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BATTLE TO KNIFE,
DECLARES TONI
watson
Asserts He'll Run the Whole
Show as Great Convention
Gets Down to Work.
Continued From Page One.
will go to Raltimm- <>i Felder. and 1|
, are not whom, will go."
■'That's a '. and that is my last word." I
Felder's S’de of the
Same Story.
ill Ft-Mor is quoted as denying that |
m uh- .iutho’izeii peace •»vcrtui » <■ 1
with Watson.
It is a faot that Felder dirt after Wat - ,
son’s pta-pful declaration in the Wat-;
son nv.-ting a*. tin- Kimball last nigln.
. X|<r< himself as pleased tn know tha! '
M: Wats..ll had changed his warlike!
attitude; not that he feared the out- I
come of a bout with Watabn at all. hut
that FHd» r had not n the aggressor ,
tn th- row, and th it he realized some
of sis < mbai ras-ments
.VI I-• Ider is <|i.o!«‘d as having gone ,
so far as to say that he would not op- }
pose uncompromisingly such efforts as ;
mutual ft lends might make to clear th • i
atmosphere, and that declaration is the
one upon which Mr. Watson was ap- ,
preached with the suggestion that h
mil elder in friendly consultation.
Thi g‘ neral "pinion is that Mr. Wat -
son s hrait was not particularly over • I
flowing with peace last night when h I
made his declaration in favor of a love
f« a t . but that h«- was under the im !
|n<s<’on that pea< * n< g»»gia I ions war. |
undo’ way to a possible happy end. and |
that Im would then and there shift the!
odium of such tumble as might bob up
in the convention today.
Fight Framed On
Delegates at Large.
The complete fall dow n of all p« a* •
overtures, however, this morning re
stored Mr Watson to Ids erstwhile ob
streperous frame of mind, and In- is
now as anxiou- for a fight ns ever, if
not more so.
Today Mr. Watson cheerfully as
sumes full respon^ibllit\ for a war. am!
a war is irrevocably on.
The fight has been framed up on th**
delegates at large.
The slate includes the following
names f<n those places:
■I Rapfiolph Atid* , miii. of Savan
na h.
• ’raw ford Wheatley, of Americus
Thomas l». Kohler, of Atlanta
<’har|es R I’endh ton, of .\ho on.
H H I >eu n, oft In ine.- v ille.
< J R Hutchens, of Rome
M G Brantley, of Brunswick
An eighth place has been left vacant,
in the event that W’atson backs down
from his warlike attitude and agrees t■*
cai out of the slate-makers’ hands in
the convention todax
If Watson wins his fight, not one of
the foregoing will be named delegates
at large, in all piobability
If Watson lights ami los» s. Tom Loy
less. of Augusta, likelx will be pul in
th* vacant < hair
If W’atson is meek and mild, he will
be put on the delegation, in a last des
perate effort to hold him in line foi
future usefulness, if he be found neces
sary to the onusmmation of the future
plans of the slate-makers.
The last contingency is gem iallv a< -
• ’’pled as an imposslbb- one. because
Mi Brantley has definitely stated that
h* will not g" to Baltimore with Wat
son in any event, and that is known to
be (’olonel Pendleton’s attitude, and
probably Loyless'.
S-., should that plan pr< vail. the:e i.
move trouble ahead, and this Watson
realizes and seeks to guard against
frankly a ml openly.
Watson’s Meeting
A Good-Natured Riot
Thos- who wcm to Thomas E Wat
sons much advertised meeting at tin?
Kimball house last night • \|»eeting
there l<» get a straight lim on what to
look for in th* < <»n\‘-n< i<»n ("day, had
their trouble for thei-
Mr Watson'.- meeting was a good
natured rioi, and accomplished pr e
- at’v nothing. >" f.u as framing up a
program for :H" • mv.-ni;-m was con
cerned.
Tim lit:!, ha oom .f the Kimball
was pack’d . nd jammed with a swelt
ering. gabby, "U’ioiis mob of people,
there to see w a *t* v. it was that might
happen, and not caring a boot in par
ticular what that might bo.
There w»ie few chairs am! neariy i
everybody had to stand up and make
out as best he t There wa re '-.mm i
lights in the electrical fixture.'- »hat had
not burned out away back yonm r some
time <«r other, and an awfulA funny
person in the rear of the hall discov
ered and proceeded to a t upon a
scheme to switch a bunch of them on
and off at intervals
Mr. Watson Peaceful.
