Ol)e Jeffersonian
Vol. 15, Mo. 9
Have You Noticed How the Roman Catholic Church Has Taken
J7OR many years it must have been apparent
to all political students, that Tammany
Hall, of New 1 ork, was the Roman Catholic
Church, organized for political purposes.
The head of Tammany is always a Roman
Catholic: usually an Irishman.
It has been accused of all sorts of com
plicity with crime. Its methods, in carrying
elections, have been notoriously fraudulent,
violent and murderous.
While Tammany calls itself Democratic, it
is really papal. It robs the tax-payers'and
turns over the money to the pope’s schools,
hospitals and charities.
It never fails to knife a Democratic candi
date for the Presidency, if that candidate has
refused to make a satisfactory trade for the
Roman Catholic vote.
It was under Mr. Cleveland that the Italian
pope first landed his ambassadors at Wash
ington.
Under President Wilson they have enjoyed
a picnic, such as they never had during any
other Administration.
He made a Roman Catholic Knight of
Columbus a Collector of Customs, in New
iYork. '
He appointed Prof. Monahan to a fat con
sulship, because Monahan had published a
little pamphlet showing how friendly to the
The City Politicians are Scheming to Rob the Small Country
Counties of Their Share of Political Power.
DEADERS of The Jeffersonian are aware
' of the fact that I have always stood on
the Constitution of 1877, which divides po
litical power between the large counties and
the small
It was because of his stand on this matter
in 1907-8 that Hoke Smith was defeated for
Governor by Joseph M. Brown.
The State Convention was supposed to lay
down the law so that certain men and certain
interests that are strongest in the big cities,
would not have any greater control over the
State, than the Constitution provides.
It would seem, however, that the question
is always bobbing up again; it never gets
settled. The following letter from our friend,
Grover Edmondson, would seem to indicate
that the battle is to be fought over again.
The small country counties should realize
that under the popular vote, which pays no
regard to county lines, county interests and
county pride, the slums of the big cities can
be used to reduce the country counties to
political nothings:
[To the Voters of the Eleventh Congressional
District:
Your Democratic Executive Committee will
meet at an early date to fix rules governing the
approaching Primary, and in view of the fact
Possession oi the National Democratic Party ?
Thomson, Ga., Thursday, February 24, 1916
Catholics WilsOn been during his term as
Governor of New Jersey.
He appointed a postmaster at Newark, the
most desirable Federal position in New Jer
sey, because Tumulty, his Jesuit secretary,
demanded it.
At least 80 per cent, of the appointments
in 'Washington have been Roman Catholics.
During his campaign for the nomination, in
1912, Wilson went through the form of dis
missing Tumulty from his employment, as
private secretary, but even then he appointed
him secretary of the Supreme Court of New
J ersey.
Immediately after this unworthy dodge had
served its purpose, Wilson again took up his
Jesuit secretary, and has held him in the
closest of confidential relations ever since.
What right has Woodrow Wilson to expect
the support of any Protestant?
In what way lias he made a stand for
American principles against the encroach
ment of the Italian pope?
What right has he to demand a re-nomina
tion from the Southern States?
He has considered the entire South as his
political property, and has acted upon the
belief that, no matter how unjustly and
cruelly he used us, we were compelled to vote
for him.
that certain influences are now at work to deprive
the country counties of the District of their rights
and strength I feel justified in sending this note
of warning.
If the Committee adopts the so-called “popular”
, vote plan, it means that the five big counties of
this District will name your next Congressman,
and the eleven little counties will be practically
disfranchised.
I propose to demonstrate to you how this will
be done, and I invite your careful attention to the
facts and figures herewith submitted.
Here is the strength of the five big counties:
Population.
Lowndes 29,837
Ware a .' 2 7,665
Brooks 25,000
Coffee 25,000
Berrien . : 23,609
Total .... 131,111
Here is the strength of the eleven little
counties:
Population.
Wayne
Glynn.... 14,317
Appling 14,000
Bierce 12,500
Bacon . 12,000
Irwin ~ ... 11,000
Clinch 9,000
Jeff Davis . . A . .3,000 i
With the utmost eagerness, lie legalized the
New ork Money Trust, financed the cotton
gamblers who had been denounced in the
Democratic platform: lie loaned them hun
dreds of millions of dollars, to buy our cotton
crop at S3O a bale, and he boldly refused to
lift a finger in behalf of the loyal Democrats
who had voted for him.
He loaned out $400,000,000 of new monev,
running the presses day and night to create
it, and he allowed them the use of this money,
at 3 per cent, interest, when the Republican
Aldrich bill, which was denounced in the
Baltimore platform, proposed that the bank
ers should pay 5 per cent.
According to the Comptroller. John Skel
ton M illiams, the new money which President
M ilson loaned to the gamblers at 3 per cent.,
cost those who got any of it from 20 up to
2,400 per cent. z
The cotton belt, clamoring for a redemption
of the pledge for Rural Credits, as made in
the Baltimore platform, was coldly told by
Woodrow Wilson, that it could not obtain
any help from the Democratic Administration.
By his broken contract and the chilly per
fidiousness of his conduct, the Southern States
lost $400,000,000 directly. How much was
lost indirectly, in the failure of merchants
(continued on page five.)
Camden . . , 8,700
Charlton
Echols 3,309
Total 115,126
These figures clearly demonstrate the fact that
the five big counties of our District have a popula
tion of 15,985 people in excess of the combined
population of the eleven little counties.
Under the popular vote idea these five big coun
ties will out-vote the eleven little counties of the
District.
Hence under that plan all candidates for Con
gress can do their campaigning in the five big
counties and tell the eleven little counties to go
to Hades.
Would the eleven little counties like to be
bossed forever by the politicians of Valdosta,
Waycross, Quitman and Douglas?
If the election machinery of the five big coun
ties fell under the control of crooks, the politi
cians who buy the crooks could supremely boss
the District.
The crooks could buy the purchasable votes in
the five big centers, deliver them to the candi
dates who paid the most money and furnished the
best liquor, and we would forever be bossed and
gagged by Court House rings and professional
politicians.
Under the Constitution of Georgia, as framed
by General Toombs, the counties of the State are
allowed a certain number of representatives, ac
cording to population. The six largest counties
have three representatives each; the twenty-six
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