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THE VALDOSTA TIMES* SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1908.
TltF VALDOSTA TIMES
C. C. BRANTLEY. EDITOR.
B. L. TURNER, Buslnasa Manager
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TWELVE PAGES.
Taft and Teddy are no* known as
the "(old-dust twins." They know
bow to advertise.
A Mr. Meal Is running for .Mayor
of Harrisburg, Pa. If be is a square
Meal we can see no objection to blm.
Hour/ fer the Meal ticket!
Mr. Bryan congratulated Congress
on Its two battleships. That man la
determined to do something that Mr.
Roosevelt won't want to Imitate.
'When a woman buys something
eho cannot really afford, she con.
dones the fault by doing without
something She did not Intend to buy
anyway.
Gov. Hughes says the United States
la filled with men you cannot buy.
But be regrets that so few of (hem
are elected to legislative offices, no
doubt.
It la now claimed that Michigan
will refuse to Instruct for Mr. Bryan
and will vote for Governor Johnson.
What' Is the matter with Michigan
Dsmocratsf
William Allen White writes that
Mr. Taft .'can hook up his wile':
dress In the back,” but can any wo
man keep buttons on the vests of a
man like thatt
California restaurant keepers are
said to bo skinning the Jack Tars
who patronise them. There Is noth
ing surprising about that, since most
of the loud patriots are simply yell-
lag lucro.
A Congressional "pool" has been
formed for the purpose of forcing
through Congress a twenty-million
dollar public building bill. There Is
no law against pooling by Congress
men.
Mayor Busse of Chicago ,1s going
to dig up some tunnels In order to
add to the underground work of (he
Windy City. Mr. Busse Is willing to
do almost anything for his town ex
cept enforce the Sunday liquor law.
"We are for Taft because we think
thnt the President wants him," said
Prank P. iMnoI.ennnn, a leading Kan-
«as Republican. Suppose the Presi
dent wanted Booker T. Washington
Would, all the Taftltes be for Booker?
Governor Smith now says that tho
same people who were' behind the
aasasslnatlon of Goebel In Kentucky
are bohlad the movement In Georgia
to dofeat. him. The governor seems
hard put to It for reasons.—Amerlcus
Recorder.
Representative Winfield Scott Ham
mond, who won hla seat In Congress
and fame by defeating the standpat
ter McCleary In tho second Minne
sota district, feels contldent that
Governor Johnson will bo nominated
for Prealdent and elected.
"Little Bllllc" Hardwick Is coming
down to make some speeches for
Governor Smith. As a matter of fact,
tho "silent contempt" campaign la
gathering volume as It goes. "I-ittle
Joe" promises to Issue a general
statement to the public In a few days.
The President Insists that Con
gress Bhall make "an honest effort''
to do something; and Congress in
sist. that the President shall make
an honest effort to mind his own
business. But no honest effort will
be made for reform by either party,
except what the Democrats will do.
A street car In Chicago was run
ning so smoothly the other day thit
the passengers not only wondered
hut resolved to Investigate. Then It
was found that It was running over
a man. Almost any kind of pheno
mena may be explained It they are
properly investigated.
Though there were fewer marri
ages In Indiana last year than dur
ing the proceeding twelve months,
the' divorce courts broke down the
record there being almost four thou
sand granted in tho state. Keeping
one's wife or husband, nowadays, Is
becoming more than ever a prob
lem.
Joseph M. Brown’s Clean Campaign.
The dignified, manly campaign which the Hon. Joaeph M. Brown
la making for the Governorship of Georgia will prove a blessing to
the Bute of Georgia as the years come and go. In a day ol partisan*
rancor and bitterness, with an opponent who Is a past master In the •
arts of the professional politician, this clean little gentleman—"a
atone which the builders rejected"—announced himself aa the can-
didate against a man who was elected by an overwhelming majority
and who had literally "kicked him out'' of a position which he held.
