The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-03-27

IL lame throughout the country.
The Federal building which has been
erected during my administration is
distinguished as the cleanest and
best kept government building in the
United States.
Endorsements of the patrons on
file in the department testify that I
have given the people of Gainesville
the most efficient service the town
has ever had. The records of the
postoffice department will show that
between the tides OF the two oceans
there is no commissioned postmaster
to whose efficiency l yield prece-
dence.
Congressman Bell desires to dis
place me IN order that he may be
enabled to pay a political debt. Con-
gresham Bell is ably supported in
his fight on me by the henchmen and
hirelings of the Georgia Railway & :
Power Company, one of the most in
iquitous water power trusts ever I'M
dertaken in American history. This
water power trust has unloaded on
the people Of Georgia a thirty mil
ion-dollar watered stock issue, and
in the midst of it's exploitation has
seized TaIlulah Falls, one of the
greatest scenic marvels of the West
ern Hemisphere, which the Almighty
planted in an unrivaled gorge of the
Blue Ridge Mountains Of Georgia.
have been instrumental in having
the State Legislature to order suit
for the recovery of Tallulah Falls
which is the property Of the people
of Georgia, and is being commercial
lied by the water power trust. The
Georgia Railway & Power Company,
therefore, wishes to crush, destroy
and starve me, because I fought the
scheme of vandalism and robbery,
which is in defiance of the property
rights of Georgians and of the anti
trust laws of the United States gov
eminent.
I cannot believe that you will per-
nit the greatest and most benefcent
branch of the United States govern
ment, in whose good administration
every citizen is concerned, because it
touches every Preside in the repub-
lie, to be treated as the spells Of
politicians.
If officers are to be displaced with
changing administrations solely to
provide for the payment of the politi-
cal debts Of those in authority, with
out regard to the character of the
service which they have given, then
ideals of justice will no longer con-
troll under our form Of government.
l cannot believe that the great
American who has led the Democrat
ic hosts to such victory as they
have never won before will sanction
political warfare on women alone in
the struggle of life, in a government
which denies them the ballot while
taxing them for it's support.
l cannot believe that your high
sense of justice will permit to be
withdrawn from me the opportunity
to earn living in the postal service
of this nation, in order that Cong
ressman Hell may be provided with
an Office for one of his campaign
managers. My government gives me
no voice in the selection of the men
who make the laws which l am re-
CURED to obey. At least it should
not deny me the right to self-support
in that branch of the public service
which comes closest Of all to the
home life of the nation, just to en-
able a congressman to pay q man to
corrall votes for him.
When | was appointed to the
Gainesville postoffice l found two of
the brothers of Congressman Bell in
it. One Of them died in the service.
The other one has remained in the