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HOKE SMITH "COMES 'BACK” as Georgia’s Governor
HE whirligig of uncertain politics has
been seen again in Georgia; and former
Governor Hoke Smith, erstwhile mem
ber of Cleveland’s Cabinet, overwhelm
ingly elected as the anti-corporation
Candidate for Governor, then hurled
from power while his basic policies were
in process of formation, nbw comes
, back to the throne in a remarkable cam-
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paign, defeating Governor Joseph M; Brown, who
defeated him two years ago.
It is hot ours to discuss the merits or demerits
Os two gredt political leaders who stand ably and
conscientiously for opposing schools of political
thought. Governor Smith was Widely commended
by friend and foe for trying to redeem his pre
election pledges while in office (and a number of
them are now among the statutes of Georgia),
while sympathizer and opponent generally con
cede that Governor Brown did his honest, “dead
level best” to undo much that his predecessor had
clone. Verily, all meh can't see alike.
At Powder Springs years ago a company of
neighbors were talking politics good-humoredly.
“Well, Uncle Jimmie,” said a gray-hhired farmer,
speaking to Uncle Jimmie Lindley, who was about
ninety years old, “I guess it’s a good thing we all
kaint see alike. If we’d all been alike every man
would ’er wanted my wife Sookey.”
“Well,” replied Uncle Jimmie, “if they had all ’er
been like me they wouldn’t ’er had Sookey.”
And the laugh went round.
And so everybody in Georgia —that is, most ev
erybody, (including the Outs and the Ins), has had
time to get in a good humor and wish bon voyage
to the new administration.
The one consideration, however, which comes
within the province of The Golden Age is the in
fluence which the new administration will exert
on the enforcement of Georgia’s prohibition law.
Two years ago, on the day which later revealed
Governor Smith’s defeat, he declared to the editor
of The Golden Age that while he had been for
years a “local optionist” on the liquor question he
had seen with his own eyes enough of the bless
ings coming from Georgia’s new law to make him
believe now in State wide Prohibition, and that
‘Broughton Writes to His People.
At the great farewell service of Rev. C. A. Ridley,
of Beaumont, Texas, last Sunday night, at Brough
ton’s Tabernacle, the following letter from Dr.
Broughton, written on the eve of his vacation de
parture for England, was read to the congregation.
It is good enough to give to our readers, who are
deeply interested in every movement of the great
Tabernacle pastor:
New York, August 24, 1910.
My Dear People—Just a word to say good-bye be
fore I take my departure. I wish very much that I
might meet you all face to face and say it, but in
stead of that I shall have to resort to the mails.
I have had a pleasant stay in these parts; have
been very busy, having had but very little rest, but
feel especially fine on this, the last, morning that I
shall be on this side the ocean for about two months.
Mrs. Broughton, Leonard and I sail in a little while
on the Adriatic, of the White Star Line, for London.
I am hoping and praying that the eight days of com
plete rest on the sea will put me entirely on my feet
again. I am going to do my best this time to get as
much rest as possible, in order that w’e may do our
best work during the coming winter season. I feel
very anxious, even now, to get back to my work. I
know that I will be a better man and will do better
work next year than ever before if the Lord lets me
live. I already have some new plans for our work
that I believe will be blessed to us all.
I am glad to hear good news from all departments
of the work. Brother Ridley seems to have been
doing his very best work this year, and I am rejoiced
to know how much he has been appreciated by our
people. Brother Ham’s reports of the work are
greatly encouraging to me on my departure.
I shall try to send a letter to you for every Sunday
after I reach England, and J shall, of course, keep
The Golden Age for September 1, 1910.
whatever might be the result of that days’ election he
meant to spend much time in trying to bring the
b’essings of state-wide prohibition to other states.
One thing is certain —Governor Smith owes nothing
to the liquor interests of Georgia. Whatever may
have been the merits of either candidate or adminis
tration the beer saloons fought Hoke Smith when he
was defeated and when he was nominated last
week. They themselves are openly violating
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HOKE SMITH, GEORGIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR.
posted about the work at home.
Os course, the thing that is most on my heart at
the present time is our new building. I have con
tracted with Dr. G. Campbell Morgan to be with us
on the first of next March. That is the only time he
ETERNAL VERITIES.
