The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-15
PEOPLE DID
NOT TURN OUT.
Congressman Brant|ey and
Candidate EstiN Speak on
The Issues
Of THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN
The Address of Col. BrantIey Was Flo
quent But the People did not
Feel the aspiration and Were
Not Responsive.
OF THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN

The much advertised rally of the
Estill forces at the Grand opera house
last night could not have afforde1
very much satisfaction to the friends
of the Savannah candidate in this
city. The meeting had been thor
oughly advertised, both in the local
through the mails and yet the well
known play house was only about
one fourth filled and that was limited
to the seats down stairs. 1t had
been sent out broadcast that Congress.
man Brantley, who has always been
a darWing card, would deliver the a l.
dress of the evening ana that brought
even a larger number than would
have been present otherwise. Ex-
City Treasurer W. F. Symons was
master of ceremonies and shortly af
ter 8 o'clock called the meeting to
order and in quite lengthy address
introduced the Savannah candidate
MIR. Estill talked for probably about
an hour and half and devoted most
Of his time to villification of this
publication because it had published
some paid advertisements in its is
sues of Sunday and yesterday morning.
The two cards to which Mr. Estill OBJ
jected were rendered the business of
flee of The News as advertising mat
ter and were paid for at regular space
rates and yet Mr. Estill took occasion
last night to hold up The News t1
the riducule of his auditors and t0
pass structures upon it fhen he had
advantage of the situation and no one
connected with The News had an OPP
pprtunity to reply thereto.
When he made the bold statement
that if the matter had been rendered
The News against the candidacy OF
Hoke Smith it would have been re-
jected he uttered a deliberate false.
hood and when he sought to show that
The News was Influenced unduly by
the publication of the two advertise,
ments he delivered a lick below the
belt that, any editor with the know
edge of the primary ethics OF the prof
ession would have scorned. His other
references to The News were unfair,
cowardly and dirty and the editor of
The News takes this, his only oppor
tunity, to hurl them back into his
teeth with the statement that He
WAS NEVER ACCUSED OF DESERT
ING THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
AND THAT DRIVEN TO BAY HE
HAS NEVER CONFESSED TO EN-.
DoRslNG A NEGRO FOR APPOINT
MENT, more especially when the ap-
pointment was in Brunswick and pla-
eed the NEGRO IN POSITION SUPER
loR TO THAT HELD BY WHITE
MEN in the same service. The News
asks the pardon of the public for this
personal statement but thinks it nee.
essaFy and once again repudiates
the bitter attack made upon 1t
with the last statement that only
d W w AMI WOulu nave 6OuSnL LHe
advantage Estill assumed here last
night The News has never uttered
one word against his candidacy and
the cards to which he objects were
paid advertisements rendered by two
of the most representative men OF
the city. So much for the personal
side Of the matter Now for Mr.. Es-
till's speech.
He first took up the series Of ques-
tions asked by Another Voter" in
yesterdays News and admitted that
he had endorsed a negro for collect
or of customs at Brunswick. He then
qualified his action by saying tina!
Brunswick returned the compliment
by having the same negro returned
TO Savannah. (But no Brunswick
white man endorsed him.) He said
that he had been instrumental in
sending the pilotboat ]. H. Estill tc
Brunswick for repairs and this was
an indication of the fact that he
loved Brunswick. He discussed the
question Of negro disfranchisemeni
adherring to the same speech he hal