Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-08
THE ATL ANTA JOURNALS "JOlNT DEBATE"
Candidate Query Answes Attacks on His Record Senator

counties. where this vote. fully developed
and absolutely controlled by free liquor
and corrupt money, is invincible. so Tar as
local option votes are Concerned
Who is wrong upon this particular pointE
Who is to be condemned upon this partic-
,ilar point? Am 1, because Il years ago l
insisted upon a majority vote in the rural
districts. where majority vote, as now
demonstrated, could be easily obtained, OF
Messrs. Terrell and Hill to be condemned
because they are insisting upon II now,
where such a majority vote cannot De
obtained, in order to go forward IN this
great movement in the interest OF human
ity?
Let me say. now what have frequently
said before on the stump and otherwise;
II an arrangement can be made by which
the question of prohibition in our great
city counties can be left TO our white vot-
ers alone. or our white voters ana sucn
negro voters as are not purchasable, will
in such event close my lips forever on the
subject Of state prohibition.
But Mr.. Editor, propose to make the
exposure Of Mr.. Terrell and Mr.. Hill IN
their effort to falsify my record more
complete II you will examine page as OF
this same journal you will find that this
same bill referred to by Messrs. Terrell and
Hill as a local option bill. was reconsid-
cred after il was lost, and that the judi
ciary committee recommended is passage
after being amended as follows: -trtking
out 'two-thirds of the freeholders" and
inserting in lieu thereof "a majority Of the
qualified voters" and you win find on
page E16 that the report Of the committee
was agreed to, and that this same bill as
thus amended was passed in the senate.
and that voted for the same.
Much more than that, by better reason
ing than that adopted by Messrs. Terrell
and Hill, l passed the same. because the
same received only twenty-three votes.
Just enough to secure it's passage. and
would have failed of passage except for
my vote.
Now. Mr.. Editor. what becomes of the
charge Of these gentlemen that voted
against and defeated a local option bill,
as senator in 1881? appeal to the people
of Georgia to examine the senate journal
and to see whether OF not II supports me
or these gentlemen I'm their contention.
Not that attach 80 much importance to
my position upon this great question when
/ was a young man, p years ago, since
which time thousands upon thousands Of
the men Of Georgia who were not prohibit
tionists have become such; thousands up
on thousands have become better prohibi-
tionIsts than they then were. but because
1 want the people of Georgia to see what
means and methods are being employed by
men who are processing to occupy a high
er plane of politics than, that upon which
I am standing. In order to attack my rec
ord. while at the same time. without the
slightest justification or provocation. they
are flooding the state with unfounded per-
sonal charges and insinuations against me.
when the one dares not meet me and the
other dares not meet my representative
in open and honorable debate.
/ viii give the other attacks Of these
gentlemen upon my senatorial record such
attention as they deserve at my conven-
fence. Yours truly,