Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16

made eX parte and in secret, you I'M
dcrtakc to upset the solemn adiudi-
cation Of the superior court, con
denim the fairness OF the trial, imEUte
perjury to the jury, and an improper
sentence Of the prisoner to the
judge.
such attitude and conduct on ne
part OF your investigator, and you,
as governor, beggars my contempt
You accept my statement that
no committee waited on me or re.
celved my promise from me as to
the sentence that would be imposed,
therefore, / make no furthei ref
erence to this, other than to say,
the authors q it deliberately lied
and it was unworthy of you TO re-
peat 1t, without even inquiring of me
about 1t. But you add with the
facts reported to me l cannot modify
my conclusions as to the case" When
Iflast knew Of you discussing this
question, the right of the executive
to have a conclusion, or opinion,
about case contrary to the courts
adjudication Of it, you were riding in
to the governors office by means of
an indignant and violent denial of
this right to the executive You were
proclaiming throughout Georgia that
the courts adiudications were final
the very end Of the law, ard de-
mandlng that they be so recognized
and acknowledged. You were persist
| ent and violent in asserting this doe
trlne. Since when did you change
and why the change?
"Nor is this, governor, your only
change of base. If my memory is
not faulty, not long ago-perhaps,
just before your race for the senate
"a committee of negro preachers
appealed to you, as governor, to in
terVene to stop mobbing and lynch
ing Of their race. The substance and
effect OF your reply to them was if
[ they really wanted lynching and
other violence towards negroes stop
ped, to go home and tell the negroes
/ to point out the fiends whose crimes
provoked lynching and violence. In
! ether words, if they would disclose
the real criminal they would not be
further punished. Why this change
And why all of a sudden the compil-
alton Of these alleged cases of out
rage against the negro? As to these
cases l repeat again if there is no
more truth and fact in your other
cited cases than in these cases, you
have shamelessly Iibeled the great
state of GeOrgia-yOur state that
has favored you with exceeding
great honor-and besmirched the
fair name Of its citizens-as brave,
upright and loyal as live anywhere
to the extent that generations yet I'M
born, will feel the blight of it.
Furthermore, if every case cited
! by you be exactly as you report it,
as regrettable as this would be, as
worthy of condemnation as this
would be, still they would represent
outrages against approximately one
One-hundredths Of one percent OF
the total negro population of the
state. Is this sufficient evidence of
lawlessness and depravity to indict
practically two millions Of white peo-
pie for violent outrages and wanton
cruelty and hold the state up to ma
tional and international ridicule and
contempt? Your Statement has
found its way into the leading papers
of the country, and this weeks issue
Of The Literary Digest carries your
picture and the essence Of your
statement. thus scattering it broad
cast over this and foreign lands Civ
ing you credit for worthy motives