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Adam questioned Morse's receiving of $250 per month (more than 2,000 in 2020 dollars) from the Harrison County Development Commission while also in the state Senate. Morse called Adam "the biggest liar in Mississippi." Morse said that his work with the development commission had been in an advisory capacity and claimed that he had been inadequately compensated for the services rendered.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo", p. 252.</ref>​

Adam questioned Morse's receiving of $250 per month (more than 2,000 in 2020 dollars) from the Harrison County Development Commission while also in the state Senate. Morse called Adam "the biggest liar in Mississippi." Morse said that his work with the development commission had been in an advisory capacity and claimed that he had been inadequately compensated for the services rendered.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo", p. 252.</ref>​

At the time of his election as lieutenant governor, Adam had been known as "the young firebrand from the Coast." Republican state chairman [[Wirt Yerger]], an insurance agent from Jackson, whom Adam called "Squirt" Yerger, remembers Adam as "an old-line, redneck Democrat who literally hated Republicans or the thought of any Republican in public office."<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 255.</ref>​

At the time of his election as lieutenant governor, Adam had been known as "the young firebrand from the Coast." Republican state chairman [[Wirt Yerger]], an insurance agent from Jackson, whom Adam called "Squirt" Yerger, remembers Adam as "an old-line, redneck Democrat who literally hated Republicans or the thought of any Republican in public office."<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 255.</ref>​

 

Adam described candidate Paul Johnson as one who "towers like the giants of the forest above the man [Phillips] who is grazing in the pastures of filth." Adam predicted that the Democrats would give Phillips "the brass ring of political ingratitude that he so richly deserves and said that Phillips would be "buried in a political boneyard of forgotten men."<ref name="Status Quo p. 255">"Challenging the Status Quo, p. 255.</ref> Upon Phillips' defeat, Adam showed his biting sense of humor when he telegraphed his Republican counterpart, Wirt Yerger, boasting that since the GOP had been "electrocuted, will you please advise the date and place you will deliver the funeral oration?"<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 257.</ref>​

Adam described candidate Paul Johnson as one who "towers like the giants of the forest above the man [Phillips] who is grazing in the pastures of filth." Adam predicted that the Democrats would give Phillips "the brass ring of political ingratitude that he so richly deserves and said that Phillips would be "buried in a political boneyard of forgotten men."<ref name="Status Quo p. 255">"Challenging the Status Quo, p. 255.</ref> Upon Phillips' defeat, Adam showed his biting sense of humor when he telegraphed his Republican counterpart, Wirt Yerger, boasting that since the GOP had been "electrocuted, will you please advise the date and place you will deliver the funeral oration?"<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," p. 257.</ref>​

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In 1964, Adam endorsed [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of Arizona, rather than the victorious President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] but had earlier criticized Goldwater for proposing the sale of the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] to private developers. Because the TVA serves northern Mississippi, Phillips also distanced himself from Goldwater's remarks. Adam called Goldwater "a true Republican where the dollar is involved" but not really a conservative as to "the social revolutions being forced by judicial edicts and bayonets at the hands of ruthless dictatorships", a reference to [[Segregation|desegregation]].<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 254-255.</ref>​  

In 1964, Adam endorsed [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of Arizona, rather than the victorious President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] but had earlier criticized Goldwater for proposing the sale of the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] to private developers. Because the TVA serves northern Mississippi, Phillips also distanced himself from Goldwater's remarks. Adam called Goldwater "a true Republican where the dollar is involved" but not really a conservative as to "the social revolutions being forced by judicial edicts and bayonets at the hands of ruthless dictatorships", a reference to [[Segregation|desegregation]].<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 254-255.</ref>​  

 

Prior to his backing of Goldwater, who won Mississippi with 87 percent of the popular vote in 1964, Adam has earlier supported [[Strom Thurmond]]'s Dixiecrat presidential candidacy in [1948. Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956, and the unpledged slate in 1960, which carried Mississippi's [[electoral vote]]s, cast for [[U.S. Senator]] Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. (1887-1966), of [[Virginia]].  He also supported [[George Wallace]] of neighboring [[Alabama]] in 1968 in the third-party race against [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[HubertHumphrey]]. In 1972, however, he backed Nixon in the [[general election campaign]] against [[George McGovern] of [[South Dakota]]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>​

Prior to his backing of Goldwater, who won Mississippi with 87 percent of the popular vote in 1964, Adam has earlier supported [[Strom Thurmond]]'s Dixiecrat presidential candidacy in [1948. Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956, and the unpledged slate in 1960, which carried Mississippi's [[electoral vote]]s, cast for [[U.S. Senator]] Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. (1887-1966), of [[Virginia]].  He also supported [[George Wallace]] of neighboring [[Alabama]] in 1968 in the third-party race against [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[HubertHumphrey]]. In 1972, however, he backed Nixon in the [[general election campaign]] against [[George McGovern] of [[South Dakota]]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>​

 

In later years, Rubel Phillips said that he and Adam "buried the hatchet and became warm friends," when they worked together on the same side in a lawsuit.<ref name="Status Quo," p. 255./> In 1967, Phillips ran again for governor, this time against [[U.S. Representative]] John Bell Williams (1918-1983). He modified many of the conservative stances of his 1963 race and positioned himself as a [[Moderate Republican]] who appealed to African Americans for support. Phillips polled some five thousand fewer votes in 1967 than he had in 1963, when he faced not just Paul Johnson but the firebrand rhetoric of Bidwell Adam.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 258-260.</ref>​

In later years, Rubel Phillips said that he and Adam "buried the hatchet and became warm friends," when they worked together on the same side in a lawsuit.<ref name="Status Quo," p. 255./> In 1967, Phillips ran again for governor, this time against [[U.S. Representative]] John Bell Williams (1918-1983). He modified many of the conservative stances of his 1963 race and positioned himself as a [[Moderate Republican]] who appealed to African Americans for support. Phillips polled some five thousand fewer votes in 1967 than he had in 1963, when he faced not just Paul Johnson but the firebrand rhetoric of Bidwell Adam.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 258-260.</ref>​