Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-22

States to find out whether the carpet
lbaggers were a reality, or an eXag-
gerated myth, and it was during this
Jubilee at the Mansion that some OF
these correspondents dropped In, and
there found bunch of drunken ne
groes sitting in the parlor and in the
hall, the folding doors had been re-
moved, and Mr.. Sullivan, the author
of the resolution, was standing on
top of marble center table making
a speech to these negroes and to
Ames who was sitting in the midst of
them applauding the speaker. These
correspondents state, however, that
Mrs. Ames had the decency not to
appear, and that after sizing up the
situation, the correspondents left in
disgust. The record fails to show,
however, Judge, whether all of the
supporters of this famous resolution
were present on this occasion.
Now, you seem to have taken Of
tense that The Weekly in response to
many inquiries merely stated that it
was fact that you voted for the
negro Bruce. But, Notwithstanding
| the record that Senator Vardaman
has made as a member of the Legis-
lature of Mississippi; Speaker of the
House of Representatives, President
ial Elector, Governor and United
States Senator, your son is telling
the people all over. the state of Mis-
sissippi that Senator Vardaman has
been undemocratic inshis conduct, and
you see to think that Senator Varda-
man ought to accept such false
charge without resentment. Your
son, Hubert d. Stephens, in his
speeches says to his various audiences
over the state in an appealing voice
90, my friends, let US go back to the
stable democracy of our forefathers."
Can it be, Judge, that when your son
makes use of this expression, that he
has in mind the record that you made
in the Mississippi Legislature in 1874
and 1875?
In your letter you call attention
to the fact that your son Hubert d.
Stephens was elected District Attorn-
ey of his district once and was five
times elected to Congress, although
your record was known to all the peo-
pie of that district. What you say
with reference to your son is true,
but this is the first time that your son,
Hubert D. Stephens, has ever pub
licly Endorsed your record by making
you, and your record an issue in this
campaign, for we all know that the
letter that was sent to Senator Varda-
man, over your signature, was issued
from Hubert D. Stephens head
lquarters as campaign document.
Your son for the first time, is going
lover the state of Mississippi, APP
pealing to the people to return to the
|"Stable Democracy of our Fore
fathers.
| Evidently the people of your and
your sons district have heretofore
been led off by just such astute ex-
plantations as are set forth in your
letter to Senator Vardaman, in other
words, you have taken advantage of
the fact that the people in 1874 and
1875 were so sorely pressed with such
a multitude Of evils that they did
mot intimately keep track of your
record, and the younger generation
did not know it, but, Judge, you
wrote just one letter too many, and
of all the men that there are in the
state Of Mississippi at all, you should
have addressed it to some one else
for the gentleman to whom you die
address this letter has at his finger
tips the history Of his state and il
especially familiar with the history