Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-22
TAPP ANSWERS CRITICS;
USE OF LETTER JUSTIFIED

To the Editor of The Journal:
I read in your Saturdays issue in the
joint debate column the contribution from
Hon. II. Warner HILL chairman of the
states that he is glad the Dunn letter
has been published" If he is pleased, we
certainly have no objection to this repre-
hensible political act of Mr.. Dunn being
exposed to the people of Georgia, and.
therefore. there should be no issue be-
tween Mr.. Hill and myself on that ques-
ton. Mr.. Hill further states that he has
been 'impressing upon the people of
Georgia during this campaign the despis
able methods adopted by Mr.. Guerry and
his friends against Mr.. Terrell" 1 wish
to state that as to the methods of this
campaign Mr.. Guerry has been and is now
willing to meet Mr.. Terrell and give Mr..
Terrell the opportunity to expose these
"despisable methods to the public, and
that 1, as have suggested before, will ac-
cept Mr.. Hill, if Mr.. Terrell accepts Mr..
Query, and give Mr.. Hill the opportunity
face to face to expose these "despisable
methodS' to the people of this state.
notice that Mr.. Hill further states that he
has repeatedly stated in answer to such
requests dixie those of Mr.. Dunn's) that
he could not grant such requests. In
other words Mr.. Editor, we have 1t from
Mr.. Hills own pen that the Terrell head
quarters have been flooded with requests
for free transportation to Atlanta in order
to return and do a ''little judicious work"
Mr.. Hill states he did not grant these re-
quests. Perhaps he is not attending to
this department and therefore, 1t may be
that the special agents" and advisory
counsels'' are loking after this branch of
the campaign, and Mr.. Hill with great
courtesy could reply to these requests in
the manner that he states. Where there
is 80 much smoke there must be some
fire." Mr.. Editor. I wish to state that
these headquarters have not received one
single request for free transportation; that
the visitors might be prepared to return
and do a 'little judicious work and
change the status of affairs"
But as Mr.. Hill is fond OF recalling
"despisable methods will give the facts
in a certain case and let the public decide
for themselves who is adopting 'despisa-
BILE methods"
Some weeks ago these headquarters ad-
dressed a polite and courteous letter to
Mr.. Hill inviting a joint debate In At
lanta between Mr.. Terrell and Mr.. Query.
Realizing the weakness of his candidate
and the platform on which he stood. and
knowing that 1t would be fatal to accept
the invitation, Mr.. Hill and his advisors
undertook in reply to conduct a joint de-
bate through the mails with these head
quarters. His reply. as matter of jus
tice, had to receive an answer and thus
there was quite a correspondence between
these headquarters and the Terrell head
quarters in the Kimball house.
Mr.. Hill and his ADVISORS have printed
simply one side of this correspondence.
headed with big lines: 1.-The Hon. Warner
Hill Makes Hot Reply to Tapp," and
'The Hon. Warner Hill Proves Tapp's
Charges to Be False and has sent this
circular" broadcast throughout the
state. We were perfectly willing that both
sides of this correspondence should be
published and sent to the people of Geor-
gia, for in so doing, we were willing to
risk Mr.. Guerry's cause in the hands of
the people, But Mr.. Hill, like his candi-
date. preferring that only one side Of the
issue should be heard. and that at long
distance, prefers that our side of the
correspondence should not go TO the peo-
ME of this state. We ask the public in
common fairness to pass judgment as to
who is adopting "despisable methods"
We notice also that the Terrell head
quarters have published that long and
lengthy correspondence between Mr.. ].
M. Terrell and Mr. Frank Potts and 9TH
ers in which it took them a month to
"nisexplain" the Potts telegram, but in
publishing and sending it out over the
state they failed TO publish Mr.. Guerry's
reply and Mr. Holders signed statement
that Mr.. Potts told him that Mr.. Terrell
s'engineered the scheme" In the name of
common Justice and common fairness why
did not Mr.. Hill and the Terrell head
quarters If they were going to send out
Cheap circulars to the people Of Geor-