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John W» Gate- ears an honest man has no trastneea tn Wall street. The Panama canal lobby can feel that **■ i poor earthquake that blows no -■■ ~ Candidate Terrell eUll maintains the po sition of a man who has nothing to arbi trate. The miners' motto seems to be. "If at first you don't succeed, strike, strike again !" Hon. Henry G. Turner again denies ’ complicity In the Estill gubernatorial boom. It will be observed that Candidate Guer ry hasn’t yet lost the Tapp off his pre- Up to the hour of going to press Candi date Estill still had his confidence on straight. That St. Pierre story seems to have been •ne that the correspondents couldn't ex- I aggerate We are beginning to fear that Candidate Guerry may yet run into his pacemaker, ■ Herr Joe. p . It appears that the other brigands made more money out of Miss Stone than Major Pond is making. David B. Hill should take advantage of Mr. Bryan's abeence in Cuba to give his presidential boom a trial trip. As an illustration of how trusts help to lower prices, we are constrained to say the beef trust is a rank failure. Blondes are said to be coming in fashion again. This is calculated to give a decid ed Impetus to the peroxide market. If the Methodists don't want that mon ey. they can save themselves a whole lot es trouble by just handing it over to us. We had no idea that Pittsburg was go ing to allow St. Pierre or any other place to get ahead of it in the explosion line. It will be generally admitted that rid ing in the band wagon beats walking—if you only knew which band wagon to ride in. ’ Nevertheless Captain Hobson's eye sight does not seem to be so impaired that be doesn't know a good thing when he zee* it. Somebody mentions Richard Olney as a possible Democratic Moses. We still insist that what we really need is a , Joshua. Tbtf Republicans show a disposition to make the territories give a bond not to go Democratic before admitting them into the Union. We sincerely hope Candidate Guerry will Mot carry his efforts at securing a joint •abate to the extent of mandamusing his opponents. Greene and Gaynor should stop to re flect that the longer they keep out of jail the older they'll be when they finish their sentences. There are only three candidates in the race for governor. But there are some people In Georgia who could just as easily support four. And now we propose to make Cuba adopt an American code of laws. This, of course, will enable them to take their an nexation easier, • We would respectfully suggest to the Hon. Jim Smith that he ought to first con sult a clairvoyant before butting into the gubernatorial game. King Alfonso's mother should be careful to see that the young fellow doesn't get hold of too many mince pies during the coronation festivities. We again suggest that the people of Pittsburg who have not been blown up during the past few years should form a Survivors' association. The Nicaragua Canal bill is likely to lie over until it can be definitely decided whether or not Nicaragua is going to be all there after the next volcano goes off. We are not entirely clear as to whether or not the Hon. Tom Watson or the fif teenth amendment is the paramount issue in the tenth district congressional race. A Kentucky preacher recently coughed up a rusty nail while preaching. A preacher who can do that oughn't to have any trouble drawing large congregations. Count Tolstoi has written a vigorous letter to the exar demanding a constitu tion for Russia. Count Tolstoi evidently does not take his recent deaths seriously. Senator Hanna asks the miners to name their very best terms before he takes any further steps. The pc or man must be dreaming that he is running another cam paign. Only three members of congress object ed to extending prompt relief to Martin ique. Thus the average of decency is shown to be pretty large for a body of that size Mark Twain has been elected a mem ber of young Mr. Rockefeller's Sunday tehool class. But our unbiased opinion is that Mark needs a whole missionary all to himself. One hundred bulls are to be used In fur nishing entertainment during King Al fonso's coronation festivities From the •pantehtotandpoint this ought to insure a bully time. A late bulletin from Macon announces that the Hon. Joe Hall is again wearing his "smoke cap." But the neighboring inhabitants haven’t yet begun to fle.e for their lives. When the person tn a St. bouts congre gation last Sunday who had never told a lie was asked to arise, nobody got up. That congregation is to be commended for its truthfulness. ATTEMPTING THE IMPOSSIBLE. Some of our northern exchanges have expressed surprise that the Federation of Woman's clubs at its recent session in Loe Angeles adbpted by an overwhelm ing majority a resolution that can have no other result than the drawing of a dear and Indelible color line in that or ganisation. There are some leading northern jour nals. however, that take the sensible view of this matter. One of these is the Chicago Tribune, the leading newspaper of a very large section, and it says of the recent contest and its result: "As was anticipated, the Federation of Women's Clubs at lam Angeles has set tled the much vexed color question in a yes and no way. the noes having it by an overyhelmlng majority. The discussion did not materialise, however, in the man ner that was anticipated. Instead of a struggle between Massachucetts and Geor gia. the Htarties directly concerned, the struggle was between Illinois and Georgia. Sifting it down, it was between Chicago and Georgia. Reduced to its last analysis, it was Jane Addams of Hull House and Dr. Frances Dickinson, of Chicago, against the field. They made a good fight, but when it came to a show of hands the rout was complete. Even Massachusetts failed to stand up for its "idea." The fight was made on the clause of the by laws which says: " The president shall refer all applica tions for membership to a committee ap pointed by the board of directors for its action upon the same. The action of the committee on membership shall be in writing and a unanimous vote of the com mittee shall be required to elect. In case the committee fail to agree the applica tion shall be referred to the whole board, the written vote of two-thirds of which shall be necessary to elect to member ships.’ "The forlorn hope sought to amend by making a three-fifths vote of the commit tee necessary to elect. They fought des perately. but in vain. So as the matter stands colored clubs may Apply for ad mission and they can get in as far as the committee on membership, but only to find an impassable barrier. Even if they could surmount it they would run up against another in the shape of the writ ten vote of two-thirds of the directors. The federation will make no distinction as to race or colob. It sustains that idea. Georgia concedes it gracefully because it Involves no ulterior consequences. The whole federation recognises its colored sisters across an impassable gulf, for as long as section three stands as it is no membership committee will let the colored clubs cross the gulf. "The colored clubs may think the white clubs 'palter with us in a double sense’ and ’keep the word of promise to our ear and break it to our hope,’ but, after all, the action of the federation was wise, pre suming that Its Intention is to keep itself ifitact and thus preserve its usefulness from being impaired. From any other point of view it is not likely any self respecting colored organisation desires admission, and those which are not self respecting certainly should not be admit ted. With this question settled, there Is no longer any disturbing problerfi in the federation. Its machinery should now run smoothly. In the meantime, it will be use less to deny that its members have diplo matic ability. An organisation that can vote to admit clubs to its membership and at the same time make membership impossible has talents which would shine in a political convention. They are not, tn any event, to be criticised for their ac tion They have followed the example of the sex which has had far greater expe rience in deliberative and other organi sations." After all, it was not a question of ad mitting or rejecting the representatives of negro women’s clubs. The issue really was the continuance or the destruction of an organisation that has accomplished great good already and will do much more If it shall be kept Intact. The ad vocates of social equality are at tempting the impossible in this instance, as in every other instance in which they have endeavored to obliterate distinctions which the great majority of the Caucus elan race believe are based upon essen tials of race and characteristics, not upon accidents of color. They are making an absolutely hopeless fight. The closer home this question is brought to white men and white women every where the more evident does it become that the superior race is pretty much a unit in a determination to preserve its domination, both social and political, whatever theorists may say, or statutes decree. . IT IS A HARD WAY. The fact that the, grip of the law has reached Greene and'Gaynor In their fan cied safe Canadian retreat is another il lustration of the everlasting truth that the way of the transgressor is hard; These men, after fleeing the country and forfeiting their bonds, have exhibited an insolence and mocked the United States government in a manner that makes their arrest especially gratifying. There is a very general belief that these men were the arch-conspirators who made the plot to rob the governmet in which Oberlin M. Carter engaged and for partici pation in which he is now serving a penal sentence. Their entire conduct and bearing since their Indictment has been disgusting to the public. It has created the impression that they have been trying to bluff and bully their way out of the toils of the law. Their capture will have a good moral ef fect which will be heightened Immensely if all efforts to secure their release on technicalities shall be defeated. District Attorney Erwin has handled the prosecution of this case with admirable ability and has pursued these fugitives from justice with a persistency and skill that have won for him very high distinc tion. He is confident that he has the game se curely bagged and we have great confi dence in his judgment on that point. A PERPLEXING TASK. The northern division of the Presbyte rian church in this country has a trouble on hand that will take up a great part of its general assembly, now in session in New York. For many years past the opinion has been growing in that branch of the Pres byterian church that its creed needed lib eralization in some particulars. The general church council last year or dered the appointment of a committee and instructed it to prepare "a brief state ment of the reformed faith, expressed, as far as possible, in untechnical terms.” It was not intended that the new statement should be used as "a substitute for or an alternative of our confession of faith,” but simply for the purpose of giving "in formation and a better understanding of our doctrinal beliefs.” The idea seems to have been that the cretd could be stated in away that would remove the objections of those who con sider it too narrow, ft is said, however, that the revision committee has taken greater latitude than was generally ex pected and in its statement has treated a wide range of subjects, including God. revelation, eternal purpose, the creation, the sin of the man. the grace of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, faith and repent ance, the life, the resurrection, the THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902. life to come, the church and the sacra ments. According to the reports, the proposed changes in the creed will make it com paratively mild. It makes a distinct de claration that the Presbyterian church does not indorse any fatalistic doctrines and the article on election is left other wise untouched. The old confession teaches that "elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit, who worketh