At»time when It looked as If he was In a hopeless minority—when
the tide was against him—he said:..“I have full confidence In the
people of Georgia—they will do wTiat Is right—I’ll appeal to them.”
there ever greater faith In the fairness of a people?
y When he announced his candidacy, he said: “The office of gov
ernor Is too exalted a place to be reached by mudellnglng or by any
method that would bring reproach upon that high position.” Then
he announced that he would appeal directly to the people through
printed statements that could be read and re-read and taken for
what they were worth. He admitted that he was not an orator to
sweep audiences ol? their feet by his eloquence. In fact, he did not
believe that the people were needing a campaign of that sort. They
had been having oratorical campaigns—the oratory evaporating after
the election like the llxs on soda water. In fact, “the time has come
when Georgia must disassociate herself from the aristocracy of ora
tory and clasp hands with the democracy of deeds.”
In concluding his formal statement, he said: “By birth and
training I am one and part of the people of Georgia, and If I am
elected no automatic electric locks shall bar them from the govern
or's office. I shell have no enemies to punish, for, beaidee the efforts
I have ever made to upbuild Instead of to tear down, I shall to con
duct thle campaign on that lofty plane which befit, the most exalted
office In the gift ef Georgians, (hat when It Is ended I can meet each
one without self-reproach, and, ignoring asperities or putting behind
me ell enmities, shsll dslly Invoke guidance In the paths of “Wle-
Com, Justice end Moderation.” Could words be stronger than that
—could motives be loftier?
JJsten again: "I realize full well that the compliment that Is
being paid me by the people of Georgia Is not because of my own
personality, but because of the vital principles for Which I unalter
ably stand.” How does that contrast with the great “I am" attitude
ef hla opponent, as Illustrated In one place by the change In rules
at the Macon convention, a change which robs the small counties
and the minority of all voice In affairs. The change was made to
place the whole power into the hands of one man—Hoke Smith.
Listen again: “I believe the religious doctrine of peace on
earth and good will between men Is a vital law In business, and that
senseless agitation and demagogical doctrine and vituperation ere
not the paths that lead to butlneet peace, happiness and seourlty.”
Listen again: '‘Let ue live quietly in peace, in good will, hon
estly, God-fearing, and dealing to ell absolute end exact Justice.” 1
How does that comport with the frenzied campaign of vituperation
and abuse of one class of citizens, and the efforts which his opponent
la making to profit by the dissension and the strife which ho en
genders?
Listen again: “If my candidacy for tho Governorship contri
butes to this end I will have abundant reason to thank God that I
have been an humble Instrument In the muoh-needed work ef the
restoration of the state of peace, plenty and prosperity.” Measure
those words against some of the Impassioned outbursts of his op
ponent.
Now. go further: The other day when Mr. Brown was Informed
of the financial reverses which had come to Mr. James R. Gray, the
editor of the Atlanta Journal, and the man who has dipped hie pen_
the deepest In venom In dealing with the candidacy, and even tlfs' r
personal-appearance of Mr. Brown, what did ho say? Listen to the'
magnanimous words that fell from his lips as his countenance show
ed a tinge of sorrow: “I am greatly grieved to hear of Mr. Gray's
misfortune and I sympathize with him and his ettimable family. I
would write the tame to Mr. Gray If I knew he would accept It as
I feel It In my heart.” What could be nobler than that? Reviled
upon, but reviling not again. He would gladly lay a balm upon the
Injuries of an Invotcrate enemy If ho knew his act would not be
misconstrued. There Is the man.
The other day an old Confederate soldier was talking to Mr.
Brown In his olfico, tolling him of Joining the army while his father
was Governor and of how he always loved tho old man. "When you
get to bo Governor," said the old veteran with a smile, "you ought
to colonize all tho old soldiers who 6on't vote for you and send them
to—to—well—South Africa.” “No, sir," came thequlck retort, "there
la no old Confederate soldier living who will not be welcomed to my
home end table, no matter how he votes.” The average politician
would have Jollied tho old voteran'i humor and agreed with him,
but not so With honest "Little Joe" Brown. Ho replied with Just
what was In his heart, and It had a manly ring to it—like everything
else that has come from htfll.
