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COUNTRY VOTE WON
RACE FOR BROWN
ponents Have Denounced
n9*‘Reactionisls, Kins*
stcrs and Hoboes.*’
REPLIES TO SMITH’S
POSITION ON ISSUES
BEFORE THE PEOPLE
Declares Hoke Smith’s Claim of Prec
edence for His Policies Over Demo
cratic Platform Is Issue in Present
Campaign.—Governor Brown Dls
cusses Registration, Railroad Com
mission, Payment of School Teach
ers and Other Prominent Issues.
stored to them the right of local self-
government.
It Is well known that the increase
of the commission from three to five,
with the addition of a “special attor
ney,” was for the purpose of ro-
_ | warding political friends and giving
! the then governor complete personal
}t Is TllOSC, lit* Says, 1 (is Op-j control of that body. The personal
I equation does not and should not en
l ter into the question of the future
I composition of the board.
the precedent set by Governor
I Smith Is to be followed the railroad
| commission is already emasculated
and the commissioners made only
j clerks to carry out the whims of the
governor.
Brown Had a Hand in It.
Thirdly. Ex-Governor Smith says:
“The people of Georgia today art
saving over $1,000,000 a year in les
i sened charges for passenger transpor-
J tatlon, the Immediate result of -the
i work of the progressive democracy,
the present governor having himsell
I voted against these reductions.”
As he has often done, ex-Governor
I Smith hers oaks the people to accept
| his assertion instead of the ofiiclal
j record which is counter to It.
The reduction in passenger rates
| were made by the railroad commis
sion while I was a member of it. The
l rate fixed for the Central and the
Southern railway systems) was 2%
I cents per mile. I voted for that late,
| It has never been changed. The rate
j fixed for the Atlantic Coast Lino and
I the Georgia railroad was 2*4 cents per
| mile. 1 voted against thnt rate, de
claring it too low.
After Governor Smith displaced me
] from the commission, he appointed
I Judge George Hillyer and Fuller Cal-
1 lawny on it. Both of these members
I united with nil the other members In
I voting to raise the rate on the At-
| lantic Coast Line to 2M: cents per
mile.
| Later. Fuller E. Callaway resigned
1 and Murphy Candler was appointed
I by Governor Smith to succeed him;
I and Judge Hillyer and Murphy Cand
ler joined all the other members of
the commission in voting to raise the
rate on the Georgia railroad at 2',<j
cents per mile. Thus Governor
Smith’s own appointees vindicated my
Judgment.
As to Payment of Teachers.
Fourthly. Ex-Governor Smith, in
his WaycrosB speech and in his other
utterances, seriously objects to my
(S ?? C 'r! (,ls '| proposition for submitting to the peo
pie a constitutional amendment pro
viding for the issuance of $600,000 oi
bonds to provide a loan fund for pay
ing the school teachers promptly.
lie had been harping on the sub
ject of the school teacners for several
years, and on the year before I was
sworn in had, up to December -Hi
paid 63 per cr.it of the $2,000,000 due
on the teac :ers’ salaries, whereas I,
up to December 31 of my first year,
had paid them 70 per ceut of $2,250,-
000 duo them.
Yet, til! my suggestion, ex-Governor
Smith had never proposed any defi
nite plan for pay/ng the teachers their
salaries promptly, except by deferring
payments of the meager pensions pro
vided for confederate soldiers and
widows who wore then and are now in
GOVERNOR JOSEPH M. BROWN
■Whose Business Administration in the
Interests of Prosperity Has Made
Him Universally Known as the
“Good Times Governor of Georgia.’
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. !).
patch.)—Governor Joseph M. Brown |
today Issued his long-looked for com
xnunication to the people on the is
sues of the day. While it was expect
ed that this statement would be given
out long ago, the governor explained
that lie had not sooner been able tc
secure the necessary time because ol
the press of official duties.
This is the first act of Governoi
Brown in his own behalf in the pres
ent contest, he having constantly reit
crated his former intention of giving
liis full time and efforts to the duties
of his office and preferring to leave
the entire conduct of his campaign
In the hands of his many friends.
This being his first utterance in
the present race, there has been tre
mendous interest- manifested on all
sides as to what Governor Brown tiie Twilight of honorable life
would have to say regarding the is
say
cues of the day and his answer to the
many charges preferred by his op
ponents.
The communication follows in full:
August 8, 1910.
