The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

sion and the freight rates of the state were on trial, he came before that court and came as a master, not a litgant his conduct was dominating that he was reminded that while we had great respect for his age, he must remember that he was before a state court, and not talking to the porters around his of- fee. And he has not forgotten the en- vifoned men constituting the majority Of that trial court, nor must he forget the trial before the commissioners two years before, also an environed court, and now he rewarded all the members of the court except one. who sat'iat those trials. for their conservative steadfasthess in re- ssting the effort made by the people Ito do. away with the discrimination against shippers, the producers and the consul mers of Alabama.
 MT. Smith. believes in proceeding through the orderly processes of the court but like MT. Archbold, he believes in first securing suborned or railroad court and then bring on the trial
 They Ate the Beef "A man on trial for stealing a beef had employed a lawyer to defend him before the jury. The evidence was point blank that he had committed the crime. The lawyer consulted with him, told him he had no chance and advised him to plead guilty. but he declined. y will make the plea myself he declared. Before the jury he said: Gentlemen, I am not guilty, and leave the case in your hands Soon they came back with the verdict of not guilty. The lawyer was astoIh.shed, and when outside the court room Ne asked his client why he had so muchS conf- dence in the jury, and how he knew, they would find him not guilty, he lookedN the lawyer in the face and said, 'Curnel, the,m is the men that ct the beef \ oil of frf.. .1e laI bama it has been before men who ate, the beef, and when he claims the rights of trial by jury, having also exercised the power to fix the jury. then that trial becomes shell game and he taxes the patience of white men to ask them to stand for it.
 Tempting the Press z Recently MT. George w. Jones, attor ney of the Louisville and Nashville, sent out letter to the press of Ala bama, the following being copy
 Montgomery, June 2, 1912. !" Dear Sir: enclose herewith the edi- l torial page of the Montgomery Advertiser of, June 20 1912, containing communica- 1 ton from Hon. William A. Gunter, headed l "The Rate Decision: Interesting Letter from W. A. Gunter.'
 | " I take it that you will treat this as a news article, at least in part, and if you care to reproduce it in your next issue | upon this basis, 1 am authorized to pay l you twenty (s20.00) dollars for it's pub | lication, on receipt of your bill with mark ed copy of your paper in which the ar | ticie appears.
 " You will note that the article occu- l pies about two and one-fourth columns of the editorial page of the Advertiser. :" Asking you to let me have reply | hereto, am, yours truly.
 l" GEORGE W. JONES, | District Attorney
 < Enclosure
 A Difference in Value
 This article was from MT. Gunter. tue
 master, and was published as news, and
 the bill of s20 was ordered sent to him
 with copy of paper, and signed by him as George w. Jones, division counsel, Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad company.
 Mfr. Jones also published through the in- | terior press of the state an article from
 his other master, Judge Thorington. He | only gave BIO for that, but specified that
 both should appear in the news, not ad-
 vertising columns. Why he should de- | oeive the people by having this appear
 as news and not as advertisement, and | why he should value MT. Gunter's article | at $20 and Judge Thoringtons at only sl0,
 cannot say, unless MT. Gunter decided | at the beginning that the state had no constitutional right, and then proceeded 1 to try the case, and Judge Thorington | decided the state did have the consti- tx <1-