The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-02-02


"A writing my friends to vote for
him and not vote for man that had
never done anything for the people,
and as l give the people few of his
acts and doing in the legislature of
1909, will now take up the Journal
of 1910 and show the people some of
what he did for them at that session.
Although he has denied ever writing
that I had done nothing for the peo-
pie, have his letter where I can put
my hands on it to prove he did write
it. And, while I propose to sketch
up Mr.. Hardeman, I propose to touch
up my old friend, Whitley, a little, as
he represented my old county and as
good people as ever lived, that they
may see a little of what he did for
them and the people of the State.
First, he voted for an amendment to
the dog law, making it a misde-
meanor if a man did not pay his dog
tax. Wasn't that pretty tight, friend
Whitley, when it is not a INSIDE
meanor for man not to pay his tax
on a mule or stock of merchandise?
Mr. Alexander moved that any mem
Der of the legislature be allowed to
accompany the Western and Atlantic
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at the expense of the state, which in
cluded the whole legislature or as
many as saw fit to go. Suppose the
whole body had decided to have gone,
would that not have stopped the
business of the legislature at a cost
of several hundred dollars a day?
The yeas and nays were called and
we find both of our friends, Harde-
Hall moved to reconsider the action
of the house in voting that any mem
Der could go with the Western and
tanooga. We find Mr.. Whitley vot-
ing to reconsider. Why, friend White
ly, such sudden change? We find
our friend Hardeman working for
the people by not voting. What was
the matter with our friend Robert?
Again, bill to amend paragraph 1,
section 2, article of the Constitu-
ton, so as to increase the number of
Senatorial districts, adding more ex-
pense to the people. A motion to
table the bill, which meant almost to
kill the bill. The yeas and nays be-
ing called by that old watchdog of
the treasury, Joe Hall, we find both
our friends voting against the people
and to keep the bill alive. Again,
bill to amend article 7, section 2,
paragraph 2 of the Constitution, so
as to exempt certain farm products
from taxation. Mr.. Hall moved to
table the bill, and the yeas and nays
were called for and we find Harde-
man voting to table the bill-iust a
small, wee bit for the farmer. Don't
you think, Mr.. Hardeman, as you
represent a farming people entirely
that you ought to have been willing
to help them a little? Our good
friends separated here - Whitley
standing by the farmer. Good, so
far. 1t seems that our friend Harde-
man could never think of his poor
farmer friends, but was always on
the lookout for his lawyer friends, as
I will show further on. Again, bill
to extend the work of suppression of
contagious diseases among live stock,
which was bill in the interest of the
farmer, we find our friend Whitley
voting against it; our friend Harde-
man, as was common, lodged the
vote. Now, let's see, as I proposed to
show how careful our friend Harde-
man was for the judges of the court
of appeals, when a measure was up
to increase the salary of these JUICES
to $4,000, he was on the alert, at his
post, and voting for it. Why so dill
ont in hnh