The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-07-19
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A REPLY TO MAYOR HOLLAND.

MAYOR r. N. HoLLAND-I wish to sub
NIT the following answer to your letter of
the 18th inst
First. see you did not deny what
said about not refusing the proposition
that you claimed TO have made to me at
Roswell
Second. You didn't deny telling one of
the members of the old Executive Com
mittee that it would take mass meeting
in Marietta to beat me, and that you had TO
have one.
Third. You did not deny the fact that
you are solely responsible for all of this
newspaper controversy.
Fourth. You did not deny that the cir>
cumstances surrounding your election to
the high and responsible position of Mayor
OF the city of Marietta were such that
raised moral obligation ON your part to
devote your time and talents to the up>
building of the city and the administration
of its laws.
Fifth. But you do deny the facts of the
conversation that occurred between YOU
and in regard to your letter. Now say
that the reason that you didn't deny the
first and second clauses above referred to
is that you knew what said was true,
and if you denied it, would prove it by
the attidavits of some of the best men in
Cobb county.
And the reason that you didn't deny the
third and fourth clauses above referred TO
is that it was so Llain to everyone that
You couldn't deny it.
NOW as to the NTH clause you deny tell
| ing me that you did not write your first
letter.
The following are the circumstances that
brought about the conversation and the
exact conversation as it occurred:
You know that in our joint debate in
| Roswell you stated ia your speech several
times that you paid seventy dollars per
annum to help educate the poor children
of Marietta, and how cheerfully you paid
the money DC. Now the next day after
we returned from Roswell went into the
City Clerks office to get certified copy
OF your tax returns. which show that YOU
do not pay one half that you claimed to
have paid, and ss was leaving the office
you called to me and said that you wanted
70 see me. You then turned and went
into the closet in G.. c. Winns office and
followed. You then said, John, there
is no use of us fighting each other any
longer. II you will not fight me, will
not fight you, and.we can run together
and both be nominated and elected, and
We will have pleasant time together in
the Legislature
said. Morris, havn't been making
any fight on you and did not expect to
until you wrote that letter and made that
vindictive speech against me at Roswell. -
You said that l misconstrued YOUR
speech. then said that l might have
misunderstood what you intended but 1
did not misunderstood what you said. l
then went on to say how mean and unfair
thought your first letter was
Your reply was that / ought not TO
blame you, that you did not write the
letter.
Now. Mr.. Holland, you we'll know that
the above conversation actually took place
between us, but there was no other pers IN
present therefore, you deny it. But am
not going to exchange the word ."false>
hood" with you in an open letter. for in
my opinion man cannot be guilty of a
more "cowardly" act than to make such
charges against another through the ne TVS.
papers
Now, Mr.. Holland as l have said be-
fore, let us stop this newspaper controver-
sy and let the voters settle this matter be>
tweep US. J. E. Motley.