.Mr. Watson madt th» first sp<•»
He declared that he had tome t ,\i- I
lanta to make the state convention J
love feast, and far be it fiom bin
start anything uns< ■» mix
“I do not want to skin an\ •
tlm "red-beam d person,” .nd th* < ow
how led with delight
“I have been niisi "presented b\ tie
newspapers,” he ontinued "I i >\
been put down a*- wishing t<» disturb
tb" peace inside the stat< Pemocratii
party. On the contrary. I am for p»-no
1 have come here not to run the <<m
ntion im way. but to put it m yeti
hand-, that you ma\ run it vuui way.
TQM B.'SSMILEFORTOM E.
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This is Thotnas 11. l-'elder's smile for Thomas E. Watson.
I’he smile succeeded the stormy frown of yesterday.
Thon the crowd howled some more.
"I want to snatch the leadership <■! !
he I )ciiH»< i;o \ !i<hii tlx* hands of that
ailure, Bryan I want tn g<». to I’.alli
iHHc to put the South hack where it
alorm . hi tin* front of this nation’s
iflairs. t
Others Wanted to Talk.
"And now, friends," said Mr Watson.
I want this i<< he a business meeting.
Ae have nint h to do. We must agiee
tpoii a piogiam for tomorrow. We
Bust sei eel tlx propel officers and rec
munend tliem to tin convention. Let
is proet ‘ d to t b:i t w ork
Mi , \\’:ilM»n then nmtilWited S: J
'owan.‘ of Bulloch, for the qhaßinai;-
diip of ‘tljo meeting, and Mr a.’owan
Aas vlrrtf'*d with a vim
Ml I’owan attempted to sa\ a few
'ords did. in fact. s;iy a few. But the
■rowd began veiling for Watson.
I’owan explained that Watson would
alk at the piop< r time, hut that right
tow then 1 were others who wanted to
alk.
After a measure of quo t had been
‘(•stored, B M Blackburn, of Atlanta,
iffored a re.so.lu jinn. after delivering an
tnpassioix'd pro-W atson address.
Judge Twiggs On a Table.
The Blackburn ?< solution, which was
xlopted. v as as follow s:
"Resolved. That this convention r« c
umiieud to the state convention toinor
ow that the selection of delegates at
urge to the national Democratic con
ention at Baltimore he made by pre
anting f<>r billot each name separately,
itid that such names he voted on sep
irately."
I hen the crowd began bellowing for
A atson again.
While he was speaking the disorder
;rew. and finally Mr. W atson got mad.
md moved to adjourn Amid the ex
ilement, Judge 'Twiggs, of Savannah,
jot upon a table and mad.- a Watson
speech that held the mob for a while.
The judge was a Woodrow Wilson
nan In the late primai y. it seems, but I
he ci ow d didn’t care It didn't w ant to
icai anybody hut Watson, anywa.v
Mui it continued vociferouslx to ex
• n ss itself accordingl \
Felders Name Unmentionecl.
Realizing that the confusion wasi
**’’ '' ■” s ta\ and that adjournment
night as w«-li b taken, a resolution tn- !
busing Ml Watson for delegate at •
ar F' Raltimoic m ,| for the chair
manship of the delegation was crowilt-.l
through, and the big mob dispersed.
I hat was all t he;. wasto ♦he meet
l,lt; R did n<»t insist upon any single
Jem.md pi e\ iouslv rnad» by \| Wai -
son. sav» that hi be named a delegate
to Baltimore.
I home- B re|dc'‘> name was no’,
mentioned in *t'hp proceedings. .\i ■
" 1 I" ’skinning
>■! ' xxas th. n- 11 si tlm meeting ex-er
~"i -I of Un Heide; -Watson
: " ■' s 'a x’s , , , ls v , nt ion is < oii-
■< i nod, it left tiling- ,i> mu , >, U |> j r , t |„.
ait as they were before • wa- railed.
*» p. m. x .-sterdax .iti.rnoon At
Watson XX. S breathing file and brim
stone. de< lining tlmt nothing short of
l-'eld. , s head on a vl’.arg. i would sai
isfx him. m i that lie .md l-'eld. r should
not g ' to Baltimore together
At X (.clock In- was declaring that It"
mint'd nothing but p.a.-e in the eon
'em.on ml would gladix- help mnk. :•
I lox. feast
Am , i im_. u ~,. . \\ , ltr
” 11 m An H.-i.i. >• woul.j -ay anything
for pubiu ntmn.
