The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-27
MAouNE AND HIS GARD.
What Gov. Gordon Has to Say With
Reference to II.

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whst Gov. Gordon Has to Say With
Reference to 1t.
The MORNING NEWS yesterday contained
a synopsis of DR.. Macune's attack on Gov
Gordon, tee substance of which was that
Gov. Gordon mad solicited him to become a
director in 81, 000, 900 cotton seed oil and
paper company, position which he &C
copied, but withdrew when the governor
be given 5000 and possibly
$4,000 of stock of the company, the inten-
tioa being, according to DR.. Macune, to have
the alliance take hold of the company. DR..
Macune attributed Gov. Gordon's attack
upon him TO his withdrawal from the com.
pany. The Telegraph had an interview
with Gov. Gordon as he passed through
Macon on his way home from the Helena
meeting on Thursday.
The first question asked the governor was
in regard to the use of Col. l.. L. Folks
name in connection with the 81, 900, 900 COM
pany, to which Gov. Gordon replied:
~ prefer that Col. Folks letter should
answer that question. This will be pub
lished, together with other documents,
which will make interesting reading. Col
Polk Is gentleman of high character and
| feel satisfied that he has forgotten his
letter.
How about the use of DR.. Macune's
name"
''Dr. Macune's duplicity has been shown
| In this as in other matters affecting south
| ern interests, as will fully appear when all
the facts are made known" were the gov
| ernor's emphatic reply.
Ibid he, then, authorize the use of his
Manner
"Of course he did; then asked that the
name Of another prominent alliancemau be
| substituted for his own. Macune's peculiari-
| ties will more fully appear when tell you
| that he requested that another name DO
used instead of his, in order that be might,
| as he told me, help the cause more fully
| through the columns of his paper (the
| Economist by inducing the alliance to
| take hold of it and make it an alliance
/ movement throughout the southern states.
| mot only did he do thls, but went him
self to Arkansas and caused the state alli-
| ance to appoint committee to investigate
the merits of the project The committee
made a favorable report and Macune
| brought it back and handed it TO me, at the
| same time making the request in regard to
withholding or substituting his name in
order that he might all the more effectively
serve the cause through the alliance"
| us the movement being extensively taken
| up by the alliance"
| "All whom / have seen seem favorably
/ impressed by it, l had talk with Col.
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| to the perfecting of the recent process"
"Do you wish to say anything about DR..
| Macunes statement in which he alleges that
| you attacked him because he withdrew his
name from the enterprises"
Nothing, except that he knew that to
| be untrue when he wrote it. In the first
place. as / told you, Macune never with
drew from it at all, except in q way which
he thought would enable him TO more eff
fectually work for it. In the next place
this change occurred during last July, and
did not attack Macune until few DAYS
ago. | would not have done SO then except
for the fact, as my words show, that he had
made an objectionable assault upon me in
two papers. He had wholly, and in most
unjustihable manner, misrepresented my
position and endeavored to array the ALI
ance against me by the preposterous charge
that was an agent of Wall street banks
and fighting the alliance.
| "No more unjust attack was ever made
upon a man than was his upon me. l was
amazed at it, and my Indignation was very
great. knew nothing about Macune ex
| cept that he was one of the principal men
in the alliance. AS this cotton oil enterprise
was to be organized to counteract the effect
Of the great oil trust in depressing the price
| of the farmers cotton seed, it was deemed
advisable by the managers that the ALI
encemen in the southern states make the
| process their own. Hence MacuneS con
necton with the proposed enterprise.
This is about all that have to say or
that subject Had known Macune then
as we'll as do now, he would never have
had the opportunity of associating with this
enterprise, which, If it be carried forward
at all, is to be in the interest of the farmer,
and cotton growers of the southern states.
In regard 20 the 5000 worth of stoch
which the directors were to have, Gov
Gordon said that they were to receive it fol
services rendered in establishing branct
} companies in the different states
When Gov. Gordon was asked whether
the capital had been raised for carrying on
the cotton oil enterprise he answered:
Not dollar Of it. We are not ready
for that, but will give it attention when the
| proper time comes"
NV here will you raise the money!
both in this country and in Europe. We
have proposition for a French company,
! | which is very tempting, but, as / said, W.
are not entirely ready yet. The whole pro
gramme of our operations will be- made
public at an early day."