The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-03-25
IRWIN JUMPED ON COURT
c,vDIDATE FOR STATE SENATE
WADE SPEECH SATURDAY.

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nent. and Said He Was Brought
Out i'm Interest of City Court.
Hon John R. Irwin, candidate for
tho state senate, made a speech at
tho court house Saturday, and al
though the audience was small it
was one of the most interesting po-
Iftical events that has occurred in
sometime.
About II o'clock Mr.. Irwin, with
ont any preliminaries, began his
sneecb to an audience of so people,
and this number was increased to
nerhaps 100 before the speaker con-
GUIDED
Mr.. Irwin began by declaring
that he had an ambition to represent
the Eleventh district in the state SEN
ate and said that he would be hon
ored were he elected, and not the dis
trict For four months, he said, he
had been before the people for this
Office. and he felt that his ambition
would be gratified when The Dawson
News appeared one afternoon recent
" with a card from Hon. j. X. Mer-
Ger announcing that he had decided
not to be a candidate for the senate.
THAT night" continued Mr.. Irwin,
u had a good nights sleep the
first time in a long while, for |
recognized in Mr.. Mercer a man OF
prominence and influence who IL
the way was then clear, and did not
expect any further trouble. L was
surprised, therefore, when l came
down town next morning atter
peaceful nights rest and learned that
my candidacy was not satlsfacto-
nv to some people, and that efforts
we're being made to get out OPPOSE
ton to me.
The speaker then got down to bus
mess, and devoted nearly an hour
in criticising the platform of his OPP
ponent, Mr.. w. S. Thornton, ana
Jumping on the city court.
He said that he had printed III
The Dawson News his own platform,
upon which he was running, and stat
ed therein that he would speak to
the voters Saturday morning at the
court house and would be glad TO
have Mr.. Thornton present. He had'
however. not invited him in person
or by letter, as he recognized that,
not being a lawyer, he was not
practiced bublic speaker and would
perhaps not desire to engage IN JOINT
debate
After complimenting Mr.. Thorn
MON opH citizen, OF ll2l
character and integrity he charged
that he had straddIed every question,
county, state and national, and sald
that the only positive declaration lie
had made was that he was the sou
of a confederate veteran.
Mr.. Irwin said that he favored Che
adjustment of the city court, anu
declared that it was an expense 70
the taxpayers of the county ana oL
no benefit to anyone except two ON
cials-the Judge and the sollcitor'
who draw large salaries. he review
cd the effort that was made IL, tne
legislature last summer to repeal lhe
Wv establishing the court, ana reau
Hon. ]. r. MERGERS letter that
was printed in The News explalnlHS
how and why the bill was defeated
He charged that his opponent not
outstanding that be states IN ms
announcement that he Will pass
a bill submitting to the voters
Of the county the question ol
abolishing the city court, was brougnt
out by those who favor the court
and said that the same afternoon
The Dawson News appeared contain
ing Mr.. MERGERS notice that ne
had decided not to run for the sen
ate Mr. Thornton was telephoned py
Mr.. NJ. J. Yeomans, solicitor OF tne
city court, to come to Dawson, tnat
he came, and was in consultaUlosi
with Mr.. Yeomans in the latter Oh
fee. IF, with petition OF ~
people, the court could not be aool-
ished last sumner what coGlu
now be expected of a senator VINO
Is the friend and was the candi- |
date of the officers of the court;
ne asked. He then declared that De
was willing to abide the result OIL d
vote of the people himself as 70
whether the court should be abollsh-
cd, and that if vote was really want
ed he challenged those who favor II
10 ask the county executive commit