They say that strnwa point tho direction of the wind. The little
quotations which we have taken from the words of Mr. Joseph Brown
go to show tho traits of his chnrncter. They show him to be a man
o( tho highest type, a man of magnanimous, unselfish soul, who de
sires to holp tho people Improve their condition, rather than ride
Into olfico upon the bitterness and hatred that ho can create among
them and who desires to bo tholr servant rather than their master.
Dr. John E. White, tho eminent Baptist divine of Atlanta, In writ-
lng of him said: “He la a member of the Second Baptist church of
Atlanta, not only In ordinary good standing, but in particularly high
estsam of all who know him. HE IS A MODEST, EARNEST, UN-
OSTENTATIOUS CHRISTIAN. No brsath of Immorality or wrong
doing has ever, so far aa I have heard, or eo fer as the people of the
Second Baptist church have heard, been attached to his name. He
le the largest Individual contributor to missions In the Second Bap-
tlst church and has been for many years, although his home It In
Marietta." What stronger language could be used as to the char
acter of a man?
Mr. Brown’s entire cnmpnlgn has been pitched upon a plaae
befitting hla character, as described by Dr. White. His addresses
to the people have been as clear as bells, going straight toward the
Issues of tho campaign and making himself equally clear upoa side-
issues Which his opponent brought In to shield himself from the
failures that have come with those Issues which he outlined two
years ago. Mr. Brown has persistently asked his followers to do
nothing during the campaign this year of which they would be
ashamed- when It Is ended.
And the people like Mr. Brown’s style ef campaign. They like
his candor, his dignity, his clear-cut, straightforward way of ex
pressing himself They like his honesty, his modesty aud ht«
magnanimity. *
And they are going to elect him. The tide Is sweeping all over
the stato and the orators cannot stop it. Georgia will be proud of
Joe Browa and'the world will be better for the triumph of the high
toned and manly methods which ho has called Into this campaign
WILL VOTE FOR LITTLE JOE.
An enthusiastic supilorter of Mr.
| Brown writes the C.riffln News and
j Sun as follows from Atlanta:
"Joe Brown will carry his home
Senator Foraker is working the
negro issue for all there is in It, and
declares to the Senate that there! count >'- wher0 cvcr J ™ter know8
must be "action on the Brownsville j him, practically aolld.
affair, or no adjournment" The Re-1 "He will carry Fulton, Hoke Smiths'
publicans arc up against a tough
proposition, and find they cannot
■erre two misters and will hare to
choose between Teddy and the dark-
ay*.
home county, where everybody knows
both candidates, by 4.-000 majority.
He will carry Hoke’s own ward near
ly two to one.
“All four of Georgia's ex-governors
wall vote for Joe ltrown.
"Both United States Senators w
vote for him.
"Look out for a majority of
for Joe M. Brown."
IVc give these statements ta
they are worth. From our own ob
servation and best Information we
should say that Mr. Brown will ca-rv
Fulton county by a good majority.
Toe four exGovernors of Georgia
are Henry D. McDaniel. Wlllfam ]
Northen, Allen D. Candler and Jo-
ieph M. Terrell.
LOYLE8S ON HOKE SMITH.
In his speech in Augusta Monday
night, Governor Smith consigned Ed
itor Loyless of the Augusta Chron
icle to membership in the "Ananias
Club” along with others who oppose
the Governor in his frenzied cam
paign. After a few paragraphs devot
ed to quotations from the Governor’s
remarks, Editor Loyless comes back
at the Governor in the following
caustic style:
"So that, after all, we shall not
feel particularly perturbed If we
must be consigned to the Hoke Smith
"Ananias Club,” along with Editor
Pendleton, and, perhaps, others, who
have not been afraid to speak some
plain truths about the most collossal
political fraud that ever shot across
Georgia’s political horizon.
