The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-04-15

81 anu IHlS County are COHlShC
rejoicing over the defeat of w.
d. Mcneil, of this city, for the
General Assembly of Georgia.
This rejoicing is not due to the
fact that Mr.. Mcneil suffered defeat
personally, but on account of the
fact that our city and county have
for years past been completely dom
mated by the Roman Catholics here.
Your last weeks issue of The Jeffer-
sonian exposed the candidate SO
thoroughly that it was laughable to
read his reply" which appeared in
an afternoon newspaper edited here.
The poor fellow evidently realized
that it was a question of damned
If he did, and damned if he didn't
SO he straddled the fence and en-
deavored to smooth things over by
stating that, while he was not a
Catholic, he gave all people the right
to worship as they chose. That was
rather plagaristic, in view Of our
Constitution of the United States
having previously given the like
right without regard of the defeated
candidate. However, in passing, |
might say that we admit that the
late Senator is a personally capable
man, but there seems to be no one
here whose opinion of Mcneil is as
high as is his own of himself |
have made personal inquiry among
number of prominent lawyers of this
city, and before then was under
the impression that Mr. Mcneil was
a good lawyer himself, but if l adopt
the opinions of his brother attor-
neys, L will be forced to change my
own opinion Of him.
My main purpose, however, in
writing you is to say that you should
have seen the Catholics Of this city
flock and rally to him after your at
tack It developed into one con-
certed effort on their part to elect
him. In fact, l will youch for two
meetings which were held Saturday
night and last night at the Hotel
Dempsey, here, where his friends as
sembled in the interest of his candi-
dacy. [ was present in the hotel at
both times, and naturally became
interested in this political crowd be-
ing present; SO | went into the rooms
where the meeting was going on, and
10 and behold | saw q Catholic, on
my left, on my right, and in fact
everybody there seemed to be Cath
Ollie. If any one challenges this
statement, ask if the, Messrs. Sheri-
dan, Hogan, Cassidy, McNellis and
Burke wern't there, and if they
didn't address the meeting and give
their views as to how the eight as
they termed it, could be whipped?
Every automobile belonging to a
Catholic here was actively engaged
today in transporting voters to and
from the polls in the interest of Nc
NeiPs race.
It is a positive fact that Mr. Nc
Neil, for the last three years, has
been annually retained as counsel
for the Catholic liquor dealers here,
who operate in open violation Of our
laws These lawbreakers expect to
be caught, some of them; so, in Or
der to eQualize the burden of attor
ney's fees, they each contribute to
the general retainer fee, according
to assessment made by a board Of
governors, Of which Tony Cutro, a
Catholic, is chairman. With these
facts, you can readily observe that
Mcneil could not resist the pressure
or persuasion of his Catholic Glen
tie. That's the trouble with him:
he can't resist the evil temptations
of the dollar
But the turtle has with drawn into
his shell now, thanks to your efforts
Your exposition of DAILY in the dis
charge of that poor boy, Reed, from
the Hotel Dempsey, defeated DAILY