The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-07-05
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MIR. MOTLEY REPLIES.

To Mayor R. N, Holland-Dear Sir -
In answer to yours OF recent date allow me
to say if ! misunderstood the spirit of your
published open letter, certainly failed to
comprehend the language used aud its
plain interpretation, 1t strikes me as
| little remarkable thasoout of 90 many of
our mutual friends that was so very anx>
ious for useto settle the question OF our
candidacy in the Marietta district. that
not one OF them. ever mentioned the SUBJ
ject to me. only wish they had been as
frank and open with me as with you. On
the contrary L have twelve letters from
different parts of the county and have met
gentlemen every day who urge me not to
go into any scheme oilthat sort. In answer
to the charge now made that refused TO
accept proposition made ne at Roswell
is the creation of distempered mind and
not the thoughtful review of what really
happened. refused to answer any prop
ostion from you, until You answered my
offer and demand, which up to that time
you refused to do. You proposed to come
the Yankee over me by asking instead of :
answering question. You having refus>.
ed to leave the question OF our candidacy
to the democratic voters of the county. /
am now ready to entertain any other sug>
gestion or proposition you may deem
proper IN the premises The mass meets
ing In the town having been refused by
me, and the county primary having been
refused by you, in this connection ] will
ask is it not true that you told one Ut the
old executive committee that it would take
a mass meeting to beat me and that you
had to have mass meeting
/ am sorry that you took ny reasonable
request to heart in reference to your hold
ing two Offices of honor, profit and trust
at the same time. thought as u citizen
of the good town of Marietta and tax pay
er In both city aud county, had the right
to ask the question, but may be | did not.
| assure you did not then, and DO not
now make personal attack on you. As
a lawyer. and you appeal to me as such, to
know whether you had the legal right to
hold the Office of Mayor and at the same
tine occupy seat in the legislature of the
State, answer, legally, yes; morally, no.
The circumstances surrounding your cleo
ton were such that it raised moral obi
Cation on your part to devote your time
and talents to the upbuildlng of the city,
and administration of its laws. | am old
fashioned in my ideas, and may be in err
ror about this also, and that you are right
and it may be that have got down on that
low plane that you speak of.
Again. do not charge you with being
excited in writing TOR the press, and in
ventilating your grievances in that way,
because you told me that you did not
write the first letter and now after reading
your second epistle and comparing the
two think the same person wrote both
and perhaps you ought Lot to be charged
with either, for honestly believe, that in
your sober Woments your better Judgment
would disapprove both letters. Now my
friend you are solely responsible for all Of
this newspaper warfare, agree with me as
proposed in my last note to jointly pre-
sent our claims to the people of the coun.
ty. Let us go together to each militia dis
trict ard stand up face to face before the
people. Let them hear us in friendly
joint debate, and let them choose between
us, and if you are nominated will pull off
my coat and work for your election. Will
you do the same for me?
In conclusion if you have any other
proposition to make to me, beg that you
do so in person or through the post Office.
Let US stop fighting at long taw aud
through the press. 1t is luxury possi-
oily, but too expensive for poor man
Respectfully, J. E MozLEY,