Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-31
GENUINELY GRATIFYING
william schley Howard yesterday

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The publication of the CORES
pondence between the president
and myself is genuinely gratifying
to me"
Candidly, our opinion of that state
men is that it is just as meretriciou
as reeking with mendacity, as was hi
conduct in deliberately breaking
voluntary pledge to the president {
the United States.
Mr.. Howard further states that thi
correspondence had been grossly mis-
represented" and that it does not dis
close what-well, what it actually doe
disclose
Let's see: In his letter TO the pres
ident he made these statements owe
his own signature:
You may recall that stated to
you that if you wished it, / would
not become candidate for the
senate, but would do all / could
to help elect the candidate whom
you selected to carry our cause
to the people of Georgia. This
is written with the hope that you
will permit me to withdraw this
promise to you.
Should there come a time dur
ing the campaign when my with
drawal is necessary to accom-
plish the defeat of Mr. Hard
wick, / assure you that l will
gladly and willingly do so and
throw all of my support to that
candidate who may be in the race
that will make his defeat GER
tain
To this the president replied:
'My Dear Mr.. Howard Your let
ter received disappoints me very
seriously, indeed, and l very much
regret it. Sincerely yours,
(Signed)
WOODROW WILSON"
After he had been directed subse.
quently, by the president, to correct
an article which had appeared in the
Constitution, tending to
create the impression that the presi
dent would be neutral in the senate
race and did not personally prefer w
J. Harris, Howard wrote the presi-
dent:
81 have never expressed, di-
rectly or indirectly, anything to my
friends but that you thought Mr..
Harris should make the race
against the Junior senator from
Georgia in the approaching pri-
mary in preference to anyone
else.
Il recognize, however, that Mr..
Hollomon's article may convey
different impression as to your at
titude in reference to Mr.. Harris
candidacy"
He also made this statement to the
Constitution:
If anything in this article ere
ates the impression in Georgia
that the president stated to me
in this interview that he did not
prefer the Hon. William J. Harris
to make the race for the United
States senate over any one else,
| desire to correct such impress
ion"
The unprecedented action of tn
president of the United States in Civ
ing his personal correspondence to
newspaper for publication, for the sol
purpose of revealing the duplicity, de
ceit, wilful misrepresentation and dc
liberate cheat and imposition of
member of congress, is "genuinel
gratifying" all right-it is gratifyin
to the people of Georgia, who are thu
afforded the opportunity of learnin
directly from the highest source tt
wretched and shameless character
pee-wee politician, in whom, bl
for that exposure, they might ha7
been even longer deceived.
If William Schley Howard, di
credited and disgraced that he is, CO
find a morsel of satisfaction in VIII
has happened to him, he is entire
welcome to it. 1t is plain that Il
president of the United Statets, haviT
found him out for what he is,
through with him, and the people