Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-14

1910. that said speeches have been n-ado at
the urgent Invitation OF thousands Of CO.
operating farmers. the members Of the
several tobacco associations fronting and
opposing the merclless tobacco monopoly.
expressing and impoverishing the tobac-
co growers OF every section OF kentucky
since l900-0i-O2 IL follows then, II your
speeches were incendiary and calculated
to incite to deeds OF lawlessness the CO.
operating farmers, they merit the censure
Of all lawabiding citizens.
In simple justice 10 Mr.. Stanley we, the
undersigned. the main executive officers
OF the stemming Tobacco association
since 1906, the year OF its birth, deem II
simple duty to protest against the reckless
and misleading statement OF Mr.. Beck
ham. The Stemming association with
membership OF 10000 residing in the coun-
ties OF Henderson, Webster Union and
Crittenden, extended to you on number
less occasions invitations to address its
members, and in response you, weighted
down as you we're by numerous public
duties. invariably responded by accepting.
And in your speeches, while truthfully
and severely arraigning the tobacco mo-
nopoly. you were ever sincerely conserva-
tive In counseling a faithful obedience to
state and federal laws Very sincerely
your friends
WILLIAM ELLIOTT, Gen1 Mgr.
N. G. THOMPSON, Secy.
JAMES N. BANKS, Pres. Agt. and secy.
Accused Of Prevarication.
Now as to Mr.. Beckham's reiterated
assertion that l am guilty of about
fifty-seven varieties of prevarication.
In support Of this statement he pre-
tends to quote my friend and colleague,
the Hon. Oscar W. Underwood, chair
man Of the ways and means commit
tee. 1t is amazing that Mr.. Beckham
complains Of misrepresentation at the
very time he was deliberately and con-
sciously guilty of the most inexcusable
character Of cheap and deliberate de-
ception.
That a lie which is half a truth is OF the
blacklist of lies
That lie which is all lie may be met
and fought with outright,
But lie which is part truth is a harder
matter to fight
The garbling of a statement in order
to convey a meaning never intended
Is utterly indefensible. Fortunately, it
is the kind of stupid deceit easily de-
tected and exposed. In this instance
there is ample proof that Mr.. Beck
ham, having extracted a single sentence
from paragraph, deliberately intend
ed to convey a palpably false impress
sion. Mr.. Underwood not only did not
charge me with a lack of truth or can
dor, but explicitly disavowed any such
purpose. See how plain tale will put
him down. l quote from the Congress
sional Record of April 80, 1913, page
69S:
Mr. Stanley In Birmingham, Ala.
they not only work foreign labor, but they
work slave labor They work convicts in
the mines.
Mr. Underworld DO NOT DESIRE
| TO CONTRADICT THE GENTLEMAN
but l must do justice to my own constit-
uency. l do not know where the gentle
man got his Information, but 1t is abso-
lutely unwarranted by facts. Now. as to
the gentlemans reference to their gather
| ing men from the police courts l want
| to say that he is mistaken In that, be-
cause that class of convlcts are not work
ed in the mines. The class OF convicts
who are worked in the mines are state
| convicts.
Mr.. Stanley-The difference is this: The
| state convicts are worked in the mines
by the state; convicts from the jails, con-
| NlCItu OF HllSueUlednOTS, are worked DN
| the corporation itself. 1t has its own jail
and its own guardians over them.
Mr.. Underwood-Oh, no! The gentleman
| is mistaken.
Mr.. Stanley-This statement Is made by
Mr.. Harrison of the Sage foundation.
Mr. Underworld cannot yield any fur
| Their time. because l want to use it. l
| AM SATISFIED THE GENTLEMAN
| THINKS HE is CORRECTLY INFORM
ED. but know he is not. and | think he
is doing my people an injustice.
Mr. Underwood in this very state.
ment expressly discaims any inten-
ton to question my veracity or integri.
ty, stating that, though misinformed,
am sincere. With that statement lit
| orally staring him in the face on the
same page and in the same column
with the garbled sentence, he makes
this groundless charge. In a letter of
March 26, 1914, Mr.. Underwood states
Washington. March 20. 1914
Mr.. ]. E. Moseey. Hopknsville, KY:
, My Dear Mr. Moseley-I am in receipt
Of your favor of the 2Sd inst. calling my
| attention 10 a controversy between Mr.
| Stanley and myself as shown in the Con-
| gressiona Record. page 69S, In which
| stated. II do not know where the gentle
| man got his information, but It is abso-
lutely unwarranted by facts" Mr.. Stan
| ley's reference was TO certain matters In
my home city of Birmingham, Ala. about
which he was clearly misinformed, but
wish to assure you that in making the
statement that did l in no way intended
| to reflect on Mr. Stanley's truthfulness OF
integrity of statement i have known Mr.
| Stanley for many years as a gentleman Of
| high honor and UNREASONABLE integrity.
| Very truly yours,
o. w. UNDERWOOD.
1t was not necessary, however, for
| Mr. Underwood to have made any ad.
| ditional statement
But was l indeed misinfOrmed? Let
the record speak for itself. l was dis
GUESSING labor conditions existing in the
mines of the steel corporation in Ala
bama, which l had investigated as
! chairman OF the steel committee and
described in its hearings Vol 4, PIP
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