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THE DEMOCRAT
Jiso. M. BROWN. Editor & .M’JC’r.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF SHERIFF, OR''
BINARY, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT
a m, county COMMISSIONERS.
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BAINBRTDGE, GEORGIA, AUG. 6
A blind tiger is said to 1 ave been
discovered in ihe Georgia capitol
■while tie legislature was in session.
Wherever a legislative thirst is.
there the quencheriiia will be found
also, for ’tis largely that sort of
stuff that legislators are made of.
Th* Savannah Press predicts that
Georgia will go decently Lb mo
cratic in November. Whl there be
states which will go indecently
Democratic? The national vote
will be 50,000 short of the last pn
mary.
'Hie Atlanta Joarnal is lifting the
lid off the old [dynasty’s stink hole
till it smells to the sky. Give it to
’em, Dick, some more. They need
it till the people see it &b it was.
gcv. Smith ought to call an extra
session of the legislature to finish,
according ^o the statutes, th<
work of reform in a good many
things mclud ng the convict lease
business. It’& the last opportunity
the people wdl have in a long
time, we fear. Turn on the light,
governor, good and strong.
Newspapers worthy the name ex-
pend more effort in “getting things
right” than in getting them. That
sometimes incorrect statements
creep into print is because,' in the
first place, n© paper can i:e more
accurate than its most inaccurate
reporter; and secondly, because of
the unavoidable haste in collecting
and printing the world happenings
of a week.
It is becoming qu.te evident that
the prohibitionists are going to cut
a considerable figure in the national
campaign this year. They do not
hope to carry a single electoral vote,
but at the same time they hope to
more than double their vote of four
years ago.
The uuanimity with which the
House passed Representative Ad
ams’ hill, carrying a constitutional
amendment limiting the life of the
convict lease system to Dec. 31,
1911, justifies the conclusion that
the Senate will also pass the bill. In
that event the amendment will be
submitted to the people at the Oc -
tober election. That it will be ap.
proved there is no reason to doubt.
Tom Watson is not running for
the presidency himselt with any
hope of success. He i runn'ng in
only one slate and that is Georgia.
His sole idea here seems to be to
weaken the cause of Bryan, the
Democratic nominee.
During the four yea s ot the Civil
War the expenseses of our national
government were $3,394,830,931.
During the .four years of Roose
velt’s administration the expenses
have amounted [to $3,428,809,381.
Rooseveltism eost more than the
most t xpensive war that has ever
afflicted this eountrv. Taft stands
for Roosevelt’s policies. Do the
people want any more of it?'
A negro brute was lynched on
the public square in Pensacola Wed.
neaday night by an infuriated mob.
The sheriff attempted to protect the
prisoner and fired into the crowd
aud immediately there was a cross
fire, ending with two men kilted
and several being fatally wounded.
The negro'lynched had outraged a
white la lv, c u her throat and beat
her over the head, aud deserved to
die. Such brute? shou d not be
projected by auv law or officer.
It is now said that Governor
Hoke Smith threatens to veto any
convict bill that does not do away
with the lease system, and will call
the legislature iu special session to
finish their job. As usual. Governor
Hoke is light.
flongrei Politics
In Georgia.
The people ot Georgia are in a
more curious and uncertain aud
restless aud unsettled state politi
cally speaking than in many years.
Not that Georgia hasn’t had some
curious political phases and heated
contests.
This year the feebng is different
It is anything but heated. It is
rather one of ennui and annoyance.
This is ceriainly true ot stite and
national politics.
W T hat is the matter with Georgia?
Well, let us Mop and v think for a
moment. Take the national situas
tion. The me ot successful doe
Brown-Thomas E. Watson combi -
nation in state politics dominated
and controlled the state convention.
The party sent an umnstructed
delegation to Denver which made
the state of Georgia look absurd by
its antics in opposition to Bryan.
If the Georgia delegation to Denver
really represented the views of the
Democratic party in Georgia, then
Bryan, the Democratic nominee,
cannot carry Georgia in the
national election. Certainly the
Georgia delegation which fought
Bryan so obstinately and so stub**
bornly has not succeeded after their
“gallant stand at Denver” in turn
ing face and arousing any great en*
thnsiasm on their own part or the
part of the party in the success of
the national party candidate on
their return to Georgia.
The Democratic electors ©f the
party here fti Georgia have also
added to the gloom and confusion
by showing a tendency to vote
either personally or as Democratic
electors for somebody else than the
national party’s candidate.
