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BROUGHTON TALKS
VtRY PLAIN.
The Action of a Few Membere of
That Body Brings Forth Some
Warm Talk From a Leader in the
Ranks—Calls Its Action “Bullrag
ging and Browbeating"—What he
Says of It
Atlanta, Ga tJ May 7—A peculiar .sit
uation has arisen here as regards
the action of the trustees of the
Georgia Anti-Saloon League. At the
meeting Tuesday with sixteen of the
seventy members present a resolu
tion was passed which expressed
preference for Governor-Smith as In
dividuals, but not as the action of
the league. It was adopted by a vote
of ten to six, Including three proxies
for the resolution. This resolution
expresses the Idea that It would be
wisest as Individuals to vote for
Governor Smith, but opposes any
formal action by the league as a
body. It is rather a queer condition.
In a statement given out yesterday
Dr. L. G. Broughton, who has been
quite III, protects against the action
of the league. Among other things
' I* «y»:
, “x am really too Blck to talk poll-
t j . tics, even though I believe there Is
« a great moral principle involved, blit I
■ ■ am glad of an opportunity to record
'aflfaaotast as trustee of the i
flloon league of the state of C
action
I'
could give ourselves to the other Is
suer Involved, claiming a victory In
the election of either one.
“The Interview was had and the
whole state Is aware of the result,
both candidates pledging themselves
to defend the present law, even to
the extent of exercising the veto pow
er If necessary, and all over the
state we were congratulated for hav
ing saved the prohibition cause from
this wrangle.
“I happened to be a member of
that board, but I knew nothing of
that meeting, and had I known It
I could not have been present, for I
was still sick In South Georgia.
“Upon my arrival home this morn
ing I was greatly surprised to find
that a mere handful of the trustees,
principally those living In Atlanta,
and by no means all of them, had
come together, and, after a great
wrangle, passed by a vote of seven
to six the resolution Indorsing Gov
ernor Smith’s candidacy over that of
Mr. Brown.
"I say again I was surprised at
this. I was more than surprised. I
was pained. I was hurt. Never mind
what I think about the two men; nev
er mind how I am going to cast my
vote; I am more concerned about the
maintenance of the temperance
strength In Georgia and holdlpg our
forces Intact for future battles than
about the election of either one of
these men for governor at the pres
ent time. And I know this to be the
biggest blunder that ever good men
made.
"There are as good prohibitionists
on the side of Mr. Brown as Mr.
Smith. There may not bo as many
of them; but they are there, and the
league simply had no right to go In
the face of the declarations of their
candidate, and put their baneful In
terpretation upon them to favor the
man of their choice. Every man has
VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY, MAY 9,
m
1908.
THE BLIND TIGERS
ARE ON TOP.
er Eid of
F
I would have seen eqi
uch ~opposed to indorsing the
dldacy of Mr. Brown or any
- man under existing conditions. I
I think, with all due respect to my
good friends who pressed the action,
that the league has played the fool,
and, I am afraid, forever destroyed
Its Influence as a moral force In state
politics.
“From the first I was fearful that
this action was Intended, and hence
urged, along with Hon. Seaborn
Wright, Dr. John E. White and Mr.
M. J. Cofer, that the two candidates
for governor be Interviewed with ref
erence to their willingness to pledge
themselves to veto any proposition
to change or In any way weaken the
pre.-ent prohibition law. I said then
that In the event either one of them
refused to come out and make such
a pledge, I should be In favor of In
dorsing the one that did. In case
neither of them pledged themselves,
we would fight both. In case both
of'them pledged themselves, the mat
ter of prohibition would be eliminat
ed from the governor’s race, and we
ht, and should exercise that
- vote a-, in pleasqs,’and'civ*,,
flhihltlonlst.l^^^^^
as to whlcRjftfheso two’
most ability to carry out Ms
pledges. He has a right jo Judge
the line-up and take Ms Stand ac
cordingly. But that lb a right for
the Individual to exercise, and not
for the leagqe as a body to under
take to do. I protest, therefore, as
a member of the board of trustees
of the league against this hasty po
litical wire pulling.
"The policy of bullragging and
browbeating carried on In the name
of prohibition Is a thing that I find
myself unwilling to In any sense be
a party to, unless I felt better satl-
fled about Its sincerity.
"Don’t be so Ready to Swap.”
”1 am far more fearful of that con
stituency that crowns a man today
and crucifies him tomorrow than I
am of any other spirit at work among
our people.
"I say again to the prohibi ten
forces of Georgia; Stop damning
and anathematizing your friends.
