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THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD Honorable Joseph Brown Answers All Charges of Governor Hoke Smith th* People of Georgia: reported to me that a traveling fa it my nomination on June 4th la bacco drummer has circulated througn w assured* I trust It will not be out south Georgia. In tho Interest £1 t of place to make some replies to Governor Smith, the charge that ittera which many of my friends In John E. White, as treasurer of tlfd ferent sections of the atatc have mission board of North Carolina, had ought to my attention, and which misappropriated $10,000 of the funds have answered, so far as practlca- of that board, and for that reason had *. by private Interviews and letters, been run out of that state. Such a When I was. without cause or bear* report is infamous. He waB never f, dismissed from the position of treasurer of such board and never had llroad commissioner by Governor anything to do with Its funds. He litW I returned to my home in Cobb was secretary when called to the pas- unty without thought of again enter- torate of the Second Baptist Church i public life. I then had no idea of in Atlanta, and there was universal coming a candidate for any office, regret throughout North Carolina at A few months after this official ac* his leaving for Georgia. This regret evidencing the personal malice of was not confined to the Baptist de governor became generally known, nomination, but was shared by all solicited requests were made that I good people. uld become a candidate for gov- It is not within the power of my or. I was grateful for the charac- tongue to express the regret I feel of those communications. They that such charges should be made, in me from laborers who. out of em- order that I may bo struck down and •ment, had iunocently suffered at Governor Smith advanced. Neither hands of the demagogue; from far- life, character nor principle is safe >rs and business men who felt the from this governor and his henchmen, pressing hand of demagogy\ from I would disdain even the exalted office iral interests that realized that the be holds if it were to bo procured only te had been defamed, and its con- by such charges, or if it stained the vatlve policy and moral character character of such a man. Such charges vered. To all these I returned and speh steps which would besmirch ithout regarding the matter a ‘hlgnwayman were made solely be- iously. But the ever-increasing tide cause Dr. White, in response to writ- solicitations that borer in upon me ten inquiry, gave to the public my my home at length assumed such standing as a member of tire Second portions, and were of such texture Baptist church, u character, as to forbid silence or a Infamous Circulars Denounced, lination to serve as a representa- It has been falsely charged that I am » of the laborers, farmers and bus!- a negro lover, and that secret conven- s men of my native state, and, tions are being held by negroes ying, I announced for the office. throughout the . state which are in- Shameless Methods of Attack. .lorsing n:o. Infamous circulars are knew in advance that methods being distributed with reference to a uld be adopted to accomplish my northern dinner at which the whiles feat which would seriously reflect and blacks sat together at tho table, on my private character, for I had and the Indorsement of thifi has been •sonally suffered this experience at attributed to me. Governor Smith, in hands of Governor Smith. I an- his recent speeches in Rome and ipated such attacks, and determined Barnesvillc, has given public utter- bear them for the sake of the ance to expressions on this subject ral and business Interests of the which I will not repeat because, be sides being absolutely untrue, they But I must confess to profound as- are too Indecent to print for reading ishmont at the extent to which by respectable people. attacks have gone. I did not The history of my family is to som< that there was any man; exteijt known to Georgian*. My fatin’* Htad .of campaign'"III 1m, greedily ‘ Skion e.