Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-06-08

called upon to make on this occasion
was between yellow negro and the
gallant confederate soldiers-Bob
Lowry, E. C. Walthall, and L. @. G..
Lamar.
And, Mr.. Stephens, while we are on
this subject of the negro, also want
to ask you if you did not vote for the
negro Shadd who was elected Speak
er of the House of Representatives in
1874?
You do not say directly, Mr.. Ste
phens, that you voted for Bruce be-
cause it was choice between a me-
gro and carpetbagger, but the Com
mercial Appeal and other papers
friendly to your sons candidacy
Iheadlined your letter in that way,
and you silently acquiesced in that
which you know to be utterly un-
founded. Are the people to suppose
that it has been by such misrepre-
sentation that you have succeeded
for so many years in fooling the peo-
tple in your district?
] Now if the bare possibility of a
carpetbagger getting in the United
States Senate is so repulsive to you,
that you did the most desperate
thing of voting for negro, will you
please tell the people of Mississippi
why it was that on the same day,
and just a few hours before you vot-
ed for the negro Bruce for the Uni
ted States Senate and you and other
legislators were called upon to fill
vacancy in the Senate occasioned by
the resignation Of Adelbert Ames,
and H. R. Pease, ga Connecticut
Yankee" was put in nomination by
the republicans and the democrats
tied their faith to Colonel H. M.
Street, l repeat, why did you csst
your vote for Pease, the most dia-
bolical and INSCRIPTIONS carpetbag-
ger that ever put foot upon southern
soil? for page 120 of the House
Journal of 1874 shows that you join
ed hands with the negro side of the
Mississippi legislature and by elect
ing Pease perpetrated the most
shameless outrage upon the bleeding
white people of Mississippi that was
ever placed upon them during all the
horrors of reconstruction. Is it not
a little strange that the same men
who failed to see the peculiarities
surrounding Bruce at the time of his
election also failed to see the same
mist around Pease, for when he was
placed in nomination the democrats
voted solidly against him.
The Record shows that the demo-
Gratis in the House at that time vot-
ed as follows:
Mr.. Atkins voted for Mr.. Robert
Lowry.
Messrs. Applewhite and Archer
! voted for Mr.. John Smith.
Messrs. Byrd of Pearl, and Spight
voted for Mr.. A. K. Davis.
Messrs. Boyd, of Alta, and Greece
/ Illus voted for j. A. P. Campbell.
Mr.. Cook voted for E. S. Fisher.
The following named gentlemen
voted for Mr.. H. M. Street: Champ.
lin, Gilmer, Green, Graham, Hor-
ton of Calhoun, Leggett, Reese
Rogers of Yalobusha, Smith OF
Jasper, Stoekstill, Stubs, Thomp-
son of Choctaw, Thompson OF
Green, Johnson of Itawamba--14.
Mr.. Street voted for M. Suratt.
! Mr.. Cowart voted for H. C. Carter
Mr.. Campbell voted for John Tip
ton.
Mr.. benson voted for VIM. Arp.
Mr.. Eckford voted for Lock E.
Houston.
Mr.. Garrett voted for John Jones.
Messrs. Martin and Thames voted
for C. E. Hooker.
Messrs. Packwood and Tison voted
for L. @. G. Lamar.
Mr.. Wynn voted for J. w. C. Wat
son.
Mr.. Walker of Alcorn voted for J.
M. Stone.
MI. STEPHENS of Union voted
for Pease.
You cannot claim, Mr.. Stehens,
that you did not know who "Hell
Rousing" Pease was, because at the
time that you voted for him he had
made himself infamous in at least
three states Of the south because OF
his activities among the freed ne
groes. He was first appointed super
intenent Of education Of Louisiana by
military order in 1872, and assisted