The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-20
GUDGER FLAYs
CONGRESSMAN GRANT

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Gudger, Jr candidate for con.
gress, addressed the people of
Mills River her Saturday and his
hearers were delighted at the clean
and conservative way In which he
presented the questions under dis
cussion.
Among other things Mr.. Gudger
said that he was very sorry indeed
to hear that Mr.. Grant was iusti-
tying his action in reference to
the BiltmOre and Fairview post
Office cases by stating that he,
Gudger, had obtained the removal
of Mrs. Morris from the postoffce
at Hendersonville some six years
ago. j am surprised and aston
ished, " he said, "to hear that AIr.
Grant not only is justifying his ac-
ton, but boasts of the fact that
he turned Mrs. Reed out of the
Biltmore post Office He said
that all these charges made by Mr..
Grant were without any truth or
foundation whatever; that he
never made a charge against Mrs.
Morris either directly or indirectly
land that he had nothing to do. with
her removal, and in fact did not
know that she had actually been
removed from the office; that no
one had ever talked with him or
written him word in reference 20
her removal, and that he had 1ev-
er made any statement to the post
office department In reference to
her case In any manner. In other
! words he did not have anything to
do whatever with the matter of
changing postmasters at Hender-
sonyille, and that as he understood
it was a mutual change between
them and that she was retained,
and is now the first assistant post
master at HenderSonville; that all
| statements connecting him with
this matter were groundless and
false and used to deceive the pub
| lie.
In reference to the postofice
building in Hendersonville Mr..
Gudger said that he had merely
stated that the public building
bill did not carry an appropria-
ton and that in doing so he was
stating what a great number of
congressman had stated on the
floor of the house of representa-
tives and that the secretary of the
treasury had written him and
others to the effect that while he
had an appropriation to pay
agents to inspect sites for public
buildings authorized there had
been no money appropriated to
purchase the sites Or build the
postofices and that nothing could
be done until an appropriation
was made by some succeeding con-
gress; that Mr.. Grants present
term of Office would not expire
until the fourth day of March,
next, and that he still had an op-
portunity to obtain this appropri-
alton during this coming winter;
that the present congress was
largely Republican and that he |
hoped that Mr.. Grant would be
able to obtain an appropriation to
carry into effect his authorization
bill. 1t was generally conceded
that the next house of representa- |
tives would be largely democratic
so that the measure has the double |
advantage of Mr.. Grants efforts |
during the winter, and if he fails |
then his efforts at the next session
of congress
As to the survey of the French |
Broad river, he opposed the spend
ing of money for that purpose as
useless but would favor a bill to
have the channel of the river low
cred and the narrow places In the
river widened In order to drain J
the wet lands of Hendersonville |
and Transylvania counties. TIE |
urgent demand is drainage, the
benefit is drainage. Let us spend |
our money for drainage and not
waste it.
Mr.. Gudger further charged |
that Mr.. Grant had violated his
pledges to the people in that he
had pledged himself to protect the.
lumber interests of this district,
but to the contrary had voted
wood pulp on the free list, and
that he voted to lower the protec-
ton on lumber from So per thou
sand to $1.25 per thousand. He
said that Mr.. Grant had failed to
establish single rural mail route
in this district; that he promised |
economy and voted to Purchase