The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-25
RED HOT TALK.
Malicious and Common Liar and 3
Typical Elsckguard,

Are the Compliments That Georgis
Politicians Are Paying One
Another in Newspapers.
The political situation in the STATE
Of Georgia, which has been coz slider
ably worked up during the past few
| weeks By the exchange OF correspon
dence through the press between Mr.
W. W. Osburue, OF Savannah, ant
Mr.. Newt. A. Morris, OF Athens, was
intensified on Wednesday when MI
Morris gave out as corchIng reply to
a f.rmer letter from Mr.. Oborne
The following extracts from the letter
will give a fair idea OF It's severity:
SOME LURrED TALK.
Your desertlon OF your former
friends, the betrayal OF their conf
dences in your Efforts to pull your
gubernatorial chestnuts cut Of the
mire by the sacrifice Of your candidate
for president Of the Senate, your mis-
erable nasquerading as q reformer
and utter want Of candor corro5orat-
es your confession that you are a bad
man, which is consequently accepted
without further proof. You insinuate
that the Legislature was wropgtully
and corruptly lashed by corporations
into voting for me for speaker, to the
shame of the state, and now demand
the specific charge and prof OF that
insinuation. You insinuate that state
house officials have been Wroagtully
and corruptly influenced, and OF this
T demand the specific charge and
proof. You insinuate that the DINO
cratic party is improperly dominated
and controlled. l demand specific
proof OF the q ;sert;on. I demand that
you charge and state specifically when
and where, and under what circum-
stances and by whom any official IN
the executive. judicial or legislative
departments Of this state have been
wrongfully or corEuptly approached or
Influenced. I will add that the asso,
Gated railways has its political agent,
and that am informed you are such
paid political agent, and are constant
ly chasing through the lobby OF the
capitol when its interests are effect
ed. You charge that when or t'efole
Mr. Steed retired from the speaker
ship race in 1902, and in consideration
had the pledge Of myself and other
men, of support for the presidency
OF the Senate in 1905. deny this as
sertion. You have wantoGly, and
without proof repeated your charges,
consequently the only alternative left
me is to denounce your assertion as
wilful and deliberate lie, and to brand
you as q malicious and common liar"
OSBORNE HITS BACK.
Osborne replied to the abo7e as fol-
lows:
''The Moultrie Observer very prop
erly remarked that Norris represents
all that is bad in Georgia politics. It
is fitting that be should be the sp ,kes-
man Of those who have so lost their.
serse Of honor and shame as to sell
their political influence for money.
Those attack are guilty, and they
know it. They care not engage me in
controversy, so they select typical
blackguard to father their counter-at-
tack. The charge I made was based
upon statements made to me by two
men who helped write the last card.
I have challenged them to deny it. |
am nov awaiting their denial. The
following facts are given for the in
formation OF the public: Oa Monday
morning, in a conversation with a re-
porter of an Atlanta daily, Morris
stated he would not answer my card,
because T had not answered him. On
Monday afternoon Morris was sum-
moned to Atlanta.
Tuesday there was conference OF
ali the mercenarles, including their
candidate for president OF the senate,
who had been summoned by wire.
This card Is the result. Morris had
no nore to do with this card than be
did with the one that preceded 1t.
The language used being the purest
blackguardism, coming from a typical
blackguard, and being used for no
other purpose than to disgust the pub
lie with this controversy, Is treated
by me with the same contempt in
which hold the author. Inasmuch as
Morris suggests that this IS his last
appearance, I feel the following letter
will be appropriate to his exit:
Bill Jones, mercenary. Better
come and look after your hired man,
Morris. I caught him skirmishing in
advance Of your line and endeavored
to make him captive. I pulled him Oh
q high plane and assigned him a task,
but he was entirely unused to his sur
roundings and fell of. The lls5 l saw
Of him be was waliowing 10 the slough
and was in imminent danger Of being
strangled by his own Vomit. [ am
sorry. At one time I felt that could
make him useful citizen, In time. II
God had given me the power to wors
miracle, I might have made a gen.
tlena1 Of him, though I do not claim
this to be possible, even if the con
singeney I name mad happened.'
W. W. OSBORNE.
Voted Early and Often.
In the election contest now being
hoorSi, Dapcnr NoI ooa Jns Totte1