Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-27

Dear Tom:-Our mutual friend
Mr.. Lewis, called on me this morning
and advised me that you sent me a
message through him to the effect thar
you were for me for congress, and
stood ready to do anything in the
world you could for me-
81 hasten to reply" continues Char
lie" to his Dear Tom," Ito express
my profound thanks and assure you
that am for you for Governor, and
| stand ready to do all in my power
fer you, and have so written friends
since your announcement.
ut is hardly necessary for me to
say" in this same letter from Char
lie" to his Dear Tom," that while
though you would be a candidate
against me, that l never said one I'M
kind word about you, but always said
you were my friend"
Just four years later now, and Mr..
Hudson dares to run for congress. He
proceeds to make clean race, with
nothing unclean said against Char
lie" SO far as the prints or hearsay
reveal, In other words, Mr.. Hudson
had desire to run for congress 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.. Crisp-not
even an attack against the congress-
mans record, nor lack of record.
And so it remained for the man in
office, Congressman Crisp, to begin
the mud-slinging campaign. Some
folks say it is an act of weakness to
depend upon the incompetency of your
opponent, rather than the strength OF
your own record-but Mr.. Crisp seems
to think it best to belittle his friend"
ard fellow townsman of four years
ago, that he then proposed to support
for governor of the entire state, but
row attacks as incompetent 20 repre-
sent few counties in congress.
Mr. Crisp was evidently inexcusabIy
ignorant of Mr.. sHudson's true worth
four years ago, or he is deliberately
undertaking to misrepresent him now.
For, it was Dear Tom" then, for
governor" while it is anything else
now but Dear Tom" and, so, in this
way, Charles" friend of four years
ago-Mr. Hudson-who protected the
farmers with more fertilizer samples
and analysis than any other state com
missioner Of agriculture, suddenly be-
comes incompetent in the estimation
Of "Charlie''-since Dear Tom" hap
pens to offer for the same seat in
congress occupied for four long years
by Charlie, and who ought to have
made a record-consideri he's a
parliamentarian' stand flat-foot-
ed on his record, instead of starting
the mud-slinging against his Dear
Tom he thought big enough for gov
ernor four years ago.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Hudson has been
sick and in bed at his home in Ameri-
Gus. While his opponent was unable
to sit up, Congressman Crisp has con-
tinued his attacks against Mr.. Hudson.
Two years ago, Mr.. Crisp lost year
, in congress, out west for mis- health,
and the argument was used that it
would be real cruel to oppose a sick
man; and so Mr.. Crisp was elected
again-endorsed if you please-with-
cut opposition, and given two more
years to make a record to stand on.
Usually the mud-slinging starts
with the man out of office and want
ing to GUST the man in office; and the
man in office prefers to stand on his
record, if he has any, and avoid
mud-slinging but, in this case, the
congressman, Mr.. Crisp, in office for
four years, and who should have a
record to stand on, starts the mud
singing against the Dear Tom" he
would have supported four years ago
for governor of all Georgia, as now
unfit to take his place and represent
few counties in congress.
1t really looks strange that Mr..
Crisp saw proper to pursue this course
OF mud-slinging, and of making an at
tack on his opponent and continuing
it during the illness of Mr.. Hudson,
rather than assuming the higher plan
of campaign by depending upon his
record in congress, if in fact, he has
made record sufficiently strong to
stand upon.
Let the reader draw his own con-
illusions of the whole matter, These
seem to be the facts of MIR. Crisp's
own making, let the reader reason it
cut. If the mud-slinging had not
started this article would not have