\\ at son’s Rooms
1 h rouged by Friends
■ ' .. , is in the
II""'" . ~f tp, J, <in
' ' 1 1 m d agn in twd.ix.
M ' m ,A|. I iiegor,
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THE XTLAXTA GEOKGIAA AND NEWS; WEJJ.xtJMM Y. MAY 29.'1912.
IS. GRICE MAY
SUE MATE'S KIN
Attorney Says She Is Unable to
Collect SSOO Loaned to Her
Husband’s Stepfather.
A dispute over money furnished by
Mrs. Daisy K. Grace to her husband's
fieople in Newnan was expected today
to involve Hie accused woman In a new
law I ingle. Besides supporting her hus
band. paying all of his living and per
sonal expenses, as was shown by her in
court last week, Mrs. Grace loaned
sums to his people, which she is now
unable to collect, according to Josh Tye,
« ho. acting for the accused wife, made
a visit to Newnan yesterday.
Mr. Tye. on his return to Atlanta,
said he had failed to collect a SSOO
note given by S. 1.. Hill, stepfather of
Eugene H. Grace, to Mrs. Grace, The
note, he said, was due last January, but
so far no payment has been made on
it, and when presented to Mr. Hill yes
terday xxas turned down with tile state
ment that he would tight it in court be
fore paying it.
Mr. Tye said Mrs Grace sent him to
Nexxnan to collect 'he nionex’ only after
letters concerning it to Mr. Hill failed
to bring a reply and that she needed
the funds, which at this time would
save her from making any further sac
rifices of her bond holdings
donio and master of ceremonies. Mr.
AA atson returned to his bed room early
|in the forenoon on the plea that he
j must rest and write some notes, but the
i faithful stuck to their chairs in the re
ception room.
R K. Neal, chairman of the McDuf
fie delegation, says seventeen delegates
came with him, and ever.v one Is stick
ing staunchly by Watson in hfs candi
dacy for delegate at large.
Air. Watson holds the proxy of
Claude Story, of McDuffie, who gladly
gate it to the Thomson leader. Mr.
. Story wfls appointed to the delegation
by Jlr Watson himself, and is one of
the most rampant Woodrow AVtlson
nu n ’in his county.
I McGregor Uses "Short and Ugly.”
Air. Watson will depend upon this
proxy to get a seat on the floor today,
though lie maintains that he really
needs no proxy, as lie is himself a duly
aiipointed delegate, in spite of Chair
man John T. \V«;st’s assertion to the
contra rx'.
Major McGregor was vehement in his
denunciation of Colonel West, who is
an ancient enemy of the Watson elan.
He applied a short and exceedingly
ugly word to Colonel AA’est in telling a
i.-porter today that Mr. AA’atson’s name
rightfully belonged on the McDuffie
didegat ion
"Mr Watson made up the list at the
request of Underwood men.' said Ma
jor McGregor, "and through personal
xiclieai’y did not include his own name,
leaving that to his friends. John T.
West was chairman of the executive
committee which received the list. On
Max til tile name of Watson was sent
to Ail West with tile request that he
include it in the list. He did not do so.
claiming that it xxas to., late, while the
Hi-I- did not n a!l> x lose legallx until
/.Max
COLONEL MAKES
CLEM SWEEP.
IN JEJffl
Taft Fails to Win Any of 28
Delegates—Woodrow Wil
son Loses Only Four.
TRENTo.X, N. J., .May 29.—Returns
from New Jersey’s first presidential
preference primaries showed today that
Theodore Roosevelt had overwhelm
ingly defeated President Taft in their
battle for the state delegation to the
Republican national convention.
Colonel Roosevelt’s victory was one of
the most crushing blows he has dealt
the president since they began their
contest to win state delegations through
speech-ma king tours.
As the count continued today, the i
returns indicated that Roosevelt had
won the complete state delegation,
consisting of four delegates-at-large
and 24 district delegates. Earlier in
the day it looked as if Taft would save
four delegates. .
Roosevelt’s plurality over President
Taft and Senator LaFollette, estimated
from th returns at hand will be be
tween H.OOO and 10,000 when the count
is complete.
On the Democratic side Governor
Wileon was an easy victor, .winning 24
of the 28 delegates. He had apparent
ly lost two districts in Essex county,
where lie was bitterly fought by ex-
State Chairman Nugent, who wanted
tlte state delegation uninstructed. Re
turns from the Democratic balloting
indicated that Wilson would have a
majority of at least 30,000.
Great Surprise to Politicians.
