The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
JUDGE wEAKLEY AND OUR CAR
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A<SoBec hc u@kteu Ucth ehe utses and Carmichael bills. and used all his Influence to help put them through the Legislature. He also drafted the proposed constitutional amendment bill. and was very active in helping get the Legislature to submit that issue to the people.
 Soon after the Legislature adjourn ed he. announced his candidacy for the governorship. and he has been quite busy on the stump during this cam paign.
 Previous to this campaign he has been one of Governor Corners chief attorneys in his anti-raiiroad crusade. and has been very prominent in all the litigation arising out of that la mentable undertaking. He has also been Governor comer's private attor- ney fin various libel suits against in- dlviduals and newspapers. The Adver- User included.
 | Aat i'eNS NotfiN tO DI iSe1tatA HI tifO public eye as Governor Corners right hand man in all larger matters. Fur thermore. Governor Conner seems to have chosen him as his political heir apparent. and to have been doing all he could to make the Judge the next Governor.
 All of these facts show that the ex- Chief Justice is squareIy Into politics. Next to Governor Conner, Judge Weak ley has been in the spotlight, and there has been no evidence of mod esty on his part in avoiding the prom inence. He has been all over the State. speaking for the amendment. and report has had 1t that he has not been making strictly legal or Judicial speeches. On the contrary. he Is said to have made as extremely partisan and bitter arguments as If he had never held the highest judicial posi- ton in tine State.
 Under all these conditions. Judge weakley has naturally gotten into the spotlight of The Advertisers car toonist. and he has had good deal of that sort of political advertising. which many public men are shrewd enough to- consider profitable. even when not always agreeable. But Judge weakley. 1t seems, while in politics; is not of it: he is apparently an over-sensitive soul who fears that he has been injured in the minds of credulous people, who may believe all newspaper cartoons to be gospel ser- mons. without exaggeration and ab- solutely accurate to the letter and figures. Of course. many of The Ad- vertiser's campaign opponents have asserted or insinuated that this paper is great liar. and that it gets big pay for its lies. but Judge weakiey appears. to be worried by the discov- cry that most people believe in. this paper so implicitly as to accept even its cartoons without smile
 Therefore. comes at this late day. Judge Weakley on the streets of Montgomery to one of the editors of The, Adxsrtiser, and complains vigo+- ousiy that serious injustice has been done him .in-.tha.. cartoons. in that he has been represented as having re- ceived s5o,o0o of the states money. and he appeals to The Advertiser to print the exact facts. showing that he has received no such sum. It was pointed out to the sensitive Judge that all cartoons are congregations that they always seize on unusual features and facts as susceptible of being exaggerated and distorted to the extent of the ridiculous. It was also pointed out that along with the $5o.000 in these cartoons was always minus sign. "-" with $7s0 follow ing. his reported contribution to the prohibition campaign fund.
 However. The Advertiser does not desire to do even Governor Corners political heir-apparent any injustice. and so 1t procured from the State Au- ditor's office yesterday afternoon the following statement of the sums which have been paid to Judge Weakley for legal services: