The Brunswick news., 1913-05-13
JUDGE EMORY sPEER.

IN The Union and generally they are
recipients Of hsmage and honor a
The hands Ct a very vast majority j
the people whom they serve. In
GEORGIA VIC have many Of thsm-triod
tree and just judges-who day by day
koId cseuiy the scales Of justice as
| between their fellow5 Generally
aeain these judges are happy and
cure in the esteem ard in the cen
edence OF their fellow citizens. How
ever there is one judge, who in our
cs,inion Is the peer Of any judiciary
snywhere, whose luStre has Travelled
-beyend The confines OF his state and
las made btm national figure,
whose ability and high attainment is
known Of all men and whose fairness,
imp1rtiality and general correctness
b only questioned by theae who are
Diind 70 etege facts, for personal rea-
ms and viii not see them This
Judge for months has been made a
uget OF by the Macon News, which
should be ashamed Of itself for its
u.ai ude and which should be con
0emned by all men VINO believe in
llair play, sincerity and common do
a3ncy we refer to Judge Emory
5peeb Of the United states court for
lle Southern district Of Georgia. Our
saeen contcml orary seems to nave
gme personal spleen against judge
sfeer ana il resorts to the undignt
led and rcpehepsiblc plan Of venting
Iit through its editorial columns and
aiat. too. in the face of The fact that
be News must know OF the blamcless
gfcial record Of this truly great and
iast judgsl
The News is pleased to observe
hat cs'es members G. the state press
Gre cone2mnins the Macon News for
its attitude in The matter and we
.hcerfully commend The following
rem cur esteemed contemporary. the
Augusta ner3&i:
II Is trali amazing now the people
II Macon y endure tho maltreat
nent cf any cAzen in the manner and
0 Che xetent rracticed by the Macon
evening News toward Judge speer.
surely that gentleman is as useful to
ne country AMI state as any maH
within onr borders. His record as
ndgc ii banelcgs The whole state
snows that the highest testimony to
.lat effect has been given bS five
successive grand luries meeting IL
he iivc divisions Ct the district.
These Representatives Dcdies have
rotested against the division OF The
district and put their protest on the
round tilat tho state can not olord
TO lese tho services of the judge. II
the grand Jurors in the other diyi
ems are equal to those who com
pilsed the grand jufy at Augusta
dhefe AFRO no better people, no bette.
balanced or more conservative. The
-onlehtion Of the Georgia Federation
Il Laaor, which met here during the
ess.on CT Judge saeer's court adopt
ID resolutions, even more emphatic
. The same effect.
1t is wesl known that Judge s9eer
MS avin and again been ind3rscd
Or d smetiou b practically thc
lnaml Is bar Of the southern dis
,rict 81 GeoIgia Whenever tho state
aceds the service &C a scholar ana an
srater to represent il, Judge speor is
iAN 1ttetA e7SsiS SNNN VI aAAS " eta NlAN NNsiA -
s;;sisisFy s,;;ssisifssFy orator for his aiina mater.
lie was selected as the Bacealaureate
slator cf the anne great university
lor he present year, For twenty
years, lar5ely through his Sits as
eaeher, hundreds of young men nave
athored in Macon to listen to his
lectures as dean of the Mercer law
school The high character Of the
nan is shown 10y the faet that The
saeas Baptist denomination q aeor-
sia selects him ter that lofty station
20 mousd tae chsractsr and mentality
of The youth 81 Che state, And vet,
IN nearly every Issue Of the Maeol
syenng News somo unworthy attack
scme malignant ansiuuation, som
maleyoiont mnuendo IS printtG