™' It 1. wMhii my «><■> *‘*w°U know, the, he vlotete. the free pazaca were abolished, and b„. inched such votes as they tom- powor to occupy but one position, and rulo of law which sajs that. no man cause passenger fates on railroads •rarlly may have affected. this must ever bo governed by con- Honorable/ Joseph M. Brown CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. a r-i L’ear in mind that Governor Smith ing In bis own language his prosen* says that 1 was discharged from this tntlon of the achievements of his ad* road for incompetcncy immediately uf- ministration, i omit nothing, ter my father’s lease expired, whereas Here they are, one by one. as claim- the records show that I was retained cd by hint, nnd with each claim ( by the now leasing company in two present the facts as evidence of tho offices of high responsibility for almost extremes to which this man Is wilting eight jours after my father’s rotire- to go to deceive tho people: ment. K (I) “The voters of Georgia sec that After I left tho state road. President the'light against my renomhtnUon In John Skelton Williams tendered mo a really because ! have approved the position on tho Seaboard Afr Lino, prohibition bill," said Governor Smith This 1 held until Mr. J. M. Barr, who at Rome. represented the Ryan Interests, was The fact Is. as frequently shown, made general manager. He displaced Governor Smith was opposed to tho mo In order to put in one of his own prohibition bill at the Macon conven- favorites. 1 may remark that no paper lion, nnd in his Inaugural address ho lias been tnbre extreme in denounc- decline.1 fer local option, and ho only ing Mr. Ryan as being a railroad signed the prohibition bill passed by wrecker than has The Atlanta Journal, tho general assembly, after it had re- Governor Smith’s organ. reived MORE THAN A TWO-HURDS The abovo facts, which are sustain- MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES—FAR cd by tho records, certainly nhow that MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PASS IT Governor Smith has no foundation OVER IIIS VETO. In tho senate this for his statement that I was dis- bill received Si votes for, to 7 against, charged from two railroads for Incora- and In the house 129 for to 39 against. M uir»bid-x«„‘-^rio of F . Mo „ CitI „„. “M 0 ! ge by record of THIS year’s tag valuations hli excuse Is that, aa a raiult of the and assessment*, and already tbs Sea- panic, tho railroads aro hard praised board Air Line railroad, now in th“ it present. Hence. If they have been hands of a receiver, has reduced ltu robbing the people, they aro, to be returns $2,000,000 under last year, permitted to do bo boesuao time* are Other returns aro coming in uu a hard and they need tho money worse similar basis for which the people than do the people whom he says they havo to th&nlr Governor Smith and his are robbing. •’reforms.” Increased Cost to Farmers. Treatment of the Old 8oldierb. Not a word has he said about thw — (4) "Because," said Governor Smith $300,000 that he was going to save at Romo, "tho pay for tho old sol- the farmers of Georgia In cotton ratss. diers has been increased about $100,- Instead of any roductlou having been 000 end the atnount to schools about obtained, there has been, the public $150,000.00 press assorts. AN ACTUAL IN* And yet tho Confederate soldiers CREASE OF 7 1-2 CENTS AUTHOR- of Georgia who have boon deprived of l/.KD MY HIS RAH.ROAD COMMIS- .their annual pension payments, by uu- SION. WHICH IS BEING PAID TO- animous protest at their annua! cot:- DAY BY EVERY FARMER IN GEOR- rention In Augusta, damanmd a re OIA WHO SENDS COTTON FOR turn to the old system. Tim bard- SHIP-SIDE DELIVERY AT A GEOR- wurked teachers will soon discover GFA PORT—AN ACTUAL INCREASE (hat they will receive less money than OF OVER $lti0.000*A YEAR TO THE front former administrations. FARMERS. INSTEAD OF THE $500,- (5) "Because,” said Governor Smith 000 HE HAD PLEDGED TO SAVE at Romo, “the offices have b-mn filled THEM. un account of merit, and not on ft'-- Passes for Immigration, count of political pull." lie says nothing about Immigration, The expenses of the railroad com- nnd yet tho chairman of his railroad mission have boon Increased from commission issued an order, which, $11,000 to about $3f»,000 a year, AND with tho view of deceiving the furm- YKT THE TWO ABLE LAWYERS ON era, was kept from the press for a THE COMMISSION HAVE HAD SPE- month, authorizing tho head of tho Ini* C1AL ATTORNEYS ENGAGED FOR migration movement to be given froe THEM BY THE GOVERNOR AT pannes on any Georgia railroad for tho GREAT EXPENSE