,To the People of Georgia:
In the speech which he prepared
to deliver at Waycross, Friday, July
29, and in his Atlanta speech, August
6, Hon. Hoke Smith seems to have
denlt mostly In a lot of platitudes
■wherein he claimed for his own glo
rification several things accomplished
•fey his predecessor in office, and one
or two well-known tilings which were
commanded by the democracy of door
gia in convention assembled in At
lanta on June 23, 1908, after his de
feat for the office of governor and
ratified as the mandate of the peo
pie of Georgia, October 7, 1908. As
the people .are intelligent encrugli tc
know these facts without my repeat i
lng them, 1 will limit my remarks i
concerning his speeches mainly tc,
the correction of several errors
which ex-Governor Smith seeks tc
promulgate.
First. He says, “Our political op
ponents demand the repeal of om
registration law.” On the contrary
bis political opponents have made nc 1
such demand concerning the registra j
tion law except that the limit of six
months be changed to thirty days be ’
fore elections. Not another syllable
of the registration law has been re
1 erred to.
As to the Railroad Commission.
Secondly. Governor Smith says
that the present administration seeks
to take from the railroad commission
the right to supervise the stock and
I have continually stated that l
was not wedded to the idea of a bond
issue, and have invited, and do now
invite, the proposal of a better plan
Ex-Governor Smith now proposes that
we allow the public service companies
a discount of l per cent if they will
pay their tuxes not later than Sep
tember 1, and says that this would
provide sufficient funds for paying
the teachers and meeting all other
obligations promptly.
Why Limit the Discount.
But why does he limit this discount
to the above corporations? Why
should not the farmer, the banker,
the merchant, the lawyer, etc., have
the same pririlege?
And why is the constitution too
sacred to be amended for the purpose
of paying the school teachers prompt
ly? When ex-Governor Smith was
governor, the constitution was amend
ed several times. Within the past
few days this general assembly, which
is in harmony with him, has voted
an amendment to he submitted to
the people for paying certain judges
in the cities larger salaries. Why
then, does ex-Governor Smith so vig
orously oppose submitting an amend
ment to the people which has for its
purpose the prompt payment of the
salaries of the country school teach
ers, for it is well known that the
cities and larger towns have practi
cally all made arrangements for
monthly payment of their teachers?
Why deny the people the privilege of
voting on it?
Like other sensible citizens, I op
pose a bond issue except in case oi
extreme necessity, but the inherent
bond issues of public service compa-! J ustice the proposition that the
Dies. No such attempt has been mad« teachers shal1 receive payment ol
either directly or Indirectly. On the * heir salaries as promptly as do othe
contrary, the only demand the presenl officers or employees of the state wd
administration has made has been justify a bond issue if no other prac
the repeal of that portion of the rail ticafc)| e P |an be proposed for accom
road commission law increasing the plishing this result. This plan would
number of commissioners and addiag j certainl - v be cheaper to the state than
other expensive officers and withdraw i would be ,be discoifot of 1 per cent
lng the power of the commission from ■ which ex-Governor Smith proposes to
local street cars and strictly local tel I a ^ ow *° tbe pubbc service corpora
'ephone lines, restoring the control oi i tlons - and certainly more commenda
them to their respective municipal! ' b,e tban Place renewed hardship
ties. This is simply a repetition ol on the aged veterans of f he Confed
the demands of the people of Georgia > erac - ? -
as found in the democratic platform' T ° those ’ therefore, who oppose the
of 1908. In other word3, this is mere 1 bond * £Sue I say: Propose a better
ly carrying out the spirit of the de-1 plan; but let U be one which will not
ttand that the people shall have re I embody a discrimination in favor of
one class, or Interest, against the oth
er taxpayers of the slate. But let us
pay the teachers promptly.
Who Are the Reactionists.
But ex-Governor Smith sayt): "We
were succeeded by the “reactionists.”
By this designation, "reactionists,”
throughout his speech he refers to
those of the people wtio displaced him
from office. Hence, l deem it a duty
to the public that 1 show who are
those ex-Governor Smith is branding
as “reactionists." These, by the way,
are the people whom he and his At
lanta newspaper organ for nearly two
years have referred to as "railroad
rlngsters,’’ “hoboes,” “corporate iuliu
ences,” and "liquor dealers.” It suits
the ex-governor’s purpose to now re
fer to them simply as “reactionists,”
but, as many of his followers still
cling to the former designation, 1
shall include them all in the analysis
of the vote which I shall herein give.
