The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-08-08
REVIEW OF THE CONTEST.

port of the Democratic Executiv,
committee, and the magnitude O
the questions involved, are such
that | feel called upon to reply. A
great deal was said by him to d.
vert the attention Of the public from
the main issue, namely, the justice
OF the action of the committee in
passing upon the rights of DR. Ken.
drick anG myself.
First, let us look at the attitude
of Mr.. Lowrey, as he has seen fit
to make himself very conspicuous
in this matter. He says; that /
had been a candidate for many
m Dntbs, before DR.. Kendrick, al
lowed hi' self to become "the peo-
pies candidate" Being solicited
by many good citizens from all sec.
tions OF the county to announce
mys If as a candidate, and having
the endorsement of the entire pre-. q
OF the county, gave Inc good reast n
to believe that the people endorsed
my record in the Legislature, and
wanted me returned. Besides, |
bad the opinion of Mr.. Lowrey
that there would be no opposition,
az well as his assurance that he
would do all he could to keep it
down, also a promise from DR.,
kendrick that he would not be q
candidate against me, and that he
would endeavor to keep down aLy
opposition. Under these circum-
stances, | felt authorized to ans
nounce myselfa candidate. Now,
why DR.. Kendrick allowed himself
to become the tool of the opposic
ton, and why Mr.. Lowrey should
suddenly wheel about and become
a bitter partisan, l do not under,
stand, for they do not charge me
with having done OF said anything
to forfeit their confidence or cs~
teen. Let US follow Mr.. Lowrey
a step further, and see what really
is his attitude in this controversy,
When chosen as a member of the
Democratic Executive Committee,
it was expected of him to jealously
guard the interests not of an indi-
vidual, but of the party, and as a
juror on taking his sea in the box,
to try an issue between man and
man should hold the s, lies of Justice
equally balanced, so should he lay
aside all personal preferences, and
impartially pass upon all questions
efecting the interest Of the party.
Instead of doing this he has con-
stituted himself the counsel and at
torney of Dr.Kendrick, one of the
parties at issue, he has gotten up the
evidence il his case, prepared the
papers, acknowledged service in his
clients behalf,presentad the facts to
the committee, read tn law, d oliver
ed the opinion, named the verdict
and voted for 1t. \ ct, he says that he
is impartial, and that the friends
of DR.. Kendrick, COT whom he is
one) went into the contest prepared
to give a fair and impartial hear
ing. Why did they not do it? He,
Mr.. Lowrey, says that it was be-
cause the Stevens party q suppose
he means the nine men who made
the minority report) voted down a
set Of rules offered by himself for
governing tie Contest. The ruth
is this, that set o: rules was :
cred hy himself, and o. e by pr.
Rsiney. and it was suggested that
we already had the Code Of the
State TO go by, as it had been de-
cared the raw which should overn
the election, ard there was no nec>
essity for the rules, and it was then
proposed as a substitute that they
go by the Code of the state, when
was carried. When this was done,
he says that he became satisfied
that nothing they could do would
give satisfaction. (What was there
to Justify such a conclusion!) and
that they decided that the shortest
nath was The nearas' way home.
and that they would pursue this
course.
This / think is true, for
their actions justify the statement.
If there was DO tear from an in>
vestigation, why disregard agree
merits, defeat common justice, and
"practi e a farce" to avoid it And
new 10 add insult to injury, Mr..
Lpwrey asks my friends to call up
on him and he will convince them
that there were more illegal votes
caat fer me than for DR.. Kendrick
Reader, how would you ike for the
attorney on the opposite side of
the case, and him emily, to sit in
Judgment on your cause?
The election was held in pursu.
auce of the following resolutions
passed by the Democratic Execu.
tive Committee, April 18th. and
ratified by the mass meeting of
April 28;h: GA motion was carried
that a candidate for Representative
from Terrell County be nominated
by primary election to be held on
the Both OF June. No person will
be allowed to vote at the primary
election but known democrats.