The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-08-13
BUSBY MEETS" SISSON-SUR-
PRISE PARTY AT SPRINGVILLE.

Hon. T. U. Sisson and Hon. jeff
Busby, candidates for Congress from
the Fourth Congressional district,
canvassed Pontotoc county last week,
Mr.. Sisson entering the county at
Randolph on Wednesday and Mr..
Busby on Friday. Each had separate
appointments but accidentally they
both had appointments at Spring
vile for Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Bus
by at 2 o'clock and Mr.. Sisson at 3
O'Clock. The people were very much
interested because of Mr.. Busby's
charge that Sisson had refused to
meet him on the stump and there was
a good crowd there to hear both the
speakers.
Mr.. Busby made his usual speech,
occupying one and one half hours.
After he had finished his speech Mr..
Sisson spoke, first taking up and an
swering every charge Mr.. Busby had
made against him. He answered the
charge that he had gotten bill pass
ed to relieve Mr.. Lawrence Latham,
postmaster at Eupora, giving all the
facts and stated that when the post
office was broken into and robbed,
Postmaster Latham was in North Car
olina at the bedside of his wife, who
died shortly afterward. That the in
vestigation by the postoffice authori-
ties exonorated all of the employees
connected with the Eupora office.
He explained the charge of mis-
use of his frank in sending out bull
letins to his constituents as issued
by the Department of Agriculture,
and stated, eff Mr.. Busby knows OF
the misuse of my frank, why didn't
he report it to the Postoffice De-
partment? 1t is prepared to prose-
cute all violations"
Mr.. Sisson explained his vote on
the selective draft and answered Bus
by's charge on the length of service
in Congress and stated that the only
qualification Mr.. Busby had advanced
in asking for election to Congress was
the fact that he served his county
one term as County Attorney. =,
After defining his position on all
public questions at issue, he gave
an account of his stewardship since
he had been in Congress and turning
to Mr. Busby he asked, Have you
not made the statement that you are
100 per cent American and criticised
nv Americanism?" Mr.. Busby stat
ed that he had not. Mr.. Sisson then
asked him the direct question, do
YOU now deny that you are 10O per
cent Americana" Mr.. Busby an
-swered. sTt is none of your busi-
ness" Mr.. Sisson turning to the
audience said: 81 am now and have
always been, 100 per cent American,
notwithstanding any statement MADE
by any one to the contrary"
Mr.. Sisson, turning to Mr.. Busby,
asked: "Did you make the charge
here, that you have made In some Oh
the towns, that l voted to seat Victor
Berger?" His answer to this ques-
tion was, 81 did not have time. Mr..
-Sisson then said, "you had all the
time you wanted. Why did you not
tell them, and in my presence, make
the same charges? But as you have
not. / will tell them and give them
ali the facts in the Berger case"
Mr.. Sisson then tried to draw Mr..
Busby out on several National ques-
tions but his answer was, You nave
the floor"
Mr.. Sisson has many friends IN TINS
county who are interested IN tne
charge made by Mr.. Busby that mr..
Sisson would not meet him on the
stump, but there remains no doupI
in the minds of the people who heard
both men speak at Springville last
Saturday, that Mr.. Sisson is fully
able to take care of himself IN po-
litical debate with any candidate for
Congress who may attack his record.
ADV.