The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-09-06
HUDSON REPLIES TO CRISP'S CAMPAIGN
CIRCULAR
To the Voters Of the Third Con-
preSSional District:

To the Voters Of the Third Con-
gressional District:
On the last lap of the Congress-
lonal campaign my opponent, Mr..
Crisp, comes forward with a cir<
cular which he is mailing out to
every voter in the district, and in
which, he gives the people re-
hash OF the various charges that
he has made against me in all of
his speeches throughout the Dis
trict. This being Ms ULTIMA
TUM, and by the way, the only
campaign document that he has
seen fit to attach his signature to,
the public must presume that Mr..
Crisp bases his claims for elecz
ton on the ground therein com
tanned
Before going into the discuss
sion OF this circular, | deem it my
duty, as well as my good pleas
IRE, to say to the people that, Mr..
Crisp has greatly modified his
charges, circularized over his sig
nature, when compared with his
previous public utterances. For
yt2nce, he absolutely abandoned
.rht, would previous charge, that during
city @U,oOO' last year Of my administrq-
might be nel as Commissioner Of Agricul
interest anre | squandered $4,000 of the
on pen tate's money. This unusual and
in order unthought- of accusation was
school ,'ceproperly met and refutcd III the
cs would ,ddrcss ] issued to the people, IN
a threatepamphlct form, some few weeks
no none ago. In this address, cited the
Whei records of the Agricultural De
what partment, giving the pages and
8raDbe the calculations therein corporat-
monet ed also incorporated the In
purpo vestigating Committees report,
the of which Mr.. Crisp SO strenuous
offer Nv calls attention to, and all OF
that which uncontradictorially show
or ed that Mr. Crisp was in error,
we and had very unjustly held me up
10 before the people TO my reply,
CO in this connection, Mr.. Crisp has
made no response, hence, one
must Judge that silence, on his
part, is an admission OF his guilt;
however, the people will have
to be the judge.
Referring to Mr.. Crisp's Circular
Mr. Crisp, touching my leSlS-
lative record, heads his circular.
as follows: Attitude Toward.
Corporations" In all fairness,
appeal to the intelligent citizenry,
and ask if this DOES NOT
SMACK OF A CHEAP, TINE
WORN article OF demagoguery.
To cry out, CORPORATIONS"
in order to arouse prejudice in the
minds of the masses against these
institutions, has been the tactics
resorted to by every CHEAP
POLITICIAN for the past thirty
years The public has become so
thoroughly gorged on this BAN
boozal" until it is actually sickep-
ing to the humblest farmer in the
Third Congressional District.
Every man in the District knows
that | have never been connect
ed with any corporation, in any
shape or form, in my life, except
as guano salesman; | never
owned dollars worth of stock in
corporation in my life, and
have no fear that my opponent
will convince the people that |
was "hireling" of the corpora
tons while serving my little
county, as best could, in the
Georgia legislature fourteen years
ago. | have fully and correctly
stated my vote on these questions
in my address. In this same ad-
dress, | gave my honest reasons
why | voted against local option,
and why voted against the cleo
tion of certain officers by popular
vote. These matters were before
the people more than fourteen
years ago, and the leading think
ers of Georgia concurred in my
vote and opinion touching these
questions at that time to the eK-
tent that these measures were all
defeated | can now we'll call to
mind at least four of Georgia's
representatives i'll Congress who
entertained the same opinion and