The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31
CARD FROM MR.. A. c. JONES.
An Explanation Of What He Has Pre-
viously Said About Messrs: Brls-
town and Brunson-Hls Re-
lations With Mr.. w.
H. Wallace.

tn the Editor Of The News and
co1rier: Ii seems that in the inter-
view with your correspondent at New
aerrv last week, which was printed IN
YOUR paper on Friday, the 2oth' ina.
/ did both Mr.. Joel E. Brunson ana
the Editor of the Baptist Press, tne
Rev, Louis J. Bristow, an injustice:
am assured by Mr.. Bristow that MI
Rrnnson knew nothing OF the caucus
referred to in my interview, nor oio
he know anything of the editorial IN
the Rantist Press appealing to Mr.
McCu1loueh to become a canoloate
fo- Governor until after it was printed
am also satisfied that Mr.. Brlstow IS
oonosed to holding convention 10
oaninate or suggest candidates tor
state officers, and that his appear 10
Mr. Mccullough to make the race was
<hecsuse he preferred Mr.. Mccullough
70 mvself, and that it was no t1gnt OF
his or MI: Brunson against me: L am
also satisfied that MI. Brlstow mao no
~eference to me not being an educateo
- college man or that he COPIED the
o1.n outlined by me to the correspoa, :,
,den of the Greenville News IN the ian
~ 1sos. I intended to say that the IT,
SUGGESTIONS made by the editor OF inc
psat;s+ Press was in SUBSTANCE the
ao9a &c that outlined by me IN the
fs11 Of 1903 to the Greenville News
It gives me pleasure to make .h:se
aor@sct;ons. because / would not IN
tentionally do any one an in]ustlee;
The main purpose OF giving out lnt
:,+a-v;eu when 7 did was to prevent
the orohibitionists from making eae H
bl,,nder next year that they oio ~
1aos and 1900. In 1898 they maui
The suggestions and the state oeno
cratic executive committee oecialeo
them irregular, and they had TO oe
u;th drawn, and in 1900, when tney
endorsed Col. Hoyt and it, was uSeo
AGAINST him, that having been enools
ed bv the prohibitionists, he mao no
right to go into the democratic p5'
mary. - or.-
"A further reason had was TO pre-
vent the prohibitionists or antl-ols-
nensarv people from mixing up wiz.
Ex-senator :McLaurin, and the last
reason was to let my friends Kno"
wfv the editor Of the Observer MI:
W H. Wallace, was opposing me-
could have waited later to refer to the
d;ference between Mr.. Wallace ano
r,vse1fI but I had been informed tns'
NJ Bfunson had invited some OF MS
friends to caucus here this week ana
Z wanted to warn the proh1bltlonlstS
aas;nst caucuses and unholy alliances.
Mr\Rrunson, in letter to the News
and Courier, written on the 23ro' re-
fsre 70 the action of the state prom
hi+;on democratic executive comm''t.e
n with drawing the suggested cano'-
d.+es in 1903. (and my part in it as a
r,,en,her of the committee) after the
900 democratic executive committee
Nd declared the suggested candidates
.r,,1,- and tries to excuse himself
for declaring the act of our comm'.'ee
subterfuge. But I am sat1sfleo tnat
onr committee did what they thougn'
r. was their duty to do as democrats
and that their action was approved ny
the Drohibitionists, and that they were
sorek disappointed when theyreacneo
Orangeburg the day the campaign op-
ened to see Mr.. Brunson's card IN the
State, saying that he would not make
the race as an individual prohibition
democrat The card Of Mr.. Brunson
was the heaviest blow the prohibition
;sts received in 1893. I believe II Mr.
Rrunson had not withdrawn and ne,
Mr. Featherstone, Mr.. Mower and
Mr.. Berry had stood together as one
man for prohibition, we would nave
won easily in 1898.
In 1000 Mr.. Brunson, Mr.. Feather
stone Mr.. Mower and Mr.. Berry did;
Mr. Brunson did not, the only man IN
onr ranks who would oppose col.
l, 114 a1d Cnnfedera SOL