The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-25
PAGE NINE
The Memory of Ex-COngressman
Howard, of Alabama, Is Very
Much at Fault

Much at Fault
Please read the following letter carefully,
and then read my reply to it:
Fort Payne, Ala. August II, 1910.
Dear Mr.. Watson:-Several days ago | wrote
you snort personal letter to which | have
celved no reply, but on yesterday friend handed
me your JeffersOnian weekly which contained a.
lengthy reply to my letter, but does not contain
the letter to which you make reply. In your reply
you say that you did not know that had voted
Tor the Dingley bill You are mistaken in this,
Tor at the time OF my vote you criticised me in
the public prints and referred to the fact that
you had come to my district and made a speech
Tor me in the 1896 campaign After my vote for
the Dlngley bill I supported you in your cam
palgn for president and made more speeches for
you than you made for yourself. In recent is
sue OF your paper you say: Il remember now
that he looked rather green, in my room in
Paducah, Mo-, (You should have said Kentucky
in 1904, when l was telling him what were the
pest points to make on that abominable farmer
robbing tariff.
Again your memory is at fault, for the tariff
was never mentioned between US in our lives
We both spoke from the same platform in Pa
ducah and neither of us mentioned the tariff.
nave heard you make several speeches and T
nave never heard you mention the tariff but I
nave always understood that you were an out
and-out free trader. When we were together in
Paducah you told me that you had an appoint
ment at Newton, N. c. and you were afraid YOU
could not fill it and asked me if would do so if
you found that you could not, and you were so
trust to fill it. This not long after my vote
Tor the Dingley bill AS late as March A. 1908
you said to me in letter: what doest Hearst
expect to DO except to scoop up the converts
which you and [ made years ago?" 1t seems
rather remarkable to me that in view of these
thlngs you should jump me, at this late date
and endeavor to aid in my defeat l have been
700 long your admlrer and loyal friend, | have
made too many sacrifices for the great PRINCIPLES
for which you and battled shoulder to shoulder
to now enter upon controversy with you The
force of the entire Democratic organization in
Alabama, with it's power and money is to be used
against me. 1t is one man against the leaders of
a party and in these circumstances 1 believe that
you are too chivarous and too loyal to a friend
TO Jump on me. [ hope you will publish this.
Sincerely your friend, M. w. HOWARD
a. The nature of Ex-C Congressman How
ards letter was sufficiently indicated bv nv
reply. AS he seems to think that some in
justice was done him, it gives me pleasure to
set him right by publishing the foregoing
communication.
If ever | knew that he had voted for the
Dingley Bill, the fact had faded from nv
memory.
(2.) There was mlsprlnt In reference to
what occurred in my room in Paducah. The
word green being substituted by mistake, for
the word queer. [ remember distinctly that [
was lying on my bed while pointing out to
Mr.. Howard the outrageous rates in the Ding
ley Bill. [ am now holding in my hand the
faded paper and writing which / used while
talking to Mr.. Howard in my room. These
figures were used IN my various speeches. The
list of articles included nearly all the neces-
saries of life At the top of the page is cloth
ing, and all the articles of wearing apparel;
and at the bottom of the list I find tobacco.
CASTLE soap, marble manufactures, and tin
(3.) Howard says that we both spoke from
the same platform in Paducah, and neither of