Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-05


There are only two sides to all questions.
1 always seek TO get on the right side, and
never seek TO get on both,
a persistent effort has been made for
several months to have the people OF
Georgia believe that am a whisky man
and that / am running I'm the interest OF
the whisky ring. This effort is being made
by another candidate and his partisan sup
porters. without reference TO truth. II Is
an attempt 70 bolster a losing campaign
by statements that are maliciously false.
Ny campaign Is pitched upon a higher
plane than one OF personalities, and II Is
not my purpose now or hereafter during
this campaign 10 descend TO such low
level, but / propose to remove the mask
from this candidate who seeks 70 pose be-
fore the people Of this state as a saint.
and / here and now declare that his pres
ent position in favor OF state prohibition
is born OF a desire to be governor. We
Judge the future by the past. This is
safe rule in politics as well as in all the
walks OF life. What is his record?' AS
members OF the state senate in 1881 he vot-
ed against local option bill At that time
the temperance people Of this state were
using all legitimate means TO procure To-
cal option legislation. This candidate
now poses as the only prohibitiOnist. When
he had an opportunity 70 help where his
vote was needed he did not give the meas
ure his vote but now when prohibition has
become popular, he changes front. In 1881
as a member Of the senate he voted
against local option and defeated IL. In
1855 as a member of the house / voted for
local option and the bill passed ask the
honest prohibitionists OF Georgia which of
US has been truer to the cause of prohibit
ton and temperance?
Charges Dirty Politics.
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candidate in the interest Of railroads and
other corporations. This insinuation is
malicious and false. My life as a citizen.
as an attorney, as a legislator and a state
official stamps 1T as false.
This malicious insinuation is made by
another candidate for the Democratic
nomination who seems to feed his ambi-
ton upon Misrepresentation and SANDER.
and to possess the leading 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 lie. public
or private. that would warrant him in
making such insinuations.
Il can say what few lawyers in Geor-
gia can say, and that is that during my
% years OF practice at the bar during
which time / have been engaged in as
much litigation as this would-be reformer,
I have never yet represented a corpora
ton. The charge that / am corporation
candidate is unfair, unjust and untrue.
IL is a falsehood out of whole cloth.
II is dirty politics-nothing else. While
am a candidate for this high Office, and
while I seek and VIII feel honored by your
votes, would not have the office II I must
resort to such a Campaign of blackguard-
ism and abuse.
I have always endeavOred to lead a
clean life. I am proud of my record. /
have always stood on the side Of honesty.
citizen, legislator and state official Is there
for inspection. Blackguardism cannot sue
cessfully assail il. The people OF Georgia
know differently. In their sense OF fairness
rest my cause. When the morning OF
the 9Th or June dawns, you will find that
these slanderous statements have passed
by me as harmlessly as a summer breeze.
have no words of abuse for those who
seek to wrong me. I court a comparison Of
my record as a legislator upon the ques-
tons between these corporations and the
people with the record of this would-be
refOrmer. That he is insincere no fair
minded man who will investigate the
record will have the slightest doubt In
ISS1 as a member OF the state senate he
favored allowing railroads to charge as
much for a short as a long haul thereby
placing IL within the power Of these cor
pOrations 70 destroy the small towns and
the shall shippers. In 1885 I stood for the
people. and fought for the preservation Of
the powers Of the railroad commission. In
1sS0-1. I fought TO protect the people
against railroad consolidation. and this
would-be refOrmer was then lined up on
the other side drawing a large salary.
The salary stops, and To- what a change.
There is weeping and wailing and -gnash-
ing Of teeth, where once everything was
calm and serene. Ny position issthe same
now as when / was not candidate, and
Is when I was a legislator. My position
Is not assumed for the purpose OF crafty
ing a spirit Of revenge against former
clients. nor for the purpose Of catching
votes. but was taken years ago as a
citizen. then as legislator and adhered e
now as a candidate"
At GAINESVILLE Mr.. Terrell was, called
from the train by about 50 Gordon. Insti-
tute cadets. who gave three cheers for
him. At the conclusion of his speech here
he was accorded an ovation, especially
when he invited the people of Monroe
county to meet him in the executive office
next year. r--.
Nearly everybody in the house shook
hands with Mr.. Terrell. After his speech
here he left for. Atlanta at 2 o'clock. Many
people here contend that Mr.. Terrell will
carry Monroe county, while others
say there viii be a big fight between Ter
rell and Query.