1915 September 05 Atlanta Constitution 58 Pages Georgia

1915 September 05 Atlanta Constitution 58 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1915

PDF PAGE 21, COLUMN 5 Judge S. B. Adams, of Savannah, Defends Ex-Governor Slaton Savannah, Ga., September 2, 1915.—Editor Constitution: I must enter my earnest protest against the wave of vilification that has swept over Georgia, and still survives, against Governor John M. Slaton. I understand perfectly that what I say will be unpopular, but I think that somebody ought to say some things that I propose to say. I have never had the slightest Professional, Pecuniary, or Selfish Interest in Frank or his Case. I appeared before the Prison Commission, urging its Recommendation of a Commutation of his Sentence. I also wrote a Letter to Governor Slaton on this Subject. I was in no sense employed. Nobody has ever suggested employment to me. No Client has ever requested me to do anything for Frank. I am aware that every man who has taken the Position that Frank’s Sentence ought to be commuted will have his motive impugned. Men incapable of doing anything from unselfish motives cannot comprehend how anyone can act except under the influence of some selfish or sordid inducement. Judging other people by themselves, they naturally have a poor Opinion of these others. There has been, and is, an