The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-30

Congressman C. R. Crisp left his
post of duty in Washington. where
congress is still in session, and came
lhome to defend his seat and the rec
ord he has made for four years In
congress, but seems to have devoted
his main efforts to an attack on his
opponent. Hon. Thomas G. Hudson.
Mr.. Hudson had gone along for
months with his own campaign, with
out a word of attack or abuse OF his
opponent and fellow townsman, Con-
gresham Crisp. Suddenly Mr. crisp
arrives home and the newspapers are
/ flooded with news items OF how ne is
attacking" Mr.. Hudson.
Just before Mr.. Crisp got home,
| lust as if it was all planned to fit, one
| Billy Parker, or some such name,
put out a little poison against Mr..
Hudson, not accusing him directly,
but insinuating that Mr.. Hudson had
the sympathy of the Catholics, when
Mr.. Hudson and Mrs. Crisp are both
members of the same religious de-
nomination and neither in sympathy
with the Catholics-but how mean
the little stab at Mr.. Hudson!
Mr.. Crisp next arrives home and
opens fire with his guns-on Mr..
Hudson. We read but little of what
he claims to have done in congress,
but plenty of news items telling of
his |'attack" on Hudson. His guns
seem loaded with almost nothing but
"mud" and he fires them directly
into Mr.. Hudson's face-both bar
rels. 1t looks like pretty kettle of
fish that he has to resort to the mud
singing racket to hold his high posi-
ton as our congressman from the
Third district.
The main thing Mr.. Crisp seems
to be trying to prove against Mr..
Hudson is his charge that Mr.. Hud-
son was incompetent" as state COM
missioner of agriculture, and, there
fore, by reference at least, is in
competent" to succeed Mr.. Crisp IN
congress. Mr.. Hudson's friends claim
that he increased the efficiency of the
Office three hundred per cent with less
than one hundred per cent increase IN
cost, and took more fertilizer samples
for the farmers than any previous
commissioner of agriculture ever
lookout Mr.. Crisp argues that ne
is incompetent" just the same, and
Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Hudson live IN
the same city-Americus. The writer
happens to know a number OF prom
inent citizens in Americas for years,
and can vouch for the truth of the
statement that the people of that city
have as high regard and as much con-
idence in the honesty and integrity
of Mr. Hudson as they have for Mr..
Crisp. He may not have as distln-
guished father as Mr.. Crisp to give
him a start in prominence, but Mr..
Hudson has dug out his own promi-
nence in life by hard ticks in tilllng
the soil and the loyalty of his friends.
Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Hudson living IN
the same OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have
evidently known each other for years.
Mr.. Crisp is a lawyer; Mr.. Hudson is
farmer. Mr.. Crisp was judge OF
the city court while Mr.. Hudson was
state commissioner of agriculture
Living in the same city, and both so
prominent, of course they knew each
other; and, besides, Mr.. Hudson calls
| Mr.. Crisp "Charlie" and Mr.. Crisp
/ writes Mr.. Hudson as Dear Tom. "
governor: "Dear Tom
"Dear Tom" wrote "Charlie" in
March, 1912-just as "Dear Tom"
was closing out several successful
wears as state commissioner of agrl-
culture and thinking of running for
governor-"Dear Tom: Our mutual
friend, Mr.. Lewis, called on me this
morning and advised me that you
sent a message through him to the
effect that you were for me for con-
gress and stood ready to do anything
in the world you could for me-"
81 hasten to reply" continues
"Charlie" to his "Dear Tom" "to ex-
press nv profound thanks and assure
you that am for you for GOVERN
OR, and | stand ready to do all IN my
power for you, and have so written
friends since your announcement.
at is hardly necessary for me to
saw" in this same letter from Char
lie' to his Dear Tom chat while |
thought you would be a candidate
against me that | never said one UNI
kind word about you, but always said
you were my friend"
Just four year later now and Mr..
Hudson dares to run for congress.
He proceeds to make a clean race,
with nothing unclean said against
Charlie" so far as the prints or
hearsay reveal. In other words, Mr..
Hudson had a desire to run for con-
gress and give Georgia at least two
farmers in congress; he proceeds IN a
clean way for months, as stated, and
we hear nothing said against Mr..