The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-19
(From Atlanta Constitution.)

tract attention from himself, he
made a careful and elaborated argu-
ment based upon the allegation that
I ran against Bryan for President in
1895. He said I received 27 votes
for President and, by so doing, elect
ed Mckinley. Bill alleged that by
reason of my wicked conduct in bag
ging these 27 votes l drew down
upon suffering country the follow
ing horrible consequences:
The national banking system, the
Dingley bill, the single gold STAN
dard, and Fuckers appointment.
Of course, no public man whose
mind has not become disordered
would ever have made charges so
wildly absurd, and so utterly at va
rance with facts that are familiar to
everybody.
In his next deliverance-his har-
angue at Hartwell-he forgot the
awful crimes that had been guilty
of in 1895, and he framed a new in
dictment. He accused me of break
ing my word to John M Barnes who,
according to Bill, was an applicant
for Fuckers place, and who had my
promise Of support for that position.
In this way, Bill demonstrated that
| had again become responsible for
Fuckers being in office. When this
charge is shown to be as ridiculous
and unfounded as his crazy state
ments about the campaign of 1895,
what does he do next?
Why he rushes down to Athens
and larrups me for writing biogra-
phies of Thomas Jefferson and An
drew Jackson. He bitterly rails at
me for choosing these illustrious
subjects, and asks Indignantly why l
have not glorified the great men of
Georgia. He argues that I didn't do
it, because I'm jealous of these dead
men!
If Bill has any judicious friends
left, they should insist on knowing,
beforehand, what he means to say
when he appears in public again. If
he keeps up this lick, even Jim Smith
may conclude that his usefulness is
ended. To lose touch with Uncle
Jimmy's dough-bag would leave Bill
in ga Norful" fix.
In the Jefferson book, in the Life
of Jackson" in Bethany" I have
not only built monuments to such
GeOrgians as General Elijah Clarke,
William II. Crawford, George M.
Troup, Herschel V. Johnson, Alexan-
der H. Stephens and Robert Toombs,
but l have written into the history
of our country the South's share in
the upbuilding of the Republic, as
we'll as the Souths justification for
her attempt to establish a Southern
Confederacy I didn't wait to be
taught love of my people and my
section by this Hondurian. While
he was drawing into his family three
salaries from Uncle Sam Gone for
himself, one for his brother-in-law,
and another for his father-in-law) l
was burning midnight oil-out of
office and out Of favor with my peo-
ple-in writing the books in which
the youth of the South can learn the
glorious facts of her history.
One would suppose from the read
ing Of your report of Pussy-foot Bills
Athens speech that I am an eager
candidate for reelection to Congress;
and that Bill Howard is a literary
character, devoting his entire time to
the writing of editorials and books
One would suppose that I had used
my official position as the represen-
tative of the people of the South to
betray them to New England manu-
facturers; and that, consequently. l
was being iuSt1V ScOuroed for nv