This analysis 1b found in the vote by
miiltia districts in the counties of uie
state on June 4, 1908; and in the les
son of these figures is taught a truth
which holds within itself the mo\
striking vindication of the electorate
of Georgia and the most crushing con
demnalion of those who have tra
duced it.
1 will add that if I appear to go in
to extended detail it is to settle once
for all the misrepresentations which
for so long a time have deluded many
of the best people of our state, and
which it now seems are about being
revived for campaign purposes.
There are TIG county sites in Geor
gia. Of these, in the primary of June
4, 1908, Brown carried G7 and Smith
79. Besides these, there are about
136 cities and towns in Georgia, by
the census of 1900, having from 300 to
2,000 people each. Of these, Brown
carried 48 and Smith 87, making a
total of 115 cities and towns carried
by Brown and 1G6 carried by Smith, a
majority of 51 for Smith.
There are also in Georgia 1,303 vot
ing precinetB in the country districts.
Of these Brown carried 747 and Smith
55G. Thus it will be seen that Brown
carried 191 country districts more
than 8mith did.
The total votes in the cities and
towns were as follows: Brown, 59.GOG.
Smith, 54,454. Brown’s majority, 5,152.
The total voten in the country dis
tricts were as follows: Brown, 50,721;
Smith, 44,448. Brown’s majority, 5,823.
Biggest Vote in Country Districts.
The above figures show that abso
lutely the greater part of Brown's to
tal majority in the state was depos
ited in the ballot boxes in the coun
try districts.
Considerable stress has been laid
upon Brown’s majority in tho larger
cities. This totalled 5,52G.
We cannot, however, ignore the fact
that in every city and town in the
state there were cast votes by people
who lived in the district outside of
the town, afid, in fact, in the court
house boxes were votes from people
living in various parts of the county.
An analysis of this vote shows that
in the city and town boxes Brown
eceived 32,417 votes and Smith 30,343
votes of the residents of the cities
and towns.
THE TOTAL COUNTRY VOTE
DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: BROWN
77,460, SMITH 68,559, BROWN’S MA
JORITY 8,901. As Brown’s total ma
jqrity was 10,975, it will be seen that
he received but 2,074 from the city
and town vote,
If we now recur to the fact that
Brown received 5.52G net majority m
the seven chief cities of the state, it
is established that he was beaten in
the courthouse towns and other cities
and towns by a net majority for
Smith of 3,452 votes.
The foregoing figures, therefore,
prove conclusively that over three-
fourths of Brown's majority was rep
resented by the country vote. We
can, therefare, begin to see who were
the “reactionists” who refused to give
Givernor Smith the second term
These are tho same citizens of Geor
gia who up to the recent past have
been styled by the ex-governor and
his adherents as "hoboes,” and “liquor
dealers,” or “liquor bums.”
Some Interesting Eaxmplei.
A few object lessons, however, will
emphasize the answer to the ques
tion: “WHO WERE AND ARE THE
REACTIONISTS.”
Look at the vote of these country
districts: Camden county, Tompkins
district, Brown 30, Smith 0; Clinch
county, Withers district, Brown 7,
Smith 0; Coweta county, Hall’s Store
district, Brown 36, Smith 0; Jones
county, Tranquilla district, Brown 7,
Smith 0; Lumpkin county, Cane
Creek district, Brown 25, Smith 0;
Chestatee district, Erown 8, Smith 0;
Frog Town district, Brown 18, Smith
0; Hightower district, Brown IS,
Smith 0; Jones Creek district, Brown
6, Smith 0; Union county, Cooper’s
Creek district, Brown 9, Smith 0.
It is not a reproachful thought that
in the above ten districts in counties
ranging from the North Carolina line
to the Florida line there were 1G4
God-fearing, state-loving, law-abiding
citizens of Georgia—mostly farmers—
living from three to fifteen miles from
town and from five to thirty-five miles
away from the railroad lines, who
in their home districts, voted unani
mously to elect Joe Brown, and who
in consequence of that fact have been
for a year and a half denounced as
being “railroad rlngsters, hoboes and
liquor bums.”
Let cne give you another list of
districts: Bartow county, Stamp
Creek district, Brown 36, Smith 1;
Jasper county, Lawrence’s district
Brown 27, Smith 1; Lumpkin county,
Crumby district, Brown 12, Smith 1;
Martin’s Ford district, Brown 19,
Smith 1; Mill Creek district, Brown
12, Smith 1; Nimble Will district,
Brown 10, Smith 1; Pickens county,
Sharp Top district, Brown 16, Smith 1.