The result of the Republican prima
ries was one of the greatest surprises
that the old-line politicians have ever
received in New Jersey. The confi
dent prediction of United States Sen
ator F- •Briggs. Republican state
leader, tiiat Taft would sweep the .state
was made after a careful canvass.
The labor vote was the greatest as
set of the ex-president in his victory.
Tho first returns received after the
primaries closed were from the "silk
stocking" districts, where the voting
had been completed early. These were
favorable to Taft, hut when the re
turns came from districts where fac
tory hands and other workers had
voted after their day’s toil, it was ap
parent that Roosevelt would make a
big sweep.
President Taft was expected to poll
heavily in southern New Jersey, but
Roosevelt captured the First district
by a large majority.
Tile Second, containing Atlantic City,
also went to the colonel. The ballots
in the Third were slowly counted, es
pecially in Middlesex county, the piv
otal section, but Roosevelt was appar
ently winner there also.
Labor Vote For T. R.
The Fourth, containing Trenton and
Mercer counties, went strong for
Roosevelt, he taking both city and
county.
As the count proceeded today it
looked as if Roosevelt would win the
Fifth by 4(10. He also took the Sixth,
as well as the Seventh.
The labor vote was especially strong
in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth, and it
was all for Roosevelt, for he swept the
three districts. In Essex county, where
Taft was expected to win, Roosevelt
was tile victor by two to one.
Hudson county, containing the Elev
enth and Twelfth districts, stood three
to one for Roosevelt on the returns
thus far counted.
At Princeton, the home of Governor
Wilson, the Taft vote was 202 and
Roosevelt’s 196. Wilson had a lead of
31S.
T. R. Would Hold Up
Contested Votes
CHICAGO. May 29. -That only dele
gates whose seats are not contested will
be allowed to vote for the temporary
officers of the Republican national con
vention is the plan of the Roosevelt
faction and the Roosevelt leaders will
make every effort to see that it is < n
foreed.
This is the statement of Ormsby Mi -
Harg. here to represent Roosevelt in
the delegate contests. MeHatg holds
that it would be manifestly unfair to
allow contested delegates to vote mi a
question that would influence the sm
tlement of the contests. This is tlte
same question on which contests in
some states are based.
The Taft men say that tile demand is
a political trick. Roosevelt followers
have contested 260 seats, and if these
delegates were batted from voting the
Roosevelt forces would have no diffi
culty in controlling the temporary or
ganization and naming their own <•:<-;
dentials committee.
T. R. for Sims for
G. O. P. Secretary
CHICAGO. M iv 29 Edwin W Sims,
fori, er Federal district attorney here,
secretary of the Roosevelt national
committee, is slated for tile secretary
ship of the Republican national com
mittee if tlm Colonel is nominated for
president The presidential < andidate
names tin chairman and sec
retary of the committee who will act
during the presidential campaign. Si ns
is said to be Roosevelt s choice. It, is
understood that William Hayward, of
New York, present secretary, does, not
< are for another term, even if Taft i-
i renominated
TOM E/SSMILE FORTOM B.|
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This is the famous and not very frequent Watson smile.
It is'ineant as a token of peace to Felder and all others.
Hadley Chairman
y T. R. Controls
JEFFERSON CITY. MO., May 29 -
Governor Herbert S. Hadley will ac
cept the temporary chairmanship of
the Republican national convention if
the Roosevelt faction controls. Gov
ernor Hadley today sent a letter to the
Colonel telling him so. He received a
letter from Roosevelt asking him to
take the place. Hadley says he is will-,
ing to serve if it will be for the best
interests of the progressives, but that
he prefers that some other progressive
be chosen. Hadley was one of the orig
inal "Roosevelt governors.”
Clark Picked to
Win in Arizona
PHOENIX. ARIZ.. May 29.—Demo
cratic presidential preference prima
ries are veing held in Arizona today.
The Democratic state central commit
tee divided the state into six districts,
with one delegate to be selected from
each. The voters also will express
their preference for president. The can
didate receiving the highest popular
vote will name the four delegates-at
large. Indications were that Champ
Clark would be the first choice for the
presidential nomination, with Wilson
second.
Chicago Delegates
To Confer WithT.R.
CHICAGO. May 29.—Ten or a dozen
delegates to the national Republican
convention will go to New York to con
fer with Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay Saturday afternoon. The invita
tion was extended through Medill Mc-
Cormick. It was at first planned to
send a committee of seven delegates to
confer with the colonel, but it was later
decided to extend invitations to all tlie
delegates so tiiat others might go if
they wished.
