Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-07-29
SENATOR LEE NJ. RUSSELL.

The friends Of Senator Lee M.
Russell are very much gratified
that his vote on Aug. Bird will be
one Of the largest ever cast for
any candidate. He has made a
clean race. In fact he has never
mentioned the name az his OPP
ponent from first to las. excep,
when in the county Of his OPP
ponent. In truth he has M serious
opposition; every one comedies
the utter unfitness of his opponent
who has little education, smaller
experience and no qualifications
that commend themselves to the
right thinking people. In fact
all the opposition he has is
Gov. Brewer who has gone about
the state abusing him and finally
in his desperation threatened to
cut Senator Russell's throat from
ear to ear. That shows up very
ugly for Gov. Brewer. The idea
of the governor of a great state
resorting to that kind OF methods.
Northern papers as well as all
the press in this state condemn
Gov. Brewer in scathing terms.
'Gov. Brewer was caught; Sena-
tor Russell knows his official life
and he has the courage to tell it
and that made Brewer grow
desperate. Then Gov. Brewer
capped the whole matter off by
going out and saying that Senator
Russell would not repeat the ac-
cusa.ion when in fact, as every
one says that heard the debate,
that Senator Russell continued
to accuse the governor and this
made Gov. Brewer so. mad that
he left the stage and did not wait
to hear the rejoinder Of Senator
Russell nor to make reply to
same-Gov. Brewer had the last
speech but he slipped off the
stage and out into the night with
out further ado. The fact is that
there rushed up to the stage
several husky fellows that want
ed to see Gov. Brewer attempt
that; they were there to see
square deal and they were willing
and ready to entertain the COVER
nor in his mad threat.
Gov. Brewer has never had
stronger friend that Senator Rus
sci but after Senator Russell
would not allow Brewer to run
him for Governor from that day
on Gov. Brewer has sought to /
destroy him and has been abus-
ng and msIigning him all he
could. But the fair-minded voter
will not thus let Gov. Brewer
lestroy a good man. Gov. 4
Brewer is astute, cunning, unfair
md u very artful debater; he
made life miserable for his foes
n the years gone by and it is
strange now that many who ours
I'd and abused Brewer then are
now willing to listen TO him when
he abuses Biibo and others when !
they would not pnlfhim out os
the fire even now. Some men
are strange fellows. The public
generally have no confidence in
Brewer; they are just willing to
use him-a few OF them, but tina
is all
Senator Russell has come into
the limelight as possibly the
ablest debater this state has pro-
duced in years. He has run
Brewer off the boards and that is
something that few if any in this
state can do. By SO doing he
has shown his true metal and the
people are grateful.
Senator Russell is entitled to
win and will win: his most rabid
enemies concede that. He viii
make good too when elected and
all the citizens of this state re-
CARELESS of their political preju-
dices are assured Of that.
With Bilbo as governor and
Senator Russell in the Lieut..
Governors chair ths state is safe.
They know every influence and
interest in this state and they will
see to. il that every man gets a
square deal and no more.
A FAIR DEAL.