Let us next look at Lumpkin coun
ty, Davis district, Brown 31, Smith 2;
Bartow county, Sugar Hill district,
Brown 48, Smith 3; Pickens county,
Persimmon Tree district, Brown 39,
Smith 4; Telfair county, Temperance
district (that is a queer name for a
district that “liquor dealers” carried),
Brown 53, Smith 5; Echols county,
1211th district, Brown 69, Smith 6;
Itabun county, Persimmon district;
Brown 72, Smith 7,* and with the fol
lowing group end these details which
would be tedious were it not for the
moral they point:
Colquitt county, Autreyville district,
Brown 47, Smith 8; Crawford county,
Sixth district, Brown 140, Smith 8;
Echols county, 13QGth district, Brown
El, Smith 8; Oglethorpe county, Pleas
ant Hill district, Brown 150, Smith 8;
Union county, Coosa district, Brown
49, Smith 8; Warren county, 155th
district, Brown 22, Smith 8.
And There Are Others.
1 might amplify the above character
of information "by giving 3G other
strikingly illustrative districts in
counties reaching from the North Car
olina line to the Florida line, and
from the Savannah river to the Chat
tahoochee, in which, with those 1 have
quoted, we would find polled in the
country boxes 2,585 votes for Brown
and 351 for Smith. Twenty-five hun
dred and eighty-five “railroad ring-
sters, hoboes and liquor bums,” living
far out in the country, who worship
at Shiloh, Ebenezer, Macedonia, Mt.
Carmel, New Hope, Camp Ground and
the like. Think of it, yo lovers of
home and the state!
And yet, I am proud to say that the
sworn records prove that there are
tho kind of voters that, gaining from
ex-Governor Smith the title “reaction
ists,” lined up behind Joe Brown and
made his candidacy a success. These
are the kind that have raised Georgia
out of the mire and placed her upon
the rock. These are the kind that
have declared that innuendo and de
nunciation shall give place to sincer
ity and reason and who, singing the
song of peace, have shut their ears
to the roar of Boanerges.
The “Ringsters” and “Hoboes.”
Ajul these are they whom it is my
sacred duty to defend, since this slur
that “Joe Brown wae elected by rail
road ringsters, hoboes and liquor
hums,” or, as ex-Governor Smith now
terms them, “reactionists,” while pro
fessedly intended to weaken Joe
Brown, is really an assault upon the
voters who elected him; and the fig
ures shown in the precinct votes ol
the counties proves beyond the possi
bility of dispute that it was not “ward
heelers" of the cities, but that it was
mainly the residents of the country
districts of Georgia who “elected Joe
Brown.” Hence, THE CHARGE
THAT HE WAS ELECTED BY
“LIQUOR BUMS, VENAL VOTERS
AND RAILROAD RINGSTERS” IS
INEVITABLY A CHARGE THAT
THE COUNTRY PEOPLE OF GEOR
GIA CONSTITUTE THE OBNOX
IOUS CLASSES NAMED. I deny that
charge absolutely, and I assert that
the majority of the respectable, re
sponsible, state-loving citizens of
Georgia, moving of their own voli
tion, against bluster and the bull
whip, against shams and deceit, sup
ported my candidacy and helped to
constitute the majority of ’reaction
ists” with which I was honored. And
I have no fear of their rendering a
different verdict on August 23.
But let us look at some further sta
tistics which bear upon the question
as to whether the large cities, “corpo
rate interests and liquor bums” were
the dominating powers in the hosts of
“reactionists” in determining the re
sults in the gubernatorial primary in
Juno, 1908.
In 33 counties Brown carried 184
country districts and Smith carried 17
of the same; 16,257 votes were cast in
these 201 country districts.
here are 45 counties in each of
which Brown had a majority of the
votes in the oountry .districts and
Smith a majority of the votes in the
town boxes, whereas, excluding the
counties with the large cities, there
were only six counties wherein these
conditions were reversed.
Of a very truth it seems established
that Governor Smith’s political life
was in danger when he ventured into
the country.
Figures Tell the Story.
The overpowering and merciless
logic of the foregoing figures is be
yond argument. They prove inexor
ably who it is that ex-Governor Smith
designates as “reactionists.” They
prove that the ex-governor’s most rad
ical error is that he does not under
stand the people of Georgia, who are
nowadays hiring men to do their
work ,but not their thinking.
