The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
CONGRESSMAN
 J. TOM HEFLIN
 HARD ON JONES
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this time with a very small degree of danger. They have long since learned to distinguish between the voice of the fakir and the voice of the prophet, and it is well for us that they have"
 Glenn and Conner.
 Here Mir. Heflin complimented Cover nor Glenn of North Carolina, and Cover nor Conner for their stand on state rights and their service to the people; and said tThe governor of this state is in earnest and he will not give up the fight. In lSS2 when Governor Gayle was gov ernor the Indians ceded this territory along the eastern boundary of the state to the white people. and white settlers occupied the land. Federal troops were sent to oust the settlers because the state had dared to deal directly with the In dians. The settlers resisted this federal interference and one of them was killed. Governor Gayle demanded that the troops be withdrawn and that those con- nected with the murder of the settler be tried in the state courts. At first they declined to do this then Governor Gayle informed the secretary of war that he would insist on this course if it took all the men and means at his command to enforce it. The federal government yieldel. the troops were tried in the state courts and convicted and the settlers remained on the land they had obtained from the Indians"
 Mir. Heflin took a strong stand on the side of state rights and also discussed duty to the union and said: Unless the states cry out against every encroach- ment upon the reserved rights of the state, the day will come when these com monwealths will be only states in name." Continuing, he said. If the federal au thorities are permitted to ignore the rights of the state, it will not be long until will 1ZQd government with it's chief head at Wash ington to curse the country. Eternal Viligence is the price of liberty, and it behooves us to guard with intrepid vigilence the civic life and honor of the state
 Bryan Sounded Note.
 'Mr. Bryan has sounded the note of warning against federal interference with state affairs, and be has told us of the arbitrary action of federal judges and how. if not checked, they would destroy free institutions in this country. And the father of democracy Thomas Jeffer son. said If free government is ever destroyed in this country, it will be by the tyrany and usurpation of power by fed eral judges "
 MT. Hefin defended Attorney General Garber for refusing to appear and de- fend the states cases in the federal court, In critcisng federal judges for interfering in state matters, MT. Hefin quoted Judge William P. Proctor, of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, where he said: There is no tyrany in this coun- try today so bad as that exercised by federal judges. They are constantly in- terfering with that which does not con cern them"
 Governor Comer," said MT. He1n, stands by states officers and the states laws. A few years ago, when Judge Jones was occupying the governors chair he wrote the federal authorities as follows: The state authorities feel bound not to permit state laws and state officers to be set aside. displaced or controlled by federal officers, except to the extent and in the manner provided by the United States
 Mir Hehin commented upon Solicitor Dents brie: filed in the federal court, and said: "The sound reasoning indulged in, the principles of law set out and the authorities cited make Judge Jones' posi- tlon utterly untenable. If I recollect cor reetly, this is not the first time that