The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-19

THE BUFFERS ANSWERED
TO THE PUBLIC:

TO THE PUBLIC:
notice Mr. Kinds Peevey prints card
headed "Higdon's Exposure; Another Call
on Bell"
I had not thought he expected me to
answer his first, which was called
pointed question" as it was clearly an
evasion of my call on him for the partic-
'ulars of charges he made and said he
could prove. l had made no charges and
II make none now but 1t is natural to be-
1ieve that Higdon men bet on Higdon
with Stiles men who bet on Stiles, If
any betting was done
For Mr.. Peeveys Personal informa
.tion l will say l do not know of single
gbet, but that 1 heard, second hand, of
two or three, and the parties in each in
stance denied it. do not bet on election,
nor am L a stakeholder, so naturally
lam uniformed. AS to general reputation
on the subject of gambling on this cleo
ltion, 1 can say that 1t is said that large
tsums were bet by both Higdon and Stiles
linen, and 1t has been said that this was
twhy Higdon men organized the Capitol
park bolt, thinking they would save pay
ling the bets by refusing to abide by the
saction of the committee. l personally do
mot know Of one bet
Mr.. Peevey has failed to answer my
lquestion, however in any material part;
Ihe has inserted one affidavit which does
was on or existed when the committeeman
aeted on the contest; this affidavit was
made by a man who admits he was gamb
fling on the election himself. Mr.. Peevey
further explains that the person he
charges with betting made affidavit that
he had no interest in the bet when he
acted as committeeman. As to the other
.person he charges with betting he gives
no data and makes no explanation, ex-
cept that he has an affidavit; from whom
and whether true or not you can judge
only by what you see in the other one.
What other stuff he has in hand be says
The will not tell This is in keeping: the
1.-TWO persons mentioned by him could not
have changed the result had they voted
for Higdon. and his wholesale charges
against the committee was an ATTEMPT
to make the public believe that all OF
1.-THE committee had bets on the election.
Now, when proof is called for he claims
one had had a bet on 1t nearly a month
before and had sold out before the COM
'mittee sat and had no bet then. He
proves this bet which had once been
made by the affidavit of the man who bet
with him and then proves by the commit
,teeman that he was not interested in it
september 49, 1906. The other charge Is an
assertion and an evasion without giving
particulars as called for And finally, The
says he has more stuff. but won't tell it.
land / am yet to go without the answer
that he promised-such is their campaign.
Is 1t right to charge ALL the committee
with matters that cannot be proven on
Any? If one or even five, in this case
were guilty it could not possibly change
the result had they voted for Higdon.
The others have a moral right to have
their names freed from suspicion. This
Mr. Peevey will not do. since he without
excuse. withholds what he says he has
in hand" Fair dealing would not do this
AS to the Lucien Brown letter. l have
not the slightest information or knowl-
edge. but suppose the persons whose
names are used will explain If they see
vate names on a hotel register can inter
est us in this campaign
But my purpose is still to uncover all
that may be hidden, and should 1t be-
come important and should / get the in
formation he may have it just as it Is.
I will not say that | "have it in hand"
but you cannot have it.
I assure the public that I am making
no effort at political gymnastics I am
trying to work in harmony with all good
men to learn the truth and save for this
county the great democratic party. I want
to make 1t known of all men that our
party is willing TO stand in the glare Of
light. that II is a party of reform and
for reform. that we abhor fraud and de-
test the trickster and ballot box fixer,
that we We're In earnest when we de-
rlared, by adopting the constitution, that
the ballot box should be pure that we
will not take the certificates of managers
when we know they are false. that we will
recognize the right of every man to con-
test and show that men voted who should
not have voted.
want the party in the great county
of Jefferson to be the first to seize