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Monday Afternoon.
The Ne\vs=Hera!d.
CentCa Year in Advance.
Official Organ Gwinnett County.
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undsr tlie Ad of March 8,187 s».
The preseut legislature is stong
ly opposed to the creation of more
counties, and every bill introduced
for that purpose was badly defeat
ed.
We are not only denied perusal
of the letter Joe wrote to Hoke,
but there was failure to read the
one he indited to the movants in
the matter of the recent indigna
tion meeting, at Atlanta, in re
sponse to an invitation to bepres
sent. The press, however, did get
hold of, and give it to the public.
We now have seven candidates
for president, and nominations
should close. There are Bryan,
Taft, Debs, Chafin. Preston, Wat
son and Hisgen, already in the
field. While each of them will
get some votes, the real fight is
between Bryan and Taft, and no
other candidate expects to carry a
single state, or even claims that
lie will.
The house of representatives has
passed a I ill providing for pen
sioning all confederate veterans
who do not own more than SI,OOO
worth of property. This would
add $1,000,000 to the present re
quirements of the state, and there
is no way for it to get the money
without amending the constitution
and increasing the tax rate. The
present pension list should not be
increased by extending the classes
now receiving this bounty of the
state.
All factions of the democratic
party are rapidly getting together,
and Bryan will receive the solid
support of his party for the first
time. Judge Alton B. Parker, the
democratic nominee four years
ago, is on the stump for him this
year, and all the democratic pa
pers of New York have wheeled in
to line. The currency question
having been eliminated there is
nothing of real importance for
democrats to differ on, and its re
habilitation seems assured.
It now looks like the State Ag
ricultural Society will hold a fair
at Macon, the coming fall, as the
business men of that city seem
ready to put up the necessary
guarantee fund, which Atlanta re
fused to do. Crops are much bet
ter in the southern part of the
state than in the territory con
tiguous to Atlanta. a 3 the drouth
seriously damaged all crops in
this section, whereas splendid sea
sons have prevailed in south Geor
gia, and a fair at the Central City
would surpass the one to be held
at Atlanta, from an agricultural
point of view.
Georgia seems to be the great
bone of contention among presi
dential candidates. Gen. Peter
Meldrim, while at the Denver con
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vention, pledged it to Bryan by
100,000 majority, since which
time one Robert J. Lowery, of At
lanta, has induced Tj’aft to believe
its electoral vote will go to him,
with proper effort. Now comes
the news that John Temple Graves
is on his way down here to bag it
for the Independence party, while
Tom Watson is insisting that the
democrats should make him a
present of it, if they have no spe
cial use for it, by way of compen
sation for being born in Georgia,
his laudatory speeches in behalf
of Taft, and persistent abuse of
Bryan and the democratic party.
Come Down and See.
Atlanta proposes to increase her
opulation by addition, instead of
y multiplying and replenishing.
—Law renew ille News-Herald.
If the editor of The News-Her
ald will come to Atlanta and take
a stroli along any residential
street, wo opine he’ll revise that
statement considerably.—Atlanta
Georgian.
WATSON ATTACKS MIS OWN PLATFORM.
Hon. T. E. Watson has started
out to make a pretty full canvass
of Georgia in the hope of having
the democracy of this state to
“compliment” him with its electo
ral vote, provided, it turns out
that Bryan does not need it.
He has already made several
speeches, in all of which he has
vigorously attacked Brvan and
the democratic platform, and
lauded Taft and the beauties of
republicanism.
In fact he has assailed every
thing except Taft and the repub
lican platform, not even allowing
that on which he was nominated
to escape scathing criticism.
One of the standing declarations
in populist platforms is condem
nation of what is called “govern
ment bv"injunction,” which tin
Denver convention made a feeble
effort to imitate.
The St. Louis platform, upon
which he was nominated contains
the following declarations on this
subject:
“We condemn the recent attempt
to destroy the power of trades unions
through the unjust use of federal in
junction, substituting government by
injunction for free government.
“We condemn all unwarranted as
sumption of authority by inferioi
federal courts in annulling by injunc
tion the laws of the states, and de
mand legislative action by congress
which will inhibit such usurpation
and will restrict to the supreme court
of the United States the exercise ot
such power in cases invofvTug stab
legislation.”
In the Jeffersonian, of the oth
iust., Mr. Watson published a
signed article, in which he vigor
ously assailed the plank in the
national democratic platform
condemning the practice of feder
al judges in issuing injunctions
against labor organizations, upon
ex parte proceedings, from which
we make the following extracts;
“The labor plank, in so far as it de
mands that no injunction should
issued until after trial upon the mer
its, that such trial should be had be
fore a jury, and that in no case of al
leged contempt should any person be
deprived of liberty without a trial by
Jury, is revolutionary. English ju
risprudence has always -eeognized
the inherent right of a court to pro
tect itself and to maintain its dignity
by punishing for contempt those who,
in its presence, or within itsojuris
diction, defy its authority.STo say
that the courts should be deprived ol
this inherent and necussary power is
preposterous.
