Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-24


men my hat is off and congratulate
them upon being true-blue Democrats,
iair-mindcd, four-square and honor
able. All true men admire a manly
stand Of that sort.
But how about poor old Coahoma
county, led in the convention by poor
old down-and-out Brewer. "OilY Jack
Cutrer, and having as their chief
spokesman Oscar Johnston, whom the
people left at home in contest with
me for the Governorship, and denied
to represent the party as Governor,
yet standing UP in this five percent
Convention and doing all in his power
to discount me whom he has admitted
and must always admit licked him up
on his own terms, issues, and grounds.
In all fairness to Johnston this sound
ed his death knell for all time to come
and for that matter all those who par
ticipated with him. In the Cam
paign he denied that he was iiamil-
tonian Democrat which means the rule
of the few with no respect for the
many. but the record he made last
Wednesday brands him. While |
knew he, in truth and in fact, had no
respect for majority rule vet thought
he was shrewd and astute enough
never to place himself on record. In
all of his official life heretofore he has
been very artful dodger,-has been
able to cover up his tracks. but this
time he showed his true self.
l was in no wise canridate before
the Convention. About ten DAYS be-
fore the Convention Judge Robert
Powell of jackson asked for a confer
ence with me which was granted, in
which he said that he and his friends.
the ants, favored my going to the
CoA7ention; that he would make a
fight on the floor for me.-that it
would be unwarranted, unheard of
against precedent, undemocratic, and
disGraceful and many other emphatic
terEls Of similar sort. not to send me
as che of the big Four" | thanked
him and told him that | stood upon
the precedent heretofore established
that had always sent the Governor.
upon my record as an official and
Standing as a man and he was very
emphatic in endorsing me in the high
est terms and said he would see that
the ants did no violence to party ira
dftlon. Where Brother Powell was at
the psychological time you all know
he was there present but not word
did not send for him nor ask him
about thls,-l presume the leaders had
not instructed him. My friends, see
ing the situation realizing that the
Slate" had been fixed by the ants.
very properly called their hand and
demanded roll-call and we nov have
the record which will be presented in
due time. as nearly as possible, t.
&c Y voter in this state.
another peculiar thing about this
Convention is that the old warrior
"St nd Pat, Pat" was standing around
pretending to be my friend but stat
cd 10 my friends that he could do no.
thing with his friends That is rather
ST. age. Senator Harrison. in f,rmer
DAYS. was one of the loudest talkinp
f'lo IDS that Senator Vardaman ever
hl| made speeches for Vardaman
and said he was one of the greatest
+9ea of the world, able, honest. true to
the people and unpurchasable, and
many other most complimentary
things he said of Vardaman and went
50 far as to say that in the Secret
Caucus Vardaman was maltreated and
his commission stolen from him by
cut-throats. thieves. liars, and epithete
o. that kind, or to this cffect,-mark
you, saying all this about the very
men in the Convention of last We'd
nesday. But there came a time when
this awful lot of fellows according to
Pat) needed 4 man to beat Vardaman
and 10 and behold whom did they So
lcct? Did they stand by Brother Noel
enc OF the chief promoters CT the Sc
r''ct Caucus. their kind? Not OF vnur
life! They selected our friend. Pat.
tae man that came into official notice
by riding on Vardaman's coat-tail. and
our friend. Pat. while the war vas on,
treat soldier that he was, in cam
>aign Of villification and abuse I'M
Darallelled in this country where in
timdation, coercion. and every sort
Of damnable practice Was resorted to
and was made so effective that about
forty thousand voters were prevent
ed from going to the polls-and Pat
was elected. At this Convention Pat,
therefore. could nct have aGythi g to
sav--he had to listen to ''his masters
voice" In passing let me say to "War