The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-04
TERRELL TO GUERRY
THE FORMER MAKES WARM RE-
PLY TO CHARGES.
He MENTIONED NO NAMES,
BUT ALL KNEW WHO AND WHAT
WAS MEANT.

of the Whisky Ring and the Cor
pOratiOns Denounced as False and
MuIiciOus-His Record Compared
with That of the Prohibition Can
date on These Matters to the
Latter's DisadvnntaEe-Guer OPP
posed Local Option Law in 1881.
Forsyth. Ga. May S.-Hon. Joseph
NJ. Terrell spoke here to-day to an
audience of 400 to 500 people. He de-
parted somewhat from his usual lines,
and though he did not mention the
name of Hon. Dupont Query, he made
a rather severe attack upon that cam
didate and his personal references to
himself. Mr. Terrell denounced as
false and malicious the insinuations
made with reference to his being a can
didate of the whisky ring and of the
corporations. Outside of this his speech
was along the usual lines. Speaking of
MIR. Guerry's attacks upon him, Mr..
Terrell said in part:
"A persistent effort has been made
for several months to have the people
of Georgia believe that l am a whisky
man and that am running in the in
terests of the whisky ring. This eff
fort is being made by another candi-
date and his partisan supporters with
out reference to truth. 1t is an attempt
to bolster a losing campaign by state
ments that are maliciously false. My
campaign is pitched upon a higher
plane than one of personalities, and it
is not my purpose now or hereafter
I...,s FL .es.sr % 4 70,
such a low level, but / propose to re-
move the mask from this candidate
who seeks to pose before the
people of this state as a saint,
and here and now declare
that his present position in favor of
state prohibition is born of desire
to be Governor. We judge the future
by the past. This is a safe rule in pol
itics as we'll as in all the walks of life.
What is his record? AS member of
the State Senate in 1881, he voted
against a local option bill. At that
time the temperance people of this
state were using all legitimate means
to procure local option legislation.
This candidate now poses as the only
prohibitionist. When he had an OPP
portunity to help where his vote was
needed. he did not give the measure
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 have passed. l ask the honest
prohibitionists of Georgia which of us
has been truer to the cause of proh-
bition and temperance?
Hard Words for Mr. Query.
"The insinuation is made that 1 am
a candidate in the interest of railroads
and other corporations. This insinua-
ton is malicious and false. My life
as a citizen, as an attorney, as a leg
islator and a 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.
l here and now say to this would-be
late in life reformer. that there is not
a single act of my life, public or pri-
vate, that would warrant him in max
ing such insinuations.
THE charge that l am corporation
candidate is unjust and untrue. 1t
is falsehood out of whole cloth. 1t
is dirty politics, nothing else. While 1
am a candidate for this high office, and
while l seek and will feel honored by
your votes, would not have the office
if 1 must resort to such a campaign
| Oh DldCkSudTulSm anu dDuSSs
Terrell Cites His Record.
'I 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
porations, and 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 1881, as a men,
Der of the State Senate he favored
| allowing railroads to charge as much
for a short as a long haul thereby
placing it within the power of these
corporations to destroy the small towns
| and the small shippers. In 1885 / stood
for the people, and fought for the pres
| ervation of the powers of the Railroad
Commission. In 1S90-91. / fought to
protect the people against railroad con-
solidation, and this would-be reformer
was then lined up on the other side
J drawing a large salary. The salary
stops, and 10. what a change. There
is weeping and wailing and gnashing
| of teeth, where once everything was
calm and serene. My position is the
same now as when 1 was not a cand-
date. and as when 1 was a legislator.
My position is not assumed for the pur-
pose of gratifying a spirit of revenge
against former clients. nor for the pur-
pose of catching votes, but was taken
years ago as a citizen then as a legis-
lator and adhered to now as a candi-
date"
Hill Nails Canard.
Hon Warner Hill, campaign mana
ger for Mr.. Terrell, to-day replies to a
| campaign circular which has made its
appearance. evidently from some
friends of Hon. Dupont Query. This
circular charges that invitations were
issued to a meeting held in Macon. over
a barroom and gambling room, by the
barkeepers of Macon in the interest
of Mr.. Terrell. Based on statements
from one of those present Mr.. Hill pro-
nounces the circular "a lie of the whole
cloth" He states that the meeting
was one of an insurance order and had
nothing to do with Mr.. Terrell or his
campaign Mr.. Hill concludes as fol-
| lows:
"If this is a fair sample of the meth
DDS employed by Mr.. Guerry's friends
in promoting his candidacy for the
nomination what may the people ex-
pect from such a gang If he should be