The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
HOGAN WITHOUT HEARERS.
HIS RALLY AT BROWN's STATION a
COMPLETE FIZZLE.

Five Persons Rallied Around the
HopefuI POpuIist-CrcstfaIlen and
BedraGgIed He and His Associates
Go to Atlanta and the Candidate
Again Puts His HardemRn story
Aaoat-His Informant of Alleged
Facts shielded Mrs. Hardeman
and MIR. UHa Hardeman Tell What
They Know of the Matter.
Atlanta. Ca. Aug. s7.-Populist Candi-
date Hogan. who thinks he is going to
beat Col Allen D. Gambler for Governor
az the approaching state election added
another chapter to his charges against
the Democratic managers Of the state
campaign two years ago.
Mr.. Hogan. together with Candidate
Zettler, for state school commissioner
Candidate Cobb, for attorney general,
Judge James X. Hines and Chairman Car
ter of the Populist state executive COM
rnittee was billed to lead a great rally at
Browns Station a suburb Of Atlanta
to-day.
All these leading lights of Populism
showed up at the meeting place, but i've
persons were all that responded to the
call for the rally and it was. therefore
called off. When the rally failed TO ma
terialize, Mr.. Hogan and his coadjutors
were considerably crestfallen and return
ed to their homes via Atlanta, with spirits
bedraggled and ambition crushed.
Mr.. Hogan was especially lugubrious be
cause he had made up his mind to say
something more about the statement which
the Populists orators are using through
out the state TO the effect that the late
Col. r. L. Hardeman had borrowed
$1,000 to foot bills of the Democratic cam
paign of two years ago. and that now,
since Col. Hardeman's death, ex-Chairman
Clav and other Democratic leaders have
refused to pay the debt which they agreed
to do before 1t was made
Seeing that he would not have the OPP
rortunity 10 refer to the matter in speech
Mr.. Hogan finally decided to write that
portion of his undelivered remarks ana ask
the newspaper reporters who went out 20
the expected rally to have 1t printed any
how. and this is what he had TO say: 1
Will repeat what have said on every oc-
CASTOR about the Hardeman matter. 1
have never told this in connection in any
way with Col Gambler, but have always
used u in talking about the corruption
OF some of the Democratic leaders. What
/ said was this A prominent citizen and
Democrat told me, on the front steps OF
the state capitol that two years ago Mr.
Clay persuaded Col. r. L. Hardeman to
borrow $4,000 for the campaign fund and
this gentleman said: If Col Hardeman
had lived he would have compelled Mr.
Clay to have refund this money, but as
Col Hardeman died, Mr.. Clay refused to
pay the money and Col. Hardeman's wild
oW had to use $1,000 of her insurance mon
ey to pay back this campaign fund This
gentleman, with his eyes sparkling like
fire. then said: Hogan, I am done with
the damn gang
'1This Is just as I have reported II on
every occasion. The first time I stated
this was at Monroe, Walton county.
''AAfter the speech Mr.. Murrell of Jas
per county came up to me and said: 'Ho-
gan, where did you get this? l replied,
it is perfectly reliable, but 1 don't care
to give away its author
Mr. Murrell said: Col Hardeman's
wife is my sister, and she has said TO me
often since his death that she could not
Imagine what had gone with her money:
that they kept coming in with bills or ac-
counts against Col Hardeman until they
had just about swept every hing she had
! said, sister, why didn't you make these
gentierleh swear to these accounts and
collect them according to law. She re-
marked that no claim should stand against
Bob Hardeman unpaid while she had a
cent In her possession
Mr. Murrell then said: This is nv
sister, but tell this everywhere YOU go
In justice to my friend Gambler and
Mr.. Gay l will say that they both deny
the truthfulness of the statement made to
me on the capitol steps My authority
Tor 1t Is a prominent Democrat and close
enough to the Hardeman family to know
what he Is talking about"
After AIr Hogan had delivered himself
of this statement Mrs Hardeman. the
widow of the late state treasurer. was
communicated with at her home In Cow
ington and, in a brief statement about
the matter, said that Mr.. Hardemau on
his death bed told his son TJla Harda-
man, that he owed several thousand dol
lars, and Mrs Hardeman added that since
her husbands death she had paid several
thousand dollars of his political debts
She said she did not know whether II had
anything TO do with the campaign fund or
not. She stated that her son Mr. mia
Hardeman, was more familiar with the
matter thsu she was, and the impression
was gained that he had been ATTENDING to
the matter of settling these obligations
When asked to whom these payments had
been made Mrs. Hardeman did not feel
at liberty TO reply.
Mr.. Lee Hardeman of Covlneton q son
of the late state treasurer, was also asked
about the matter, and said: when nv
father died we found he had
borrowed some $4,000 from va
rious Atlanta banks What he
did with this money we do not know
as his salary was enough to pay his liv-
ing expenses. We think the money. or at
least portion of it, must have been used
for political purposes, but we have no
proof of this My mother has paid about
5000 of this money and from 81. OO0 to Sc. 600
remains unpaid. That is about all know
Of the matter"
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