Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-06
HOT REPLY is MADE
BY ]. M. TERRELL
To Charges Preferred By The Oppo
sition.
RECENT ADDRESS IN FORSYTH
Mentioned No Names But Well IN
derstood at Whom His Shafts Were
Almed-An Able Defense BY Ceor
gia's Next Governor.

Forsyth Ga. May 5 The speech of
Hon. Joseph M. Terrell, delivered here
Saturday to an audience of 500, is
still subject of interesting discussion,
and while he called no names it is we'll
understood at whom his telling thrusts
and keen denunciation was aimed.
Speaking of the recent attacks upon
him by one of his opponents Mr.. Ter
rell said in part:
ga persistent effort has been made
for several months to have-the people
of Georgia believe that I am a whisky
man and that [ am running in the in
terests of the whisky ring.
''This Efforts being made by another
candidate and his partisan supporters
without reference to truth. Tt is an
attempt to bolster losing cam paign
by statement that is maIiciously false.
My campaign is pitched upon higher
plane than one of personalities, and it
is not my purpose now or hereafter
during this campaign to descend to
such a low level, but I propose TO re-
move the mask from this candidate
who seeks to pose before the
people of this state as a saint, and
[ here aud now declare that his pre-
sent position in favor of state prohibit
tion is born of desire to be Governor.
eve judge the future by the past.
This is a safe rule ia politics as we'll
as in all the walks of life.
"What is his record? AS a mem ar of
the State Senate in 1881, he voted
against local option bill At that
time the temperance people of this
state were using all Legislative means
to procure local option Legislation.
This candidate pOw poses as the only
prohibitionist. When he had an OPP.
portunity to help where his vote was
needed, he did not give the measuse
his vote, but now, when prohibition
has become popular, he changes front.
In 1881, as a member of the Senate,
had he voted for local option the bill
would haYe passed. ask the honest
prohlbiionists of Georgia which of us
has been iruer to the cause of prokl-
biti aud temperance?
1.-THE insinuation is made that am
q candidate in the interest of railroads
and other corporations. This inslnua-
ton is malicious and false. Ny life
as citizen, as an attorney, as a leg
islator and.s state official stamps it as
false.
"This malicious insinuation is made
by another candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination who seems to feed
his ambition upon misrepresentation
and SANDER, and to possess the lead
ing characteristics of the cutie fish.
[ here and now say to this would be-
late IN life reformer, that there is not a
single act of my life, public or private,
that would warrant him in making
such destinations.
The charge that am q corporation
candidate is unjust and untrue. It is
a faIsehood out of whole ploth. 1t is
dirty politics, nothing else. While I
am candidate for this high office, and
while seek and will feel honored by
your votes. would not have the
office if must resort to such cam.
paign of blackguardism and abuse.
IL have no words of abuse for those
who seek to wrong me. [ court COM
parison of my record as a legislator
upon the questions between these cor
poratlons gand the people with the rec
ord of this would -be-reformer.
That he is insincere no fair minded
man who will investigate the record
will have the slightest doubt. In 1886
| stood for the people, and fought for
the preservation of the powers of the
Railroad Commission. In 199O-01, I
fought to protect the people against
railroad consolidation, and this would
be reformer was then lined up on the
other side drawing large salary. The
salary stops, and 10, what a change.
There is weeping and waillng and
crashing of teeth, where once every
thing was calm and serene.
My position is the same now as
when [ was not candidate, and as
when l was legislator. My position
is not assumed for the purpose of graft
flying a spirit of revenge against former
clients, nor for the purpose of catching
votes, but was taken years ago as
citizen, then as a legislator and ad-
hered to now as a candidate"