The Democratic party in Georgia
at the present time seems to be com?
posed about equally of Republicans
and Populist*. Certainly both Re
publicans and Populists have par
ticipated largely in the acts and do
ings of the party m the recent state
primary. Now that the little mat
ter of state politics is out of the
way, the Republic ; ns are getting
ready to vote for Taft and the Pop
ulists for Watson, and the large
body of Democratic voters seem 1 o
be waveriBg in their choice between
Taft and Watson, and with but
seant notice taken of Bryan, the
candidate of the national Demo
cratic party.
What is the matter with Georgia?
Have the railroads „ already begun
to republicanize Georgia, just as they
have done in Kentucky, Tennessee
and Alabama, to a large extent?
Has Hon. Thos. E. Watson finally
effected the population of the state
in both state and national matters?
The situation would be serious if
it were not comic. For many
years Republicans in principle have
masqueraded in Georgia as Demo
crats—Republicans in national mat?
ters but Democrats in local matters.
These good old comrades are still
w.tb ns—they are spoilsmen to the
core—it is important to them how
the goods are tagged—local Demo,
crats, national Republican—where
the spoils are, there you will find
them.
The same thiug is largely true oi
the Populist aud Democratic affilia
tion in recent years in Georgia—
Democrats iu loc d and state mat
ters where the spoils are, Populist
in national matters when need he.
It l iargely possible that Watson
or Taft or Bryan or John Temple
Graves or anybody else ma- carry
the state in the Dresidential cams
paign. Georgia welcomes them all.
It’s fair fighting ground in view of
the many cunous things we see
Qualification of Electors and
Registration of Voters.
A PROCLAMATION
t four shall thereaft.'
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this sc: ion
Far. t. .-U..- ;v.
right ot registrati"
registrars upon u.
lacks the qvsFfica
j>e -permitted to
is the requ 2-
o and three f
■on to ivjcm
is denied by
giv,unu that
f.s -set fort;.
happen in Georgia politics.
The name of ex-Governor Joe
Terrell has been figuring iu the ex
posures brought out in the eonviet.
lease luve tigati -n. It has been
charged by Mr. Joel Hurt, a lessee,
that Terr-11 a. ted as attorney fora
eenviet broker"while he was hold
ing the office Oi Attorney General
tor the state of Georgia, taking a
sa arx from the s:a*e and fees from
the cocvii t ‘ess-.e. The act is exactly
quadratic with our conception of the
man’s moral nature—o we ha- e n~
surprise to express
By His Excellency, Hoke Smith, Gov-
ornor.
Executive Department.
Atlanta, Ga., August 1, 1908.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at
its session in 1908 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of
this State as set forth in an Act ap
proved August 1st, 1908, to wit:
An Act to amend the Constitution
of the State of Georgia by repealing
section 1 of article 2 of the Constitu
tion of this State and inserting m
lieu thereof a new section, consisting
of nine paragraphs, prescribing the
qualifications for electors; providing
for the registration of voters, and for
other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same,
that section one of article two
of the Constitution of this State be,
and the same is, hereby repealed, and
the following section, consisting of
nine paragraphs, be inserted in said
article in lieu thereof:
Paragraph 1. After the year 1908
•lections by the people shall be by
ballot, and only those persons shall
be allowed to vote who have been
first registered in accordance with
the requirements of law.
Par. 2. Every male citizen of this
State who is a citizen of the United
States, twenty-one years old or up
wards, not laboring under any of the
disabilities named in this article, and
possessing the qualifications provid
ed by it, shall be an elector and en
titled to register and vote at any
election by the people; provided,
that no soldier, sailor, or marine in
the military or naval services of the
United States shall acquire the rights
of an elector by reason of being sta
tioned on duty in this state.
Par. 3. To entitle a person to reg
ister and vote at any election by the
people, he shall have resided in the
State one year next preceding the
•lection, and in the county in which
be offers to vote six months next pre
ceding the election, and shall have
paid all taxes which may have been
required of Tim since the adoption
of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877
that he may have had an opportunity
of paying agreeably to law. Such
payment must have been made at
least six months prior to the election
at which he offers to vote, except
when such elections are held within
six months from the expiration of the
time fixed by law for the payment of
such taxes.
Par. 4. Every male citizen of this
State shall be entitled to register as
an elector and to vote in all electicfes
in said State who is not disqualified
under the provisions of section 2 oi
article 2 of this Constitution, and
who possesses the qualifications pre
scribed in paragraphs two and three
of this section or who will possess
them at the date of the election oc
curring next after his registration,
and who in addition thereto comes
within either of the classes provided
for in the five following sub-divisions
of this paragraph.