Don’t be so ready to swap horses un
less there Is dead sure good boot In
the swap. The men who have stood
and fought and almost bled and died
The Juries Seem to be not In Favor
of Convicting Violators of the Pro
hibition Law—The Savannah Rifle
Club Meets This Afternoon—Doc
tors In Savannah May Agree.
Savannah, Ga„ May 7—In the trial
of the blind tiger cases up to this
time In the city court the defend
ants seem to have had It on the
state. There have been four cases
tried and only one conviction secur-
This conviction came after
man had been tried twice. J. R.
Hanberry was the man convicted.
The jury first made a mistrial but
just as soon as this had been done
the defendant was placed on trial
again and be was convicted in tMrty
minutes. C. H. Schroder was then
placed on trial and after an hour’s
consideration of his case the Jury
returned a verdict of not guilty. Still
other cases are to be tried. Some of
them will be tried today. The ren
dering of -these verdicts would Indi
cate that juries In Chatham county
are loath to convict men charged
With violating the laws against sel
ling liquor. It Is hard to get a Jury
with all the members on It In sym
pathy with the prohibition movement
and they have so far failed to accept
as true the Idea that the defendant
was violating Die law. The
SPEAKER CANNON AT 72 HAS
HOPES OF BEING NOMINEE,
Washington, D. C., May 7.—Speak
er Cannon', whom Illinois Republicans
W thtm, at least—profess to
believe will receive the Presidential
nomlqstlon at the Chicago convention,
was seventy-two years old today. The
HouS* was well aware that this was
’Unolq Joe’s” birthday, for he was
kept busy receiving the congratula
tions of friends and admirers at the
Capltiiif and whenever he chanced to
meet them. The Speaker Is looking
remarlcably well for a man of his
year* and to all appearance would be
physically ■ able to withstand the
atraln'of a summer campaign, should
ht decide to take to the stump. Sev
eral of the' Illinois cities and towns
whara .they believe Mr. Cannon will
be the next occupant of the White
House;,, aont him birthday greetings
today.
Mr. Cannon was born at Guilford,
N, C,, -May 7', 1836, but ft an early
age fnpved with his parents to In
diana. ‘He began life at a clerk In a
grocery store. He studied law In
Cincinnati-, and was admitted to the
bar In 1881. He settled st Tuscola,
Illinois, soon after and was elected
state's-^attorney there In 1881, aerv-
Ing till r 1868. In 1875 he moved to
Danville and was elected to the Forty-
third Congress. He has continued to
serve-ever’tines, with the exception
of one term. He wa* elected 8peak-
ar In 180S.
SMITH
VERY BUSY.
CIVIL 8E&VICE COM’N. MEETS.
Chicago, Jil, May 7—The second
biennial convention of the national
assembly of civil service commission
ers opened In Chicago today for a
two day's session. The organizations
represented at tha meeting Include
the United 8tatee olvlt service eom-
i,i- khe state commissioners of
Illinois,
suit of having kept a looker club or
that It was Intended for personal
use. ,
Doctors May Yet Agree.
The long contest tbat bus existed
to a more or less degree between
the Georgia Medical Society and the
Cbatbam County Medical Society It
has'been determined to amalgamate
the two organizations under the name
of the Chatham County {Medical So
ciety. This will be In accordance
with the Ideas of physicians all over
the state that there should be coun
ty organizations. The Georgia So
ciety has already voted for amalga
mation and the Chatham County So
ciety will vote upon the question
next week.
■le Appoints a Committee to Repre-
•ent Him at Roosevelt's Meeting
Next Week—Rev. D. W. Branan
Scores the Boy's Reformatory at
Mllledgevllle—A Complaint as to
Short Weights on Coal.
Atlanta, Ga., May 7—Governor
Smith Is speaking today In Cedar-
town. Tomorrow ho will speak In
Monroe and Saturday In Washing
ton. On next Monday he will speak
In Augusta; Thursday ho will be In
Newnan, Friday m Carrollton and
Saturday In Rome. No dates have
been arranged for Tuesday and Wed
nesday, but will be before the end of
the week. It Is understood that Mr.
Brown will Issue another statement
In a few days, and tbat for the first
time he will deal somewhat with the
personal attacks on him and hie
father.
