The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-25


stood the unfair searchlight Of crOel
investigation as has been the case
here!
For twenty-nine years Judge Speer
has been presiding over the courtg
OF this district; in the line of duty
he has been called on to punish many
criminals: tempestuous Industrial seas
have wrecked many an enterprise and
the fiotsam and jetsam of these wrecks
have drifted into his court for final
adjudication. In one section of his
district at one time system of ty-
ranny and anarchy feigned supreme
and 1t was his duty to restore peace
and order and to make secure the
property rights of the people. He has
been forced to protect great proper
ty holdings as against an avaricious
| movement on the Part of certain in
| terests to wreck and ruin them, the
| central *. X, OF Georgia for instance
All of these judicial acts, in the III.
terest Of Law and justice, brought
their relentless enemies and some Of
them were powerful ones, clothed
with money and all of the strength
that money and position can bring.
They have bded their time, they
have waited and hoped to put into
effect their damnable scheme of ruin.
ing this judge, and when a Demo
cratic administration came into pow
er it brought that coveted op9oreul.-
ltyi
1t brought more, it brought men of
ability, and of standing in their com
munities, who perjured thor very
souls that they might vent their
opleen-some of which has been f.
menting for quarter of II century
against this man, for after all,
Judge Is but a man, with soul, and
heart and a memory "a mere hui
man, mortal mani Thus we find this
galaxy of enemies made up of vari-
Gus types banded together offensive
| and defcnsiye-and sworn each to the
other to punish this judge, for the
reason that they wanted him punish
ed!
Potential forces were put to work,
machinery was oiled up all along the
line and ambitious Democratic lawyers
with one eye on the judges to.ya and
the other on the Democrats in con.
gress, worked cheek-by- jowl with ev-
cry defeated litigant, every man who
had suffered an imaginary wrong at
the hands of Judge Speer and every
small-calibered lawyer (and there
are lots of them) in the district to
get Speer's goat" Ito use the rath.
er graceless language of Savannah
lawyer. The department of justice
listened TO the stories, sent invest-
gators into the district and these in
vestigators made II rule to visit
only the members of this anti-Speer
clan for the information. Then cah;e
the hearings in Georgia. 1t was an
ex-parte proceeding pure and simple.
Judge Speer introduced no testimony
and every man who had journeyed
through bankruptcy, every enemy, ev-
cry liar every man with crouch
against the Judge was called to the
witness stand and as Chairman Webb
remarks, was given the widest lati
tude in the matter of testifying''
Yet. these committeeman, after re
sorting to such methods, could not
find evidence on which to impeach.
were not fair enough to come out in
the open and say to this Democratic
house this republican judge, named
by President Arthur is guiltless stop
these proceedings and give him
clean, clear-cut viadication".
There is the case!
Think it over and If you can find
anything In this Democratic proceed
nre, to inspire confidence and admir-
alton, except the sincere manly, open
and honest statement of Congressman
Volstead. Republican, then we confess
that we cannot.
| In conclusion, and as Judge Cobb
remarks, we congratulate Judge
Speer that there was nothing in the
investigation to impeaeh his personal
or his judicial integrity.
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