The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-01
GAMBLER ATTACKED
sEwALL OF NAMES ONSLAUGHT ON
THE GOVERNOR.
SHIP SUBSIDY INDoRSED.
REPUBLICAN APPOINTEE CASTS
BRUNswICK's VOTE.

The BrobatOn Resolution IndOrsing
Shfp-SubsIdies Unanimous Adopt
ed ny the Maritime Congress and
! Wired to President McKinley-Mr.
SewalI Gets Very Hot over GOV.
CandIer's Remarks in "a Newspaper
Interview-His Speech AppIauded,
but No Voice Was Raised in the
Governors Behalf.
Brunswick. Ga, Jan. 3l.-The National
Maritime Congress to-day, with only one
dissenting vote. passed the resolution
offered by Hon. Edwin Brobston OF
Brunswick, indorsing the ship-subsidy
idea. and this vote was participated in
by the Brunswick Board OF Trade, which.
through Chairman II. T. Dunn, cast the
unit vote of the delegation in favor of e.
The feature of this vote is that the
Brunswick Board Of Trade thus sustain,
ed Brobston and cast its vote through
a gentleman who is an appointee as coll
iector OF customs at this port OF Presi-
dent Mckinley, and who is a member
VI the Republican State Executive Com.
mittee. The resolution as offered by
Brobston and passed by the congress
was wired to President Mckinley by
Secretary Ogg. The congress then pro-
ceeded smoothly in che detail business OF
passing resolutions of thanks, etc. un-
I'll final adjournment was moved. when
Harold Sowal of Maine arose and made
a sensational attack on Gov. Gambler.
He said, in part:
Now that the business of the congress-
is over and we are about to adjourn
have 20 sound one discordant note IL
Is disagreeabie thing for me TO do;
but as from the most remote state as
one who has labored and worked earnest
! ~ as have and trust have done small
| proporuonate share in an effort and en-
deaVor TO build up an industry OF ma
tlonal Importance, / feel that the oe-
caslon demands that / speak upon this
subject have paper from
Atlanta this morning. in which
there Is a statement from che Governor
OF this state, whose guests we are. ana
/ on whose Invitation we assembled here
In Brunswick And coming here as we did
as strangers, ne was not here TO give us
Ine glaa nand OF welcome, but OF that
/ DO not comp ain; but yesterday. after
making an attack upon a gentleman OF
| Brunswick (referring to Bro6ston1 and a
! member OF this convention In particular
and after Including in this attack the n.
cal board OF Trade OF this city. he goes
on TO make an attack upon the members
OF tnls congress. aud such an attack that
! am not willing 70 leave here. and can
not 4eave maintaining my self-respect
| without replying to. The Governor goes
| on to say, after referring to she local
! Board of Trade and to a gentleman. ono
| OF It's members and a delegate to this
convention, in which he stated: That il
| ne chooses TO desert the Democratic party
and Join the Republican ranks in sup
port OF one of the most iniauitous. cor
| rupt and Infamous measures which Re-
publicans ever tried to foist upon the
American public, l cannot help IT.
Ihus spoke Gov Gambler this morning
when he was asked what he thought OF
the selection of Mr. Brobston to deliver
the address of welcome at the Maritime
Congress in Brunswi In behalf of the
Brunswick Board Of Trade. The Governor
said that anysperson who supported the
measure speaking of the ship-subsidy
Dill, was nothing but a puppet of sena-
tor Mark A. Hanna the big boss of the
Republican machine. and the man
ufacturer of presidents and natiou-
al policies. This ship-subsidy business
continued the Governor, Is a scheme TO
the government gives an Individual 1900,
Ii takes 1t from some cne else 10 do il.
Ii the measure becomes law then the
Taxpayer viii be In reality giving iust so
much money to the sh.p-bu hrs Now,
not perhaps by name, but so plain that
ne who runs may read, this Congress has
met ana has indorsed the policy of the
government aid TO this great national in
dustry. For years, those OF US who have
been connected with ship-buiiding and our
merchant marine, many OF you veterans
upon this floor, much longer than l. have
been working and laborIng honestly and
earnestly i'm the interests of the building
up of our shipping interest, the greatest
promoter of all 10 c MN rec. At one time
one measure has been advocated and de-
feated, and at another time anoi her. some
years ego, in the face of many difficulties,
the President of the present United States
Senate called gether a congress Of the
representative men Of the United States
interested in ships and shipping, who had
devoted their lives and energies In this
great work of Improvement and natioaal
beteerment, and after calling them to.
gether announced to them that 1t was i'm
probab that measure could be fol mu-
lated that would meet the app ovI. of all.
but that each should yie.d S. metning and
should be prepared TO make such conces-
sion, and 10 frame such a bill as would
meet tHe eAlgGnCleS OF TIE occasion and
afford relief for the great evil existing,
and thus it was. composed OF
as honorable men, and as in
tel igent as any this congress
entered upon It's deliberations. applause
And the result of their deliberat lions Is
the pending bill before the United States
Senate, which l am assured will pass thar
body at the present session. Now gem
Lemen, pictured here by the Governor Of
this state, as the co-partner in a nefari-
Gus cpme. II is not natural and II will
not be possible for me to leave Brunswick,
with all the happy associations engender-
ed by her open-handed hospitality, with
out making the defense ! have in favor
OF as honest and honorable men, workirg
for the common good of the whole peo-
pie. as can be found anywhere. men who
would not extend an invitation, and then
Insult their guest, and as a member OF
this convention. l feel called upon to say
tfat / have the satisfaction of knowing
that which will 60 far TO overcome the
unpleasant features OF this attack by your
Governor. that what has been done i'm
this convention has been done only after
the most careful deiberation upon the
part OF its members. This congress was
called by a Southern man ond speech has
been IS free In It as has been the hos
pitallty extended 10 us by the citizens OF
YOUR town II has been controlled by
'.euthern men itg deleRataa beinn from