The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-04-09
CORRESPONDENCE.

Moon. Cobb county, Ca, March 18th
l896.-Col. A. N Edwards, Marietta
Dear Sir:-Having heard you was cam
didate for Representative in the next Leg
islature, / take the privilege to ask you
some questions, as the voters have a right
to know the position that candidates oc.
cupy ON all questions that are likely to
10 come before the next Legislature. The
next Legislature will have to elect q
U. S. Senator aud there will probably be q
candidate that is in favor of free and I'M
limited coinage OF silver and also a can
didate in favor Of the gold basis, il so, and
we elect you, which one will you vote for Z
Are you in favor OF abolishing the Offices
of Clerk of Court and Treasurer aud have
one man to be Clerk and another imam to
be Treasurer
What :sould you be in favor OF doing
with the convicts ?
Are you in favor Of having whisky, &C.,
sold In Marietta, if so, why? Give your
reason and the plan upon which you would
have it sold
Let us hear from you at your earliest
convenience, and oblige.
1. N. Moon.
Marietta. March Both, 1896. Hon. I. N
Moon.-Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th inst
received and carefully noted. l appreci>
ate and thank you for your kind wishes
and suggestions, not only on account oil
the source from which they come, but be-
cause OF the importance OF the issues sug.
gested, and If elected as one of Cobb
countys representatives will do all in nv
power to better the we'll being, general
prosperity OF tie people and county. II
is. therefore. due you that l answer your
interrogations specifically, as evory voter
OF our county should know who and lust
what he is voting for.
10 your first question | answer that If
should be elected to the legislature oil
Georgia and the Hon. Charles F. Crisp is
candidate for q. 5. Senator to fill the
place of Gen. Gordon, l shall cast my bal.
lot for Mr.. Crisp. l do this for the reason
that in my judgment Mr.. Crisp comes nearer
than any other man now before the people
in representing the wishes and desires oil
his constituents, and his steadiast adhe-
renee to the principle s worthy Of the
highest praise.
To your second question answer see
no reason why i'll q government like ours
we should combine two offices in one and
the same person. The honors and eaol-
uments of Office should, as our fathers in,
tended, be distributed among our deserving
citizens aid tax payers. In these strin,
gent times, however, this should not lie
done If the costs to the tax payer is in,
creased.
To your third question: I will state with.
out hesitation that am in favor OF abol'
ishi1g the prcs.nt convict lease system
Every county in Georgia should be re.
CURED to take care OF its own convicts
with the possible exception of the teton
This class should not only be made tc
feel the Certainty, but the rigors of the law
TO your fourth question my position is
par tally stated in the Marietta Journal Of
Feb. 9th, 1896, which you will there find
enclosed the conclusion arrived at by
others, long since found and expressed
when occasion demanded. The Equer
traffic is an evil, drunkenness is to be de-
plored, so of the morphine and Others
tending to the moral and physical ruin Of
mankind and the liquor dealer should be
restrained by the wholesome and stringent
laws thrown around the sale of poison by
the medicine vender Therefore it should
be sold III limited quantities not less than
q quart and that to be drawn out of the
original barrels just as it comes from the
dlstilleries, thereby giving no opportunity
to adulterate II, as it could be often tested
in that shape as the law should require.
1t should be sold by responsible men, men
who would sell good. pure variety, who
would not sell to minors, men who would
sell six days in the week and close up on
Sundays, (which is not the case now "a
there is as much or perhaps more sold on
Sundays than any other day in the week.
and men who are law>abiding citizens
and if responsible men are not allowed to
sell pure spirituous liquor according to
law, irresponsible lawless men will sell a
very bad quality Of poisonous stuff con-
trary to Law; sell it on Sundays, and sell i,
to minors. And among other things on
sale days and other public gatherings, you
will see in Marietta more men who are in
toxicated than you would see in Atlanta
where there are twenty-five times as many
people and about one hundred bar>rooms
While as said before | am opposed tc
regular bar-rooms, the facts above mem
toned cannot be denied the last fourteen
years have clearly demonstrated them
l wish l had time to mention some other
things, among which are long, expensive
courts, &c. If every tax payer could see
just how much money is expended in try
ing whisky cases" and just how much
is sent out of the county tor liquors thai
would otherwise remain here, il it was sold
here, he would open his eyes and begin tc
realize ttat something must be done.
Now, if so>called prohibition would pro
hibit, every good man would be for it, bu
as it does not we must make the best q
thiBgs as we find them. We must take
the least evil But have written mol
than intended already. would like tc
hear from you again soon-would like tc
hear your position on these questions, also
on other questions OF Importance which
will be likely to come up in the next CAM
psign Yours &c,
A N. EDWARDS.