The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-06
Judge Thos. c. Jones and
 The Raiiroad Question

proposed to leave the Railroad Commits sion without saiary by repeelipe the act which pvt the expepte upon the railroads. With charactsrtstic inde- pendence, Colonel Jones refused to
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 men who know him. 1t ta not faeees- 1 sary to tell them of him xrseaoEn and independence of any corporate and pfi- | vate influences in the discharge ot pub | lie duty, even when ha had clients who 1 might be affected by hia vote and aetR-I A judge has no clients and no rela- l tions to his fellow-mah except these | of good neighborhood. The purity abis- | ity and fearlessness of the nlan'g rec | ord challenges criticism. An tnuendo 1 is a cowardly thing that never cones l out in the open to fight, and 1t is no part of honest criticism.