The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-09-18
Candidate for Railroad Com
missioner Jumps on
His Opponent
AFTER M'LENDON'S SCALP
HE ASKS THE NOMINEE OF THE
MACON CONVENTION SOME
POINTED QUESTIONS AND ASKS
HIM TO ANSWER THEM.

] ~" " ANSWER THEM
Atlanta, Sept. 17.-Hon. Thomas c
Crenshaw, candidate for railroad com
missioner against G. w. McLendon
lhe nominee of the Macon convention
is out in a red-hot address to the peo
pie of Georgia, in which he hand,
his opponent some very warm mem
hefs and defines his own position in
the matter He roasts McI.endon Sc
NefeIy and among other lh.a~s saws.
I'm this connection desire 10 asa
my opponent the following questions
is it not true.} Candidate AcLeo.
don, that there w&s nothing too nras.
tic for you 10 do for the RAILWAYS an
against the people until the Coas;
Line of railways bough. out the
rlaht system OF railways in. 1908
ana abolished your office, therefore
throwing you out of job?
Candidate Mql4endon. did Won evor
oy your pen, py your tongue or by
your vote, priof to 1903, write "A line,
utter word pr cast a vote agains
'lle railroads and for the people?
NOW Candidate McLendon, are not
your views orr today on railway regu-
iatlons from Fevenge and from spite
ana not iromi conviction? If not, WHY
your sudden conversion?
candidate McLendon, did you not
Almost go INTO spasms about two
Two years ago ON the matter Of pro.
'ecllhS the Western & Atlantic rail-
Foad, poInins out the danger of hay
ing lIlat great piece of property oe-
longing to the state of Georgia bot
tied up and iruined
candidate Mclendon, were you nor
SO deeply interested In the Western
and Atlantic railroad two years ago
that you even went so far as to write
Governor Terrell notifying him that
you were g s yum ds an indepen
dent candic~ SS5e( governor agains,
him, on the tA#f5a Of protection 81
the states p!EasIaS
Candidate ~ AA.endon, just think
OF 1t. In less Fan year after you
Said In writing Iou intended to be an
independent cdndidate for governor
on q platfoImI for the protection OF
the Western Eand Atlantic railroad,
lhe states gTat property, you were
then engaged in writing to a certain
Hnanclel of Georgia. Did your letter
mean employ me and put me back at
my old business as the handy man
ma J VIII Eget through the Georgia
legislature 4 bill to sell the Western
and AilanVc railroad, worth $40, 900,
1Je. for $p000.000 less than half OF
ils value. kor ! will fence it up anal
forver dftroy that great piece Oh
Tell III not in Gath. speak il not in
The sueFs of Askelon" that | have
torn the blask from your face and you
are noWF III the same plight as the
ostrich Fith bis head covered in the
sand anh whole body exposed to view.
For yop have proposed to sell or
renee w. this great property Of the
pcoDi9,i the state road, in order thar
you might profit as an agent, literally
paying no concern to Georgia as a pa
crlot. And in the face of this al
tempted enormity, you have the har-
dlhoof to ask the sels,respecting ami
pauiStic Georgians to vote you into
u trustworthy place. For shame!
Yot practiced fraud upon the can.
Gus that selected and the convention
that nominated you ia order to pro
cure an endorsement for yourself anal
satisfy your inordinate greed for OF,
de. You know if the sunlight Of sin
had been thrown upon YOU
the delegates of the Macon conven,
ton would have refused to nominated
you.
Now. Candidate McLendon. how
did you have the gan to allow a few
OF your friends to get together in o
back room caucus in Atlanta before
the convcring Of the Macon conven-
ton and agree up on you as the only
man in Georgia big enough for raj
road commissioner. and then have
your caucus nomination carried down
to the Macon convention sealed and
securely tied up. The astute politi-
clan you are is still more forciblJ
shown by the direction you gave
from afar to have one or the candi
dates for railroad commits 5ioner nom
mate you, another to second youi
nomination and the balance to Murray
for McLendon. You remind me OF