People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-19

SENA OR found caro- from
- Hon. A. E. Strother,
in reference to his
cApn vote against the
amended Bush bill.
AS we understand Mr.. Strother, he
admits that he is under written con-
tract with the people of his district to
vote against bar-rooms and that he is
not under contract to vote for Prohibi-
ton.
In order that his position may more
clearly be seen, we quote, at this point.
the written contract referred to:
"a GARD.
"To the people of the 29th Senatorial
District:
AS there seems to be misconception
as to my position upon the whiskey
question, adopt this method to inform
my Populist friends that am in entire
accord with our State platform and
unalterably opposed to the barroom
system, and it elected will vote to abol-
ish barrooms.
Very Respectfully,
A. E. STRorHER.
P. S. The McDuffie Enterprise and
Farmers Light will please copy"
This is the card which Mr.. Strother
ssys was suggested in the private con-
ference with his friends, after the
confusion" got up in regard to his
position on the whiskey question.
This card, published all over the
District, at once removed the confu-
sion. and put Brother Strother into the
Senate.
Now we ask Brother Strother, in all
kindness, if he only turned against the
Bush bill AFTER the Prohibition amend
ment was accepted by Judge Turner ?
Was Brother Strother a supporter of
the bill while it was nothing but an
anti barroom bill? Would he have
voted for the bill as it stood last ses-
sion and as it stood until within the
last few days at this session.
The Prohibition amendment was not
substituted for the anti-barroom pro-
visions till week before last: and yet
unless Brother Strother has been most
shamefully misrepresented he was an
enemy to the bill in its original shape
Last summer. when the members of
the Senate were polled upon the ques-
ton, M. Strother was set down as one
of the Senators who would oppose the
bill. At that time the Bush bill was
strictly an anti barroom bill
We do not say that Senator Strother
was correctly quoted He may have
been Observation-Disclosures as Senator
Brooke seems to have misunderstood
him-but his name certainly was class
ed with Csrter's and Golden's as being
opposed to the Anti Barroom bill
1 was asked at that time to write to
Senator Strother, and the others, ara
to use my influence with them to f1.vor
the bill I declined, first because
could not assume that they would vio-
late our contract with the people and.
second, because it is my ule not to do
anything which the FESTIVE and the
sensitive might consider as savoring of
dictation. Never have I sought to in
Guence siDgle Populist member of the
Legislature in his official conduct by
any personal appeal A man who is
getting old, is suffering from the liver
malady called oirrhosis, and is wormy
on general principles, has to be ex-
tremely careful with himself, else he
will be called Boss, Dictator-after
the election. While the campaign is
going on, while the fight is hot and the
issue doubtful, Watson is q very con-
venient fellow for Populist SeDstori-
al candidate to have on hand. No
trouble about old age then. No liver
disease called Cirrhosis. No worms to
hurt.
We are glad that Senator strother
has made use of the opportunity to set
himself right. He is good man-hon-
est, manly, fearless, patriotic.
AS we understand him he has ever
been, and is now, ready to vote for the
Anti Bsrroom Bill.
Luckily Senator Gray's Temperance
bill is just that sort of bill: and it is
the special order for Nov. 10th inst.
By the time this paper reaches our
readers, the Gray bill will probably
have reached vote, and Senator
Strother's name will have been enroll
ed among it's supporters.
"All's well that ends we'll"
T. e. W.