The Brunswick news., 1913-02-22
PAPER IS
READ To JUDGE BY
LAST GRAND JURY
JUDGE sPEER COMES BACK IN
HIS USUAL HAPPY
MANNER.
BOQOETS AND BOQUETS AGAIN
Jury Was Dismissed Yesterday, But
Some Of Them Are Still 10 savan-
nah on Case and viii Remain
Today, n

Today n
The United States grand jury
threw pretty bouquet at Judge
Speer on being discharged y=zkrday
The Judge, in his usual happy way,
responded The jury said
We the grand Jury. OF this, the
.februarE 1919 term Of this court,
I'm taking leave of the court desire to
express our sincere thanks to the dis
triet attorney, his assistant the mar
shal and all other officers OF this
pcourt, for the many kipdnesses and
eourtesies extended 10 us during the
present service.
take peculiar pride in having
ser d at the time when your honor
had Me distinction Of celebrating the
the NtwenFseighth anniversary oil
yourV recession TO the bench of this
court We heartily congratulate you
and wish you many more years Of
active service in your present lofty
position TIE faithful, fearless and
able service rendered Sour state aad
country has attracted attention far
and wide No Judge has rendered no
bier service, not one has striyen hard
er TO do his full duty without respect
to persons. We have noted witn
pleasure and interest the manner III
which even'handed justice is admins
Tered in Aais court alike to the rich
and the pd dor.
We ot8sefNe Chat there are no iro-i
fessional Jurors and no jury exemp
tions IN this court, thus insuring the
best eaIihre of iurymen
Your labors In this dissfNt have
-t'san q gf rstrt-F4l lue TO thes eolvlli1.
The able rge)of your honor to this
body kgag fSfceflilly reminded US OF
thstrAe principles Of American gov
ernmekt.
We beg specially 10 commend your
elemency In permitting our poor PEG,
pie 70 go to their homes and make
their crops before the sentence Of the
court ls enforced
IA these days when the law IS en-
deaYpring to place its strong hand
upon the yiolators Of the statutes
against corners in cotton, grain and
other necessities Of life, who dcprgss
or raise prices at will to the detri.
ment Of honest business and the ruin
OF the people, and when it is honest
" endeayored to prevent the lawless
sale Of intoxicants in this state. which
the coutrs Of the state have attempt
ed in vain to do, and which this court
alone can successfully do, the coun-
try cannot afford to part with such
.jadges as you have certainly proved
yourself to be.
Representing as many as sixteen
counties Of this district we deplore
the movement to divide this district.
i IS our firm conviction that there
IS no use for it. The dockets here
show no congestion, nor does other
cause exist for such division.
We respectfully call attention to
the fact that all the people Of the
district are equally concerned with
she people Of this city in this impor-
tant matter, largely because the ter.
minals Of the great railroads and
steamship lines Of this section are To-
Gated here and ipAnd shippers aud
producers must col q here to Obtain
relief from oppress e rates or o8ae.
unlawful exactions.
we neg 10 enter IS our protest tc
any movement to dfA de this district
and present this add ess to the court
with the hope that your honor will
cause copies thereof to be transmit
ted to our senators and representa-
tiyes in congress, to the department
OF justice and to the president Of the
United States, and that the same be
spread upon the minutes of this
court.
Judge speer's Response.
] am deeply moved, gentlemen, by
this address. 1t has been quite 40
years now since very young man
entered the service of my state as So
licitor general. With the exception
Of about 16 months I have been in
public service since then and recall
no incident which gives me more gen
uine gratefulness. It is pretty hard
times these days for judges. There
seems to be sort of court phobia
against US all over the country. There
does not seem to be much specifca-
tons of wrong on the part of particu-
lar judges, but the demand of the re-
call Of decisions and similar demands