TO THE Pr.O- purpose of pushing the work of brtng- PLK IN ORDER TO PAY POLITICAL lag Immigrants to Georgia to corns DEBTS—the political pul! of the gov- Into competition with American lubor, cruor with his appointed being of nnd to cheapen the price of cotton. *»:*. flic lent latitude to enable him to ns- Not a word does the governor say sign these appointees to stump apeak- about the inernnsed tnx rate tho pac ing engagements in his behalf, while plo are paying- higher than for twenty they aro pnid to look after the legul years—when tho taxable* values are Interests of tho commission. What considered. But for the constitutional governor of Georgia o\er hold ,huc1i limit, ho would, no doubt, mnko it n “political pull" on his appointees? higher, thereby raising from tho peo- _ Id) "Because tho business of tho pie money for his political pets, state haa been managed without These, nnd many other things, the graft," said Governor Smith. governor ignores in bis campaign of And yot where in ono single in nbuso, vituperation nnd deception. | atance, after having Indlscrlmlnatlng- But tho people have not forgotten Iy attacked preceding administrations them. They reiuombnr tho rollef-prom- years ago, and to face with tho •lief having been ether candidate for tho high office was'prominent in business and po| Ko^rnor or a mere political thug, tics. Ho was an ardent supporter descend to the shamoless democratic doctrines, and ropeatei ^^Hl^rhich this campaign has, In was honored by our people, both ^■breached. i regret It sincerely, fore and after the war. My life d have sought to keep my own cam- followed in the sphoro of this m Ign aloof and to protect from such 0 ry. I have not been untruo to Uhods, the wage cantors, tho busi- n0 r to my race, nor to my people, ss men and the farmers who asked 0 ne word or act of my life can i to run. This has boen difficult, c ited in support of Governor Smll the extreme. If even some measure repulsive accusation, success has attended my efforts, I jt is naserted that an Immense i more than gratified. ruptlon fund was raised by the wl It has been charged by Governor i^y aiu i railroad interests to procu] □1th in his speeches that I lined up my election as governor. Those whj th the negroes to defeat Gcnoral make this chargo know that It i rdon for governor in 1868. This false. The expenses of my race havo large is absurd. I was but a 16-year- been borno entiroly by myself and d boy at that time. the membors of my Immediate family. It has been charged further by Gov- j have not received one dollar from nor Smith’s partisans that I am a either tho railroad or liquor interests. *ug eater, addicted to the use of i have not been the owner of a bar, orphine, cocaine, opium and cigar- nor an actual participant in its pro tes. These charges were made weeks ut Si ncr have I hypocritically proclaim- follow in tho wake of his debauch sweet charity. I was never eeches. They have not been repu- drunk in my life, nor an advocate of ated by him. He has acquiesced either whiskey, "light wines or beer.’* >t only in the charges and in this j n9V er contributed a penny to an antl- Testimony of Fellow Citizens. after the result Governor Smith constantly charges possibility of chi for nith at Rome. -aving tho people one I have pever smoked cigarettes or sc i 0 ntIous convictions. Tho skill and e<l tobacco In any form, nor touched e fTrontery which onablea a man to her of the drugs mentioned. change convictions and positions as Charge of Squandering Untrue. politics twist and turn, serving the ex- Governor 8mith has also charged in pe diency of the moment, without ro veral of his speeches that I have g ar ,j f or truth or ultimate results,.was uandered the substance my father denied me. ft me. Not a word of this is true. I Facts as to Railroad Service. shall take advantage of his own wrong. "Ho had this primary called million yearly." for so early a date that no candidate The truth is. tho congress of tho against him would havo time to go to United State.