Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-02
FOES Played BY
LONCSTREET'S
WIDOW
Gainesville Postmaster Sees
Collision of Her Opponents
and Power Trust.

,,rs Helen d. Longstreet today de-
.,.,,rcad Henry 5. Jackson, the Georgia
p,,rar Company and II. II. Dean. OF
gainesville. as the prime movers IN the
Ma, +o GUST her from the Gainesville
posto1ice. g,
THE napers announce that Henry >
r,rkson. of Atlanta, is about TO reIleFe
ma of the commission of the Gaines
lilo nostohice. in the interest Of Judge
B. CASTOR, on the charge of perni-
ions activity in Colonel Roosevelt
..onaigp." said Mrs. LOngstreet.
81 was invited by President Tatts
campaign manager to support President
Taft If had supported Mr.. Iaft' that
would not have been 'pernicious actiY-
i+v, All the Georgia delegates to Mr..
Taft's convention at Chicago were Fed
oval office holders. They were not
,,,,ii,,, Of 'peInicious activity Since the
,4v: war the Republican party in the
south has been limited to Federal Of
flee holders.
Sees Big Job for jackson.
Mr. Jackson. since his appointment,
has been guilty Of more 'pernicious po-
litical activity than any man l know
of in Georgia, and is today, if he is
irving to relieve me Of the commission
Of the Gainesville postoffice. But Mr.
Jackson has undertaken q big job, on
tba eve Of woodrow Wilson's adminis-
uation.
at was announced at Chicago that
CASTOR had been promised the Gaines
Vile postoffice for his support of Pres
i6ent Taft. wired to Chicago on that
occasion that the goods could not be
delivered. l make the same announce
ment today.
NJ commission reads something
Ike this: BY and with the consent OF
the American senate There are some
mighty big American statesmen who
stand between me and Mr.. Jackson,
assuming that Nj. Jackson is guilty of
the scheme with which he has been
charged.
Alleged Collision With Trust.
IF Nj. Jackson is making a fight on
me. he merely represents the Georgia
Railway and Power Company, by mar
Iage | understand that Mr.. Jackson
has intimate connections that are af-
Hliatcd with this ubiquitous water pow
err trust, against which have been sue
cessful in having law suit instituted
to GUST it from the peoples property
al Tajluiah Fails
Il have Q great personal liking for
President Taft. | think he is a loyal
blg-muded American who will not lend
himself TO the Nillainous schemes OF
tIo Georgia Railway and Power Com
plnU ! have aaver uttered harsh
~rrd against MI taft. and have never
permitted any one to do so in my pres
nee. But I o. not consider Mr.. Taft
lac rieIC ll.n tor president.
Only Exercised Her Rights.
"m support Of Colonel Roosevelt.
Kept c.larly Within the postal laws and
regulations. with which I claim to be
e. am American citizen. Tho senate Will
pu. set Tac in the rights Of citizenship
.u The -ssest republic Of the earth.
III H-. H@ngy Jackson is fighting me.
.e LAS merely joined forces with II. II.
D.aa .ot Gainesville, the hlreling of the
d'or2ta HALLWAY and Power Company.
|@ Jackson is lighting me. he
"t,eiE represents the worst element Of
Southern @og.bicauism~- the element
hat i,r forty years fought the greatest
Republican tic South has produced
Inc" tha Civil war-the commander
whose name I bear
Never Has Consulted Him.
j Ar, Henry jackson is fighting me.
IRE has merely allied himself with the
IN. IS; corrupt bosses OF the Democratic
ID the interests of the Georgia
E+i.Way ana Power Company.
hut J prefer to believe that Mr..
JACKSON is not doing this. have not
''nsdlted him ABOUT the Gainesville
.slofiiee because it never had oc-
'"''ed to me that his opinion in that
.ohneetion was OF any special impor-