The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-13
voRwooo IN HIS OWN BEHALF.
~ the Citizens OF tbs First Congress
sional District

~ the Citizens Of tbs First Congress
sional District
Now that the nomination for representa-
80 Of this district is made, feel free TO
=, something in my own behalf without
t-,-ting a friend, or having my motives
Ns-.,nstrued. When | returned home a
-, 400 and heard the mean things that
- haen spread ike tares over the district
- me in connection with MIR. Testers
a. a. co. congress. l decided that l would be
,Hg.j As soon as he was nominated That
hang done, now say;
THAT | told every friend who spoke TO
me about being candidate Ior more than
a wear past that l would not Dc II Lester
was. -, .Lo4 T.,s+a- o,,,-h+ =.
- second term, at least, and that he
was nv choice.
Within four months past / have re-
- IN the same words to several friends
= SieFarent counties who wrote, asking me
IN he a candidate.
To some asking me to make speeches,
Tbave said the same by letter, and, further,
that my reason for not speaking was that
S1-o,,ld not do any hing that appeared to be
artsgonism to Lester. This wrote to two
.-arI9 personal friends in Emanuel county.
did not directly or indirectly send out
~, comics of my speech on silver, or any
o+bar subject, during Mr.. Testers race. |
have not distributed copies of any of my
-Daaches in this district since the spring of
1855.
q IF any circulars advocating me were sent
into Mcintosh comfy they were not sent
Nth nv knowledge or consent. heard on
Sant. for the first time, from Hon. John
r neil. that my son-in-law, II. G. Davis,
Nod written several letters to his friends in
WcTntosh. Mr.. Dell and | saw Mr.. Davis
that day. VINO told Mr.. Dell that he acted
o- his own decision, without my suggestion
~ knowledge. aud he told Mr.. Dell further
,bat 10 a letter to me at Washington from
him suggesting my candidacy did
NOT reply. | remark. in passing, that my
reglect TO reply was unintentional. The
resson was l was busy on work foreign to
Iolitics-of much more value and interest
N me-and | did not give that part of Mr..
DIS letter any thought.
To letter from a friend in Emanuel
asking me to be a candidate l replied de-
cJining. and said some things of the alliance,
which he desired to print. He wrote asking
me as a personal favor to him to let him
publish it. | wrote telling him could not,
hecause that would be misconstrued. and |
would be charged with wishing 70 De a can
didate or opposing Mr.. Lester. | do not
give the names of the gentlemen whose let
ters are spoken of above for reasons which
it is unnecessary to explain to any one VIII o
has delicacy enough to know that private
correspondence is not for the public. But
will give the names to any one who will
promise TO write to those gentlemen and to
give to the public their replies.
THE MYSTERY" SOLVED.
lam told that the opposition openly ex-
pressed in some counties to Mr.. Lester was,
ami is, mystery only to be explained by
changing it on me; that l worked it up; that
tCent to Washington to carry this district
bu ivorkinq secretly through the alliance
in Washington, and that, too, after | had
told Mr.. Lester wished him to be his own
successor and had told every man, friend
or not I, r a year or more that | would not
oppose Mr. Lester
The impr ssion thus made that | was op-
posing Mr. Lester is of too much impOr-
tance 10 me for Inc to remain silent 1t is a
duty to myself and t. my friends for me
not Only to say that | had nothing whatever
to do with the action of the counties which
opposed Mr.. Lester. but to state further
that that opposition came from the alliance
on account Of two thugs that occurred be-
tween M. Lester and the alliance national
committee in Washington-one before
went TO Washington June 81, and the other
soon after. probably in June.
The first was Mr.. Testers refusal to sign
receipts for certain papers sent to him by
the alliance in this district, and delivered
by the alliance committee in Washington
and the second cause was an editorial max
ing very grave charges against the charac-
ter of DR.. Macune, which appeared in q
Georgia paper late IN June or early in July.
Mr.. Testers name was used IN that editorial
As my sole purpose is to exonerate myself
from the impression that / was opposing
Mr.. Lester, it is not necessary for me to SAL
more Of the question between the alliance
committee in Washington aud Mr. Lester
than that few days after that editorial
appeared | was asked if l would be canli-
date against Mr.. Lester, and that l said
would not.
1t is now very easy for you to under
stand why certain letters were written by
an allianceman in Washington to alliance
men in this district 1t only remains fol
me to say they were not written at nv
instance. Thus the mystery of the oppos;-
ton to Mr.. Lester is solved.
Like the policeman's, my "lot is not q
happy one." If candidate am abused.
II not candidate, few run me ANYHOW
just to peck at me, so am not safe in anv
position. believe will join the alliance
A rigid examination might convince them
Il l am not q LAWYER wnila on a burr;a6 . =