when and where and how He pleaseth.” The new declaration mere ly states that the church does not hold that non-elect Infants dying in infancy are damned. Among the sections to be taken up for revision are the one about good works *done by unregenerate man, the one de nouncing the pope as anti-Christ and the one in regard to the taking of an oath. Two new sections are added—one as to the work of the Holy Spirit and the other as to Christian missions. It is feared that this so-called revision will please neither party. It is very generally predicted that the report of the revision committee will please neither the extreme liberals or the ex treme conservatives. The committee has tried to lay down a statement upon which all elements could agree, but as may be readily imagined, that will be a very hard thing to do. ELECTION OF SENATORS. Senator Vest is one of the few Demo cratic leaders who has spoken out against the election of United States senators by popular vote. This reform has been urged persistently for several years by Demo cratic legislatures and conventions. Ths Democratic members of the senate are almost solidly in favor of the proposed change, but Senator Vest always -speaks out his mind and nobody will question the sincerity of his expressed convictions on any public question. He thinks that the senate should be kept a conservative body, as the framers of the constitution intend ed that it should be, and he fears that the attempted Innovation would tend to make it more subject to waves of populat passion. In the opinion of Senator Vest the coun try has more confidence in a senate elected by a small number of select representa tives of the people than it would have in one chosen by the masses of the people themselves. He thinks that the proposed change would destroy the system of checks and balances which is so useful in our bi-cameral system of federal legisla tion. Senator Vest makes very much the same argument on this question that Senator Hoar has presented several times. It is certainly not the popular view. The pub lic does not believe that less capable or less honest senators would be chosen by popular vote than we get by the present method of electing them. It has been demonstrated often that seats in the senate are bought out and out from legislatures and there is no reason to suppose that there would be as much corruption in popular elections of senators as there is under the present system. If the senate would only permit the states to pass upon the proposition we have no doubt that the constitution would be amended so as to provide for the election of senators by the people. It will probably be a long time before two-thirds of the senate will agree to give the states a chance to institute this re form. The house has passed three times a reso lution to submit an amendment on this question, but the senate has either Ignored or rejected every measurp of that kind that has come before it. THE GEORGIA PEACH CROP. Great Injustice has been done the Geor gia peach interest by the grossly exagger ated reports that have been sent abroad concerning the effect of the late cold snaps on the peach crop of this state. The idea that the price can be advanced by the circulation of rumors of this sort is a great mistake. The northern and western markets have for years past de pended upon Georgia for the earliest peaches of the season. They never receive from any source better peaches than Georgia supplies, and few as good. On the arriva| in Boston, several years ago, of a large shipment of Georgia peaches The Herald, of that city, publish ed an editorial headed "Real Peaches" in which it said that the people of Boston always looked to Georgia for the best peaches they can possibly get. To create the impression that Georgia will have few peaches to ship this season will nave a very bad effect upon the de mand for that luscious fruit. ( If the people of the north and west are made to believe that there will be very few first-class peaches obtainable in Geor gia this year, the commission merchants in those sections will arrange to get their supply of peaches from other sources. It is true that the peach crop of Georgia will not be as large as It promised to be earlier In the season. It was cut off con siderably by late frosts, but there is the best authority for saying that there will be nearly, if not quite, as many Georgia peaches for shipment this season as there were last season, and the fruit will be of quite as good quality. This is the opinion of Mr. Scott, the ’ state entomologist, whom we have always found to be very conservative and reliable in his predic tions. He has recently been over the main peach regions of the state, and his esti mates, we are convinced, will be very near ly realized. Georgia will have peaches to sell right and left this season, and those who want the best article of this kind tnat can ever be had may cheer up. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. New York Press. Widows are a vintage with a sharp flavor. There are no despotisms out of the realms of the cooks. Being silly may not be advisable, but it keeps worry at a distance. To get old gracefully is as reasonable as to stop breathing cheerfully. When a strong man grows weak it Is a wo man he seeks for a crutch. The more you do for a man the madder he Is with you for not doing more. People who parade their virtues encourage others Into parading their vices. The way to make at least one enemy Is to do a favor for at least one man. Even the ice man finds fault in hot weather berause he has to keep on moving. Some men are not content with being treated well; they want to be treated often. Every time you forget to remember to tell a woman you love her she forgets you do. It has been said that no two men ever think alike—yet a great many widows remarry. Touth will follow the torch in any one's hand; age wishes to carry It In its own hand. Since the day of Mother Eve all the woild has been searching for a pretty Kiri who did not know it. When a couple start on their wedding