-, enacted an antl-froi more than a limited humber of conn* pass measure applicable to all inter- tios. Hence the only recourse was to -tate traffic and Governor Smithy roach all of them by correspondence, commission did not toko up the ntnas- But the best proof of whether I need U re until long after congress had act- be afraid to "be seen’' Is found in cd, and then went to the extreme unincumbered every piece of Governor Smith charges tint J have fact that Governor Sn^ith andI I of denying to the state, county nnd irty rr.v father gave mo, and al- been discharged .from two railroads have been 8ee J 1 . a * ra ?f* constintly cUy officers of the law, our protectors the result that more than 8,000 Fulton which has always boen extended Whirt iat. '“o’ 3'nuary woik conWy citizens have elgnud cards publ | c protection. And yot nt tho nine unnlatlons Tn. «,v/tprn and Atlantic raUroad- 'herein they havo declared their pur- timo the power ot the administration on the Western amt Alianm rauroau ^ yolo for m0 unJ agaln8t Uov . , 3 frco]v . |- 13U0 Tree pa«a"S ornor Smith. I am dally In conference | n the work of hrlnalna Immigrants to Mod hy SI a"?Stahlfdomn-tlnent’*' After'liiilni * lth hundreds or our follow citizens Georgia to compoto at lew wages with tor ; hi- minor “Si. on SmSSSS from every section of tho state who our owll bl00 d and bone. ' -8 1881 Superintendent R. ; A. -Ande'r- “J 1 al T headquarters. Administration Increased Rates, soil appointed tne general- freight , Governor Smith alao streaaes tho - As Bavl „ c people $1,000,00, . *• agent At that time the gros3 earn- fact that negroes aro wearing my but- j u pnnaepfjpr rales, tho only reduction an call possess. I denounce , . b , s o( thc western ana AtltntlO rail- The IWj-unlla Hors!|d; Ha;y 7, ,| lat h1B | JBen mui< . was that orderoj ethedi. Ton.; iulnd. the <:v' ; wcro |7 737 P or mile. In Sep; . says. The editor, of this paper saw , M commission. Ooverirt era Is bererd the , ale t! an h ;• i88*. the heart ol <Hta*qrs- ; . AS.avowed red-hoj Hoke SigUh sup- SniltUl , commission bafcttMltASfl !« man. Ono who wculd mti-i-e pie general freight onf phs- porter pin a Jo« Drown button on a )ns[oad of DEC !lKAS8ff passonji nee thoat In pcIUKs. ir who. in i • „„ ger „g cnt . In February, _ 1880. *.S' The ?»*”■ a,il1 whatever privileges harj isr property !» Ccbb county and my fact8 an ^ the public may judge: m in Che.*r‘ r two repre my life alter suprrt.’rg my fam- by appointment of Osnural William , , McRae, general manafc^r, ns clerk in Emphasl3 on ih!3 point ir '■*’ ... *■” * * l •*' fact that Governor t?m! an purpCF.ft has not hosl’ptetl r In his gr»ve. With all th? emphasis-that ihe ncer agent. in ruuiuwji ------ — - ----- - , .,, iuiuh, hiiu *h«hhui int»iuitoo ■*- stockholders of the road elected beta* proinlwcuoiiwly worked. _The extended In the matter of traffic manager. Among the stock- -proof ^cemt^usive^ that at^ other j uct j 0 n on iwo thous-and mile tickeQ ts, net only Insults thc nettsa rl- ^ r °],] er3 am j directors were many of P l *' lces * Ooverayg- Btitftt» tiave'been In behalf of the select coj opr!ety of hie fellow citizens, is pt . C0U ntry8 ablest business men. ^have given my buttes to nepr6e* jpind pora t 0 f 0 w AND AGAINST THl ly unworthy of the office in qtbs- Yhcse no ted business men would cauw^tbem to ® n, _MASSES, who jmy more pasmurt] .n. but is morally unclean. ..oan ely have honored with successive *! n Li?irh th n ftT i?M r SmlTh farca today tl,an if lho ordor °* it has been said that I was <!'♦• ; , romol i ons a n incompetent. hu Srtkm wE to'm n 0,(1 commission had baen perraltt^j argnd as an executor c f my father s Qu Decembe r 28. J890, the NaahvlU^ *»is partisans are willing to go In tQ 8tand 11. This is baspless. A i-et;t‘on w .h rhattan a 0 ga and. St. Louis RallwtJ th,s campaign. (3) ••Because,” said Governor Smll against tho executor:--,. This r> ( 3mp any, having leased the Western Charactsr Assassination. at Rone, "tho railroad* and public s^ ,as boen extensively .