The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-06
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mat evidently you refer to the case
NJ, y. groves. l did not pardon
-i. uroVes' but on request of the
p1iSoI commission, composed of two
osnioltonists, viz: General Evans
anu Mt. Dawson, and one local on
, ~ 81. u think he is local option
80 whey Williams, | committed his
SGI0ence TO payment of the fine of
Ii thousand dollars and relieved
4iIll OF serving the Jail sentence.
uuge Hodges, before whom he was
tIIeu' wrote me he had no objection
" my relieving him of the imnrison-
Lei rms change of attitude nv
uu5e hodges was caused by the fact
InaI leading physicians of Macon
STATED that Mr.. Groves health was
such that he could not stand tba CON
Lhement in Jail Furthermore affi-
uaYIIs We're brought from two parties
VINO aI the trial, were considered as
agents Tor Mr.. Groves in the recent
u certain shipment of whisky from
CINCINNATI, who stated in these affi-
uaVltS tnat the whisky was bought
On thelr own account and in no sense
as agents for Mr.. Groves. Under the
ABOVE conditions | approved the rec
ommendatlon of the prison commits
SION and relieved Mr.. Groves from
serving in Jail and required him to
pay the fine. y"
W. me above is, in brief, the record.
lou can ind the full details, which
substantially uphold the above. in
tne executive clerks office in the
state capitol. '--0
Whlle upon this subject | will also
can your attention to the fact that
Mr.. Volney Williams, campaign man
ager Tor Hon. Pope Brown, in last
saturdays Georgian, gave a list of
upwards of thirty 'pardons" which
ne said l had granted to parties con-
law. In
l will state, concerning the above
that almost every one of them was
recommended to me by the prison
commission composed, as | have
above stated, of two prohibitionists
and one who is not considered a pro-
hlDItlonist. In almost every case in
stead OF being a pardon it was a com
mutation. In one case that [ remem-
Der a cripple was sent to the chain
gang in one of the counties who was
unable to do any work: and after
being kept several months the coun-
ty authorities asked me to commute
MS sentence, as he was a dead ex-
pense to them. In one or two other
cases the convicted men had tuber-
culosis, which the authorities were
afraid would spread among the other
cOnY1cts. Yet Mr. Williams puts ev-
eryone of these cases down as par
dons."
Furthermore, in his statement all
leging the number of "pardons"
which l granted in my two years he
manifestly includes not only pardOns
but combinations and even respites;
all Of these are pardOns to him for
campaign purposes. For example, as
to the latter: / respited the murder
er, George Burge, twice for the pur-
pose of allowing the examination of
alleged newly discovered testimony,
but when this testimony was found
worthless l allowed him to hang; and
yet Mr.. Williams charges me up with
at least two "pardons" to George
Burge.
The above are some examples of
the method Of campaigning with
which, permit me to say in great
trankness, the electorate of Georgia
is insulted by the over-zealous parti-
sans of some very estimable gentle
men who are running for governor.
With high regard, your friend,
JOSEPH NJ. BROWN.