Huntsville gazette., 1892-09-03
manager, had charge of, his entire
canvass, directed when and how ev-

''canvass, directed when and how ev-
cry thing should be done, even down
| to the printing OF his tickets, only
Sthree men on earth knew, one iot
about them. One thousand dollars
could have been gotten for one SIN
gle copy, Craig, Jones, and myself
were the only persons who could pos
sibly deliver one of those tickets for
"a consecutive hours, Jones the prin
ter and myself worked without sleep
and only food once and that brought
by Judge Craig at dead hour OF
night, so careful ly were we to keep
our plans a secret. These tickets
were printed in five colors and ten
different shapes, all done by jones
and Stevens. The enemy never seen
single ticket until the ballot boxes
were opened on the morning of the
election, upon this ticket Judge
Craig made his contest before a
Democratic house and got his seat.
Judge Craig has often told me that
my management of his campaign was
the most masterly ever performed in
the district by Republican. Judge
Craig ran for congress twice. On
his denomination at Marion Ala. |
was chairman of the ventIon, a
motion was made to nominate him by
acclamation. Democrats in the
house arose and said eff that motion
is put we will kill the s-n of b. who
does it. 7" | did put the question,
declared it carried and had to run to
save my life, leaving my hat and
duster in the Judges stand in the
court house at Marion, | ran all the
way to Hamburg and there took the
train home. Judge j. V. McDuffie
says he was there. Why didn't he
tell this while relating the political al
history Of "Bill Stevens?"
Lie No. 4-Here the correspon-
dent (McDufie) put a witness on
the stand, whose name he fails to
give, said extracts is supposed to be
taken from the congressional records
in certain contested election cases.
They are too lengthy to here quote.
| hope however the reader will get
the article and peruse it.
The witness tells lies faster than
Nancy Hawk" can trot. was not
at the convention on the day Nc
Duffie and Turner claimed to have
been nominated. was there on the
day before the nomination when
Gaskin OF Lowndes, one the one
side and myself on the other con
Quoted contest between delegations
from Lowndes. county, which result
ed in seating both delegations. The
convention Immediately adjourned
until the next day. l never went
back or near the convention again
simply because it was self evident
that McDuffie would be defeated
and was equally potent tact that he
would run any way. That all the
statement in the extracts are wilful
and malicious lies, can prove by
every member of the convention here
spoken Of except that which says
"Stevens supported Turner'S cleo
ton" | never received dollat OIL
a cent from any man white or black
Republican or Democrat except from
the hands Of the Hon, B. S. Turner
who very cheerfully paid for the
publication of the Selma Cyclone
then edited by Stevens and Gee and
whatever expense legitimately in
Cured in travelling over the district
to make speeches One w. H. Hun
ter United States commissioner al
Birmingham comes to the front an6
says ''from testimony before me in
those cases sworn to showed to hi.
satisfaction that Stevens was an en-
issary OF the Democratic party ant
was working in the interest of that
party.
| Hunter doesn't dare say he took
the testimony, for that would bt
down right lying, but he tried tt
play deception by saying "the state
ment sworn to showed to his satisfac
ton that Stevens was an emissary O
the Democratic party to his (Hunt
er's) satisfaction F"