The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-14
NICHOLS AND LEE
The Secretary and the Evan
gelist are Getting Warm.
NICHOLS WRlTESALETTER
AND CALLS THE EVANGELIST
AN lRISH TRAMP. 80.

the LETTER WAS READ LAST NIGHT
Aad The Evangelist Declares that While He
Don't Walk About With Chips on His
Shoulder He is an lrishman that
is Not Going to Run.
The meetings of Evangelist Lee have
teen getting warmer and warmer as
he week has passed BY, and the meeting
- men only announced for this after
n@n at Z o'clock promises to be the
warmest Of all.
A few evenings ago the evangelist
announced that at the Sunday afternoon
meeting he would pay his respects to
the big three" meaning three saloon
men Of Raleigh, and to the secretary of
: the State Fair with reference to the
all-night opening or the saloons curing
! Fair week.
Yesterday Mr.. Nichols wrote q letter
DO Mr.. Lee. put special delivery stamp
on It and mailed it to him. The letter,
a. will be seen, is somewhat caustic
and stirred the evangelist to some rath-
er caustic remarks in his comments on
It at last nights meeting in Metropoli-
tan Hall.
The letter was as follows:
Personal.
Raleigh, N. c., Nov. Is, 1897.
Rev. Mr.. Lees IS
] have never seen yol NOR heard you
preach, but l have heard Of your re-
marks about me and your illusions to
me as secretary of the State Fair. No
one has more profound respect for
the Christian religion than myself. but
permit me to tell you that no IRISH
TRAMP will be allowed to traduce my
good name.
II you dare allude to me in your re-
marks on Sunday afternoon / shall
hold you personally responsible for
what you may say. You shall not take
refuge behind the sanctuary of God
nor plead persecution. shall hold
you responsible as a man. / shall at
tend your meeting on Sunday after
noon. and you are Mt liberty to- read
this letter to your audience, it you see
proper. Very respectfully,
JOHN NICHOLS,
Secretary State Fair.
The evange. st read the letter at the
beginning of his meeting last night. and
the reading and subsequent comments
created somewhat of sensation.
II want to say" said the evangelist,
sthat have never attacked any mans
private character or person. 8 My re-
marks were always directed to the Of
fetal acts OF men acting @for Others In
official duties"
'"lhe conduct Of f,ubHc vofficial.'
ssif Mr.. Lee. sis plbliesf,soperty. aid
claim the right to publicly condemn
such public conduct wherever see
proper to do SO and l intend to exer-
else that right here and elsewhere.
II am not going abonts0 said the
speaker. with n chip on my shoulder,
but will say to Mr.. Nichols or any
body else that here stands an Irishman
that don't run from him or anybody
elTe.
IT was the first time he declared that
h had ever been called n tramp and he
wanted it understood that he was a
gentleman and not tramp.
Il shall read this letter at my meeting
again tomorrow afternoon" he declared.
''And ! shall say then what / say now"
He called upon all those who stool
with Mr.. Nichols in this controversy to
stand up. There were no responses
Then he called on all those who stool
With him to stand up when a large
number arose.
At the Park Hotel. after the meeting,
Mr.. Lee reiterated what he had said mt
the meeting and declared with empha-
sss that before he would back down
from stating what he honestly thought
and believed. he would bare his bosom
to the bail or the hayonet of his enemy
'1f do anybody personal or un-
intentional wrong. no man will stand
up and make he amend honorable
quicker than WILL but | will die before
! will he intimdated or driven from n
position rhat ! think is right. and when
. public official does public act that
ontrages public decency and public NOR
atty ! will publicly condemn that public
act. let the consequences be what they
may"
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE ARRIVALS.
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