1. All persons who have honorably
served in the land or naval forces oi
the United States in the Revolution
ary war, or s in the war of 1812, or in
the war with Mexico, or in any war
with the Indians or in the war be- j
tween Ave States, or in the war with ernor of said State, do issue this n:
the five :u... vitis of parag . ;h
four, tf.Ol ,.:.ve ’. vj r;y:.i to tat an
aipea:, ; ..ti . ... . :• may eat*, an
appeal hwi; u:e rt-v-icn ot the
trars allowing any person to leg. ter
under ra*a abu'.vfnoas. All ap;>.als
must be in writing with the .eg-
istrars within 10 days from the date
of the decision ecru; inured of and
shall be 1 reaai-ed by the registrars
to the office cf the cier k c-f the Superi
or Court to ce tried c.s other appeals.
Par. 7. I ending an appeal and un
til the final decision of the case, the
judgment cf the registrars shall re
main in full force.
Par. S. .\o person shall be allowed
to participate in a primary of any po
litical party or a convention of any
political party in this State who is
>not a -qualified voter.
Par. 9. The machinery pro’viued by
law for the registration of force Oc
tober 1st, 1908, shall be used to carry
out the provisions of this section, ex
cept where inconsistent witn same;
the Legislature may change or amend
the registration laws from time to
time, but no such change or amend
ment shells operate to defeat any of
the provisions of this section.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be
agreed-to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to each of the two
houses of the General Assembly, and
the same has been entered on their
journals with the ayes and nays tak
en thereon, the Governor shall cause
said amendment to be published in at
least two newspapers in each Con
gressional District in this State for
the period of two months next preced
ing the time of holding the next gen
eral election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
the above proposed amendment shall
be submitted for ratification or re
jection to the electors of this State
at the next general election to be
held after publication, as provided in
the second section of this Act in the
several election districts of this
State, at which election every'per
son shall be qualified to vote who is
entitled to vote lor members of the
General Assembly. Ali persons vot
ing at said election in iavor ot adopt
ing the proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall cave written or
printed on their ballots the words
“For amendment of Constitution, pro
viding qualifications of voters,’’ and
all persons opposed to the adoption
of said amendment shall have writ
ten Or printed on their ballots the
words, ‘'Against amendment of Con
stitution providing qualifications of
voters.”
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
the Governor be, and he is, hereby
authorized and directed to provide
for the submission of the amendment
proposed in this Act to a vote of the
people, as required by the Constitu
tion of this State in paragraph one of
section one of article thirteen, and if
ratified the Governor shall, when he
ascertains such ratification from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re
turns shall be referred in the man
ner as in cases of elections for mem
bers of the General Assembly, to
count and ascertain the result, issue
his proclamation for one insertion
in oue of the daily papers ot this
State, announcing such result and
declaring the amendment ratified.
Now, therefore, I, Hoke Smith, Go - -
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SEWED OR TACKED ^
Spain, or who honorably served in
the land or navai forces of the Con
federate States, or of the "State of
Georgia in the war between the
States, or
2. All persons lawfully descended
from those embraced in the classes
enumerated in the sub-division ^next
above, or ?
3. All persons who are of good
character, and understand the duties
and obligations of citizenship under
a Republican form or government, or
4. All persons who can correctly
read in the English language any par
agraph of the Constitution of the
United States or of this State and
correctly write the same in the
English language when read-to them
by any one of the registrars, and all
persons who solely, because of phys
leal disability are unable to comply
with the above requirements, but who
can understand and give a reason
able interpretation of any paragraph
of the Constitution of the United
States or of this State, that may be
read to them by any one of the regis
trars ; or
5. Any person who is the owner
In good faith in his own right of at
least forty acres of land situated in
this State, upon which he resides, or
is the owner in good faith in his own
right of property, situated in this
State and assessed for taxation at the
value of five hundred dollars.
Par. 5. The right to register under
sub-divisions one and two of para-
praph four shall continue only until
January 1st. 1915. But the registrars
shall prepare a roster of all persons
who register under sub-divisions one
and two of paragraph four, and shall
return the same to the clerk’s office
of the Superior Court of their coun
ties and the clefiks of the Superior
Court shall send copies of the same
to the Secretary of State, and it shali
be the duty of these s officers to record
and permanently preserve these ros
ters. Any person who has been once
registered under either of the sub
divisions one cr two of paragraph
proclamation,. hereby declaring that
the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution is submitted for
ratification or rejection to the voters
of the State qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly at
the general election to be held on
Wednesday, October 7th, 1908.
HOKE SMITH, Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary of State.
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Individually Mold -: d desserts are
now considered the proper thing.
The moulds are hard to get outside
the large cities, but users of Jell-o
Tho Dainty Dessert, can get them
absolutely free. Circular ahince.
package explaining and illustrate
d diff rent rns. Jell-o
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per package. Do not accept a sub-
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Mrs. Cbas. E. Smith, ot West
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Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railway and
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Freight Shipped by This Route will be Handled With C|
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Traffic Manager, New York.
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