People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-21

Was this method followed by ''the
men who control" when one of their
number was in danger? Did they
obey the law? Not much.
w. Y. Atkinson was speaker of
the house, A. S. Clay was president
Of the senate. One is the idol and
the other the chief of "the men who
control"
Instead of following the constitu-
tional methods "these men who con-
troll" rushed resolution through the
two houses for the appointment of q
Joint committee of the two houses to
Investigate these charges and report.
The result was a grand jury made
up OF a part of the real grand jury
and part OF the petit jury, a part
OF the men who were to try the case.
In no country on the face of the
earth where the English Common
Law rules, is such a proceeding pos
slble, unless the law is violated,
Who ever heard of petit jury in,
dieting anybody for anything?
Who appointed that Committee ?
Steve Clay, President of the Sen
ate, is from Judge Gober's own
town. He appointed on that com
mittee from the senate A. 0. Bacon,
man who was and had been for
years the bitter political enemy Of
w. c. Glenn, He appointed j. NJ.
McAfee, of Canton, a man who was
from Judge Gober's own circuit, and
was q !itigant in his court; a man
who is and was the father in-law OF
Geo r. Brown, Judge Gober's So
licltor general; a man who is proba-
bly, the most bitter personal enemy
C. d. Maddox had at that time.
Clay knew all this. He himself
was a practitioner in Judge Gober's
court, and lived in Gober's town.
Atkinson appointed as chairman
Of the committee on the part of the
house John E. Mosely, one OF the
members from Cobb and who lived
in Marietta, was a practitioner in
Judge Gober's court and his warm
friend. In fact he was so active in
working for Judge Gober during the
investigation that the house made
him resign.
And thus was the committee
packed. Probably the history OF
jury-fxing could not equal it.
The investigation" went on con
trary to the method of alligrand jury
Investigations, testimony was put in
by both sides. The course of a
regular tried was gone through,
Counsel argued the case.
The committee made this report
without recommending anything:
"The committee find that the testi-
mony is irreconsilably conflicting and
that both sides are fully sustained on
all points"
The day after the committee made
its report A. O. Bacon introduced a
resolution into the house which re-
cited that the committee had found
a lot of things, none of which wa:
true, and which fully exonerated
Gobor. This resolution was sup.
ported by lengthy speech from
Bacon.
The house passed what is now
Familiarity known as the "Gobel
Whitewash Resolution" Passed il
without reading the testimony OF
hearing any argument in favor of the
prosecution.
A house controlled by "the men
who control could hardly do other
wise.
1t is proper to state here that
Gober had been reelected judge pre-
vious to the investigation and while
charges were pending against him.
for the reason that, as Clay swore
before the investigating committee,
they could 60 ahead and elect him
and then impeach afterwards if he
was found guilty by the committee,
Found guilty by the grand jury, re-
member.
The average citizen will be apt tc
remark that if that is the way they
treat two democrats who are not
members of the organization known
as "the men who CONTROL" what
chance would citizen who belongs
to a different party have to get jus,
tico before this crowd of politica
pirates and froebooters.