The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-23

............s......''.'s. bonds in such cases the damage has been done.
 The result has been, so it is stated, to invite litigants from other states into Georgia, where all they have to do is to locate property belonging to the cor poration against which they wish to file suit, and then proceed to use the Georgia courts while the Georgia taxpayers foot the bills.
 It is possible for a resident of another state to come into Georgia and file suit against a railroad which does not own mile of track in this state, and to tie up by attachment any rolling stock belonging to the foreign line that may be found upon the tracks of other railroads within | the state.
 It is said such things as this are possible in no other state in the union, and the 1 result has been that Georgia has become 1 a popular corporation batting ground for the 'razorbacks" and sharks" of the l legal profession,
 Georgia's s railroad commission. which has been generally viewed as rather an anti-corporation body. is itself disgusted with conditions which permit such un- just harassing of corporations, and in a recent letter from Chairman S. G. Me Lendon of the commission to President Finley of the Southern railway, the for mer stated that he considered the action of the Southern in removing its funds from Georgia fullV justified. There is little doubt that the legislature will at it's coming session, be urged to make this sort of thing impossible in 1 the future.
 Browns Candidacy. Announcement this week of the can- l didaey for Governor of Hon. Joseph M. Brown of Marietta has been the political | event of the week. The views taken of it are various Before his announcement l Mr. Brown said he would not go into the | race unless he was reasonably convinced that he could win. He has a number of l friends here in Atlanta, at least, who De- l 1ieve that he will.
 MT Brown is just now in Cherokee county on his farm, where he has gone for a few days rest, and perhaps to think over the situation. It is expected that he will get ready next week to open up his campaign, locating his headquart- CTS in Atlanta and making arrangements to begin an extensive political correspond- ence: for he has announced that he VIII not go on the stump. MT. BfoWn re- marked to a friend the other day that he thought Georgia had had enough of stump campaigning. So he is going to tackle it on the card and letter educa- l tional line
 Friends of Governor Smith pretend not | to look with any seriousness on MT. Browns campaign. They express em- phatic opinion that MT. Browns an- | nouncement is not looked on seriously l anywhere outside of Atlanta, Macon and perhaps one or two of the larger cites of the state and they think, therefore, it will amount to nothing more than d fzzle.
 It Is stated that Governor Smith has de- ! termined to make no change in the pro- | gramme which he had mapped out some 1 time before there was any idea that MT Brown would enter the race. It was an' nounced several weeks ago that Governor Smith proposed to make one speech ir each congressional district in the state be- fore the June primary. and 1t is said now io he his intention to stick to this pro- eramme without regard to the movements or campaigning of his opponent.
 Whether there will be any change ir these plans later or course cdHHOl HoN be said. It is likely that it will depend on subsequent developments.
 Populists Are Active.
 The populists of Georgia will hold .
 meeting Tuesday in the state senate
 chamber. chiefly for the purpose of Sc
 leeting delegates to the St. Louis con venton, which is to put out nationa ticket
 The organization has been maintained il Georgia only by the existence of an exec
 utive committee, of which J. J. Holloway
 is chairman. MT. Holloway recently is sued a call for meeting in Atlant
 Tuesday and in addition has written number of letters over the state, urgin
 those interested in popuist principles
 attend
 There will be some other matters cor
 sidered at the meeting, but the chief ot , 1eet is, as stated, to make provision fo Georgia's representation in the St. Lou
 convention.
 It is not thought that Thomas E.. Wa
 son will attend the Georgia meeting
 There is some expectation, however thu ! he will be the nominee of the St Lou ! convention for President. Just what h attitude in the matter Is seems now some
 what of a mystery. Some of the Georg
 members of the party have endeavore
 to ascertain, but so far Mir. Watson ha | ..sfn