Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-10-19
County Craftsmanship
Mr.. G. Walter Mapp,
Grangeville, Va.

T.. ~.
Grangeville, Va.
Dear SIR Noting your open letter
of September 18th, appearing IN the
local papers, in reply to mine OF a
former date, l beg leave to say am
disposed to ignore your personal al
lusions for the present, but promise
to reply to them in the minutest oe-
tail when we enter the primary for
county chairman. My letter OF ac-
ceptance of your challenge only re-
ouired that you agree TO terms ana
conditions imposed, which were emil
nently fair. If your challenge was Is
sued in good faith and you really in
tended to enter a primary, there was
no necessity, whatever, for you to
enter into a labored and ingenious ef-
fort to inform the public" of the
circumstances under which you chal-
lenged me, &c. And how generous
it was for you to step, down from an
office to which you had been duly
elacted in order to accommodate me!
I admit the generosity alright but
earnestly ask you to allow that par
oxysm of generosity to continue a
little longer until we can have the
primary and thereby allow the demo-
cratic voters of Accomac County 10
EXPRESS themselves at the polls.
In your letter you kindly stated
that YOU would enter primary pro-
vided | was elected at the Hopeton
meeting, and further that the county
committee approved it. | desire to
inform you that on October lst' ABOUT
two hundred and fifty of the best citi-
zens and representative democrats OF
Metompkin District met, accord'nG
70 the wishes of the county commit
tee. at Hopeton and elected me toi
two wears as a member of the county
committee. Having thus passed the
examination of the "civil service com
mission and now being, l presume
ON the eligible list, ask you to stano
up to your challenge and let u
promptly arrange the details OF the
contest. Do not hide behind 1h'
comfy committee. You well know
the majority of the county committee
lare hostile to me and you, no doubt
feel perfectly safe in their hands
Two wears ago the County Commit
tee was selected at "cut and drieu'
meetings for the purpose of humiiat
ing and defeating me. To-day th'
personnel of the committee practical
lIv remains unchanged. Were the ma
iority of the democratic voters OF tn
County OF Accomack behind thos
meetings? If you and a majority o
the present committee think SO
doubtless there will be no delay L
arranging for this contest.
1t is rather surprising to find sue
al vel-headed and usually accurat
man as you, Mr.. Mapp, to say in Tn
beginning of your article that 20
challenged me and in the concluslo
declare that | challenged you. In
truth of the matter is you challenge
me in the presence of Messrs L. "
Blackstone, John L. Warren, Geo.N
Gillespie, J. Harry Rev and Others
However this may be, am willin
to submit it to the people, the higl
t est tribunal, and let them decide
Usually private controversy Is NJ
t interesting to the public but this is
public controversy, and, therefor
r don't evade the question any longe
inform me whether or not the tern
5 and conditions expressed in my TO
mer letter meets with your approx
and thus bring the matter to a clos
Yours very truly,
J. w. Bowdoin.
BloxOm, Va.