The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-08-17

you made to this young man who was
working under you in the postofice
at Americas, Georgia, when you got
him to sign it; how you had to con-
vince him that you would never use
it for anything except to show John
Israeli; and all about the fuss that
you and John Israel and broth Ar-ii.
law Charlie had about giving John
q job in Washington; then tell us
what discoveries you have made as
to who burglariZed your Office while
you were away, and broke into your
desk without breaking any locks, got
this note out, and sent it to the JET
fersonian and paid to have it pub
lished. Such funny burglar as that
ought to be exposed. No man with
such queer ideas concerning the eter-
nal fitness Of things ought to roam
at large.
Isn't it strange that congressional
candidate Chas. Crisp in 1912 was
eager to endorse, and emphatic in his
endorsement of gubernatorial Candi-
date, Thos. G.. Hudson, whose record
was then made and which was an
open book to all. And yet, in 1915.
this same record is held up as
ghostly skeleton which units this
same Hudson from seeking congress
sional honors in opposition to con-
gressional candidate, Chas. R. Crisp.
Now, you know, Mr.. East, the Office
Of Governor is not to be snickered
at. If l was good enough for Cover
nor, certainly I ought to be fit for
Congress. Charlie said I was o. K.
then, but oh, what difference when
I am running against him! Even my
conduct as Commissioner of Agricul-
ture had been reported upon when
candidate Crisp endorsed candidate
. Hudson. It is a matter of common
knowledge that the purpose of this
investigation was to cast suspicion
on my record as Commissioner of
Agriculture. Mr.. Slaton, then Presi-
dent of the Senate, was aspiring to
be Governor; my name had also been
frequently and prominently men
toned as a candidate for Governor;
Slat0n busted himself to bring about
an investigation of my department,
which he figured would be hurtful to
my candidacy. When the resolution
calling for an investigation was up
in the Senate, he left the presiding
chair of the Senate and made a pas
sionate appeal from the floor, begging
the senators to pass the resolution
authorizing the investigation. The
resolution passed and PROVIDED
THAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD
REPORT WITHIN TWELVE
MONTHS-it ought to have said af-
ter Jack Slaton had been elected
Governor. The Committee made a
most searching investigation and re-
ported, and l challenge you or any
other man in Georgia to go to the
records and find where the Commit
tee found that as much as one cent
had been Incorporated during the
whole time | was in office. This re-
port will also show that l did more
work in inspecting fertilizers for the
protection Of the farmers than any
six States in the Union; that / did
it cheaper than any State in the
Union was doing the same work; that
! gave the farmers protection against
manufacturers of fertilizers that they
had never gotten before, and saved
them millions of dollars annually. l
don't propose to have you fool the
farmers that I worked so hard to
benefit by your insidious charges and
Misrepresentation They fully un-
derstand your efforts and they also
understand and appreciate my efforts
in the past in their behalf.
Now, dear Joseph CD, is it
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