Americus times-recorder., 1916-08-23
ELLAvILLE. Ca, Aug 18th. 1916

Hon. T. G. Hudson,
Americas. Ga.
Dear Tom:
/ am writing to assure you that all
Of your friends in Schley county are
heartily in sympathy with you relative
to your present sickness, and to doubly
assure you that your cause in this
county is being zealously guarded
during your illness.
Touching the various INSCRIPTIONS
issues that have been injected into the
campaign by your opponent and his
friends, feel that it would not be out
of place for me in my feeble way to
give you my ideas of just how the peo-
rle of your old home county are re-
ceiving Mr.. Crisp's unthought-of tir-
ades on your past conduct and record.
In the first place, the voters OF
Schley county are too intelligent to
give consideration to a charge based
upon legislative vote conscientiously
cast eighteen years ago, even if such
vote might not be in accord with pres
ent-day opinion. The people OF Schley
county are not seeking Congressman
who displays no greater ability than to
plant his claims for election on the
questionable mistake of his opponent
claimed by him to have been made
nearly a quarter of a century ago
Such demOgOguery would disqualify
President Wilson for the humble office
of Coroner. Besides, it is an easy mat
ter for any of us to look back and grow
wise, but it is not the man who car
only see things in the past that We
need in Congress, it is the man that, tt
some extent, can see into the future
and judging the future by the past, W.
feel that you are the man to produce
results along this line. IT'S RESULTS
BROUGHT CLOSE TO OUR DOOR
that the people of Schley county want
they have since become tired of thu
shack traeker," who comes arounC
every two years, JUST BEFORE Ell
ECTION TIME, and offers them moth
ing more than a list of MIGHTY
DEEDS the administration has accom-
plished through his direct influence
when in fact, SUCH MIGHTY DEEDS
are so foreign to local needs and i'm
mediate interests that they absolutel.
fail to appease the appetite or quincl
the thirst.
All manner of ugly things have beel
circulated against you in Schley, com
ing direct from Mr.. Crisp and his fol
lowers.
They report here that you have tool
up" with the Catholics. OF course, thi
needs no denial on your part; yol
have grown stronger by cause of thi
dirty, iIthy, little sinking unfounde;
and Il scrupulous act. Every body il
Schley knows that your church-mem
bershiI is, and has been for years, witt
the congregation of the Andrew Chap
Eell Church, in this county, which can
be verified by reference to your Pastor
Rev. S. A. Hearn, of Ellaville, Ga.
Mr.. Crisp, l am reliably informed
has seen fit to attack your record al
Commissioner of Agriculture, charging
that you were inefficient and squander
ed large sums of money by reason o
your ineff1ciency; this he rants a
length upon in a LOUD AND ORA
MATIC TONE, cries INVESTIGATION
OF YOUR DEPARTMENT. Now,
was in the Legislature at the time this
investigation was hatched up agains
you, and every member Of that Legis
lature knew then, and know now, tina
the whole thing was hatched-up b!
Jack Slaton to head you off from run
ming for Governor. You and youl
friends, myself included, invited the
investigation, and insisted that it b,
made at once so that the report of the
Committee could be made back to the
then present session; but no! this
wouldn't fit the plan according to the
setting Of the political tables" the
matter just had to be deferred until af
ter JACK could be elected Governor
SC the committee was given their in
structions to, at least, investigate
twelve months, and file their report a
the next session. A dirtier piece of DO