The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-02
A LETTER FROM MR.. MOSS.
Marietta, Ga, August 80, 1871

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To the People of Cobb County:
l wish to thank each and every voter
of Cobb county who voted for me in
the recent primary. and not only
them, but | wish to express my graft
tude to the good women and children
who were on my side in this battle for
principles.
1t was contest, not among men,
but among measures, and there We're
not quite enough of us to win
In my service in the Legislature |
stood out boldly for what l believed
was right, compromising nothing l
stood on the same ground in my race
for reelection, and lost; but feel bet
ter in my defeat, with my record in
the Legislature to my credit, than to
have changed one scratch from what
| believed was right
l can look with pardonable pride to
the fact that when the Foster McMa-
han pension bill was slumbering in the
Senate, went to that body and urged
its passage, and that, after aiding in
the passage of this bill, | procured
two thousand dollars with which to
beautify the graves of the dead Con-
federates sleeping under the sod in the
Confederate cemetery. l am not
ashamed of my loyalty to the registra-
ton act of 1908. l am proud of my
effort to have the State buy some
cheap land to use as railroad yards, so
that we could rent our central prop
erty in Chattanooga for one hundred
and forty thousand dollars per annum
for term of years, and thereby in
crease the common school fund to that
extent. 1t is not to my discredit that
| whipped out the Trust Company of
Georgia in a hand to hand battle be-
fore the Senate Committee and made
it possible for the city of Marietta to
own its own waterworks and electric
lights.
Our COnviCts can not come in COM
petition with free labor, but those of
Tennessee, Alabama and several other
States can. They work their convicts
in factories, and make overalls, pants,
brooms, woodenware and a number of
other articles that come into our
State and compete in price with our
free labor. They can work them at
such low prices that our factories can
not compete with theirs in prices.
Joined Mr., Wright. of Floyd county
in trying to make these factories
brand their goods Convict Made, sc
that we could know when we were
buying this class of goods. We got
the bill favorably recommended, but
the session closed before we could gel
it passed. My record will also show
that l stood shoulder to shoulder with
Mack Johnston, of Barlow, in his eff
fort to have all farm products exempt
from taxation in the hands of the pro
Queer for one year, but his bill was
lost.
| took an active part in increasing
the common school fund from 81 so tt
S3.12 per capita for the children of tn,
State, which increase was made
voted for tax equalizers, and tn,
House passed it, but the Senate die
not. | voted for the anti-lobbyins
bill; we passed it, but the Senate diC
not. | introduced a bill to make it
felony for any person to induce girl:
off into lives of shame. The House
passed the bill, but the Senate Lacked
one day of having time enough to pas
it.
The bill so amending the charter o
the town of Powder Springs as tina
they can have public schools was in
troduced and put through by me. TIL
bill amending the charter of the tow
Of Roswell so that the people of tina
town can vote a tax to build a publ
school-house was introduced and pu
through by me.
l had the State laws so amende,
that infant railroads whose owner
are struggling to build TO little town
that have no railroad facilities ca
. have longer time in which to grade tn
first fifteen miles.
In addition to these measures
watched every bill that came up. an
voted for good measures and goo
. morals from first to last. Fourtee
hundred and fifteen voters believed a
l did, but there We're not quite enoug
of us. However, 1 feel as proud q
each man that voted for me as ii
had been elected, l thank each an
every one of you.
Respectfully,
H. B. MOSS.