* used bv rrl ^tlaptic rhllroad from the atin Of a truth, character assassination vice companion have been made In h's campaign two years ago, has bo Isos made thorn made ono slnglo exposure of any they are hr: graft or crookedness that bus taken fact that, !r placo undor any administration for obtained, tl D.e past twenty years? * ditlon than At tho close of his oxtravagant and years, as th reckless administration ho will go out tho music of tills modern IMed Riper, without having found n spot against who has never failed to surrender a tho dean and economical udminlstra- conviction for n voto. I add tho ques- five records of tho long lino of gov- tlon, has tho governor’s oratory en- ernors who have preceded him, and abled a laboring man to psy a single whoso administrations lie hold up to month's house rent? Has it filled ft the people of Georgia for contempt slnglo dinner pall? amt lidiculo, • What Governor’. Pollcloa Will Fat Fees for Favorites. Result In. (7) "Bocause steps have boon taken Govornor Smith says that ho ^ to savo property belonging to tho tends, if elected, to contlnuo to Btato," said Govornor Smith. carry out his pollcloa. What are the What steps? Probably bo rofors to inevitable results of tboso pollclest tho engagement of Hooper Alexander (1) To Increase tho tux rato, thsrt- —another fat fee—to break up a trado by adding to the burdens of tho peo made between tho stato of Georgia p ie. end the city of Chattanooga under tho (2) To koop capital from tho state, administration of Governor Horschel thoreby continuing business doprel* V. Johnson In 1857, and tho chief inorlt Bloti. closing mills and manufacturing of which litigation will bo tho attor- plants, preventing nil corporate Itn- ncy'3 fee, and thus he will bo enahlod provoinents und making hungry the to pay his political agent out of tho families of thousands of Georgia's sfate’s treasury. wage-cnrnorH. (S) ‘ Because,” said Governor Smith, (3) t 0 bring foreign immigrants "(he disfranchiaemont bill has been into this stnto to compote with our pS83ed.” skilled mechanics uud wage-earners, Ami of which Thomas E. Watson, and to cheapen the ulready depressed the father of tho measure, says that price of cotton. this is an accomplished fact In so far (.4) To withhold from our beloved r« Ihe general assembly Is concerned: an d deserving Confederate veterans (hat It is not, nnd can not be, an issue the annuu! puymont of their pension, in this campaign, since bolh cnr.cB- the fund for which, under the law Is d.ifes for governor favor the udoplion collected und In the stuto treasury the cf the amendment. y oa r preceding maturity. 1 It Is worthy of noto, however, that (5) To Increase tho fortillzor fees until Mr. Smith surrendered Ills con- 16c per ton, thoreby needlessly taking victions, ns usual, on this subjoct, ha from the farmora of Georgia orsf was ono of the bitterest opponents of $100,000 annually, disfranchisement, und huvlng so com- (6) To rob tho small counties of Idotely reversed his position, who Goorgla of their constitutional rights knows but that by the time of the 0 f representation. Ufilo election ho may bo antagonizing (7) To concentrate all political the very constitutional amendment power, both state und national, In him- which lie was forced to support gqif, against his openly declared conviction, (g> To create n political machine and which he embraced purely as a j n Georgia with himself as tho auto- matter of political expediency. And crat. may not his dummy charge that I am (9) To continue tho agitation that opposed to this measure be really a has boon so hurtful to every Interest prelude to his own return to his first 0 f Goorgla and her pooplo. love, viz.: Open opposition to it? I npi Prosperity Traded for Adversity, prepared to believe that ho Is laying Now, let me close with those re* the bars down. marks: Three years ago Georgia was Lay Down on His Issues. a t the pinnacle of prosperity, her peo- (9) "Because/* said Governor Smith, pj 0 wore at peace with each other, "thc special interests or tho ring poll- Governor Smith, f#r selfish purposes, liclans knojv that, having accomplish- divided tho people Into two camps, ed so much In twol.e months." he The logical results have been reached will be sure to carry cut all tho ro- within lho past few months; confi dence has given place to distrust, roa- it'sf tctlcn of gon to denunciation, frarfkro-a to era* Uni governor at 1 . • n a'- e.o-nont #jon, plenty to penury, the fatted calf Is In striking cor.fr:.to the over- the wolf ut the door, the unquss- whelming protests f.' t:-e balance of Honed-rule of the people to tho at* the stato. tempt at one-trim power. will be observed THE ‘TOV- Thousands cf dur best people are "Smith and hi* par answer, which relate r-story, has besn purpoi trial, an adjustment . the mutual concurrence of erned.- which resulted on of a corporation rer since been a direct' Ith my brothers and I sincerely trust that ers of Governor Smlc ousehold who hav ie on this score may be equally as ^ ^ iccessful In harmonizing their prl- ste family differences. Attack Upon Dr., White. Aiiiifiuu *•*•- —7 v* » —.