Clark Follows
Constituents’ Wishes
By SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK.
WASHINGTON. May 29.—Judging
from many letters and telegrams re
ceived, tlie people of the Ninth congres
sional district of Missouri, while be
lieving am! hoping tiiat I will be nomi
nated for president, desire tiiat I file for
congress, which under tlie law must
be done not later than June 7. if at all.
Matters presidential have advanced
so far tiiat three tilings are clear:
First —1 "ill have- a long livtd at
Baltimore.
Second—-I will most probably have a
majority.
Third —Nobody will have a tjwo
tliirds majority on the first ballot.
I do not know whether the two-thirds
rule will be enforced. It never has
been enforced but once, and that was
against Martin Van Buren, in 1844. In
all other cases the man who received a
majority was given the necessary two
thirds nn.'jo.'ity. Nevertheless the two
thirds rule may lie enTorced. and 1 may
or may not secure the two-thirds ma
jority.
I have every reason now to believe 1
will secure the necessary two-thirds,
but in view of that contingency and
out of respect for the wishes of my
constituents and of the Missouri Dn io
i rat- in both houses »1 congress, I In.Va
concluded to tile for congress.
LINER RAMMED IN
ERG MIKES LAND
[
The Hudson. From Italy, in Col-
> lision in New York Bay, Is
Beached at Brooklyn.
L
NEW YORK, May 29.—Racing with
her passengers to reach land before the
ship went down, the French liner Hud
son, bound in from Florence, Italy, was
beached today off Seventy-second street
in Brooklyn and her passengers taken
off. following a collision with the Berr
wind, a passenger boat of the New York
and Porto Rico line. The Berwind was
badly damaged and was towed to the
Erie basin. The two ships came to
gether at 7 o’clock this morning off
Robins reef. The collision was due to
the heavy fog that hung over the bay.
, The Hudson carried 18 cabin and 65
steerage passengers. The Berwind, also
a passenger carrier, was on her way
from New York to Porto Rico and the
> Hudson was coming in. They came to
' gether with a force tiiat smashed the
bow of the Berwind and stove in the
forward portside of the Hudson. It was
the fear of the Hudson’s captain that
she would go down in the bay if he did
not immediately make land, and he
headed straight for the shore off Brook
lyn under full steam.
In the meantime the Berwind swung
1 around toward the Statue of Liberty,
sounding a call for aid. The vugs Dal
zelline and S. B. Dalzell went hurriedly
out to the injured ship and toyved her
to the Erie basin.
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CORN AND CANNING CLUBS
REPRESENTATIVES MEET
ATHENS. G. .. May 29. —The repre
sentatives from tlie Boys Corn clubs
and the Girls Canning clubs of the
state have just finislied a meeting here,
at which representatives from every
' congressional district of the state were
present. These are the agents i f the
I’nited States government, who are
working in this state under the agri
cultural department and the State Col
lege of Agriculture, organizing and di
recting the clubs among the boys and
girls. Addresses were given by Dr. An
drew M. Soule, president of the Agri
cultural college: Miss Mary E. Cres
‘ well, state agent in charge of the girl’s
; work; O. B. Martin, special represen
' tative of the United States department
of agriculture: Professor T. H. Mc-
Hatton. Professor J. Phil Campbell and
others.
i
OHIO'S CANDIDATES
NOT-VERY WEALTHY
’ CINCINNATI. OHIO. May 29.—The
! two Ohio candidates for president are
1 neither of them encumbered with great
1 personal wealth.
William H. Taft’s tax returns show
$74,950. including a SI,OOO horse, a SIOO
watch, a SIOO piano, $5,650 in bank and
' $65,000 of other personal property and
investments.
1 Judson Harmon's return totals $23,-
350, as against $39,540 last year, so lie
‘ is $16,190 poorer. His return shows a
watch valued at SSO, an automobile val
ued at $1,500, a piano valued at SIOO,
: Jsoo In bank and other personal prop
erty and investments of $21,000.
ELOPER PINION' f
«GIRL TWICE I ,
Seeks to Evade Her Brother’s V
Bigamy Charge—Eludes the I
Bailiff, Then Surrenders. i
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Continued From Pago Ono, ,i
1 . fl
told her she could stay with* them as Jfl
long as the family lived.