Jour nev each Is thinking of what it will cost them, b\>t his loss he figures In money. Probably Helen of Troy pretended she couldn't for the life of her imagine why men bothered her running after her. If people could be young without being green and sentimental without being soft th* world would be at the mercy of youth. he Journal s HIGH TRIBUTE TO ESTILL FROM HOME OF SAVANNAHIAN SAVANNAH?Ga., May 15, 1902. To the Editor of The Journal: Dear Sir—Your columns have been open for some time to the candidates for gov ernor and their friends to place before the public the claims and qualifications of the gentlemen who are aspirants for this high office. From various parts of the state advo cates of Mr. Terrell and Mr. Guerry have presented their reasons for supporting their candidate, and have set forth his fitness and his superiority over all others. No one from the county of Chatham has hitherto availed himself of the use of your columns to endorse the gentleman who hails from her borders. It is due to him that from his own home and commu nity there should be an appeal to the vot ers of the state for their suffrages, and thereby contradict that old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. John Holbrook Estill, by his own exer tions, without the advantages of inherit ed wealth or position, has attained suc cess in business and a prominent place in the community in which he has lived from boyhood. His success is not the result of lucky speculative investments, but the le gitimate fruits of untiring energy and in dustry, and a wise and judicious manage ment of a particular line of business. His attainments were not acquired in the halls of learning, but in the busy marts of commerce, by attrition with other minds, and the storing up of experience gathered in the struggle of life. Notwithstanding the exacting character of his business and its demands upon his time, he has not allowed himself to be entirely absorbed in the acquisition of property, but he has devoted much of hie time and attention to matters of public Interest. As a county commissioner he has contributed much to the material inter ests of Chatham county, to the develop ment of its agricultural condition and the building of good roads. He has been a prominent and valuable member of the board bf public education of the county, and is the head of one of the noblest be nevolent institutions in the state. As president of the Union society he has been largely instrumental in perpetuating and enlarging a charity founded by Whit field and fostered by Lady Huntingdon, an institution which has secured to the state of Georgia many active and industrious citizens, who, without the care and train ing bestowed upon them by this society, would have grown up in poverty and ig norance. Mr. Estill, having overcome the obsta cles that opposed his advancement, and having acquired a large-and varied ex perience, very naturally desires to serve the state in a higher and more exalted position. He is actuated by a laudable am bition to round out and complete his ca reer as governor of the state. His aspira tion is honorable and commendable, not begotten by lust for power, nor from a selfish purpose to promote some scheme to despoil the state or debauch the people, or to foster any grasping or unscrupulous enterprise. Mr. Estill deplores the feeling of sec tionalism that has often prevailed in this state, and the narrow and partisan exercise of this spirit which has almost excluded some sections of the state from participating In the advancement of her interests, and has restricted not only the emoluments, but the honors of many im portant stations to the favored few in the favored localities, and often to the mem bers of a self-constituted and shrewdly organised cabal or ring. , * He recognizes that there are able and patriotic men in all parts of the Empire state, capable of representing her at home and abroad, not only in the discharge of duties in the state, but as delegates to the various assemblages that are convened to promote commerce, manufacturing, agri culture,labor,art, science and finance. And he will make it his special care to select, when the power to so do devolves on him, from all sections of the state the men who shall represent Georgia in these con ventions. Mr. Estill is a man of broad and liberal views. He fully appreciates the advan tages of combined capital properly direct ed, but he deprecates thfct unlawful ag gregation of wealth, which seeks to de stroy competition and enhance the costs of the necessities of life to gratify the in satiate greed of the multi-millionaires. Worthy enterprises that contribute to build up the material Interests of the state and afford increased facilities to the peo ple he would not have harassed with op pressive and partisan legislation, but he would recommend and enforce all laws wisely enacted to prevent monopoly, and to require efficient service by corporations endowed with valuable franchises. He will strenuously uphold the comp troller general in his insistence on proper tax returns by railroads, and other cor porations, so that they may beat- their share of the burden of taxation in return for the privileges and franchises granted them. We are sure that the rule of the ring will be abolished, cleaner political meth ods will prevail. Fitness, not favoritism, will be the basis of appointment to office, and there will be no sinecures. As far as the executive can control it, there will be a full day's work for a full day’s pay. Mr. Estill has not sought to advance his cause by belittling his opponents He has not impugned their motives, nor accused them of unpatriotic or unselfish aims. He has not sought to magnify simple, harmless acts into plots to defraud and to deceive. Neither he nor his supporters have waged a campaign of abuse, nor re sorted to silly treiks to mislead or preju dice the people against his competitors. The simple courtesy of a railroad con ductor in affording to a candidate the op portunity for few’ moments' conference with a friend or the sending