— — —-- -- ERNOR 8AY8 NOTHING ABOI'T li'S out of employment, nnd yet Governor Georgia, its presidenL J. U now the woll-doflpod plan of Gov- pay more nearly their part of thj TWO LEADING ISSUES OF HIS smith proposeii no plan for restoring Thomas, continued me by appoint^ ornor Smith and his partisans! Ho taxos, which have been increased LAST CAMPAIGN—:!itu ${,000,000 tho prosperity; ho substitutes the thunder ^7 ; «»nt as traffic manager, but soon ap* an d they avoid the real issues and $574,000. which increase they must railroads were, he sa.’d, stealing from D f invective oratory for the hum of ‘ T- the people of the state In exorbitant gpindies. He prefers the sledge ham- prodececaor’s freight rates, and the port rat?s which mer blows of passion and imperious were to be IMMEDIATELY PUT autocracy to the nnvil chorus of INTO EFFECT, resulting in the saving progress. Itliheld hy them In order to mlibunl. j> c * sl ted me to represent him tm 'hile this suit was pending, acd! b • l XPCU ttvo board of the Southern Rail in lieu of tho discussion of those Is- continue to pay annually." sues, they give tho people slime and Again stealing and Steamship Association _ la misrepresentations. But In this con- thunder! , agrt.-.’.n ItfWr* •een^r.t of millions to the people. ^| y countrymen. let us turn our In Savannah, a few days ago, he backs from a policy which means dis- explained to thc ir.crrhant3 that the cord and ruin: lot ub endeavor to live port rates meant oxnctly the opposite in peace with each other; department — t . . TS3S. the leasing company bafldfl As to what thc governor has really LATIVE RESULT OF THE LAST AC .. , ,. ... J bought the Paducah road, determined accomplished during hia admlnlstra- MINISTRATION. Governor Smith did of what he said they moant two years us lend helping bands to each othor; 1 consolidate all Its properties undaf tlon, I deliberately charge that the not go Into office until June 29, 1507, ago—playing Dr. Joky! and Mr. Hyde lot us preserve our rights as a freo f one management. Hence, the sepa* state has suffered every day during apd every Increase in tbo taxable val- lt, ‘ ~ ♦e agents of the Western and Atlan* n j a incumbency In office, and that her Nations of corporate property, — •• ... railroad were discontinued. I gar# people have been made poorer, her as- the previous jear, came as thc — _ _. — ^.......... pi ire to Mr. H. F. Smith, a brother bet a «r^kcr and her prosperity retard- of the franchlso tax bill, enacted la lie life. And In a previous speech on of gortrnor; and yet allow me to sty on this proposition just rs ho has cn people. . as xti every other.question with which ho It Is with these vlowo that I seek the result bag dealt since he has been in puo- your suffrages for tho exalted offico . — cf President Milton H. .Spiith, of thf ed aa a result of the so-called rote- 1902, and the general Increase In One of my closest and most beloved Louisville and Nashville railroad, arff catching "reform” Instituted by him. property valuation following the uti- lends ia my paster. Dr. John E. yet. strangely enough. Governor Smith Governor and Prohibition. precede nted prosperity of tha state Tilte. The many years cf association cays that I am Mr. Milton H. Smite s governor claims to havo ac* during the two terms of Governor hauled. 1th him have brought to me as a'candldate for governor of Georgia. At compllshed something, and In ordoi Smith’s predecessor. tsult the loving respect for one who time I left the road its gross earn* to do him full juftice. I quote from V.ji are to-measure the result of preposterous a proposition. — strong, true and gentle. It has been in go were upwards of $13,900 per mile his Borne address cf last week, giv Governor Sm I til's . first term by the Aa to the $4,000,000 freight saving. Marietta, Qa., May 20, 190$. the port rates he said that I had held that, bewever fixed be the officii! title, that a reduction In rates would cause If elected, I shall prefer to bo known, a reduction In the amount of good* not as your governor, but aa your ex* hauled. I defy him to prove that I ecutive—he who executes your will, have ever even Indirectly advanced so Your fellow cltlsen, JOSEPH M. BROWN,