The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-09-29

low is crank; and when they see him making
money out of the invention they say he is genius
specially if he has been dead some ten or fifteen
years daughter and appause.)
Well, now, if 1 were to represent you in your
case and you trial for your life you would
leave it all to You would not open your
mouth, and you would know 1 understood my
business, and you would leave it all to me, know
ing everything possible would be done
Tonight, wanting office, wanting mans
money, elect myself attorney and lawyer, attor-
ney-general, if you pease, for Old Man Peepul and
Aunt Sarah Jane daughter and great applause.)
At the bar of public opinion I am going to plead
your case. (Applause.) AS in every other case
there are those who say, ooh, you cannot do any
thing; no use trying the time is too short" We
will try it at any rate. We could not make things
worse if do try. (Great applause) 1t is
question of whether fight these fellows now
or give tn EN- two years to recuperate. (Great ap-
plause, and cries of Flight them right now.')
When a man slaps your jaws, do you wait two
years before you slap his? daughter and ap-
plause.) Now that their tricks are exposed;
that their schemes fresh in the public mind;
now that they have spent all their money $17,5OO
of it; now that they have used up all the whiskey
they can use and the fellows who did it fright
ened at the grand juries now that the pulpits are
waking up and understand what have to fight;
now that the people aroused and their re-
sources exhausted let us unfurl banners
and march against the enemy (Great and
tinued applause.)
The principle is this-if man obtained money
on goods mortgages by bill of sale, or deeds to
lands by fraud, or by illegal or immoral
sideration or by any other practice which the law
does not justify, you go into the court and
prove that those things obtained fraudulent
ly and that you were cheated and swindled, and
twelve men sitting in the jury box, taking the law
from the judge would cancel your mortgage; will
cancel your deed, will cancel that note. What is
good law for property is good law for political
nominations. (Applause) See the point? There
is no law that reaches such case, and there is
no court that can try it. You must try it in your
own minds as sovereign rulers in this country;
those who believe in the inaienable right of self
government; you must see you must realize the
responsibility that rests you. Take the facts
Why is the result obtained on the 23rd of August
fraudulent and not binding on you? Why is the
nomination made by the convention fraudulent,
and not binding your consciences? For several
reasons. First, money and whiskey used in
violation of law (Great applause and cheers and
cries of GIVE know it, Of course you know it,
They come out with an expense account to the
tent of $17,500.10, when they spent at least four
times that much; and people all over this
try are beginning to ask, "Why is it?' Why is it
that the candidate spent much more for the
nomination than the salary attached to the office
amounts to, and they getting the idea. (Cries
of "Graft, graft.'') Because these men who pay
such high prices for Congressional, Senatorial and
Gubernatorial nominations getting something
out of it besides the salary. (Cries of 1--WE know
it, we know it.'')
Therefore, because money and whiskey were
used according to their own admissions, the law
violated, and you not bound to respect
nomination thus secured (Voices, "That is
right and applause.)
Yes, there was great fraud committed the last
two weeks before the election A certain letter
sent out by Judge James K. Hines and nearly