The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-18
THE TWO MAJORS.
Maj. Marks Replies to Maj. st. Clair
Abrams.

Maj. Marks Replies to Maj. st. Clair
Abrams.
In letter dated Orlando, June 10, 1894,
to the Orlando Reporter, Mai. M R.
Marks replies to insinuations contained in
Maj. st. Clair-Abrams' speech, delivered
at Ocala on June 9. The following are
extracts from the letter:
Whereas, the numerous readers of your
valuable paper are largely my constitu-
ents, and do not read the metropolitan
journals, it would be great injustice to
myself and to them as their senator to
allow this man Abrams in an adjoining
county, to openly attack the character of
your representative in public speech at
Ocala on Saturday last by insinuating
commission bill, introduced by my
FRIEND Williamson, was influenced
or bought by lobbyists The Times
Union (his organ of 10th inst, says.
'Let Maj. Marks answer. :" in bold type
Answer WHAT Why the charge that
was full of enthusiasm for the bill that
had written speech, part of which
read 20 him, but when it came to vote l
recorded no! He could only surmise
what caused change of heart. Rail
I road lobbyists had swarmed at ITALIA
hassee, y etc. Personally, / feel a supreme
contempt for this man Abrams. and but
for the fact that ! am a senator from Or
ange and Osceola counties, and that it is
a duty owe my constituency, whom
consider the noblest, truest and wealth.
est people represented at Tallahassee. /
would allow this vile calumniator of my
4 sell and my people to pass by ''as the
idle wind which / respect not"
I Mr.. Williamson, who introduced this
commission bill, is warm hearted, en-
] u IL NrflNn
OF his people and his state at heart. and
he is manly enough and honest enough to
state If he will, that although repeatedly
I urged by him 10 support his bill, | in
riablY said to him, Williamson, | will
study your bill closely, and if | can be
convinced that it is for the good of the
whole people ana the state | will support
II" He will also have the candor to say
that l never promised to support the bill,
and that /, two weeks before the bill was
put on it's passage, said to him | could not
support IL. Senators Baya, Sum-
mers, Genovar, Whidden anu Perrinot.
with whom / was more closely asso-
ciatod than any other senator's, will
bear me out that this was my position on
the Williamson bill. Now for this man
Abrams. who is afflicted with gas, to ad-
dress my friends and your friends in a
distant part OF the state, and try to heap
calumny and disgrace upon me, your
senator, and upon the proud old
county Of Orange and her pro.
gressiue sister, Osceola, is so mean,
so low, so cunning, so unwarranted
from any standpoint, that it is with little
patience that l can think OF IL. The cum
ming in the mans attack on me at Ocala
lis worthy of notice. He well knows that
E have as many personal friends in South
Florida as auy man in it, and if he can
discredit my character, he makes long
stride In his reformation
don't wish to throw any more bou-
quets al myself,n but finally answering
his unealled for, unjust and unmauly at
tack on me at Ocala on Saturday, will
say 20 you, that no lobbyist or any other
person, attempted in any manner to in
huence MY vote upon any bill. except by
argument. No bribery or offer Of re-
wards or emoluments by any person 10
me or 10 any other senator came to my
knowledge. And all this attempt b,
Abrams 10 do your senator such gross
injustice will rebound, and the men who
have put him forward 10 disrupt the
party, and 10 traduce the characters Of
lifelong democrats, will, when brought