The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-15
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SAvANHAN, GA, Jan. 14-To the Editor
Of the Morning Nelcs: Acting upon news
which reached me quite late on Saturday
evening last, wrote and sent the following
letter yesterday:
SAVANNAH, GA, Jan. 13, 1899.
M0j. John SctCd1 q SdUdnndh:
DEAR SRI am informed that story Is in
circulation to the effect tnat my support Of Mr..
ID. X. Thomas IN the existing municipal cam
paign is due to a compact made some time ago,
whereby, in consideration of the city s purchase
for streets, Of certain land in which was inter
ested, | agreed to work for Mr.. Thomas mayor
atty candidacy. OF course no such agreement
was ever male by, or even suggested to me, and
in the interest Of truth and justice ask you 10
answer the following questions:
/. During the tendency OF the neEotationsf1r
the cty's purchase Of Lhe laud above alluded
TO, did you not tell me that you favored such
purchase.
=. When the price for that land had been
agreed upon by myself aud committee OF
council and the question of confirming tbs
| transaction came before council, did you not
vote for confirmation:
A reply by < o clock tonight is requested. as
the SANDER il uucontradicted, il calculated to
| lnjIre me and others.
with Kind regards to you personally, remain
yours truly CHARLES Il. PRENDERGAsT.
No written answer has been received
from Maj. Schwarz, but meeting him casu-
ally on the street this morning, he acknowl-
| edged receipt Of my letter, and remarked
that he regarded local political affairs as
| sufficiently mixed now, and that he would
not add to their complication by writing
any letters.
l have always been reluctant to enter into
new paper controversy, and had hoped to
pass through life without becoming IN
vOlved in one. But when il is sought by
! calumny, to injure me, and throu n me, a
public cause of which I am representative,
1t plainly becomes my duty % myself and
to that cause to vildicate both by the estab-
lishmeut of the truth. AS Mai Schwarz
prefers not to reply in writing to my two
questions, ] will now answer both Of them
for him, and atiirmatively.
In doing what lay in my power - pro
mote NJ Thomas canvas for the mayoralty
Of my native city, ! exercised nothing more
nor less than an ludisputabio rlglt OF citi-
2enship. ! Lave been absolutely uninhu-
enced by any thought or hope OF personal
gain, directly or Indirectly; there isno office
within the gift of my fellow citizens OK Sa-
vannah wuicA aspire TO, or ever expect b
be candidate for; the land sale referred 70
10 my letter 10 Maj. Schwarz WAS closed a
year ago, and, so far az | am c1ncernei
has, asa mas bad, no bearing whatever upon
my course ia the present campaign; my
only aim has been 20 secure good, diguihed
safe and creditable city government and
one who charge, differently charge, falsely
In the exercise Of the before mentioned
right Of cit zenship, have advocated Mr..
Thomas for mayor because ! cons der him
entitled 20 and qualified b ill the office, and
because I think Mai. ScIwarz lacks such
title and qualification. fnat rs all there is
TO 1t, and ! profoundly regret that from
my standpoint, It seems necessary for me
70 consume 50 much OF your space in say
ing it..
l cheerfully do Maj. Schwarz the justice
TO say thai ia my opinion ne has had moth
ing % do vita originating thg story referred
70 Ia my letter to HIM. As that story is
Anonymous, 1 an deprived eeeSs coveted.