The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-25
The Congressional Race

Congressman c. r. Crisp left his
post of duty in Washington,
where congress is still in session,
and came home to defend his seat
and the record he has made for
fo1r years in congress, but seems
10 have devoted his main efforts
TO an attack on his opponent,
Hon. Thomas G.. Hudson.
MIR Hudson has gone along for
months with his own campaign
without word of attack or abuse
OF his opponent and fellowtowns-
man, Congressman Crisp SUD
denly Mr. Crisp arrives home and
the newspapers are flooded VITA
news items of how he is attack
ing" Mr.. Hudson
Just before Mr.. Crisp got home,
as if it was all planned to fit, one
Billy Parker, or some such name,
put out little poison against Mr..
Hudson, not accusing him direct
ly but insuinuating that Mr.. Hud-
son had the sympathy of the
Catholics, when Mr.. Hudson and
Mr.. Crisp are both members OF
the same religious denomination
and neither in sympathy with the
catholics-but how mean the lit
tie 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 III
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 barrels.
1t looks like a pretty kettle of
fish" that he has to resort to the
mud-slinging racket to hold his
high position 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.. Hudson was "incompe-
tent" as State Commissioner of
Agriculture, and, therefore, by
inference at least, is "incompe-
tent" to succeed Mr.. Crisp in con-
gress. Mr.. Hudson's friends
claim that he increased the efh
cheney of the Office three hundred
per cent with less than one humid
red per cent increase i'll cost, and
took more fertilizer samples for
fhe farmers than any previous
commissioner OF agriculture ever
lookout Mr.. Crisp argues that
he is incompetent just the same
and filings his mud right on.
Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Hudson live
in the same city-Americus. The
writer happens to know a num-
Der of prominent citizens in Am
erciuS for years and can vouch
for the truth of the statement that
the people of that city have as
high regard and as much conf
dence in the honesty and inte-
gritty of Mr.. Hudson as they have
IN the honesty and integrity of
Mr.. Crisp. He may not have as
distinguished father as Mr.. Crisp
TO give him a start in prominence,
but Mr. Hudson has dug out his
own prominence in life by hard
ticks IN tilling the soil and the
loyalty of his friends,
Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Hudson,
living in the same city-Americus
they have evidently known
each other for years. Mr.. Crisp
is a lawyer; Mr.. Hudson is far
mer, Mr.. Crisp was judge of the
city court while Mr.. Hudson was
state commissioner of agricul-
tture Living i'll the same city
and both SO prominent, of course
they knew each other; and, be-
sides, Mr. Hudson calls MIR. Crisp
Charlie" and Mr.. Crisp writes
MIR. Hudson as Dear Tom"
Dear Tom" wrote Charlie"
In March, 1912-just as Dear
Tom" was closing out several |
successful years as state commits
sloner of agriculture and think
ing of running for governor
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 tina tyou were for me for
congress and stood ready to do
anything in the world you could
for me-
II hasten to reply" continues
Charlie" to his Dear Tom" "to
express my profound thanks and
assure you that | am for
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