The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-10
WANT CANN To RUN
LAWYERS ASK HIM To MAKE RACE
FOR JUDGESHIP.
MANY SIGN THE PETITION
LEADING MEMBERS OF THE BAR
UNITED IN THE APPEAL.

OAu NJ MOOT III the
Opposition TO Judge BarrOw-'I
Favor the Candidacy of Mr.. Cam"
Says Mr.. duBignOn. Because 1 Be
lieve He VIII Enforce Penal Laws
That Are Not Being Enforced
NOw'-Sixty or Seventy Names
Col. Cann-UnabIe to Say What He
VIII Dole Says Subject VIII
Have His Careful Consideration.
A petition asking Col George T.
Cam to make the race for judge of
the Superior Court, numerously signed
by members of the Savannah bar was
presented to Col Cam yesterday aft
ernoon. Among those who signed
the petition were some of the leading
lawyers of the city.
Hon. F. G. duBignon, who is
reported to have been one of
the most influential agents in secur-
ing the appointment of Judge Barrow,
by Gov. Gambler, prefaced his sigma
ture to the petition to Col. Cam, as
| follows:
Il favor and will heartily support
the candidacy of Mr. Cam, because l
believe he win enforce penal laws
that have been enforced in the past
and are not being enforced now"
The movement has been quietly in
progress for a week or more The pa
per, which is in the form of a per
| sonal appeal to Col. Cam to make the
race. was prepared Thursday, and on
that day signed by those who have
been most active in the effort to induce
Col. Cams candidacy for the judge
ship. Yesterday morning it's general
circulation among members of the bar
was begun and the signatures now APP
pended to it were secured.
Some of the Signatures.
Among them are the members of the
/ firms of O'Connor, O'Byrne & Hart
ridge, Adams, Freeman, Denmark &
Adams, duBignon & Stephens, Twiggs
& oliver, Lawton & Cunningham, Mer-
Ger q Mercer and others. 1t is said by
those active in the movement that
there were about sixty or seventy
names to the petition and that others
who We're approached, while they ex-
pressed an indisposition to become par
I ties to petition of this character, Of
! fered to go and see Col. Cam and as
sure him of their approval of his can
! didacy and give him their promise of
support The appeal has not yet been
signed in person by Mr.. S. B. Adams,
who is now in Dallas, but the positive
statement is made by those in the
mcTement that he has already ex
| pressed his approval and will sign the
paper upon his return to the city.
Two of the lawyers who were in
! strumental in securing the signatures
| to the petition presented it to Col.
| Cam and went over with him care
| fully the entire situation. They re-
! ported to him with minute eXactness
! the comments, favorable and unfav-
! orable, that had been made upon his
suggested candidacy by his fellow
| members of the bar and from these
deduced the conclusion that it was his
! imperative duty to make the race.
| They told him so in so many words,
and in this shape left the matter with
! him.
Col. Cam was seen last night by
a representative of the Morning News
and asked to say whether he would
permit the use of his name.
VIII Consider Acceptance.
II cannot say" was his answer. ut
| is a question too serious for casual
determination and. in my opinion, the
| duties of the office are too high and
sacred to permit one to accept or de-
| of his brothers of the bar. without
! grave thought. One of the gentlemen
! who presented the letter to me l had
virtually told I could not consent to
| the use of my name, and yet he has
offered for my consideration argu-
mentS he deemed and declared valid
| and sufficient to override any objec-
| tions l might entertain.
| Il am a young. man and it is hard
| for me to think OF abandoning the ac-
! tive practice of profession in which
| l have worked hard and attained my
share of success. The financial as
! pect of the situation, prosaic though
| it be, demands consideration at my
| hands.
| ITO say that l appreciate the high
! presses not at all the sentiments l feel.
! l can't express them. Whatever course
| 1 shall determine to follow l shall not
| forget the kindness l have been
shown, the confidence that seemingly
has been reposed in me by those with
whom l have lived my professional
life I shall remember these things
| always.
The question of my possible candi-
dacy for judge of the Superior Court,
| presented to me as it has been, de-
serves and shall receive the best
| thought and the most earnest and
careful consideration l can bestow up
on it. When l decide. those who have
honored me with the offer of their sup
| port shall have my answer"
|