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!