Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-02
BIC CROWD ATTENDS
HOWARD DEBATE
HELD At GAINESVILLE
Charges Concerning Deans
. Past Political and Patriotic
Record Hurled by Howard in
Clash Heard by Big Crowd
By RoGERs WINTER
stan Correspondent of The Jour,

GAINESVILLE, Ca, June 29.-Com-
ing here today and meeting Colonel H q.
H. Dean in his home town in the first
Joint debate of the senatorial race, Will
liam Schley Howard charged the colonel
with corraling negroes in livery stable
overnight and voting then. Ell masse
when he ran for mayor of Gainesville;
charged him with opposing the estab-
lsmment of a city school system in
Gainesville; charged him with support
ing Taft, a Republican nominee. against
William j Bryan in 1908; charged him
with doing his dead level best to pre-
vent the nomination of Woodrow VIII
son at the Baltimore convention in 1912,
after a majority of the convention dele
gates had come over to Wilson; charged
him with refusing to contribute TO the
Wilson campaign fund when Ben Lee
| Crew, of Atlanta, was going over the
state appealing to loyal Democrats to
make up a deficit in the Democratic
campaign expenses following the 1915
presidential election, and with insult
| ing Mr.. Crew when the latter called
ON him in his office; charged him with
| circulating broadcast over north Geor-
gia a few months ago the statement
| that the United States should make
| immediate peace with Germany on the
best terms possible; charged him with
| riding on free pass to the Hoke Smith
convention in 1906, after he had sup
| ported Mr.. Smith for governor on a
platform demanding the abolition of
railroad passes; charged him with wait
| ing until after ne became a candidate
for the senate before he would consent
to purchase a Liberty Bond; charged
i 81 GNE- l.,
dies who called on him for a subscrip-
tion to the Red Cross; charged him with
being "a political hyena whose entire
| campaign speeches and statements have
| consisted of dead and rotten and stink
! ing carrion which he has dug up out of
| dead mems graves and forgotten chap
| tiers of mems past lives to promote his
| candidacy for a seat in the greatest de-
Lucrative body in the world, although
at the outset ne likened himself to Ben
! jamin Harvey Hill and Robert Toombs "
Colonel Deans Reply
Replying to Mr.. Howard, Colonel Dean
admitted that he voted the negroes in
| the Gainesville mayoralty race, but
| claimed that he never gave them a
nickel in money or a drop of liquor;
admitted that he opposed the establish
ment of high school in Gainesville.
but claimed that he did it because he
| wanted more grammar schools; denied
that he supported Taft for president
in 1908; admitted that he fought VII
son to the last lap of the Baltimore con-
vention in 1912, but claimed that he
did so because he went under ironclad
instructions for Oscar Underwood; de-
MED that he insulted Ben Lee Crew
when the latter called on him for a
contribution to help wipe out the Demo
| cratic presidential campaign deficit, but
| did not deny that he refused to contrib
ute, although claiming he had previous
| ly contributed, and did not answer the
charge that he told Mr.. Crew he would
be willing to pay money to get Wilson
out Of office" did not answer the charge
that he declared a few months ago in
| favor of immediate peace with Ger
many on the best terms possible; ad-
mitted that he rode on a free pass TO
| the Hoke Smith convention in 1906, and
| has been riding on a free pass ever
since as part compensation for his serv-
/ ices as a railroad lawyer; admitted that
| he waited until after he became a can
ddate for the senate to buy Liberty
Bonds, but claimed he waited, because
he wanted to make the purchase on his
wedding anniversary, in celebration
| thereof: claimed that he was partly con-
| tributing free quarters to the Red Cross
/ ladies of Gainesville
By way of a counter attack on Mr..
Howard, he charged the latter with Civ
| ing an interview in the Savannah Morn
| ing News in the early summer of 1915
| in which he predicted that German enc
! iency would win the war, which inter
! view he sought to use as evidence OF
Mr.. Towards pro-German views; and
recited again his charge that Mr.. How
ard refused to pay for liquor bought
| for use in the Livingston campaign.
The Crowd; the Scene
The debate was held on a platform
| erected on the sidewalk facing the front
entrance of the Hall county courthouse
1t was heard by an audience If 2,J0t
or more people, including citizens OF
| Hall, GwinnetJ, Forsyth, Lumpkin
/ White, Rabun and Habersham counties
| as well as a sprinkling of Legislators
! and quite number of Atlantians, who
| went UP on the train and in automo-
| biles.
IN" crowd seemed to be about evenly
| divided between Mr.. Howard and Colonel
| Dean. The applause given Mr.. Howard
| was SPONTANEOUS and enthusiastic. Ii
| grew in volume and enthusiasm as the
! debate Progressed. 1t reached its high
| roint Wien Mr.. Howari was replying
to Colonel Dean in his Commute re-
! j0ir der. which was cut half in two by
a heavy rain that stopped the meet
! ing.
| Several fellows with lusty lungs in
| t5rpostG remarks and jibes at Mr.. How
| ard in tke course of the colonel's dweil-
| ing upon the Savannah Morning News
| interview
After the debate was over the friends
| ington hotel and clustered around him
| in the lobby and patted him on the
| shoulder with warm words of congrat-
| ulations for the manner in which he
| acquitted himself. They were evidently
| and outspokenly quite satisfied.
On the other hand. Colonel Dean S
! friends declared that he had used the
| Morning News interview very effec-
| lively, and they likewise expressed
| themselves as satisfied with the divi-
| sion of the honors.
Rules of Debate
The rules of the debate as agreed
upon between Colonel Dean and Mr..
| Howard. gave the presiding chairman to
Mr.. Howard, gave the opening and close
to Mr.. Howard, his rejoinder to be in
rebuttal only; gave one hour and twenty
minutes to each speaker. The debate
was presided over by w. L. Mealor,
prominent Gainesville citizen, whose
task was quite easy on account of the
good order observed by the audience and
the close attention they paid the can
didates.
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