The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-13
FOR REVENGE
SAYS TAGGART
Hearst is Charged With Publishing
LibeIous and False Reports.
CHAIRMAN WILL STICK
Head Of Democratic National Commit
tee Comes Back at His Accusers
Anent Question Of Gambling.

A special from Lick Springs, Ind,
says: Thomas Taggart Thursday gave
to the Associated Press a statement
in reply to the demand made by the
New York World that he resign the
national craftsmanship Of the demo
cratic party:
"The World has allowed itself to
be imposed upon by the false and
scandalous publications of a rival
newspaper, whose editor is my per
sonal enemy for reasons best known
to himself.
There has been no raid nor at
tempted raid upon the French Lick
Springs hotel, nor has such thing
been thought of save by Mr.. Hearst
and his correspondents.
"A building owned by the French
Lick Springs company, wholly dis
connected from the hotel property,
was leased to party to be used
for billiards and bowling alleys with
a strong clause against gambling in
the lease. After a time this tenant
permitted gambling. We brought suit
for the annullment of the lease and
demanded judgment He appealed the
case, and it is now pending trial in
the present term of court.
"The authorities have supplement-
cd our efforts to suppress gambling
by raiding the building, and that is
all there is to the grossly sensational
publications in which The World has
placed credence.
"rhe French Lick Hotel company
has not and will not tolerate gam
bling in any form on its premises.
This is attested by the court rec
ords, which show our efforts to sup
press it, and it is well known to
Mr.. Hearst, who, with such knowl-
edge, continues the publication OF
his vindictive and libelous falsehoods.
/ regret that The World has seen
fit to dignity these atrocious false.
hoods by editorial mention.
"rhe proposition that l should re-
sign is preposterous. It deserves and
will receive no attention.
"T. TAGGART."
Intimate friends of Mr.. Taggart, who
are usually authorized to speak for
him, call attention to the fact that
on June 7th the Indiana democratic
convention, indorsed w. ]. Bryan for
the presidential nomination in 1898,
and attacks on this action followed,
the action Of the convention being at
tributed to Mr.. Taggart's influence.
Judge Thomas Buskirk at Paoli
has grated a continuance Of the
French Lick and West Baden hotel
cases Till July 13 on the promise
in the meantime that no gambling
Will DC dllOWCQ ~ ClLhSL place.
Fifty additional affidavits were flied
by the state Thursday against the
eleven attendants Of the Casino ar
rested when the raid was made The
total number Of afidavits against them
is now seyenty-two.
John w. Kern, of counsel for the
hotel companies, during the argument
in court, called attention to the dam
age that had been done to the two
properties, valued at S2,GO0jO00 bn
account Of the publication Of the raids
and insisted that the hotel companies
had no control of the Casinos what
ever; that the Casinos had been leas-
ed to third parties for a term Of years
and after the leases had been signed
the hotel companies had brought suit
to cancel these leases upon finding
that gambling was being allowed in
the Casinos, and that these suits are
now pending.