of a tele gram to save and secure a desired con nection in travel is not distorted into nor denounced as the acts of a subservient employe of a corporation to aid a favored candidate. We may safely assert that by no accident would a misdirected letter be sent to the headquarters of an opponent to be used to mislead and misconstrue a simple request. The Dunn letter was bad ly handled: the recoil was more disas trous to the manipulator than the con tents of the letter to its writer. Chauncel lor Hill will regret that he permitted the letter to be Tapped. Allowing that it was an accident, the opportunity was afforded to Chancellor Hill to repair the accident, when he was requested to authorize the use of the let ter. He should have promptly and per emptorily demanded its return to him. It is of no special concern to the sup porters of Mr. Estill whether the deliv ery of the letter to Mr. Tapp was acci dental or otherwise. The misuse of this harmless epistle bv those who so loudly profess to be conducting a campaign of reform is what "attracts our special won der.” The occurrence ought to lead the Impartial voter to select as his candidate one whose career has been clean and free from any unfair advantage. No such acci dent has marred the course of Mr. Estill’s canvass. Mr. Estill has sought the personal ac quaintance of the voters of the state in all the walks of life, the farmer, the la borer. the merchant, and all the avoca tions of life. He has mingled with the people that they might know what man ner of man he is. He has not harangued them from the platform, elevated above them, but has met them on the level, nor has he deluged them with printers' ink. •The relative merits of the rival candi dates tray lie compared after this wise: Mr. Terrell desires the office of governor as the exalted finale of his political career in the state, and as an Important, if not necessary Qpening to a career in national politics. The governor's office is not the end of his ambition. He has other aims. His political horizon has a uueii co me (iiiDernatoriaf Canoicate6 and Their friends for the Discussion of the Issues Involved in the Present Race. and his policy must be framed to ad vance these higher aspirations. How far his desire to promote the welfare of the state may be hampered by his private ambitions we may not be able to fore tell, but we know that men and measures are too often molded and modified to meet a popular fallacy rather than secure a public good, and the pressure of political associations are often more potent than good intentions. President Roosevelt has recently expressed admiration for the brave Confederates and the sublime de votion of the south to their principles, however much he may differ from them, and has manifested a desire to promote peace and harmony between the sections, yet this high and honorable purpose was powerless in the face of the demands of his party, and considerations of his own popularity at the north, and he kept a negro in a high and important office, con trary to the firm and respectful protest of a refined and intelligent community. Mr. Guerry, if we are to accept his more recent utterances, as indicative of his platform, will endeavor to revolution ize the policy of the state In regard to the sale of intoxicating liquors. Local option, which has met with so much favor and has in a marked degree advanced the cause of temperance in the state, is to be supplanted by prohibition, and the de moralizing influences of the "blind tiger" and secret traffic in intoxicants are to fol low this drastic experiment in reform. Mr. Guerry's theories are not in accord with the escutcheon _j>f Georgia, "wisdom, justice and moderation.” Extremists are not the safest guardians of the public wel fare. They may serve a good purpose as a counter irritant to keep public senti ment in a condition of healthy activity, but they db not advance the great mate rial interests of a state. They are as medicine to the body politic, not nutri ment. In John Holbrook Estill we have a com petent, careful, conservative man. All of his energies will be devoted to the de velopment of his state. No part of his administration will be directed to his own political aggrandizement, or the con struction of fences to protect his future political career. Erratic theories and impracticable de mands from a lanatlcal governor will not disturb the harmony that ought to exist between the two co-ordinate branches of the government—the legislative and the executive. Mr. Estill will fill the measure of his highest ambition by proving himself to be an able governor, whose wise policy and watchful care will enrich the treas ury with a comfortable balance. Instead of Increasing the load of indebtedness, and by maintaining harmonious relations with all the departments of the government, secure to the state th® full performance of official duty with the regularity and correctness of perfected machinery. Chatham county presents to the voters of this state a man who is religious with out being intolerant; an earnest advocate of temperance without being a fanatic; a resident of that section of the state which should now have the honor of pre senting a governor to the people. No more opportune time than at present to recognize the claims of southern Georgia to furnish the man, and no more available candidate to fill the place than John Hol brook Estill. We ask his election in the interest of harmony and pure govern ment. Yours truly, J. R. SAUSBY. GUERRY WILLING TO TACKLE RENDER IN DEBATE To the Editor of The Journal: It seems that neither Col. Estill nor Col. Terrell is going to accept your invitation to joint discussion or answer my position and questions as submitted, and yet they relate to subjects involved in the guber natorial campaign and of vitaJ interest to the people of Georgia. ■ Public discussion of any character of any question seems rather foreign to Col. Estill’s plan of campaign; but what of Col. Terrell? Is he still “absent?” And has he left with his brother, J. R. Terrell, a power of