"A fraud? Yes, the boldest, the
most bare-faced, the most magnifi
cent political fraud that ever attempt
ed to Impose on the intelligence of
the people.
"A man who finding himself politi
cally isolated because of his "too
conservative” position on public mat
ters, and seeing an opportunity to
gratify a long-standing grudge against
a personal and political enemy, sud
denly makes up his mind to "about-
face” on every issue concerning
which he had ever expressed an
opinion.
"From a conservative of conserva
tives, he became the most radical of
radicals.
"From a champion of old-time
Democracy, he became the leader of
the populistic and disgruntled.
From an opponent of disfranchise
ment, he became the worst of negro-
baiters.
"From an anti-prohibitionist or lo
cal optionist he stepped to the fore
front of the prohibition movement
the very minute it became formidable
'From one of the most ardent
frineds and supportera of immigra
tion, he changed to an advocate of
restricted immigration for everybody
"except Germans.
"From the paid attorney of the
Central Railroad, in Its efforts to con
solidate the Macon & Northern, he
became the most rabid of anti-rail
road consolld&tionlsts.
"From the "friends,” who, with his
Atlanta Journal back of him, could
borrow $50,000 through the president
of the Southern Railway, he became
the arch enemy of everything operat
ed by steam.
"And why? From principle? Who
will say It? Sorely and simply be
cause he saw the temporary drift of
public sentiment In those directions,
and he was shameless enough to turn
tail on everything for which he had
ever stood, In order to ride Into of
fice on the rising tide—which, with
his insincere and incendiary speech
es, he helped to rlae higher and high
er, until it fairly swamped the state
of Georgia at a time of unprecedent
ed prosperity.
"If he were not the governor of
respect—we might retort in kind,
say Hoke Smith's whole life, for the
past two or three years, has been
the most miserable of lies.
We might say he lied on Joe
Brown, when he persistently held
that gentleman up to the public as
the "tool of the railroads’’—In the
face of the fact that It was Joe
Brown and his commission alone,
who reduced both passenger and
freight rates in Georgia.* Which,
while of more practical Interest to
the people, has not been nearly so
hurtful to the railroads, and to com
mercial and Industrial Interests In
general, as Hoke Smith’s continued
threats and demagogic agitation.
‘We might say he lied on hund
reds of the best men in Georgia,
while stigmatizing them as mercena
ries and corruptionists, but for the
fact that their own lives have already
given the best answer to his con
temptible slanders.
"In stead, therefore, of employing
his own epithet for the purpose of
characterizing Hoke Smith’s contin
ued deceit and hypocrisy, wo prefer
to merely allude to him as the thing
he most clearly typifies—a political
'cuttle-fish."
The cuttle-fish Is described as a
genus molluscous animal having small
arms, with serrated cups, by whlh
they "lay fast hold of anything."
(That’s Hoke.) "They feed on sprats
and lobsters and other shellfish. 1
(But for the lobsters and other shell
fish of Georgia, Hoke Smith would
have, long rinee, starved politically.)
They have a little bladder under
has dared opose him In politics or
otherwise.)
"What it has already cost the peo
ple of Georgia to pander to the per
sonal spleen and ambition of this
man cannot easily be estimated in
dollars and cents; but evidences of
the harm that he, and his kind, have
wrought are everywhere about
Wreck and ruin have "followed fast
and followed faster” in the - wake of
this “fake reformer.” And the end
is not yet if he is continued In pow
er.
"It may be that the people of Geor
gia have not yet been entirely cured
of their folly; but, from the moun
tains to the seashore comes the en
couraging news that hundreds and
thousands have rebelled at the ‘reign
of the demagogue,’ and are
tennined to help restore Georgia to
her former proud position among the
states; to make her again the "Em
pire state of the South;” to start her
again upon a new era of industrial
and commercial progress, and, once
more, make her name a synonym for
conservatism and common sense,
rather than of radicalism and ruin.
