The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-07-27
MISS KEARNY MAKES
GIOD INpRESSION
Candidate for Senator Spoke to Good
Audiences at Three Places in the
County, and Made Many Votes.


Miss Belle Kearney, candidate for
United States Senator to succeed
John sharp Williams, spoke at Her
manville, Pattison and Port Gibson.
At the first named place She spoke
Saturday afternoon; at Pattison Mon
day morning and at Port Gibson on
Tuesday morning. At eacn place she
was greeted by good audiences, the
one at Port Gibson completely filing
the lower floor Of the court room. At
both Hermanville and Pattison her
audiences We're made up principally
Of men. At Port Gibson, however.
ladies predominated.
Miss Kearney is a profound think
er, and, unlike most women, she is
well versed in the political situation.
both state and national She has
watched congress at work and has
noted the unbusiness like methods and
political chicanery which is costing
the people so much and bringing such
poor results.
At Port Gibson Miss Kearney was
introduced by Mr. J. Nee. Martin, who
spoke Of the unrest all over the
world and the impending crises which
this country is facing. He stated that
the two recent great amendments to
The federal constitution came as a di-
rect result of the work Of women.
When he declared that there has been
entirely too much talk in congress
and not enough work, he was loudly
applauded
Miss Kearney began by denying the
statement that she was unsound in
her religious views. She said that
she was a devout believer in God and
does not deny the divinity Of
Jesus Christ. She stated that she
had been accused Of many very wild
opinions regarding religion, none OF
which she held.
She stated that the people Of the
state have been unusually good to her
and that the men have been very
elivalrous She said that 10000
women have registered in the state,
and declared that if these win vote
for her she would be sure to be in the
second rae; in which event she
would be sure TO win the nomination.
She stated that a newspaper fl end
told her that Bilbo had said to him
that il she would withdraw from the
race, he would announce and could
easily defeat Vardaman; that women
should be eliminated anyway. Later,
she met Bilbo and he told her that
It she would withdraw from the race
they could create a third faction in
the state with her as its head, and
they could then easily elect Whitfield.
This offer, she said, she positively de-
clined. She said there are two fac
tions: John Sharp Williams leading
one. and Vardaman and Russell lead
ing the other. She delared that the |
latter was falling to pieces because
the best men in it were dropping out
because Of its rottenness.
The speaker then paid her respects
to her opponents. She said that MIR
Stevens had acknowledged that he |
voted against woman suffrage while |
serving in congress. He voted for
Russell for governor, and if there is
a name in the state held in abhorrence
by the people of the state it is that
Of Lee NJ. Russell She said that Mr..
Stevens had served an unexpired term /
as district attorney BY appointment
Of then Gov Vardaman. However, |
the speaker deprecated the charges
appearing in Vardaman's Weekly m |
regard to I'M. Stevens father, declar-
ing that he is in no way responsible |
for the deeds Of his father.
She stated that Vardaman is close
friend of Lee Russell. That Varda-
mans secretary Mrs. Macy Dipkins Is
the wife Of Russells secretary; that
Vardaman misrepresented the people
Of Mississippi in the senate during /
the recent war when he voted ten con-
secutive times against measures pro I
posed for the successful prosecution |
Of the war against Germany that
had it not been for the british navy
this country might at this very time |
be under German arms. Here she
emphatically declared that no patriot /