The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-20
Lstfsrs to The Editor
MN. PnroE WRITES 4 LErrnR


In correctien Of some Alleged Mistakes
IN . Report of Speech.
Editor The Advertiser:
In The Advertiser Of November 20,
purporting to be report Of the joint
and myself at Admission. the day before.
the following statements appeared In
large head lines type: Carmack's
speech used--Mr. Bowie Refrafns from
Exposing Elba Mans Record" AT the
close of the article the following APP
I'm opening the debate MT !.
Bowie said that II had been agreed that
pea sefilIl.les would not be INDUCED
IN, ana therefore he said that ne would
consider his opponents past wiped
OUT
Az a matter Of fact Mr.. Bowie used
no such language or language that
could be distorted into any such mean
was not only misleading but was a
gratuitous reflection upon my character
and left the impression that had list
ened to such an attack without resent
Ing II on the platform.
I have written Mr.. Bowie for YER
ification of what was said In regard
to personalities, and enclose his reply.
which request you to publish with
this card The woss used "a ss p Sia
letter: You have quoted. II not the
exact language, the sense and SUBJ
stance of what / did say" were as
follows: Il came to meet MT. Price
Tor the first time and feel that am
making no sacrifice Of self respect in
doing SO. 1t has been agreed that per-
sonalities would not be INDUCED In,
therefore the past differences between
and we begin today with a new slate .
Mr.. Longs committee had declined
joint debates between the heavy weight
speakers ON his side and myself on
the plea that they could not AFFORD to
INDUCED In some little personalities at
each, other from different platforms,
and these were the circumstances which
called for the ruling of the local conf
mittees at Admission and the above
statement In the beginning of Mr..
Bowie's address, he having the opening
and close. As to "Carmack's speech
being used.' never used a line OF his
or any other mans speech. The Idea
as prominent space Is the former publi-
cation. This Is as little as I can ask.
Kyle B. Price.
Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 9Th, 1909.
Hon. Kyle b. Price. Elba. Ala:
Dear Sir-Your favor of the LIST inst.
duly received. have been detained
at home for several days by sickness,
hence the delay In answering same;
In reply I beg to say as follows: The
expression. Mr.. Bowie refrained from
showing Eiba mans record" is q mere
conclusion of the reporter of, The Adj
vertiser, for which I am In no sense
responsible. That part of The Adver-
Users statement which reads as fol-
lows. "1n opening the debate Mr.. Bowie
said that 1t had been agreed that per-
sonalities would not be INDUCED In,
and therefore he said he would con-
slider his opponents past wiped out"
is not only Incorrect, but misleading.
I did say that 1t had been agreed that
personalities would not be INDUCED In.
That statement was really an unnec-
essary one, and was only made because
1t had been stipulated between the
rival committees who feared that some-
thing disagreeable might occur. 1t
has always been my rule, and l have
endeavored to live up to 1t. to avoid
the heat of debate where there was
no time for reflection have some
times said more than 1 would have
said under different and calner cir
cumstances, nevertheless the rule
have always tried to live by Is to avoid
offensive illusions to individuals and
to confine myself as far as possible to
quoted, IL not the exact language, the
sense and substance of what / did say,
Yours very truly,
Sydney j. Bowie.
cit would have added to the COM
pleteness of the matter IL Mr.. Price
had said in his letter Mr.. Bowie, in
order to ascertain what part of Mr..
Bowie's remarks the latter says were
quoted in Mr.. Prices letter in sub
stance, II not literally. The Advertiser
has no desire TO do any wrong TO Mr..
Price and cheer fully gives space TO his
letter.-Ed. Advertiser.)