But ex-Governor Smith has in his
recent Waycross speech followed the
assertions lie has bees making for
the last two years, viz., that there
were illegal voters enrolled In Fulton
county. He and his followers have
persistently said they were imported
from Alabama, Tennessee and as far
north as Cincinnati and Louisville, to
vote in Atlanta for Joe Brown in June,
1908. The best answer to this is
found by taking the percentage of in
crease in the vote in 1908 over the
vote of 1906. la Fulton county the in
crease was 57.7. But ex-Governoi
Smith, in June, 1908, cairied Gilmei
county, in which the percentage ol
increase was 96.7. He also carried Ca
toosa, lxrrderlng Tennessee, in which
the percentage of increase was 71
He carried Chattooga, bordering Ala
bama, in which the percentage of in
crease was 64.7. He carried Laurens
in which the percentage of increase
was 67.4. If, therefore, we admit that
voters were imported “from as far
north as Cincinnati and Louisville”
into Fulton, which increased less
than 58 per cent, what shall we say
about the above named counties
which Gcrvernor Smith carried? It
would seem that he “imported” into
these counties quite a number of vot
ers from as far north as Toronto and
Quebec, to caet their ballots against
Joe Brown and the other “reaction
ists!”
Failed to Find Them.
It is needless to present census fig
ures to refute such an unwarranted
charge as that regarding Fulton coun
ty. Permit me to state, as a citizen,
however, If this charge were true
Mr. Smith’s friends who had com
plete control of the election machin
ery would deserve the severest cen
sure for failing to not only detect
and punish, but to name a single one
of this immense army of alleged crim
inals.
I have many other figures bearing
upon the question of who defeated
Governor Smith for re-election, June
4, 1908, but the foregoing are surely
enough to establish the fact that it
was the responsible, conservative,
common-sense element of the citizen
ship of the state which became con
vinced that Governor Smith's denun
ciation was too rabid, his vagaries too
impracticable, his sophistries too de
ceitful, his prejudices too unworthy
and his autocracy too dangerous to
admit of their retaining him longer
in their executive office. They be
lieved that the governor was as great
as their constitution made him, and
no greater. They found that he dif
fered with them in this view, hence
for their own protection they re
moved him. They also found a too
“progressive” democracy less desir
able than progressive prosperity.
And they are now finding Governor
Smith’s political ambition more pro
gressive than his democracy.
I am conscious that I am not in
any sense guilty of bad taste in mak
ing this demonstration of adamantine
facts. I have for months, while col
lecting this data, patiently allowed
the charges to be repeated with ridi
culing cartoons in the prens, with
sneering emphasis on the hustings
and with seemingly righteous indig
nation in the pulpit to the effect that
I had been “elected by railroad ring
sters, hoboes, liquor bums,” and the
like; but I feel that with the re
newed assault which ex-Governor
Smith and his newspaper organs are
now making, my self-respect and my
duty to the virtue-loving, law-abiding
and God-fearing electorate of Georgia,
which I have conscientiously endeav
ored to serve without regard to fac
tional differences, demands that with
out further delay I tell at least a
part of the truths I have ascertained
In this connection.
One Issue Smith Is Forced to Face.
But. having now proved who elected
Joe Brown, and consequently who ex-
Governor Smith is branding as “reac
tionists,” I will assert that there is
one issue which the ex-governor and
his followers will be forced to face
in this campaign which he has precip
Rated. Tha.t issue is found i.\ the
fact that the democratic party of
Georgia in June, 1908, having de
feated him, discarded and repudiated
his political hobbles and substituted
for them a declaration of principles
which it commanded its gubernatorial
and legislative nominees to make of
force if chosen in the general elec
tion, October 7, 1908.
They were so chosen and those de
clared principles became the mandate
of the people. The governor-elect,
taking the oath of office June 26, 1909,
from the eexcutive office in the state
capitol called upon the general as
sembly to enact into laws the com
mands of the people. At the ensuing
session, just ending, he repeated this
call.
Ex-Governor Smith, in his home in
Atlanta, set up a rival to the govern
ment created by the people and, sum
moning from the state capitol a pre
ponderating number of members
elected by the voters of Georgia to
enact their will, held them in allegi
ance to him and in adherence to his
policies, which the democratic party
and the electorate of Georgia had dis
carded. Obeying him instead of the
sovereign people, they have ignored
the platform which was their chart.
Hence he and they have nullified the
recorded will of the people and sub
stituted for the power of democracy
that of autocracy.