Every particle of life, whether physical, in
tellectual or spiritual in the universe is instant
ly progressive—seeking development and per
fection.
Every soul —good or bad—is actively seeking
its own perfection in good or evil accomplish
ments.
Every man and woman is daily growing better
or worse in the progress and unfoldment of
their souls. Every sincerely good man is grow
ing better and increasing his power for good
ness; every really bad man is either conscious
ly or unconsciously increasing his power for
evil. There is no “stand-still,” no neutral
ground, nor elysian fields for quiesent respose.
All is steady continuous growth for better or
worse. It is the law of nature; it is the law of
governments; it is the inexorable law of God’s
infinitude. Every atom of life, whether in the
material or spiritual world, is a busy 100m —a
veritable factory working out God’s inscrutable
purpose. Walter E. Steed.
can come, and I hope we may have the building
ready by that time. Let us all work and pray to that
end. In the meantime let all who have subscribed to
the fund strain every point to meet as much of their
obligation as possible at once. I know that this will
the very State law which Governor Smith signed
amid the cheers and tears and songs of those who»
love the home above the saloon. And nearly alfl
of them are cloaks for blind tigers, while several 1 -
cities are declared to be openly defying the Stated
law. Any determined Governor can have a whole--
some influence over the judges, and the municipal l
and county officers, and while prohibition was Wot
an issue in the election and Governor Smith ha#
given no special deliverance on prohibition since
his election, the friends of good government take
strong comfort in his vigorous declaration that he
proposes to see to it that all law is enforced.
Good! Then that means that beer saloons will
be closed and flagrant “blind tigers” must be anni
hilated. Georgia’s good name at home and
abroad demands the fearless eagle-eyed vigilance
of every man from the humblest citizen to the
Governor on his throne. Here is good will to the
outgoing and the incoming Governor —and above
all, to a saloonless Georgia—a Prohibition Banner
about her head without a single stain!
The fact that Hoke Smith is a‘ statesman of na
tion-wide prominence, having often been spoken
of for a place on Democracy’s national ticket, will
invest his next administration with interest as
extensive and intensive as his fame is wide. And
the further fact that Georgia was the first state in
the South to throw off the bondage of the legalized
liquor saloon and that he is the Governor who
signed the biU will cause prohibitionists in Geor
gia and all over America to look to him as their
friend and protector—and thus the protector of the
good name of the State and a greater cause.
■([ SMITHSONIAN GENEROSITY.
' ) Samuel S. Smith, of Decatur, Ga., says:
T “Here is a dollar and a half (summer time
(( rate) to renew my subscription to The Gold
en Age. My wife says William D. Upshaw /
has only one equal when it comes to using
((( the English language in dear, expressive
((( beauty, and that is John Temple Graves,
1! and —I don’t flatter folks, but I agree with '
( my wife.” ’
be done and am just resting in the trust that I have
in God and my people.
1 was much touched at the close of the Northfield
Conference, when Mr. Moody, much to my surprise,
announced that the offering that night would go to
the support of our Tabernacle Infirmary. I could
not keep the tears back; it was so unexpected and
was such a tribute to our work. From this you will
see that our work is getting well before the people of
this community. Mr. Moody asked me to speak one
night especially upon our work, and I laid particular
stress on the infirmary work, in which the people
are greatly interested.
The time is drawing near when I must go, and as
the time draws nearer, my heart goes out more and
more to my people in the Southland. As I say good
bye, I will just remind you that I am expecting that
•each one of you will pray daily for us while we are
away.
With much love and earnest prayers for my peo
ple in my absence, I am,
Faithfully yours,
LEN G. BROUGHTON.
Thinking On the Verities.
One of the purposes of The Golden Age is to make
its readers, especially its youthful readers, think.
And when you think you ought to think about things
that live and breathe and climb
“To heights immeasurable
Os bliss sublime.”
Read “Eternal Verities” in this issue by one of
Georgia’s most brilliant young statesmen, Hon. Wal
ter E. Steed, of Butler, Ga., and you will feel like
thinking on the things that live and breathe and
climb.
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