The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-16
SENSATION HOT.
nDtxswICK STILL ENGRossED IN
ITS DISCUSSION.

omcers EndeavOring to Gain InfOr-
,,,tion sufficient to Bring the Mat
., Court and Prosecute Viola
RS Of Law-POIitics Alleged to Be
.t,,. Nottom of the Affair, But the
-...,i.ters Are Hardly Thought to
,,.ve known the Motives Inspir-
49, the Trip-SIr. Twitty Refuses
.o prosecute or Prosecute Anyone.
-,..,os,v,elS. Ga, Aug. 15.-The ministers
.,roirh HelPs Half-Acre is still fur
,..,ina the subject of conversation. Moth
w.. mas caused more talk in Brunswick
...,,nz- a day and there seems no abate-
If interest in it's discussion.
4-.. matter has brought out the parti-
: -o,s 5f both sides and there are as many
to unhold as there are to condemn. The
.t-fsrars for their part are conscious Of
having visited these dives with none but
tbs hest of intentions. and as one of them
o,-~assed himself to the Morning News
.,rraspondent to-day: I'VE went there
=. see and be able to tell the people what
No. saw at any time we think proper.
There was no politics in our visit but
sla
t,r the good of the community. The dives
.r. pest on the city, and should be
. l..rsd away" The direct charge made
b. prominent administration man in
these dispatches of last night that the
whole thing was political move on the
mart of the Good Government people, who
are opposing the administration, has ex-
osted lots of talk and the affair is now
f4irs dragged through the political field
n great extent. The administration
f5rrss have taken the stand advanced by
the one interviewed to-day and they arc
irving politics" This seems TO be the
generally accepted theory.
The Morning News correspondent was
IN conversation with F. E. Twitty, a Good
government club leader, this morning
i when Deputy Sheriff Emmett Taylor
y drove up The following converse ton
s took place:
Mr. Twitty, believe you went
through the Acre with the ministers Sat
urday night"
Yes. sir. I did"
Il wish. then, that you would give me
the names of the parties accompanying
YOU as ! wish to use them as witnesses
a and swear out warrants against every one
they saw violating the law"
81 decline to give YOU the names of any
II y
Did YOU see any violations of the law
and if So give me the names, and l will
swear out warrants at once"
At this point the conversation grew
q spirited. Mr.. Twitty stating that while he
saw things that might be against the law
be was not ON the trip for the purpose of
prosecuting anyone and did not intend 10
81 either prosecute or prosecute any person.
8 Later to-day he stated to the Morning
News correspondent that he did not care
& to say anything for publication on the
subject because there were ministers in
a yolyed and he did not want to drag them
s into the controversy. He said further that
the conversation with Deputy Taylor stat
& ed his position and he was not going TO
prosecute or prosecute anyone or lend his
aid TO such. The administration side are
confident now that what has been said on
the subject gives the public a fair idea of
4 what the ministers trip meant and they
are certain the ministers will not work
politics against them on account of what
they saw.
Chief of Police Lewis Beach says: 81
am perfectly willing to furnish any one
with an escort to go through the Acre at
any time The dance houses there are
licensed under police control. If any one
violates the law they will be punished
j and if any person thinks the Acre is not
controlled they should have seen 1t in the
od-ume DAYS when things were surely
run wide open. You need never fear that
81 the morals of Brunswick will be contain
8 mated by the Acre as the people who fire.
handled properly"