The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-11
Here's Another Calico Edwards
Man, Who Thought That I'd Be
Afraid to Publish His Letter

ian for the past few weeks, and particular note
the stand you have taken against the Hon. Chas.
G. Edwards, our present Congressman from the
First Congressional District.
You have made several direct accusations
against him and you have dared him to make
affidavit to the contrary You have repeatedly
said that Congressman Edwards hired Claude
Bennett to write speech for him, paid forty
dollars for it, The speech was never delivered
in Congress, but was mailed out as though it had
been 1t was handled through the Postofhce
Department at the expence of the Government
This in violation of law. and Edwards could
be punished for it on the criminal side of the
Federal courts.
With other accusations you have made against
Edwards you have said he ought to be in the Pen
Now, Mr.. Watson, Mr.. Edwards have denied
all the charges you have accused him Of but you
dare him to in the Jurisdiction Of the courts
and swear they are not true That if he does you
will prosecute him for false swearing That you
have proof that they are true.
Now, Mr.. Watson, if you have the proof that
he is a criminal why earth don't you go ahead
at once and prosecute him to the full extent of
the law? Is it not against the law to conceal
a crime? Then if you have the proof that Claude
Bennett written that speech and it was mailed out
unlawfully and you don't prosecute Edwards then
are you not accessory to the crime? Don't wait
for Edwards to swear he is not guilty. Don't say
you will not do it because you in the Tenth
District and Edwards in the First District, for you
were in the Tenth, are at the same place you are
at when you made the charges. Don't say
it is the place Of some down here, for we have
not the proof and too you are more able to stand
the expences than any of us.
Did you not say that you had come back to the
Democrat party to work for the good of it? Then
show your spunk don't leave to believe you
have falsifed against Cong. Don't make us
believe that Charlie Edwards is a Criminal and
you accessory. If ChaS Edwards are guilty OF
the charges you have made against him and you
will prove same in the Courts Gas it is your duty
to do | guarantee he will never go back to Cong
again Represent the First Congressional District
of Georgia But if you fail to make good [ hope
to see him go back by the of every delegate
from every county Of the First Dist.
Trusting you will show courtesy by publish
ing this in The Jeffersonan, | am
Yours Very Truly,
c. H. WARNOCK.
Stilson, Ca, August 2, 1910.
P. s.-If you should fail to give this spase in
your paper will send copies of it to the county
papers.
Mr. Warnocz can see for himself that am
doing more work. such as it is than any man
living. Am in full chase of lot of Deserters
and Do-nothings; am doing an immense
amount of editorial work for paper and a
magazines: have a book against the Catholic
Hierarchy under way; am making few po-
litical speeches; and am keeping up with
tremendous private correSpOndence-to say
nothing of few breezy controversies in other
papers than my own. Yet Mr.. Warnock,
whose time is probably not quite SO valuable
as my own, thinks that | ought to drop all
this and 90 into the Federal Courts to prose
cute Calico Charlie for a violation of the pos
tai laws
Now Mr.. Warnock, you can't be one-tenth
as busy as I am, and I'm going to ask you to
90 into the Federal Courts and make use of
the following evidence:
Go to District Attorney Erwin, in Macon,
and ask him to get Claude Bennett before the
Grand Jury. From him, you can get the evil
dence that he wrote the speech for Edwards,