The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-26


tor General ]. P. Brooke, smoothly
pursues the even tenor of his way
quietly and fairly pushing his cam
paign for reelection our neighbor,
the Alpharetta Free Press, is hav-
ing visions and dreams and night
mares. The latest, published in last
weeks Free Press and reproduced
in the Marietta papers and Canton
paper as an advertisement taken
from the Alpharetta Free Press be-
fore it appeared in the Free Press
itself, demands our notice.
That Colonel Brooke is making
an effort to get the support of Gov
ernor Browns friends, as we'll as
all of the citizens of the cicuit, is
not necessary to deny. That he is
making false representations and
pretending to have been a support
er of Governor Brown, we do deny.
Of the lives of all public men
known to us, there is none a more
open book than that of our Solici-
tor General.
1t is true, as charged in the Free
Press, that he was a supporter OF
Clark Howell in 1906. Colonel
Brooke married a Howell, a rela-
tive of Clark Howell's, and he and
Clark Howell were classmates at the
State University, and, moreover,
Clark Howell is distinguished
Georgian.
No one living ever heard him poke
fun" at Governor Brown. He al
ways held the Brown family in the
highest esteem. He borrowed the
morey on which he attended the
State University from Judge James
R. Brown, an uncle of the Cover
nor; he studied law in the office
of George r. Brown, a cousin of
the Governor; the highest compli-
ment ever paid him was paid him
by Senator Joseph E. Brown, the
father of the Governor, on the stage
before the public, when he made his
graduating speech at the State Uni
versity. Knowing Colonel Brooke
as we do, it would have been inn
possible for him to poke fun" at
Governor Brown.
What about the other side of this
question? We are reliably inform
ed that in the presence of more than
one hundred people on the streets
of Marietta on election day, when
the contest was on between Cover
nor Brown and Mr.. Smith, Mr.
Herbert Clay yelled like a hyena
right in the very face of Governor
Brown; 'Hurrah for Hoke
Smith !" How about this for re-
spect to the Governor of Georgia
and to age? Again, what about
that speech Mr.. Clay made in At
lanta on the night of August 18
1910, in the second ward, which,
after throwing off his coat, he
opened by saying: who in the
h is Joe BroWn?'
The Atlanta Constitution Of Au-
gust 10, 1910, contains the follow
ing:
The second ward supporters OF
Hoke Smith for governor held an
enthusiastic rally in the basement
of the court house last night, and
heard a number of speeches in the
interest of Mr.. Smiths candidacy
The room was filled and there were
several hundred persons in attend
ance.
Herbert Clay, of Marietta, was
next introduced. Mr.. Clay made d
strong appeal for the election OF
Mr. Smith, and declared his belief
that he would carry every county
but Chatham, and he believed there
is a chance Of carrying that county
The only thing that we regre
in Marietta is that Brown lives III
there said he, and if you people
down here in Fulton want him, yot
can keep him, we don't care.
The Macon Daily Telegraph, il
its Saturday morning issue, Angus
20, 1910, said:
Marietta people and residents
Of Cobb generally, without regar(
to factiOnal affiliations, are indig
nant at the expression used by Her
bert Clay at the Second Ward Hok,
Smith rally last night in regard t(
Governor Joseph NJ. Brown.
Mr.. Clay is quoted as saying
The only thing we regret il
Marietta is that Brown lives III
there; if you people down here ii