Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-02-03
TOOK IT BACK
But Made a Very Wry Face
When He Did It.
Sam Jones Says His Statement
Applied to Bryan at IS and
Not at 40.

OF all the public speakers whose
reckless statements the KENTUCKIAN
has been called upon to correct,
Sam Jones backs down with the
poorest grace. When he first came
to Hopkinsville, we pointed out in
an entirely respectful manner one
of his mistakes about this city In
stead of correcting it like a man,
he ''chewed the rag" in several
sermons trying to provoke a con-
|troversy, somethingth the KENTUcKIAN
never INDUCES in. When even his
best friends went to him and told
him hewas wrong and the KENTUCK-
TAN was right, he modified" his
language in such a way that his
apology amounted to nothing, He
voluntarily stated in another SER
mon that the KENTUcKIAN had been
''convicted of libeling a negro, "
while the facts are that the KEN
TUcKIAN has never had a lawsuit
of any kind in a career of 20 years.
The court records will show this.
Bot even such statements as this
could not provoke the KENTUCKIAN
into putting any obstacle in the
way of Mr.. Jones meeting. When,
however, he made the terrible
break about Bryan's taxes, stating
that he only paid SIS in taxes at 40
years of age he is only 80 now--we
secured the proof that he had mis-
represented Mr.. Bryan and went
to him with the facts rednced to
| figures. We told him we cared
nothing for his personal abuse, but
thought in justice to himself he
ought to retract hisstatement about
Col Bryan. He promised to do so
Sunday morning, but did notmuster
up the moral courage to back down
until Monday night. Then he did
so with very poor grace, after ex
planning that he never "took back
nothin. But he read the telegram
and later reduced his correction to
writing as follows;
Il was told in Lincoln, Neb., in
1896, that Mr.. Bryan paid in taxes
SO. IS in 1895. do not recall the
person who told me, but consid-
cred him informed on the subject.
| would not do Mr.. Bryan an injus-
tice, am sure. It's nothing against
his manhood or his character or his
intelligence. st, Paul paid less
taxes than Bryan, and. Christ
himself sent Peter to the fish 5
mouth to get the money to pay his
taxes. Ihave copy of telegram
from Lincoln, Neb., as follows,
touching Mr.. Bryan's taxes:
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 2S.-To Jas.
NJ. Lang, Paducah, KY; Year
1896, S135,. swear 1897, sal; year
1898, 1922; total last three years,
S69S; none outside known.
]. J. TRoMPEN,
Il reach the following conclus-
ions:
First-That, if Mr.. Bryan in
creased in same ratio from 1895 to
1896, then he paid but little over
SS. IS in 1889 The facts show he
paid S116 more in 1897 than he did
in 1896.
Secondly That Mr.. Bryan. is
surely prospecting under the gold
standard, for he paid nearly three
times as much tax in 1893 as he did
in 1896.
The newspapers and editors are
having all the fun away from here
on the subject of Bryan, Meacham
and Jones and their fight. The
thousands here at Hopkinsville are
gathering at the Tabernacle three
times a day, and tonight | close
one of the best meetings have seen
in years, and of the four different
series of meeting have held here,
this is the most largely attended
and most fruitful of good. '
"A preacher of the gospel may or
may not cts matter of taste) say
few things for or against the
monumental crime of 70, and still
not be Judas Iscariot. What |
said was in prelude and not in a
sermon at all SAM JONES. :
We give his correction in his own
words, in order 10 be perfectly fair
with Mr.. Jones,
DThe public is well aware that
Col. Bryan's prosperity is due to