'And whether they succeed In de
feating Hoke Smith for a second
term or not, they will administer to
him the most stinging rebuke that
any public man has received in Geor
gia in all of her history.”
STA.TE ATTORNEY
kOF TF.NVF.SSF.K,
HON. LAPS. D. M’COllD.
A LONG, LOW REACH FOR VOTES
(Macon Telegraph.)
The Telegraph has received from
several different persons in Brooks
county a campaign circular address
ed: "To the white voters of Brooks
County. . . . Read the acount of
the banquet of the Cosmopolitan So
ciety of Greater New York, of Mon
day night, whore white girls and
women dined side by aide with ne
gro men and women/'
Then followed long newspaper ac
counts of that disgraceful and dis
gusting social equality affair, which
is familiar to all newspaper readers;
and, of course, Indignantly condemn
ed by all Southern white people, and
by almost the whole press of the
North, where It has been commented,
on so far as we have been able to
see.
Now.
This political circular, strange to
say, was gotten out In the hope of
arousing race prejudice In Georgia,
for use in a Democratic primary in
this State!
Think of social equality being an
lsine among Georgia Democrats!
The mere suggestion is an insult to
Georgians!
But here is the Implied charge by
Insinuation:
At the bottom of that circular in
big black type are these words:
“Now, Mr. Voter, after reading the
above press dispatches will you vote
for Joe Brown, who Is being endors
ed by negro conventions all over the
State?"
What Is the charge by Insinuation
That Joe Brown Is In favor of social
equality, and was present In spirit if
Georgia—a title which we must all^iot in person at that disgusting ne
gro-loving feast of certain whites
and blacks in New York.
Of course no sane persons in Geor
gia will be affected by this circular
except to arouse their disgust at the
circulators of It In a white primary.
No man in Brooks county who learn
ed his Democracy from, and followed
In the footsteps of Captain Hunter,
Henry G. Turner and Judge Bennett
will give It a passing thought except
In contempt.
That is a new method of campaign
ing in a Democratic primary—one
that the three fathers in the Demo
cratic Israel named above would
loathe.
On one occasion when Mr. Turner
had about him some younger Demo
crats who were organizing under his
banner for a contest in his behalf,
and knowing their intense zeal and
love for him—fearing that their
younger heads might get too warm
In the heat of battle, he said to them:
"Boys, let us do nothing In this fight
that we will be ashamed of after It
is over!” Have Democrats, this
year, in Broks county, done some
thing that they are going to be
ashamed of—after it is over? Are
they ashamed of it now?—ashamed of
that circular! If they are not they
ought to be.
Joe Brown needs no defense against
this Infamy. It is loaded with its
own antidote. There Is bat one pos- 1/>f _ —
slble explanation for It, and that It, T „ J °f, B *° WN 8 MISTAKES '
that those who put out this circular , ™ e Iate Senator Joseph E. Brown,
have been Impressed with Rube " ° f “ ttle , Joe " » ald on one
Arnold's declaration that the Brown occaslon ; 1 mak « mistakes—we all
supporter, are "durned fools," and make “ lstakes occaslonally-but
, they are proceeding upon the theory ne ? r make the Bame mlstak ® 8 8ec -
the tnroat, near the liver, front , hat there are lots of them In Brooks rad tlrae '' Uttle Joe haa not mado
which, when pursued, they throw co unty, and som ethlng must bo done a , nl,stake dur <ng the present cam-
out a black liquor that darkens the , t0 scare them with the cry of "nig- ! pa gn * M1 ® candor . his equilibrium
water, by which means they escape." gor ,» » soclal equality"—In ‘ a Demo-j Und ° r try,ng circumstances & 1 *
•*,<•00 [ (Who that has followed Hoke Smith \ cratic primary. good at every point shows
j and hls^ political methods can fail j They have mounted on the poor ne- that he ls bul,t ot the n< a ‘«rlal of
what: to see that this description fits him 1 ero's back and are riding htm around “™“
—to a dot?) "Hence the word "cut-: to scare white folks!
