Dear Sir: If 1 can be of any serv
ice to you ii. the prosecution in U.
S. Court command me. I had not
written before because I hoped and
expected that abler and more widely
known atterneys would have volun
teered to represent you.
.Xours for service,
W. B. STUBBS.
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THE JEFFERSONIAN
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY MASS
MEETING.
Thomaston, Ga., June 15, 1912.
At a large mass meeting of the
citizens of Upson county, held in the
court house, June 15th, 1912, to
take some action in regard to the
arrest of Hon. Thomas E. Watson,
editor and publisher, at Thomson,
Ga., on motion of Mr. B. F. Lee the
following gentlemen were appointed
a committee on resolutions: Robt.
McFarland, J. H. Hoyle and Otis
Franklin.
While the committee was out
drafting its resolutions, the follow-,
ing staunch friends of “Uncle Tom”
made time fly by stirring, explana
tory talks upon the cause which led
up to his arrest: J. J. Gilbert, P. C.
Parks, B. F. Lee, James R. Atwater,
Will Dean and William Watson.
On motion of Mr. B. F. Lee the
following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
Whereas, it saving come to our
knowledge that the United States
Government has instituted criminal
prosecution against the Honorable
haomas E. Watson charging him
with having sent through the United
States mail vulgar and obscene mat
ter, and,
Whereas, said prosecution coming
at this time, after a heated political
campaign in which the candidates
and policies advocated by said Thos.
