The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941 Page: 437
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The Life of Colonel R. T. Milner
wrote. Judge Turner, doubtless seeing the political possibilities
of such a move, challenged Milner to a series of debates on
the Resolutions, the debates to be held in the towns and com-
munities of the district. Milner, after considerable thought,
decided to renter the campaign, and acquiesced in Turner's
proposal. The debates were heard by great crowds throughout
the entire county. Not a voter, or for that matter, a public-
minded youth of that time in Rusk County, but can tell today
promptly and exactly what the Greenville Resolutions were.
The verdict of the voters later confirmed the opinion of the
Concord correspondent who wrote:
. . in our opinion, the most serious blunder that
has yet been committed was the challenge to Milner
by Judge Turner, to discuss the matter before the
people, because the people already have enough of this,
and have arrived at the conclusion that R. T. Milner
is in the right and Turner in the wrong. And while
the most level heads of the signers say they were
wrong, yet Judge Turner, after many have admitted
their error, now comes out and tries to prove to the
people of Rusk County that no wrong has been com-
mitted.84
The editor's reaction is contained in an editorial penned at
the close of the race. "In this bitter contest we have played a
conspicuous part," he wrote. "As to the stand we have ever
occupied the public are fully aware. . . ." And he continued:
We left our office in response to a challenge from an
experienced debater, and entered the field totally in-
experienced in public debate, without the least time
for preparation. Having adopted the pen as the only
vehicle to convey our thoughts to the public, we knew
no other method. . . . At the same time our antag-
onist refused to tackle us with our own weapon, so
we quietly shielded it and graciously accepted his
own. . . .
Now the race is over, the bitter contest will soon
end, and in conclusion of this article, and notwith-
standing we are the subject of severe criticism upon
the part of some, we have no desire to harm a living
individual; we wish to leave this contest with clean
hands and an untarnished honor; and there is not an
individual supporting Judge Turner for whom we en-
tertain the slightest ill-will. Those who have abused
84Clipping in Mrs. Milner's Scrapbook.437
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941, periodical, 1941; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146052/m1/488/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.