People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-31
Halt, Mr.. Guerryi

JAM S BARREIT.
Halt, Mr.. Guerryi
The Brunswick Times-Adyertis i
Z in its report of the speech of Hon.
Dupont Query, recently delivered
in that city, says:
"I'he speaker spoke of Tom Wat
sons claims, aud, by quotation from
Watson's campaign book, showed
that h was practicing deception on
the people. He read . letter from
Judge Allen Fort, state railroad com
missioner, declaring that the state
ment nado By Watson that be was
in favor of the government owner
ship of railroads was unfounded.
Judge Fort wrote to Watson two
yesrs ago correcting the statement
ard yet Watson reprints the state
n3@ut in his campaign book this
year
sThe $1,000 which was con-
1'ed by 'the poor down-troddeD
.ers Of the tenth to pay Wat
81, expenses in his contest for
Black seat in congress, has never
been refunded by him, although
congress appropriated money sutti-
eient to pay the said expenses.
We have already disposed Of the
Judge Fort matter by publ hing the
letter he wrote us in 1892. Il any
democrat can extract comfort from
that document he is smart enough to
discl Cognac from broomstraw. In
1892 Judge Fort went no further
than to say that Mr.. Watson was
'Sli9hHY Inaccurate" He admitted
that the Raiload question had
greatly inte3ested him aud that he
'hal1fot YET decided whether he was
for governmental ownership or not.
Coming from 3 member of the Geor-
gia Railway Commission this admis-
sion is significant. Taken in connec-
ton with the Fact that Judge Fort
readily remembered our converse
ton in the klmball House, we think
any unprecedented reader viii reach
! the conclusion that Judge Fort must
Bbayeu-ed language which warranted
Mr. Watson in believing that their
views harmouized
A. to the 81 600, Mr. Query
makes an insmuation which is much
more grave
He implicitly charges that Mr.
Watson poeketcd the fund which the
Tenth District raised, by voluntary
subscription, to contest the outrage
GUS frauds iy which the people were
deprived OF representation IN Con
gross.
We have repeatedly said that this
charge was untrue. We have re-
peatedly referred the democratic
bosses who trouble themselves SO
uah about ''the poor, downtrodden
farmers of the Tenth, that they
could get the facts of the case from
IT, Bank OF Thomson, Thomson,
Ga The President of this Bank is
n T. A. Scott, a democrat. The
4hier is Mr. ]. T. Neal, a demo-
t. The bookkeeper is Mr. A. l..
Lean, a democrat.
Vow as Ar. Query seems to be
iono Of writing letters, We beg that
ne "Hl write TO those gentlemen and
ask iAem what went with the Sl,o0o
which mas caused SO much crocodile
gret 10 Democratic circles,
The money was spent III the eX-
PehseS oi 'Ae contest over ana above
the amount allowed by Congress
Inc Books OF the bank snow the
disbursements ana Mr.. Query Is
hereby requested to ASA Ior copy OF
the acoonh'
f.naiIY "a submit this 10 NJ
query we pave '2ln MN mat ms
eharge rs III founded we have refer
red HIM to lheeNldence to satisfy h'ui
upon that po'nt' II ne aYails HIM
lelt OF TINS i".r proposition he VIII
cease 10 m&ke the charge ne made al
| brunsWlck' because ne WIZ AAd that
Ape IS wrong,
y II ne Iahs 10 INFORM himself o.
TO HrN e L Z IL.