The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
Wants Information on Platforms,
Rings and Other Things.
CALLED TO THE STAND
He Is Asked Why He Has Taken
"Cold Feet" ON His Pledge to
Abolish City Court Outright.
Gimlet Is Otherwise Wig
OrousIy Applied.
Orously Applied.

see from recent issue of The Daw-
son News that Hon. ]. r. Irwin is
much disturbed because in a fair,
impartial and simple manner L gave
some facts in reference to the city
| and superior courts. He proceeds to
ask lot of questions, all of which
are, in my opinion, irrelevant and
foreign to the subjects under dis
cussion. In my former article only
the merits of the two courts were
discussed and a fair comparison
made, based on records of each.
Nothing was said about what should
be done with the court The fact
is that personally l 90 not care, ex
cept | believe the true facts should
be known. When Mr.. Irwin answers
the facts l presented then [ will an
sWer his questions-every one. Per-
NIT me, however, to say that in the
last campaign l voted for Mr.. w. S.
Thornton for senator, an honest,
| straightforward, manly gentleman,
one who has made a success out of
life and pays his honest debts. The
only regret l have is that he was
not elected.
| And while Mr.. Irwin is answering
the facts l gave let him also answer
few questions.
You stated during your campaign
that you were opposed to submitting
the question of the city court to a
vote of the people, and denounced
Mr.. Thornton and his supporters as
''straddlers" and 'ringsters," and op-
/ posed to all the interests of the peo-
pie. You stated also that if you were
elected you would pass a bill abol-
ishing the court, and would not sub
init it to the people, as you were op-
posed to delays and to the negroes
voting on the court question.
Are you now in favor of letting
the negroes vote, or favor abolish
ing the court?
Why have you changed? Why
have you Topped?
Have you again joined the myth
cal ring" to which you belonged
while you held Office?
! Were you not appointed solicitor
general by a man who was commonly
known as the ring" governor, and
held it only until the dear people"
got chance to vote on you?
Were you not solicitor-general for
five years, and made something like
$4,000 a year, or $4,000 during
that time?
AND since you discuss saving mon
ey for the people and pose as a fnan-
clal genius along that line tell US
how much of that $4,000 did you
save for yourself?
, While you were solicitor-generaJ
was not F. S. Jett fined $1,000, w. c..
Dillon $1,000 and P. T. Smith $3.50,
a total of $4,000, in the superior
court of Terrell county? How much
Of that went into the country treas
ury, and how much into your own
pocket? Did you ever pay the justice
of the peace and bailiffs their insol-
vent cost? If these people had been
fined in the city court would not half
of it been paid into the county treas
ury?
While you were solicitor-general
did you ever pay a dollar into the
county treasury of any county?
During all this time were not the
people taxed to run the superior
court while you collected the fees
]
Were you not at one time solicitor
OF the city court of Clay county, and
were not the people taxed to run that
court? Did you then complain? AS
| solicitor of that court did you ever
pay dollar into the county treas
ury?
am informed that Clay county
has city court. Are you opposed
to that court? Calhoun, Early, Mil
Ter, Dougherty, Worth, Mitchell, De-
catur, Lee and Sumter counties all
have city courts. Are you opposed
| to them?
Are you opposed to the City Court
of Dawson, or have you some spleen
or grudge against some of it's Off
Icers?
If you are not opposed to the court,
then why have you been making a
personal canvass of the voters against
the court and making personal APP
peals to them to sign cards against
| it? This you did, as five hundred
people can testify.
If you have no special spleen or
grudge why did you not wait until
the people came to you?
Is it possible that you doubt your
ability to carry out your platform
pledges and now want help? Why
are you making appeals for men to
go to Atlanta and help you?
You promised if elected that you
would abolish the court and would
need no help, and would not submit
1t to the people. Are you getting
cold feet
Until l wrote my modest card no
one, so far as / know, had said a
word about opposing your scheme.
You got scared too quick. Nobody
is bothering you so far as know or
have heard
And speaking of platform pledges,
there are some others you have made.
You promised to save the people of
Georgia $500 per ton on fertilizers.