Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-18

continue to do ~ without me raising
my voice In unyielding protest Thsr".
fore. have journeyed here tonight q"
stand where h. stood when h. com.
m"nced his uncalled Tor and unWar.
ran,cd and unfair political crusade ~
misrepresentation againft me
Charged That ! Represented Governor
Ferguson.
So anxious was Mr. Thomson 10
scatter Instrumentation against mc. that
Ne even had the audacity to assert that
I represented Governor Ferguson IN
, what IL known "a the Chicken salad
cnse Mr.. Thomson u bound 10 have
known that such statement was IN.
/ true The chicken salad case had moth
ms o. do with Governor Ferguson 90
hls administration.
This case WINS IN regard to apprnpria-
ton made by the legislature. giving a.
| Governor Colquiit authority 60 spend
~ much money with vhic b 90 buy gro.
ccrles. II y Terrell. state comptrol.
Ter. vas criolne-l from paying q gro.
| Gerry hill made by Culquiit. not Fcrgu.
son. Terrell. a. a state officer. was thr
party brought 90 court. lie wanted an
attorney 20 represent him. He was %
citizen ~ my county and had been my
client H. asked mo to repre- sent him
I id 81. when I had finished the case
which was more than two wears after
I had first been employed hy Nj Ter
rcii did ne 40 in all my law practicc
a.s.N 80. ~ Ton .fI
sent 20 mo n state warrant signed ~
himself IS comptroller. and by the ther
Governor Jas T. Ferguson. ! never
.inquired az client IN NV life ~ e
where he got the money with which g.
lay me- I presumed. however that
would 10 paid with state funds. a.
represented him In his official capacity
cashcd the warrant and spent ih'
money. had nothing IN this world G.
do with either Mr. Colquiit 90 Mr. Fer
ruson IN connection with this cas-" NJ
/. Thomason. thinking that II might r.
fleet On nv. stated that my fcc was pai'
oui ~ the fund for tn apprrhcnsi"r
~ criminals" on investigation. ! I'm,
that this statement j. absolutely unwar
= ranied ! am reliably informed that m'
Zee was iaid out 81 a fund ST AID
Tor the Payment 81 rewards am
: other eSpenses necessary fof the GA
foncemeni 81 the law. ,elcphoniug t'l'
graphing ana Tor other purpose tai
being Exactly the same fund out "
: which vas paid only few weeks ago
r. fee 81 g. zoo 90 in connection will
'the Red River oil litigation.
7 can't tell whether Nj Thomas
thinks ! hay. Disqualified myself Cd
heinP governor becaUs" I representa-
the cemutrolicr - the state. % becaus
. vas paid f0r my services With stat
, wafraht. In order 10 make hts Spccel
-0und pInsF' az hs thought Mf Thonu
am faId had been paid ln ccuncciio.
/, viih uhis Fec n hotel iil - tIs.9'
. when Mr.. Thomas0n made that stat.
, m.ni h. knew n was untrue : ~ nu
see how my employment a. an ntir'
ney D., NJ Terrell IN any way quail
! fer Mr Thomason f0r governor u
connection With this case. desire q
, sav that I stated IN my brief and ha'
b ! filed o. O. pact ~ the case. that I df
not approve ~ the legislation that aI
proprlafed money viih which 90 pc
, C0iaulitf grocery bll. The 0Iesiir
before the .our, waF not a. ~ the vi.
DOR - The legislative act in question
but "a % tn authority - thu icgisla
70 ture o. make THE appropriate vh.'
Appropriation vss made long before VI
lF,rg1fun became governor. NJ ThYn.
: an knew flI wrl at al times that
. had nothing i1 this world 20 d. VII
|, either Ferguson or the Ferguson az
minisfrsti0 r. however ! had rcpr'
risd G0ysnnr F.rggs1n. Mr. Thnm'
aln ought '0 %. ths ias' porsor ln T.
1s ~ make complaint about b. 'uir
2 . vote arl written report. "x0usrafH
! fervGr.n fT 600 impeachment charge
Gefisfinr ahafe hiz own signature 'ha
20 impeachment charges should b. f's
AGAINST him. ~ oourss later vhs
Thomasun discovered that "a. feop
e. Wer. AGAINST Ferguson. then. In keel
r Ing with his political temperament D
: Jumped into the sntl.Fcrguson ham
- varon
Mr. Thomson Charges That Q ia,