attorney NOT to represent him, but only to mlsrepreeent me? Certainly the campaign committee and jnanager have shown ample inclination and ability for misrepresentation in news, paper contributions and circular literature for a "high plane” campign. “A long-felt want” Is foj. some one in the family or out of it to disclose Col. Terrell’s position on the great questions involved, and which I have submitted to him for answer in your columns and from time to time otherwise. If Col. Terrell is still "absent,” and his brother, Mr. J. R. Terrell, has power to so act, and in the colonel’s name, why not have the disclosure in this form rather than not have it at all? The original questions will be found in the Journal of May Ist. Should Mr. J. R. Terrell see fit to so act. I ask that he also answer the following questions since raised: 1. Did not Col. J. M. Terrell, while at torney general, and while as such the le gal adviser and representative of the state, as to the leases and sub-leases of convict labor, take fees as a lawyer from the lessee as such and for services rendered him as such, concerning the lease whereby that lessee secured convict labor at or about fifty cents in the dollar of its since proven value? 2. Did not Col. Terrell, as senator, in 1891, vote against that great measure of state prohibition known as our three-mile liquor law, enacted to protect our country churches and schools from the curses of the liquor traffic? Should Mr. Warner Hill continue to be absent so as not to be able to accept my challenge to Col. Terrell and him to joint debate in Atlanta, I would accept Mr. J. R. Terrell as his substitute although, perhaps, a heavier weight champion. The public will, of course, understand I am offering these inducements in order to meet my distinguished opponent him self. and that we may meet as friends, I now freely, fully and forever forgive him for all the personal attacks he has made on me, and publicly and unconditionally retract all personal attacks, if any, I may have made on him. Yours truly. DU PONT GUERRY. SAYS HIS OPPONENTS ARE MISREPRESENTING HIM ADRIAN. Ga., May 17, 1902. To the Editor of The Journal: I beg leave to say to the people of Geor gia through the columns of your great and widely circulated paper, that there are now being circulated through newspapers, campaign literature, and individuals trav eling all over the state (w’ho seem to be employed for the purpose), misrepresenta tions of my positions and political record, in many instances absolutely reversing the same, and also personal charges, not only absolutely untrue, but without the shadow of foundation. It is impossible for me to deny, much less discuss, all or any comparatively con siderable number of them, and I find that when I do deny and make plain the truth, the misrepresentations are published in the papers and in literature and otherwise all over the state, not only without my de nials, but with the assumption and some times with the statement that I have not denied. This is the only answer being made to my positions and candidacy, but the same will doubtless continue and grow worse, and I therefore beg leave to put the peo ple of Georgia who love fairness on notice as to what is going on and what to expect, asking all other papers to publish, not so lost to justice and honor, as to be parties to the gross wrongs of which I complain. Those so engaged and the traveling slanderers of me personally, I defy to do their worst. Yours truly, v DI’PONT GUERRY. MR. GUERRY MAKES TART REPLY TO HILL To the Editor of The Journal: While Mr. Warner Hill declines my challenge to him for joint debate, and thus refuses to meet me face to face be fore the people of Georgia to make his untrue and absurd charges on the subject of lobbyism, I see that he continues to badger me in his safe retreat, as appears in his letter published in The Constitution of yesterday, and 1 beg leave now, through your courtesy, to briefly reply to that communication. Mr. Hill notes the fact that he had made this charge before and I had not answered it. The truth is that in his former communication he most viciously and falsely accused my friend and partner, Mr. Hall, of this crime, and sought to involve me in it indirectly; and Mr. Hall has since then most emphatically denied and refuted the charge and insinuation as to both of us. « It must be obvious that thia attack of Mr. Hill is not only personal, but that it proceeds from personal animosity, though the public may not be advised as to the history out of which this animosity has grown. At this particular time there were some controversies between Mr. Sparks and Mr. Hill, in which the latter must have felt humiliated, and he seems now to remember his grievances against Mr. Hall and myself, although my connection with the entire matter was absolutely nominal. But let us look at this reiterated charge of lobbyism against myself, and let us look at the evidence quoted in Mr. Hill's letter upon which the charge is based. It consists of statements from a petition filed by Gustin, Guerry & Hall for fees for services rendered the Georgia South ern and W. B. Sparks as receiver thereof, in relation to the closing of a public alley in the city of Macon for the benefit of the company. The particular portion of the petition re lied on by Mr. Hill is in the following words: u "Petitioners show that these properties could not have been used for the purposes mentioned without securing In some way the right to close and appropriate said alley; that they found great difficulty In procuring the passage of said bill; that the same was practically defeated several times, but petitioners succeeded by per sisting in their efforts to explain the ne cessity and show the justice of said bill; your petitioners using no other services in said matter except argument* and facts intended to reach the reason of the legis lature." Thereupon Mr. Hill has this to say: "It la true that byway of apology and explanation he (Guerry) says in conclu sion that he used po services other than appeals to