The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-13
WARNER HILL VS.. JOE HALL.
TERRELL'S MANAGER GOES FOR
GUERRY'S PARTNER.

Tells of Mr.. Halls .sObnOxious Eff
forts" in Trying to Lobby "A Bill
Through the Legislature to Which
He. MIR. Hill, Was OppOsed-states
That He Had to Complain of the
Conduct OF Mr.. Hall on the Floor
Speaking in Opposition to Ihe
Measure.
Atlanta, May 12.-Prior to his de-
parture for Dallas. Tex, Hon. Warner
Hill. campaign manager for Hon. j.
NJ Terrell, dictated a statement in
which he makes the specific charge
that Hon. Joe Hill Hall of Macon, Ga,
was the member of the law firm re-
ferred to in his former card, who be
came so obnoxious in his efforts" to
have a certain railroad bill passed by
the House of Representative in 1893,
of which Mr.. Hill was then a mem
Der.
Mr.. Hall having written a card on
the subject challenging Mr.. HIS
statements. the detailed statement
from Mr. Hill was given out to-day
by Mr. Terrell's campaign managers.
The charge is made that Hon. Joe Hall
as a member of the firm of Gustin,
Query & Hall, attorneys of the Ma
con and Birmingham Railway Com
pany. used his efforts to secure the
passage of a bill affecting the interests
OF that railway by the House of Rep
resentatives, though not member of
that body.
The statement is given publicity in
refuta ton of the defense made by Mr..
Hall. in a communication to the Macon
Telegraph and published in its issue of
Sunday in which, replying to a card
charging lobbyism to affirm of Macon
lawyers, he uses the following Ian
guage:
Let me here say emphatically that
any charge or insinuation that l have
at any time been guilty of lobbyism or
of the corrupt attempt to influence any
legislation is absolutely false"
In referring to Mr.. Halls actions in
the House. and his efforts to get the
bill mentioned through the Legislature,
Mr.. Hill says in his statement:
Were Railroad Attorneys Then.
"At the time of the tendency of this
bill in the House the firm of Gustin,
Query & Hall were attorneys for the
Macon and Birmingham Railroad Com
panY, and Mr.. j. H. Hall, a member
of the firm, was in and around the Leg
islature, though not a member of that
body working for the passage of that
bill; and on one occasion. while l was
addressing the House against the pas
sage of the bill, to strike GreenVille out
of the charter Mr.. Hall became so OBJ
noXious in his efforts to have the bill
passed, and at the time to which l re-
fer, while / was addressing the House
against the bill, he was seated within
five feet of me and talking to a MEM
Der of the Legislature in such a loud
tone as to disturb me while 1 was
speaking. ! discontinued my remarks
and called the attention of the speaker,
who was then the Hon. A. S. Clay,
to the fact that there were some rail-
road attorneys upon the floor of the
House. who were not entitled to the
privilege of the floor. and who by per-
sonal efforts. were seeking to have the
bill passed.
II asked the speaker to enforce the
rules of the House and to exclude from
the floor such persons as were not
entitled. Under the rules, to the ripvil-
eyes OF the floor The speaker raised
his gavel and brought 1t down upon
his desk MS If to cali attention to the
rules. when Mr. Hall arose from the
place where he had been seated and in
a bent attitude retired from the hall
For some time after this Mr.. Hall
did not speak to me. but later, having
lest his job as railroad attorney, be-
came quite friendly"