Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-24
GOVERNOR PULLS
THE RECORDS ON
DORSEY'S CHARGE

The first warm boom in state politics
has been fired with the strong attacks
OF rapid fire artillery from the ranks
OF Governor Harris, aimed directly ne
Hugh NJ. Dorsey. This section Of the
state, and especially Americus, il fa-
terested in the newest controversy
over the pardoning record, because z
was here that Dorsey admitted that he
might have written some requests.
AT Dawson he denied writing certain
recommendations.
Fom this time on, the promise N
bright for all that could be asked iu
the four-cornered race. Dorsey ID
firing shrapnel into Governor Harriz-
hitting Joseph E. Pottle, and taking
shots at DR.. L. G. Hardman. Governor
Harris has turned aloose an entire
charge at Dorsey. Pottle has attacked
Dorsey's l.. & N. connections, and DE-.
Hardman is firing at the whole field.
with a newspaper controversy on the
side with the Lawrenceville News-Her-
aid.
There is every indication that DOrseT
has become muddled on his charges
against Governor Harris and the par
don record so far as it relates to Do--
sey. The governor has pulled the re-
cord,' and one newspaper man styles
it as "the deadly parallel"
Extracts from a newspaper artiege,
uncontradicted, gives the following
synopsis of what Dorsey has done. re-
questing pardons-and Governor Har-
ris calls him down with facts. Ii is:
1T speaks for itself. 1t is the publie
record. Anybody may find it for tire
looking-in looking up the declarations
made by Governor Harris, to verify his
charge upon Mr. Dorsey. What Gov
ernor Harris charged will be found
and back of it more.
Indeed, Mr.. Dorsey's clemency rec
ord-cases in which he has convicted
and then made his prayer
TO the chief executive of the state that
the verdict of the court be set aside
covers not only cases wherein the voice
CT the trial court had spoken, but in
which Mr.. Dorsey asked the chief eK-
ecutive of Georgia to set aside the
verdict OF the highest coBrz
cf Georgia.
He has asked clemency for negro
convicted by him of the murder OF a
white youth.
He has asked clemency in a case Of
rape, convicted by him.
Both of these were death sentences.
op5 l., tLa ooeo of +bo vooro y,,,,rdoror
who butchered the white lad. and liz
which he failed to have his prayer an
swered, the negro confessed on the gal
lows that he committed the murder
He had prayed for clemency for
convict in one murder case, within q
year; one rape case in year; two for
gerry cases; four burglary cases; twD
robbery cases; two manslaughter
cases; two larceny cases, all within a
year.
HE and his Office have conyictsA
criminals and within that same year
he has not opposed prayer for execu-
tive clemency made in one rape case.
ore larceny case, one bigamy case. one
case of attempt to commit murder. one
robbery case, and two forgery cases.
Fourteen cases in which Mr. Dprssy
has prayed for executive clemenry fer
convicted criminals within one year
Seven other cases in which Mr.. Dor
sey's Office has failed to oppose the
petition for clemency for convicts FROM
Fulton county. All in the same yeAE.
and yet this record does MOI S1TrT
within that one year, the most glarinS
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