The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-02

point committees, pass laws
ana repeal those already passed.
want to ask you to do one Of
two very important things when you
meet in Atlanta: either adjourn at
once and come home, which | think
would he to the best interests Of all
CCMCerned or else, at this session,
do something that will immortalfze
every one Of you as q laW-makinS
body. If you have done one single
thinE, in fifteen years to distinguish
particularly, the law-making body Of
this state as a progressive body, l
don't recognize it at this time. 1
mean in the sense that the wants
ANA necessities Of the people have
been looked after by you. AS I see
it We would have been better off,
ana you have loved and been loved
more If you had spent most Of the
past session at your home gate-post,
than at what is commonly supposed
to be the post Of duty.
What YOU have done in the way
C. advancement has been forced upon
you by outside pressure rather than
Ly the Inherent determination on
Your part to lead in the important
Questions which concern the people.
What you have done for Drohibi-
ten has been forced upon you, and
then you have let one goddess city
il this state remain in & state Of
OrtlaWry Tor the past several years.
IF YOU have the Brain, Conscience
and Courage that you ought to have,
as a law-maEing body, you will, at
this session, pass 4 law that will wipe
Savannah Off the map, or bring her
to realize that she cannot continue
to completely ignore tho law. You
say that YOU have passed the law
and that is al that you can DC. That
is not al that you can do and you
know it. You can pass an enact
ment that will make every officer,
from the governor down, either re-
tie or execute the law The legis-
laturc can even impeach a governor,
| believe, and if I wa8 in your place
and the governor would not stop this
high handed delivery in Savannah I
would impeoch him, SO help me
Thomas Jefferson.
We have foamed st the mouth for
years about Joe Brown and HoEe
Smith, and all that they have done
for Georgia. You know, ard | know
THAT they could have sent troops to
Sav2nnab to &ton tho sale Of whis-
key, il the Savannah authorities were
net equal to the OCCASION If they
we're equal to the occasion, and stul-
tilted themselves and caused Ge0r-
gas proud banner to t. in dis
grace, because they would not en-
force the plain statute, then if there
is, at present, no law that will reach
s.ch set CT men ] call upon you to
enact such q law at this session.
The oX-goyernors could have had
tt2G law obeyed, and the present gov
Cf21r can do tie same thing: but
they and he, are afraid to do 1t.
There is an element in that city that
they arc afraid Of. And you are
afraid or that same element--the last
one o. YOU are If they elected Joe
Br0Vr--for nearly all Of that Gle
ment voted for him-then it certain
ly was high time for Hoko Smith
when he got the sun to do some
shC0tiEc-&nd he shOt-to WaGhlng-
ton, instead
want to mention some things
that will immortalize you.
The Western and Atlantic r. u.
! know that this is a very din
colt case. Many abstruse problems
are involved. There ere many chest
nrts to be pulled out Of the, fire. ana,
up to this time, there arc not
enough cats TO furnish paws to drag