Washington, D. O., Ex-Adjutant
General State of Tennessee, and State’s
Attorney at Nashville, is an ardent
frieijd of Peruna. He does not hesitate
to give public endorsement to this very
excellent remedy.
As a tonic Peruna has no superior.
But it is as a catarrh remedy it has
achieved its world-wide notoriety and
success.
Any catarrh remedy to become per
manently effectual in the enre of ca
tarrh must contain tonic and invigorat
ing qualities with its anti-catarrhal
qualities. Catarrh Is always an expres
sion of nerve weakness, either local
or general. It is, therefore, Important
that a catarrh remedy should possess
reliable invigorating qualities in order
to thoroughly rid the system of catarrh.
Pe-ru-na for Colds.
Hon. R. 8. Ryan, now residing In
Nome, Alaska, was formerly a member
of the English House of Parliament
and Secretary to the late Irish patriot,
Charles Stewart Parnell. His Wash
ington address la, New Willard Hotel,
Washington, D. C. He writes:
“I have used Peruna and can recom
mend your remedy aa a tery effective
cure for colds and catarrhal com-
plaints."—K. B. R,van.
are endorsing Joe Brown is a pure
fabrication. There ls not one word
of truth in It. If a single negro meet
ing had done so the argus-eyed news
papers would have found it out. If a
single one should do so. It would be
because in their ignorance they had
been misled by such circulars as the
one before us. "
In regard to the negro in politics,
Mr. Brown speaks for himself over
his own name on the first page of
this issue.
HOKE SMITH AND GOV. .GOEBEL.
It seems quite difficult for Governor
Smith to keep his record straight on
any subject. A black snake Is not
as tortuous in its windings, in and
out, as Hoke has been. In several
of his recent speeches he has ac
cused the L. & N. railroad with re
sponsibility for the killing of Gov
ernor Goebel, of Kentucky, eight
years ago.
When Governor Goebel was kill
ed, If we forget not, Governor Smith
was owner of the Atlanta Journal,
which is his present organ. Its edi
torial on the assassination of Goe
bel did not attack the L. & N. road,
nor even Caleb Powers, Youtsey or
the men who actually committed the
crime. That editorial blamed Goebel,
the dead man, for the crime. It
branded him as a murderer himself,
atfd as "reaping only what he had
sowed.” That editorial was a roast
of Goebel and not the crime, and our
recollection is that Hoke was the
High-Muck-a-iMuck in the Journal
sanctum at the time.
Now it suits Hoke’s purposes to re
fer to that crime for the purpose of
trying.to create prejudice against
Mr. Joseph M. Brown, whom the
Governor seeks to align with a lot
of railroad officials, whom he would
also have the voters believe are
murderers and assassin!. But the
trick will not work. The people are
"on to Hoke's curves." They have
heard him talk before. That ls one
reason they have lined up this year
on the side of "the Democracy of
Deeds and not with the Autocracy of
Oratory."
Hoke should keep his record
straight as he goes along. It might
bob up to haunt him some other day.
hich governors are made.
The people of Georgia made a mis-
is used for a foul-mouthed fel
low; one who blackens the character
of another.” (And here, again, we
have Hoke Smith in his last anal
ysis; a man who has deliberately
and ruthlessly attempted to black
en the character of every man who
God ot our fathers, to what are we ‘ ak ® two 5cars ag0 ‘ but we do not be -
coming! Are the people of Georgia '° Ve tbcy ar0 80lng t0 get caught ,n
going to fall to a level of personal
abuse and scandalous aspersions
which characterize semi-savages?
The statement In the circular that
"negro conventions all over Georgia"
the same trap again,
fool them always.
The paper trust doesn’t need a
probe half as much as It needs a
swat that will smash it