The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-10-15
Hark Back to Charter Fight.


new charter?' Under the above head Marietta was
flooded with circular letter just before the cleo
tion for the new charter The Journal, while oppos
ing the charter made no answer to the abuse
heaped upon progressive and reliable citizens of the
city preferrng to let the charter win or lose on it's
merits
But now that the election is passed the charter
lost, and the minds of the people settled we want
to give little to this scurrilous article
First give you extracts from the circular itself
" Are you against the new charter with the
politician who in Office tries to wreck your town:
has council meetings in secret; pulls large un-
lawful deals at midnight? Are you with those
who fight industries and alhimproyements which
give laboring men more work and money? Are
you on the side which keeps the town down?
Are you with Mr. T. NJ. Brumby, ST., and his
two boys-Little Tom and j. r. who are for
ever fighting every move in your town which
stands for PROGRESS?'' 'What
those opposed to the new charter say about it
IS FALSE and an insult to your intelligence
and an insult to those who compiled it. Are
they expert in good government by the people?
No, they are for themselves and no Others and
want the old charter where they can rule and
RUIN, as they have in the past (And lot
more like unto ths) This signed by Jim Brum-
by, the mayor.
The voters have spoken on the new charter with
out word of personalities from the Journal The
Journal has not misconstrued single iota of the
new charter 1t has spoken only the real truth out
OF the new charter it would be read by any intel
Egent man
Now, in this circular we find no reference to a
trip to Triton On that trip the city S indebtedness
was einched for $48000.00 for which indebtedness
1t never obtained "red cent" Who was responsi-
BILE for that obligation? Not parties referred to in
the circular letter He who signed the circular made
the trip We would like for him to answer what
midnight deal was costly to Marietta as that
What secret council meeting ever involved us to
such an extent? 1t no insult to the intelligence
OF the voter to print, plain as day on our front
page the sections of the proposed new charter it
was simply an appeal to their intelligence which
has rightly spoken against the new scheme for run
nng the city to still higher expense and taking from
the people the right to select their own rulers
The Journal, of those who opposed the new
charter, feels that it is its privilege and DUTY to
answer the letter above quoted in the calm DAYS
that have followed its successful fight against the
ehaIJer that the people have voted to discard
1t is not business nor purpose to answer for
the individuals mentioned in the circular letter they
are among best most intelligent and progressive
citizens, and able to fully for themselves
But the journal had as much to say about the char
teT any paper person. it answers for itself that
no FAl+SEHOOD or UNTRuTH entered its columns
concerning the meaning of the matter before the
public 1t made 10 effort to deceive but intended to
enlighten the voter by putting the truth of the mat
fer before him
We are thankful that the people saw the charter
as We did
ClenerS in various parts of the cotton belt have
had notice to stop ginning cotton. From Adam
down we've tried to put our troubles ON some one
else. The proper procedure is for the growers Of
cotton not to haul it to the gin-then they u stop