The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-12

the heated season. that the solicitor has
10 contend with his hardest task-that of
satisfying and attending 10 the grievances
OF the Injured citizen, mostly of the col
ored persuasion. The influence and power
OF the solicitor general is believed among
many OF the colored people to extend that
far'that ais word is a panacea for all
earthly ills. What the solicitor can't do
FOR man who has been assaulted,
oeaten, robbed, cursed, or abused is
oeneVed among many of them to be be-
yond the power of any other mortal man.
ms makes the daily routine life of
solicitor general in a large
CITY more or less of burden. and he is
the constant recipient Of requests TO do
TINS or that for some party for the pur-
pose OF accomplishing some revenge
against another.
Many of the negroes in Savannah have
learned the whereabouts Of Solicitor Cen
efdl raser's residence, and they do not
hesitate to disturb him there One morn
ing last week, an old negro woman was
waiting for him before breakfast and
when asked what she wanted, she was
almost unable to explain the nature of
her Imaginary grievance. About all the
solicitor general can do for them in nine
cases out OF is to tell them to go and tell
thelr troubles to some magistrate and off
Iney 60 TO swear out a warrant.
Inc same morning the solicitor general
mad scarcely reached his Office, in the
court house, when an old negro,
who gave his name as Tony
wilson, OF PoOler, en- tered. 1t took
wilson about fifteen. minut es 10 get to the
point, which was that warrant had been
Issued charging him with '.perjusis, -"
which had afterwards been dismissed.
The solicitor general told him he had
better find out what the matter was be-
lore trying to get his grievance righted.
1t rseems from his story that Wilson
had been mixed up in hog stealing
case.
They kept up then in a steady tream
almost up to 2 O'Clock. A negro who
had been prosecuted by the state came in
and wanted to tell over the features of
his case Another negro against whom
there was charge of assault and bat
terry whom the solicitor had to prosecute,
came in and wanted TO make him a pres
ent of two chickens. 1t is needless to say
they, were not accepted. Still another
met him on the street as he was gong to
dinner, and wanted TO know where he
lived as he wanted to send him
something. The solicitor did not
stop to get any further information, but
hurrledly himself made his escape.
But this is not all. Some of the more
ignorant class are thoroughly imbued
with the idea that the solicitor can give
them a divorce, and applications for his
handlwork in breaking matrimonial
chains are not infrequeut In fact, he is
generally looked upon among many of
this class as the public avenger of private
wrongs, and one would be astonished to
know how frequently such applications are
made TO him, when his power is practi-
calIy limited to the prosecution of such
criminal cases as are turned over to him
on warrants from other public officers of
the law. One white woman went away
from his Office in tears not many days
ago because he was unable to assist
her in any manner in getting rid of VIC
lent and drunken husband except to give
her the advice to go and lay the matter
before magistrate, who could have is
sued warrant for her and put the beast
out of the way at once, She was out
spoken in he denuncation of the
plans of American justice. These
occurrences are everyday affairs
in the solicitors office, and it often re-
quires more than the patience Of Job to
put up with them.