The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-12

TwO tleOf aiaWs and g0fty CeUts
deofala 10 In the tropics Of politics
The Hon HoEF SWIM and the Hon
CiAAW HOwEtb had u Joint debate" In
Atlanta tho other night A headlIns
poe, In M HOwELiis newspaper boasts
blackly that 'the spotted political hide
~ HoRk SMITH was lifted and eS.
hlbited by CLAM HowEtL' Mr. SuttH
did some neat scalpine, ASylng and 81.
hlbitlng himself. ~ you vote for
-CtAHK HOWELL you vote for n pig In a
beg, : he told the six thousand hearers
Such mere pleasahtries Of Cracker
politics do not stir ths outside world
But In the name Of Art and Beauty II
will protest against "the dragging into
politics" Of n famous work Of art. the
Gal in the Fountain, known 10 scholars
40 the Hokesmith Victory. Hundreds
Of thousands Of Northern pilgrims have
sought her shrine In the Piedmont Hotel,
where, a some sweet lanier has sung;
with calm, Greek eyrballS,
Shs looks on ~highbalS.
or the cocktail shaken and stirred
NINlOu' a NNhuh' . UhN
She and her shrine should be spared
by even the hercest battling politicians.
Will IL be believed that CLARK HOWELL,
a man who has hitherto stood high in the
community, assails Mr.. SMITH for his
love Of art and his ~overlowing charity?
With a strong feeling OF repulsion the
charge" is given here as a specimen Of
the depths 20 which ambition may bring
even q noble nature:
Il charge that every dollar OF Mr. SMITHS pronts
from his third interes, in the Piedmont bar has
gone 70 pay his mortgage Indebtedness FOR bis In.
teres, In the Piedmont Hotel. and that II has not
been given 10 charity. as he told my friend RuFE
HuroHNs at Tallapoosa. when HrTcHISs asked
him: what about your Interest In the Piedmont
Hotel har'' | have the proof here-an i'e,nized
transcript OF Mr.. sMTH's account. taken from the
hotel ledger, showing that since February ?, 1905
MI. SMITH bought personally 800 worth OF liquors.
getting the owners discount OF one-thlrd on the
amount he bought.
Il am not dealing In ~glltteriug generalItles. for
/ hold here the proof, Listen TO some OF the Items
OF the account OF Nj. HoEE SMITH, the candidate
with the divine call ::
February :. two bottles Somerset wh,Stey. ... $50
ApniiI one quart OF sherry ................ csc
April 81, bar account .......".,"..,. $50
May 20. bar account -. and other purchases . ho
December "a. Somerset whlskey ......."..... 800
December II. water ~
Il cal, your attention to the following entry In
red Ink. and the red ink owners rebate given him:
April q, bottle special nne liquor ...,......... $500
December is. owners rebate OF one third 200. $500
Indecent cries OF Give us a drink,
HoKR!"
Mr.. SMITH has a right to have a bar
account; the bigger it is, the better for
the charitable institutions of the State;
and the rebate is only a matter of book
keeping. AT the proper time he will
produce the family or charity that re-
ceived the s25. In the opinion of n
sentative Georgians, the only damaging
fact disclosed by the publication OF this
account is Mr.. SMITHS unfortunate
purchase of water. Forty cents for
water is felt to be a monstrous extrava-
rance. Yet Mr.. SMITH should be for
given, il he promises not to repeat his
indiscretion.
The Hon. CLARK HOWELL is a cult =
waited and an amiable man. Why does he
seek by indirection to throw mud on the
temple of the Gal in the Fountain? HoKE
| SMITHS services to aesthetics will not be
written in forty cents worth of water by
a grateful people. Does Mr.. HOW'LL
think thirty cents" a sum more be-
coming to his opponent?