People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-21
CLAY Is ROASTED.
THAT HARRIS LETTER is
GIVEN OUT.
MIR. HARRIS TALKS OUT.
He Hits Chairman Clay I'm.
mercifully.- Why He
Resigned.
That letter Of resignation is out.

Hon. Marion w. Harris has given his
letter of resignation to the public.
In doing so, he roasts Chairman
Steve Clay numerically.
He reviews the whole situation, and
corroborates the statement in TuE
DAILY PRESS of Tuesday last that the
resignation was sent from Macon Mon
day night, and must have been received
at democratic headquarters Tuesday
morning.
The story comes from Macon as fol-
lows:
MACON, Ca. September 15.-(Spec-
ial. To-day Hon. Marion w. Harris
made public his resignation from mem
bership in democratic executive com
mittee.
In doing so, he makes the following
statement in substance:
''NIr Watson, chairman of the popu-
list executive committee, asked Mr..
Clay, chairman of the democratic ex-
ecutive committee; to join him IN rec
ommending to the several counties, q
division of managers,
II commended that the democratic ex-
ecutive committe should agre to recon-
mend that there be division.
"And that is all have ever contended
for, Notwithstanding the Jealous efforts
of some gentlemen in high places to
make the contrary appear and to cast
Ddium upon me.
81 mentioned my dissatisfaction to
Hon. B. NJ. Blackburn, Hon. Bob
Lewis and others before leaving At
lanta, after the action of the executive
committee.
II state this for the reason that Mr..
Clay is reported in the Macon Tele-
graph to have said that gave no init
nation eff my dissatisfaction with the
action of the committee"
MY letter of resignation was a pri-
vate one, and | should not have made
it public, except for certain misstate-
ments rlade in the newspapers; the fact
that Mr.. Clay himself has given out a
! part of its contents to the Atlanta
grnal, the Atlanta Constitution
! ano2 = 7haps, other newspapers, and
/ the fact that he is reported by the
Macon Telegraph to have said: The
! action of Mr.. Harris, to say the least
of it, was very peculiar. He had evil
IDENTIFY communicated with the popu-
lists before he did with me, for Wat
sons paper knew that the letter of
resignation had been forwarded to me
long before. | had ever heard of it,,
much less received it, compels me to
publish the letter.
Il wired Mr. Clay yesterday morn
ing as follows: is interview with you
in today's Telegraph concerning my
/ resignation correct?"
Last night at 7:47 o'clock he sent me
4 ~ 4al Int aXxy
incorrect Just reached here. VIII see
reporter and correct it tomorrow"
Mr. Clay had made serious charges
against me, and since he has not cor
rected his statement, after full oppor-
tunitv, and has not shown a disposition
to be fair, l feel that l should tell the
truth.
Letter Mailed Mondy Night.
I mailed the letter in Macon Monday
night at Gas, and no one could possibly
have known it until it was received at
headquarters Tuesday morning.
The first intimation | had that it was
known in Atlanta was telegram to
me from the populist paper Tuesday at
1880 d. m, as follows:
'Rumored here that on account &C.
ton democratic executive committee
refusing division of poll managers, you
rs Il member of the committee have re-
Signed. Please wire facts Immediately. y
replied to this telegram that they
must see Mr., Clay about the affairs OF
the executive committee
- was asked about the matter, but
but refused to talk because Mr.. Clay
was denying having received it.
Mr.. Clay Had 1t.
He denied it to THE DAILY PRESS
reporter Tuesday morning. He denied
it to the Constitution Tuesday night
and to the Telegraph Tuesday night, SO
these papers all said, while as a mat
ter of fact, he wrote me Tuesday
morning This letter being post marked
at 1890 in Atlanta Tuesday and was
received in Macon Tuesday night at
$500 acknowledging the receipt of my
resignation, and saying: Il sincerely
hope You will withdraw your resigna. -
THE DAILY PRESS was mistaken
when it said my resignation was known
in Atlanta Monday night Iasked THE
Press yesterday to explain, and re
ceiged the following telegram:
THE PRESS will exonerate you this
evening"
consequently, ! know that the mat
ter became public in Atlanta after my
letter reached Mr.. Clay, and not be-
fore.
Probably if Mr.. Clay will examine
around headquarters, he will find that
there is some way of matters leaking
ont.
Then M. Harris states he is forced
to make these statements public on ac-
count Of contemplate reflections on
himself by men and papers
He says that the Constitutions spe-
cal of Wednesday was untrue except
the part that said he would not talk
He says the Constitutions Macon
telegram must have been made up IN
Atlanta, that it had sought to leave
the impression that he had talked gen.
orally in Macon of his resignation, and
1t did him q great injustice.
Mr.. Harris declares that nothing in
his letter could be construe into mean
ing that he had left the democratic
party, and adds:
IL anybody who doubts it will apply
the yardsticl, viii measure up and let
him know the result. There seems tC
be considerable doubt as to what con.
stitutes. democrat in this day and gen
Grafton, but certainly I have neither
said or done anything that could war
rant the most imaginative scribbler to
say that ! was not democrat"
4 He says that The Constitutions in
/. on r.atiq;7 that he resigned because he
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