The general assembly preceding tne
present one respected the popular
command as embodied in the Atlanta
platform to return to the payment in
one sum of Confederate pensions and
to place the penitentiary convicts on
the public works; but, through ex-
Governor Smith’s influence, the pres
ent general assembly has ignored the
behest of those who elected it.
Demands Precedence for Policies.
Therefore, ex-Governor Smiths’ con
tention is that his policies must have
precedence over the platform of the
democratic party, and that his will
must supplant that of the people cf
Georgia. THAT 16 THE ISSUE IN
THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN,
I believe in the independence of
Georgia's manhood. 1 believe in the
independence of her Judiciary, her
railroad commission and all her pub
lic officers; and I believe they should
he responsible alone to the people.
But I do not believe in, and I protest
against, autocratic interference from
the executive office.
The platform upon which I ask
your suffrage is that which I promul
gated with the formal announcement
of my candidacy during March, 1908,
the most of the features of which
were embodied in the platform of the
democratic party June 23, 1908.
Under that pledge from the white
people of Georgia that their state
government would be one of the
masses and not the classes—one of
constructive intelligence and not de
structive agitation—under this pledge
that every citizen and every dollar
would enjoy equally the benefits of
government, so long as they bear
equally the obligations of society—
the state has thrived, business has
boomed, the workman has found a
market for his labor at higher wages
than ever before, the farmer has re
ceived just prices for his products,
the manufacturer has felt the strong
pulse of growing trade, men of moans
have been encouraged to develop the
hidden wealth of our hills and streams
—there has been peace and plenty,
contentment and happiness.
The duties of the office to which
you have elected me demand practi
cally all my time in the state capitol.
My administration, its accompani
ments, its ideals and its results are
before you. If you approve it, I take
it that you will re-elect miy if you do
not approve it, I have no right to ask
you to re-elect me. In daily atten
tion to the duties you have placed
upon me, I leave my case in your
hands with merely the further words,
I have faith in the people. Very re
spectfully, your fellow citizen,
JOSEPH M. BROWN.
When a Woman Will.
The recent completion of a trip
around the world In aD automobile by
Mrs. Harriet Clark Fisher of New Jer
sey is another illustration of the old
adage to the effect that when a woman
will she will and when she won’t she
won’t. Mrs. Fisher did not undertake
this remarkable journey merely to
make or break a record, perform a
“stunt” or get her name in the news
papers. She did it for her health. She
Is Baid to be a millionaire manufac
turer, and she could afford even the
expenses of running a touring car
where roads are unknown. So some
thing more than a year ago Mrs.
Fisher and her nephew, who Is her
secretary and serves ns chauffeur, be
gan the globe girdling tour in the
horseless carriage.
There were friends who strongly
urged the woman Dot to attempt the
journey. She said she believed it would
do her good and she was going. Over
In India the British military officers,
almost weeping in their solicitous zeal
for her welfare, implored her not to
undertake the journey from Calcutta
to Bombay, declaring that there were
practically no roads, that an automo
bile never had been sent through that
fiercely hot land and that various per
ils would beset a woman on such a
trip. Mrs. Fisher, with true American
pluck, thanked the officers and said to
her secretary, “Drive on. narold.”
Hairbreadth ’scapes were experienced,
but tbo American woman got through
all right, her health Improved, her
knowledge of the world immensely
augmented and her self confidence
vindicated and do doubt strengthened.
The American woman is becoming
known throughout the world for her
pluck and endurance and her lack of
the timidity and fear which obsess and
beset mlillons of male and female mor
tals. Mrs. Fisher deserves not a little
slice of the praise due to her sex for
daring to do What neither man nor
woman has attempted heretofore.
Germany refused President Madrid’s
request to protest against our Inter
ference In Nicaragua. Germany knows
what are the good things to let alone
and ip not to be fooled by upstarts.
The pan-American conference decid
ed not to tinker with the Monroe doc
trine. That’s right It’s loaded.
The worst loser must be satisfied by
this time with the number of reasons
why Jeff didn’t win.
The best argument for good road* 1*
to ride over a bad one.
Let’s pass a vote of thanks to that
hotter spell which was predicted, but
didn’t keep Rb date.
Spain Is not so much interested in
raising the Maine as she is In what
the Maine raised.
Some mnst ‘stick to the soil” if
only to show the high flying aviators
where to land.
Won't somebody please climb Mount
McKinley for certain and have the
tuspense over?
Even though the water Is fine, if 7° n
ran’t swim don’t go In beyond y« Hr
lepth.