reason and to bring about the change of mind in the general assembly, and out of the dust of defeat to snatch the flower of victory, but the public will place its own estimate upon the value of this exculpatory apology made in advance of any suggestion that unseemly means had been used to accomplish this end. "Hie conduct must have at least looked to him as being suspiciously reprehensi ble; otherwise he had not deemed it nec essary to explain in advance.” What a strange argument this is for a Christian gentleman to make! These things wifi ch he cites are from a petition addressed to the court and made a part of the record thereof. In this question of fees hundreds of creditors were interested and the conscience of the chancellor was Involved. If any lobbyism had been resort ed to, it is plain law that the compensa tion for services so rendered could not have been recovered, and the court in awarding fees for such services would have violated both lew and decency. In such a case any creditor or any attor ney of a creditor interested could have prevented a recovery of these fees or any part thereof. If my firm had been guilty of lobbyism and had been seeking to re cover on account of such services, the firm would have said nothing upon that subject or raised by any sug gestion whatever any question upon that subject. The crime would have been se creted instead of published; and yet we saw fit in our petition to stale what was the truth, that in presenting and urging this matter upon the general assembly we did so within the clear limits of our pro fessional privileges, not only to show our right of recovery, but to show that in go ing before the legislature we had not done as others were doing to some extent even in those days. Personally, I did not act in this matter, but Mr. Hill and the public, as far as they may see fit, may hold me responsible for my share or for all of it. Let me say right here and now, that while I have been before the legislature on several occasions I have never in a single instance been guilty of a solitary word or a single act of lobbyism, and that any accusation or insinuation contrary to this assertion is a groundless fabrica tion; and I now challenge Mr. Warner Hill and the rest of mankind to name such a word or such an act on my part. I do not wish to go any further than Is clearly justified in what I have to say in reply to Mr. Hill, but as Mr. Hill Is a lawyer as well as a man of some infor mation and intelligence. I know that he knows that this charge of lobbyism against me is utterly false. He Is under taking to mislead the people of Georgia upon this subject. In other words, in stead of showing that <ny charges of lobbyism in which both money and liquor are corruptly empibyed, are untrue, he is seeking to divert attention from these charges by preferring charges of lobby ism against «ne, when he knows that these charges are false. Now, what I have been describing as lobbyism is such lobbyism as is in plain violation of the law on that subject as above indicated, which lobbyism neither Mr. Hill nor any other decent man in Georgia who is at all Informed, denies to exist and to have existed for some years. When I first made this charge publicly I wrote the Atlanta Daily News on the 28th day of August, last, and made this explatation: “Let me say further on the subject of lobbyism, that I do not mean to Include In this charge the many professional gentlemen or other gentlemen who appear openly before committees in behalf of themselves or others during the sessions of the legislature, but I do mean to in clude those who during the sessions thereof, personally solicit by private in terview or letter or message or other means and appliances not addressed sole ly to the judgment, to favor or oppose or to vote for of against any bill, resolution, report or claim, pending or to be intro duced in either branch of the legislature, of a member of the general assembly of this state, and who misrepresents the na ture of their interests In the matter to such member, and wtio are employed for a consideration by any person or corpo ration interested in the passage of such bill, resolution, report or claim, for the purpose of securing the passage or de feat thereof. And I mean to Include, as included in the above, the notorious is suing and distribution of week end free railroad passes to the members of the general assembly in the capitol during the pendency of measures in which those who Issue and distribute the passes are in terested.” Here I ‘have described lobbyism, both legal and moral, and I challenge Mr. Hill to specify the occasion, the facts and cir cumstances. if he can do so, on which I have been guilty. He continues to complain that I do not name those who are guilty, and I have told him where to find them. namely, within his own political ranks. If either one of these men was a candidate for governor and I should see fit to make the charge against him. I would specify aq I Joint Debate now require Mr. Hill to do in my case, for then that man as such candidate would be on trial before the publie and would be entitled to such specifications.. I do not name any of these men; I do not put any of them on trial, and so far as I know, none of them are demanding specifications. If they will make the. de mand I will comply with the same. I am denouncing the evil of lobbyism and am seeking to destroy It as far as possible in Georgia. That those guilty of lobby ism are thus indirectly attacked is an un avoidable result. Those w’ho are thus guilty are Indefensible; those who are not guilty need no defense. The cause of which class is it that Mn Hill 18 so feel ingly defending? Going back' to the petition from which Mr. Hill quotes. I will simply say in con clusion, that none of the numerous par ties to the cause denied the allegations as to the nature of our services before the legislature, and that the court affirm ed the truth thereof by awarding us feefl as prayed. Yours truly, DUPONT GUERRH Macon, Ga., May 19, 1902. < MR. GUERRY EXPLAINS RECORD ON LOCAL OPTION QUESTION STILLMOReTga.. May 1«. 