Watson´s Magazine, Vol. 4
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Excerpt from Watson´s Magazine, Vol. 4: March, 1906 That´s a pretty defense for the railroads, isn´t it? According to that kind of logic we must not enforce the law against people who steal because Hoke Smith, as a lawyer, has actually defended thieves. Logic of that sort would compel me to antagonize the law against murder because as a lawyer, I defended dozens of men charged with that crime. Hoke Smith´s position as a candidate for governor is one thing; his position as attorney in law cases is another; and there is no use trying to fool the people about it. If the railroads have made an illegal combination we must smash it, no matter who the lawyers were that represented the railroads at that time. My editorial states that the railroads treated our Railroad Commission with contempt by refusing to obey its rules, its decisions, its orders. As an example, I cited the case of the town of Flovilla, Georgia, where the railroads had for two years refused to provide the accommodations for passengers on their way to the Indian Spring. Mr. Howell jumped on this statement with the triumphant crow of a bantam rooster. He had caught me telling what was not true. No wonder the little rooster crowed. Not many men have upset statements made by me. Like many another little rooster, Clark crowed too soon. Listen: Clark says: "The truth of the matter is, the Railroad Commission ordered the building of a new depot at Flovilla, and the records of the commission show that The Order was Complied With." If the records of the commission show that, Somebody has fooled the Commission cruelly, for there has been no new depot built at Flovilla? Crow again, little rooster. In 1904 the railroad made an addition to its freight room, at Flovilla, and stopped. Hon. Pope Brown, Chairman of the Railroad Commission, had his talk with me after we came back from the New Orleans Cotton Convention. I think it was in the last week in January, 1905. It was not later than Feb., 1905. At that time the railroads had done nothing for the passengers at Flovilla. For a number of years the people of the community had been clamoring for decent accommodations without success. The Mayor had tried, and failed. The Railroad Commission had issued orders, and had been treated with contempt. "Crow again, little rooster." Then what happened? The thunder of the Anti-Corporation Campaign began to rumble. Hoke Smith´s stern voice began to be heard calling the Railroads to judgment. The Corporation law-breakers and Commission-Scorners began to tremble in their boots. And in the Spring of 1905, after Browns talk with me, the railroad men got a move on and ran down to Flovilla, built a little shed for passengers near the old depot and put some water-closets in the old depot. Crow again, little rooster. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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