The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-30
HoGAN'S STORY A CANARD.
ULLA G. HARDEMAN BRANDS 1T
AS BASELESS.

AS BASELESS.
"A written Denial of His Having Fur
nfshed Information From which
such a story Could BE WOven-It
Is Addressed TO senator Clay and
Is Not Very Complimentary to the
PopuIist Aspirant for the Guberna-
toriaI Chair-The Wind knocked
out of the POpulists' Leading
Campaign Argument.
Atlanta Ga, Aug. Ex-senator Steve
CLAY came down from his home at Mari
eta to-day. He came partly on account
of the rumpue kicked up by Populst Can
didate Hogan over the alleged campaign
debts of the late State Treasurer r. L.
Hardeman and partly TO discuss the pres
ent campaign with the leaders at Demo-
cratic headquarters. He was there for
quite a while during the day, giving some
valuable assistance in shaping things up.
His experience during past campaigns
as state chairman, being highly appre-
ciated by Chairman duBignon.
Shortly after his arrival In the city
Senator Clay made a call at the capitol
Mr.. UlIa G. Hardeman, son of the late
Col. Bob Hardeman, about the Hogan
charges.
Mr.. Hogan had stated that it was from
Mr.. Hardeman that he got the informa-
ton upon which he based his charge, tnat
Col Hardeman went in debt to the eX-
tent of $4,000 for the benefit of the state
campaigns of recent years, and that since
his death. those who induced him to do
this upon promise that they would raise
enough to reimburse him, had refused to
do so.
According to the charges of Mr.. Hogan
especially discredit was leveled at Sem
ator Clay, who was chairman of the state
committee al the time the alleged debts
were made Senator Clay was naturally
indignant at the charges, but he was
hardly more put out than Mr.. Ulla Harde-
man. whose casual remarks to Mr.. Ho-
gan were the innocent cause of the whole
trouble Mr. Hardeman at once denied
giving Mr. Hogan any Information that
would have justified the charges he made.
But not satisfied with his voluntary pup
nc denial, as son as he saw what Mr.
Hogan had said, Mr.. Hardeman gave
senator CLAW q written contradiction of
the matter to-day fully eXhonerating the
Senator and all other Democratic leaders
who might have felt themselves to nave
been unjustly censured.
Mr.. Hardeman says in this letter: Hon
A 6 CLAW. City, Dear Sir; / have read
Mr. Hogan's published speech where he
claims that you induced father to borrow
$4,000 while chairman of the state COM
Inittee to pay the expenses of the Dem
ocratic campaign and after his death you
never refunded it, and mother PAID II out
of her insurance. 1 see in Sundays Con-
stitution that 1 am named as the party
who gave him the information. l wish
to state to you that l gave him no state
,nent or any statement whereby ] intended
any such inference to be drawn. 1 did
teI him father was a poor man and had
spent a large amount of money In the
various campaigns. In justice to your
self l will state now that father never
claimed, at any time. that you, while
chairman had him to incur any indebted
ness either as chairman or individually.
Neither he nor his estate ever claimed
in any way whatever, that you owed him
anything, nor have you ever been called
upon in any way whatever, to pay his
estate one cent, for the reason the estate
had no claim against you as chairman
or otherwise. I presume that this publ
cation is the first time you have ever
4 heard of ii. This entire charge that Mr..
Hogan makes against you IS q IaDflCdtlOn
land without a resemblance of truth"
The most friendly relations existed be-
tween my father and yourself up to the
time of his death and he was your earn
est and active supporter in the race for
the Senate Your friend, Ulla C. Harde-
man."
This seems to put the onus upon Can
didate Hogan. 1t knocks the wind out of
his leading campaign argument. But the
Populists are versatile in campaign can
ards, and Mr.. Hogan or his associates
may be expected 10 come back again in
some fashion
Besides Senator Clay there were a num-
her of other prominent visitors at Demo-
cratic headquarters to-day. Among them
Hon. S. G. McLendon of Townsville and
Congressman Charley Adamson of the
Fourth district. Judge Estes of Gainesville,
who spoke with Gov. Atkinson at Dublin
on Saturday, was also a caller.
Col Gamblers son Is stil very sick at
his home in Gainesville, and II is yet i'm
possible to tell with any degree of GER
tainty when Col. Gambler win be able to
take the stump again. Many requests for
speeches from him has been made to
Chairman duBignon, and some provisional
appointments, beginning next Saturday
have been made for him, but these depend
upon the condition of his son. at whose
bedside he has been constantly watching
for the past ten days.
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