1902. To The Editor of The Journal: On reading the article of W. W. Poole, life long prohibitionist, of Cochran, it oc curs to me that there may be others ig norant of my record on local option while senator in 1881, and of my position on free passes, notwithstanding what has been written. When Messrs. Terrell and his manager, Mr. Warner Hill, made their reckless at tack on my record as above stated I im mediately replied in The Journal showing by citations and references to senate jour nal that instead of opposing and defeat ing local option on that occasion I con tended for it and did my best to engraft on the pending bill the very principle of local option which became the law four years after that In 1885, and which is now our local option law, and byway of proof I quoted in full the substitute I offered for the purpose. I also showed that the bill Messrs. Ter rell and Hill said I defeated was really amended and passed so far as the senate ( was concerned and that I voted for it ■with the other prohibitionists, and that it would not have passed except for my vote, as it received only 23 votes in all, just enough to pass it. ' These portions of the senate journal Messrs. Terrell and Hill omitted. Since my card these gentlemen have not insisted on their unjust charge, but have apparently acquiesced in the truth and correctness of my position. If Mr. Poole will examine the senate journal possibly he will be content also. A« to my position on free railroad passes, Mr. Poole misunderstands it or is trying to make others misunderstand it. My position is that the companies should not issue passes to officials whose duties require them to pass on the rights and in terests of such companies. So far as issuing them to employes are concerned I regret that the companies are not more liberal and just, for free trans portation I regard as a part of a railroad employe’s pay. If Mr. Poole will inform himself correctly and get to be a real as well as a life-long prohibitionist, so-called, he will join those who are now battling for prohibition, and remain no longer in the ranks of those who are doing all in their power to perpetuate llquorism and its curies tn Georgia. Yours truly. . DUPONT GI'ERRT. " NOT “JOE” JOHNSON CRITICISING TERRELL To the Editor of The Journal: I have noticed in your joint debate col umn quite recently two communications signed by J. H. Johnston, of North At lanta. tn Which he makes attacks upon the Hon. J. M. Terrell, candidate for gov ernor. A number of my acquaintances and friends in the city have spoken to me on the subject of said articles, attributing their authorship to me, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Johnston spells his name with a “t”. while my name is plain old Johnson, without the "L” Our ini tials being the same, and I also reside in North Atlanta and being an old citizen of Atlanta, the mistake is quite natural I do not relish sailing under false colors, or remaining longer under a mistaken iden tity. x I therefore ask that you publish this tn your joint debate column in justice te myself as well as to my old friend “Joe” Terrell, that my friends may know that what little influence I may have, if any, / is not being exerted against him in hla race for governor, as so many appear to think. , I have not the pleasure of an acquaint ance with Mr. J. H. Johnston, the author > of the articles referred to, neither do I question his right to “pitch into” Mr. Terrell, in his advocacy of the candidacy of Mr. Guerry. But I don't want anybody to think I am doing it. I don't know Mr. Guerry except by reputation. My knowl edge of Mr. Estill is on the same line, but I do know Mr. Terrell well, because I lived in the same house with him and his estimable wife for several years. The way to know people Is to live with them. I take the greatest pleasure In saying that I never knew a cleaner, purer or a more honorable man socially, politically or re ligiously than the Hon. Joseph M. Ter rell, and I am bold to express the opinion that If he is elected governor on the sth of June, which I confidently predict, the executive chsir will be as ably and satis factorily filled by him as by any of his predecessors. As to his good wife, there’s no woman in Georgia that would more fittingly grace the executive mansion than she. There won’t be any ’hyfalootln” airs put on either in doing the honors on state sions. Mr. Terrell’s administration win be thoroughly democratic at the man sion as well as at the capitol. This is what I think of Mr. and Mrs. Terrell) because I know them. Respect fully, JOSEPH H. JOHNSON. North Atlanta. MASSENGALE’S WARM CRITICISM OF TAPP To the Editor of The Journal: There are two things In the case of Hon. Dupont Guerry's candidacy that ought to strongly operate against him with good men and conservative patriots. I beg leave to call attention to them, as follows: First. Enough has been disclosed con cerning Mr. Guerry to show that he is a man who is easily and strongly swayed by his own personal and financial interests. For instance, so long as he was a railroad attorney he found no fault with their “im munity from just taxation” and yet the railroads were getting more of it then than they are now. When did this new zeal strike him so hard? So long as he was a railroad attorney he saw no evil in the free pass businesa He used them himself, of course, and has not claimed that he ever protested against their Issuance bj- the companies he rep resented to state house officials, judges and legislators. If free passes are corrupt ing cardboards now why were they not equally so then and why did not his vir tuous soul rebel against them in that day? So long as he was a railroad attorney he raised no howl about lobbyism. If he did not actually lobby himself, he allowed his partner, Joe Hall, to attend to that job and joined in a petition to the superior court asking big fees for the lojt>by ser vice done on the legislature. Why didn’t Mr. Guerry stop Joe Hall from lobbying Continued on Page Fivfla
