The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-20
JUDGESHIP RACE
GROWING RED-HOT
JUDGE BROYLES, CANDIDATE FOR
COURT OF APPEALS, WRITES
A STRONG CARD.
COMMUNICATED

Wnen a Few weeks ago, announced
my candidacy for Judge of the Court
of Appeals, l thought | had only one
man to fight, but events have shown
that my opponent has enlisted in his
behalf the active services of twelve
other lawyers, who, in a labored ar
ticle to the voters of the state have
endeaovred to dictate to them how
they shall vote in this judgeship con-
test. This campaign committee of
twelve consists of five ex-judges OF
our supreme court, and seven other
lawyers. These FIVE ex-judges of the
supFrSme court knew my opponent
piers, and their advocacy of him is
purely out of personal friendship.
Don't you people of Georgia know that
if Broyles had happened to have been
their stenographer instead of Pottle,
these ex-judges would be endorsing
me now instead of my opponent? That
these ex-judges have a right to en-
dorse my opponent, no matter what
motives control them, | am net deny
ing, but when, in their zeal FOR their
friend, they seek to bolster up his
cause by dragging in specious and
unfair arguments, and appeal to the
prejudices of the country against the
cities, and try to array one section
of our state against another, 1 be-
lieve they have overstepper the
bounds of fair and honest argument.
Here is the plain situation-there
are two candidates, and only two, in
this race-it is now too late for any
body else to enter. The people of
Georgia must choose as a Judge of
the court of appeals either my OPP
ponent or myself-now what is the
plain duty of the voters of the state?
IS it to find out in what sections of
the state the two candidates live, and
hen for all the south Georgia voters
to support my opponent, and all the
north Georgia voters to support me?
God Forbid | want no votes from
north Georgia given to me simply and
solely because l happen to live there.
| am making this race as a Georgian,
who knows no sections in his state,
and if elected, will represent on the
bench, to the utmost of my ability,
all Georgia, and l am getting letters
every day from all parts of the state,
many of them from south Georgia,
deprecating and deploring this unfor-
tunate sectional issue which has been
injected into this race by the distin-
guished eX-judges, who are managing
my opponents campaign, and I be-
lieve that on the 21st of August the
people of Georgia will stamp their
emphatic disapproval on this attempt
to excite sectional feeling between
the different parts of our state.
But to return to the question, what
is the plain duty of the voters of
Georgia in this race? Is it not to
cast their ballots for the candidate
best qualified for the place, no mat
ter where he lives? Can any honest
man deny the truth and logic of this
argument? l venture to say that down
in the bottom of their hearts, even
|. the five distinguished ex-iudges are
ashamed of their attempt to prejudice
this race by their sectional appeals
But l will pass on to another phase
in this contest-my opponent has con-
fined his efforts in this race almost
| exclusively towards getting the sup
| port of the lawyers of Georgia, while
l have gone directly, by newspaper
announcements, to all the voters OF
the state. l have many of the ablest
lawyers in Georgia warmly supporting
me, but l have made no greater eff
forts to get the lawyers to vote for
me than any other class of citizens.
| have not attempted to have any of
the local bars of the cities to publicly
endorse my candidacy, for two rea-
sons: Firstly, unlike my opponent,
have not the high official position
which almost compels an endorsement
| from the members of the bar, when
, requested by the friends of the judge,
who must pass upon, in his court, i'm
portant cases represented by these
l
| same lawyers; and secondly my
friends have advised me that do not
! need an introduction by members of
lie bar to the people of Georgia
They say that my record for law and
order, for fearlessly enforcing the law,
and my stand against the technicali-
ties and delays of the law, are well
known to the people of our state
There are about 100000 registered
voters in Georgia. OF these, not more
than 1900 are lawyers, and of these
1900 lawyers, not 10 per cent have
publicly endorsed my opponent. So
there is no occasion for my friends,
throughout the state, to become dis
couraged because of the published en-
dorsement of my opponent by this
small per cent of the lawyers OF
Georgia. Sincerely yours.
NASH R. BROYLES.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE PIANO
ROBERTS PHARMACY GIVES FIT