Governor Smith has written Presi
dent Roosevelt that he will not be
able to attend the conference of gov
ernors In Washington May 12, IS and
14 owing to the campaign In the
state, and he has named Asa G. Cand
ler, of Atlanta, Pleasant A. Stovall,
editor of the Savannah Press, and
Charles 8. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers' Union, as Ms rep-
.1. lmpq^ant
ter Is right. The prison commission
Is in session here this week, and
Chairman Turner may have a state
ment to make later In reply to these
attacks. Secretary Goodloe Yancey,
of the prison commission, says tbat
only three boys have ever been chain-
ed In the reformatory, and tbat was
done against direct Instructions. He
says further that the statement that
the boys sleep on the floor Is Incor
rect, ns ample nnd good bedding Is
provided for them.
Complaint of Short Weights,
large number of coal dealers
from over the state nnd rnllroad men
appenred before the railroad commis
sion yesterday In the hearing on the
question of short weights In carload
lots of coni. There has been much
complaint from dealers on this ques
tion, and the commission decided to
probe Into It. The hearing brought
out much valuable data concerning
the subject of short weights, and may
result In action that will correct the
evil.
Funeral of Mr. C. T. Kirk.
The funeral of Mr. C. T. Kirk,
whose death occurred at Nashville
yesterday morning, was held this
morning at the family residence,
305 east Crane arenue. The services
were conducted by Rev. C. C. Canon
and were largely attended by frlbnde
of the deceased and of the fimlly.
The Interment occurred at the city ’
cemetery, the procession leaving the
residence a little after eleven o'clock.
The pall bearers were Hessn. A. P.
Tyson, 0. F. Caswell, C. K. Howell,
A. W. Vamcdoo, A, B. Dlmmock and
W. B. Bell.
The remains reached the city from
Nashville yesterday afternoon and
quite a number of friend* oalledfat (
the residence last evening and th'x
morning to get A but look upon the
feature* that
beyeavi
..Naarl
friends
■ havju-
k
for the cause of prohibition In Geor
gia do not deserve to be kicked aud
cuffed about because they cannot see
some things as some of the rest of
us sec them.
“There Is no doubt about It boys,
you made a mistake, and If you don't
got sweet mighty quick you
itg'provldes for piper* and
'by some of the most ex
perienced men In tha administration
of cl»l | service law* In the Untied
States'. I
Next week will be a great time In
ValdoBta with the Knights Templ.t,-,
the Grand Commandery coming here
at that time. There will be several
hundred of thfm from all parts of
the state, and It Is expected that
many ladles will be In the party. Val
dosta should have on Its best dress
and the visitors should get a good
Impression of the town. The cltleons
should clean up their premlaes as
to make them look their best The
street force will make extra efforts
to have the streets clean and free
from trash.
Quite a number of local Elks went
to Tlfton today to be present at the
Installation of a new lodge of Elks
at that place. An elaborate program
have | has been prepared and the visitors
hurt both your man and prohibition." I expect to have a big time.
swiped aome
stand. Tha Greek grabbef
and the pickaninnies’ chums came to
his rescue. Bricks, rooks and ether
missiles poured In on the Greek and
his stand, working considerable dam-
tie to hot*-. A r’/* r-iIt v" - -"•*-*
in and a plntoon of police hurried
out to the s-cono of carnage. The
Greek was so flustrated he could do
nothing but sputter Greek. Finally
the officers found out the trouble,
and the small negro was locked up.
That ended the riot Twenty-seven
bananas, seven oranges and ten bngs
of peanuts disappeared In the-melee.
Preaoher Scores Reformatory.
In a meeting of the state sociolog
ical society here Rev. W. D. Brnnnen,
pastor of the Mllledgevllle Presbyte
rian church, made an attnek on the
mnnagoment of the state Juvenile re
formatory. He charged that the
boys wero kept chained like convicts,
were mado to sleep on the floor, and
that so educational or spiritual trac
ing was provided for them. Judge
Andy Calhoun here says the mtnls-
rlfie rang
Savannah ‘
It Is not thought 1
changes In the offiferf- although 8
rf them want
C. .latter Is president of the Rile
Association. He ( hss held tbat po
sition for severtf yfers. ’ The Rifle
Association is one of the eraok 'so
cial organizations of the city. Its
nnnual banquet Is always an affair
looked forward to with much pleas
ure by the people of this elty. TMs
nfternoon there will be a shoot on
the range before the meeting la held-
There hnve been a great many com
plaints from residence about bicycle
riding on the side walks and also
about racing of horses up aud down
the streets. These are clear viola
tion! of the law and tne police offi
cers have been lurtruoted to make
ca^es agnlnst every violator. Several
copiplnlnta were before the mayor
and council yesterday- afternoon.
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