But they found out a few days after
that Lula Belle wasn't playing fair J 8
with them about Pinion They found
out that Pinion had made friends with \
Lula Belle’s sister.-Mrs. Atkinson, who
lives two blocks away over the clay
banks at 159 Middle street. «
He would come to the Atkinson house S
and hide in the back room, and Lula
Belle would steal away from the Lowry ' H
home and meet him there.
Monday night Pinion came again ti
the Rtkinson house. He had told Mrs.
Atkinson that his divorce had been .
granted by Judge Pendleton: that he
was free to marry, and one of the chil
dren was persuaded to slip over ttFTnef ' "
Lowry house and tell that to Lula Belle I
while he would wait out of sight in a\
rear room
Rut I-uia Belle knew that the Lowrys/ tH
would he suspicious, and would not let! "
her go to meet the man. So she sent I
the child back to Pinion with a message I
to wait for her until after dark, and \
she had Mrs. Atkinson send her little • 1
daughter down to her at the Lowry
house again with a. message asking
Lula Belle to bring some pictures up
to show her. /
Pursuing Brother |
Sees Couple Wed.
The ruse lulled Mrs. Lowry, but Low
r.' kept watch. He became the more
suspicious when Lula Belle went into fl
her room and put on the finest gown fl
she had. But he did not see her slip
from a rear door and hurry off across
tile clay toward the Atkinson house. /fl
He did not know she had gone for half J J
an hour when he opened the door of ' J
her room and found it empty. . R
Then tlie brother stole quickly over '
to the other house. He lurked 'in the
shadows and heard Pinion telling Lula
Belle about his divorce and the decree
he said was already granted. And he
heard the girl consent to the runaway.
Then they left the house, walking
quickly down the street. Lowry fol
lowed them. He was behind them
when they stole along Whitehall to Pe
ters to Walker, turning corners, wind
ing in and out as though they feared
some <me was on their track. Finally
Lowry saw them hurry up to a house I
and enter. A negro in a .vgrd nearby j
told him it was a minister’s house, and 1
through the window be said he could ! 1
see the couple being married. '■ ||
Then Lowry went away. 4te"didn T t j
believe Pinion’s story about the divorce
decree and his right to marry Lula f fl
Belle, but he could not prove it was Xfl
false, and Lula Belle was eighteen and J
old enough to marry whom she chose. B B
»So he went home a little easier in n
mind because his sister was really mar- fl
ried to the man she had run away with. ?. ra
But yesterday he investigated, and A 1
he found that the decree of divorce Aij
had not been issued when the marriage ’ ■
occurred, though it had been issued
twelve hours later. fl
He sued out the warrant for bigamy B
against Pinion and sent the bailiff on ■
the couple’s trail. a
SLATON WILL NOT 1
ACT WITH HUDSON
Thomas G. Hudson will not introduce £a
Senator Vardaman to Atlanta when the,’ fi
Mississippian speaks for the benefit of fl
the Fiftli regiment at the Audtorium- fl
Armory, but John M. Slaton will pre
side over the Hanley-Hobson debate, J
tiie first of a series of entertainments fl
given by the regiment. fl
This is tlie outcome of an odd mix- fl
up in which the gubernatorial candi- fl
dates found themselves as a result of H
an attempt to have them act joint!}' on
the Fiftli regiment program. . .
Overtures were made to both Hud
son and Slaton to preside jointly at the yfl
Hanley-Hobson debate on May 30. For- jfl
mer Governor Slaton declined to act J J
with Mr. Hudson and tho Fiftli
mem committee decided to have Slaton
for the Stanley-Hobson number and V fIK
Hudson for Senator Vardaman.
Former Governor Slaton promptly if
accepted the .invitation to aet alone, ex- fl
tended by C. A. Stokes, cahirman of a
the entertainment committee, and the 'fl
latter was forced to revoke the invi-* 'Jf
tation sent to Mr. Hudson. He sub: JflFi
tuted for it an invitation to introd |fl'
Senator Vardaman later.
In a letter to Hudson. Stokes said
' Not knowing that Mr. Bridges
already made arrangements with
to preside jointly, 1 told Mr. Slaton t B
there was to bo only one, and it wo J
perhaps be better for him in his'c '
county to be the one. I wish to ask :
to do us the honor to preside, by yo
self, and introduce Senator Vardai
at a lecture to be given a week lat
Mr. Hudson replied:
"Have so many requests for spi fl
ing dates that I can not now teil i ■
my prospects will be in the near fu .fl
for introducing Senator Vardaman *'■"* I
is to lecture for the military of At- fl
lanta." fl
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