The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-02-17
''THE MACON NEWS" EDITORIALS ABOUT
WATSON ENDORSED.
Fort Valley, Ca, Feb. s, 1916.


Thomas e. Watson, In Foreign Jurisdictions.
Your able editorials of the third and seventh
specdyely express most adepty what should be,
and what I believe really is, the popular opinion
of the people Of Georgia, in regard to the above
matter.
The procedure suggested and contemplated is,
as you say, fragrant infringement upon what is
known throughout our land as States Rights.
1t is most assuredly an interference with what
seems to me to be one of states liberties, that Of
having tried within it's own borders an alleged
offender Of the l:sws; the alleged crime having
been committed in that state few, of course,
do not share this view Of the matter.
However, outside of the question OF States
Rights" the effort to bring these indictments
against Mr.. Watson, in Jurisdictions other than
Georgia. is SO clearly insult to the dignified
honesty integrity and moral sense Of every true
Geqrgian; so plainly an nsinuation that the citi-
zens Of the state are incapable Of giving fair and
true verdict in spite of their solemn oath to do so;
and 50 Enthusiastically official endorsement of
the libes and ISLANDERS that have been so recently
perpetrated against US; that they should bring
from our united populace earnest and We
hement protest against such action, and whole
hearted denunciation of such endeavors
The inference that would come from such
course singing, the indignity is Of such mag
nitude and the insult is insufferable that it be-
hooves every man who calls himself Georgian, in
defense Of his state, to reinQuish all animosity
that comes from difference in belief as to such
questions as foreign missions, to do away with
all malevolence born Of party strife to cast aside
all malgnity, growing out Of personal prejudice
and render their earnest, Jealous and active sup
port to campaign that might cause the efforts
being made, which would eliminate in these in
dictments, to come to naught. And as an out
growth of this defense of the sovereignty of our
commonwealth establish again the confidence of
our people and the people of the nation in our
courts and their officials
From my point Of view CHASED to some extent,
for while not agreeing with Mr.. Watson in every
thing, I am one of his ardent admirers) Mr.. Wat
son deserves the communication and, at this time
the support of our entire citzenry; for it was he
who so staunchly defended name against
combined foreign press, and it was Mr.. Watson
who champoned our against the entire
countSy which was embittered toward us by rea-
son of ignorance and through false representation
For this reason I say that it is the duty of the
State of Georgia to see that Mr.. Watson gets fair
play from the hands of apparently prejudiced
administration.
To be sure, there are others who do not think
thusy in the matter. There are those who be-
lieve that Mr. Watson is only actuated by selfish
and mercenary motives. There those who
think that only policies of strife can come home.
But aside with this! Now is a time when, re-
CARELESS Of endorsement condemnation of Mr.
Watson's views regardless of prejudice for or
against him a man; regardless of either politi-
cal utilization political opposition, every citizen
of Georgia and every member of the Democratic
party, which in itself most decidedly stands for
Estates Rights, ought to most actively resent
this insulting insinuation against botn The state