The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-10
OBION COURT
Argument From Authority Favor
ing the Measure
FACTS AND FIGUREs-NoT
FANCIES.

The voters of Otion County are too
Intelligent to be deceived. They
want facts and nothing but facts.
Deception may mislead for awhile,
but the truth will out. The people
want fair play, and their object is to
do justice to all.
AS | have been drawn into this
controversy, | submit the following
facts to the voters of Obion County,
and respectfully invite an investi-
cation as to the correctness of any
statement in the following COM
munication:
Pro Bono Publico. Thus means
''for the good of the people" The
lengthy article IN last weeks issue
of the Oblon Democrat and the Un-
ion City Commercial, discussing the
expenses whici would follow the
esta blishment of a branch court at
Obion, purports to Oe wrlttea tpro
bono publico," therefore it was for
the exclusive benefit Of tke dear
people.
This article was written 10y a very
able lawyer. A lawyer wFo repre-
sents large commercial interests in
0bion County. He is the regular
hired attorney for all the railroads
ia the county and represents con-
siderable commercial interests in
Union City.
He did not mention the fact in
his article that his favored clients.
the railroad companies and the
merchants and hotels inUGion City,
would lose thousands OF dollars an
naally which they have been so
long collecting froun the ~'dear peo-
pie in these lower districts. IN case
a Law Court was established at
Obion. of course IT would not have
been in good taste to have men
toned THESE items, because the arr
ticte was intended for the sole beu-
EFT of ''the dear people" But as
railroad trips are not Objectionable, !
and expensive hotel balls are calcu-
lated to make a mam appreciate
home more when he gets there, and
as these expenses fall on hundreds
OF busy farmers and poor people in
the lower end of the county who
don't get a chance to leave home
only wlHen court meets in Union
City, these simple luxuries wont
to so much after all, esPe-
cially when they are borne by peO-
pie who are not able to bear them
and whose families need all their
time and money to keep up the
cheer of life.
Now, as it is actually to the in
terest of the ''dear people to lose
their time and to incur all this ex-
pense, and as it is actually to the
of the railroad companies
and hotels and merchants that they
should do so, this learned gentle
nan could well write for the good
IF the dear people and at the same
line guard and protect the welfare
II the railroad companies and the
Union City merchants.
The first speech thislearned gem
leman made he said this branch
:ourt would cost 81, 200. After
linking, he made another speech
md said it would cost 81, 500. Later
IN he revised his figures and found
hat it might cost Sl,700, and now
Ie says that it could run up to
2, 500. We don't know whether the
has revised his figures /
gain since this article was written !
i not, but we will venture the as ]
ertion that if he has left anything {
ut he will in due time inform the
ear people of his error /
He names four items Of expense s
his court will entail on the county,
o-wit; Clerk hire, $500; rent of s
and offices, $500; minute t
ooks and docket, $780, transport '
lg prisoners, $500; in all. 81, 600. I