s|
his evidence if that were true. Is it possible that his Burns a ae so unrp-
that he can't trust them to tell the truth and can easily be bibed again
swear fsLse?'
AS to the allegation that the Governor failed to render ian
itemized". statement of expenditures for the employment Of detec-
tives, Hon. 5. A. Morrison. Chairman Of the Committee. on Appro.
prations in the lower house of the legislature. stated that he had
examined and passed upon similar bills rendered by Gov. Longino
by Gov. Vardaman and by Gov. Noel and that the account submit
ted by Gov. Brewer was as well, if not more particularly, itemized
than those submitted by the former chief executives. The Chair.
man of the Appropriations Committee is a friend of Gov. Vardaman
and has always been his supporter and has never been a partisan Of