Excerpt from The World's Work, Vol. 3: November, 1901, to April, 1902, A History of Our TimeHE earnestness and the broad common sense of the President as well as his freedom from sectional politics were admira bly shown by his appointment, to the bench of the United States Court, of ex-governor Thomas G. Jones, of Alabama. Mr. Jones is a Democrat. He was a Democratic Governor of Alabama, and a Democratic member of the recent State Convention. But he is not a man of narrow partisanship. It was he who caused to be inserted in the amendment to the Alabama constitution the clause giving the Governor power to remove a sheriff who fails to defend a prisoner against a mob. He is a man of liberal opinions, of conspicuous courage, and of a strong personality.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.