“To sar that no injunction shall
issue until after a trial upon the mer
its of the case is too ludicrous for se
rious consideration. Were that the
law no man could protect himself
from those who mean to do him ir
reparable injury’. As a lawyer, as
well as a candidate, I take the posi
tion that wherever a prima facia case
is made before the judge by allega
tions in t:;e bill, supported by affida
vits that an irreparable injury is
about to be committed upon the pe
titioner, a restraining erder should
issue to maintain the status quo until
both sides can be heard.”
We have no words of censure for
what Mr. Watson says up< n this
subject, but, on the contrary,
most heartily indorse and approve
his position. This paper referred
to the declaration of the Denver
platform in reference to the is
suance of injunctions, and of the
importance of reserving this right
to the courts, several weeks ago,
in which we took precisely the
same view of this question.
The present legislature is cursed
with a plethora of talking mem
bers. Fully two thirds of the
session has been devoted to talk,
at an expense of S2,(XX) per day
to the state. If speeches had been
i limited to ten minutes at the be-
{ ginning of the session its work
would have been fully completed
in less than,fifty days, and there
would have been no talk of an
j extra session at a cost of $100,(XX).
jAs a matter of fact, there is no
■ necessity for an extra session, as
there is no pressing legislation
I that cannot be disposed of before
the expiration of the present one.
\\ hat we need is less, instead of
j more legislation.
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CASTOniA.
Bau-» the _yf The Kind Yon Hare Altnjit Bcngti'
Q Hlificaticn of Eleclors and
Registration of Voters.
A PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency, Hoke Smith, Cov
ornor.
Executive Department.
Atlanta, Ga., August 1, 1908.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at
Its session in 1908 proposed aD
amendment to the Constitution ol
this State as set forth in an Act ap
proved August Ist, 1908, to wit:
An Act to amend the Constitution
of the State of Georgia by repealing
section l of article 2 of the Constitu
tion of this State and inserting in
lieu thereof a new section, consisting
of nine paragraphs, prescribing the
qualifications for electors; providing
for the registiatlon of voters, and for
other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State ol
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 ol
nine paragraphs, be inserted in said
article in lieu thereof;
Paragraph 1. After the year 1903
elections 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
election, and in the county in which
he offers to vote six months next pre
ceding the election, and shall have
paid ail taxes which may have -been
required of him 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 witbiD
six,months from the expiration of the
time fixed by law for the payment oi
such taxes.
Par. 4. Every male citizen of this
State shall be entitled to register as
an elector and to vote in all elections
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
curling 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 AH persons who have honorably
served in the land or naval forces oi
the United States in the Revolution
ary war, or in the war of 1812, or in
the war with Mexico, or in any war
with the Indians or in the war be
tween the States, or in the war with
Spain, or who honorably served in
the land or naval forces of the Con
federate States, or of the State oi
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 of 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 w'hen read to them
by any one of the registrars, and all
persons who solely, because of phys
ical disability are unable 10 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 w'hich he resides, or
is the ow'ner 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 Ist, 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 clerks of the Superior
Court, shall send copies of the same
to the Secretary of State, and it shall
be the duty of these officers to record
and permanently preserve these ros
ters. Any person who has been once
registered under cither of the sub
divisions one or two of iuuagraidi
THE NEWS-HKKAU).
CONNERS DECLARES
NEW YORK BRYAN’S
Bru.M.o, N. V., August 4.
William. J. Conners, chairman of
the democratic state committe*,
announced today that, on nex'
Saturday he would issue the ca
for a state committee m N<*"
York City to name the time ate
place of the state convention.
Mr. Conners said that the con
vention would Lkely he he <! eith r
the week of September 18th or
the tlOth, and that Rochester was
likely to secure the convention.
Declaring that New York state
would be surely democratic in the
coming eltction, Mr. Conner made
the following statement today:
“There is no question about
New York state, which will giv<
pluralities of anywhere from 75,-
000 to 100,000 to Bryan. Mor
than that, Erie county will g<>
democratic by a large plurality,
which will be the first time that
county has gone democratic in a
presidential election since 1802,
when Cleveland carried it by a
plurality of 90. Bryan is gaining
strength daily.”
four shall thereafter -be permitted to
vote; provided, he meats the require
ments of paragraphs two and three of
this section.
Par. 0. Any person to whom the
right of registration is denied by the
registrars upon the ground that he
lacks the qualifications set forth In
the five sub-divisions of paragraph
four, shall have the right to Lake an
appeal, and any citizen may enter an
appeal from the decision of the regis
trars allowing any person to register
under said sub-divisions. All appeals
must be filed in writing with the reg
istrars within 10 days from the date
of the decision complained of and
shall he returned by the registrars
to the office of the clerk of the Superi
or Court to be tried as other appeals.
Par. 7. Pending an appeal and un
til the final decision of the case, the
Judgment of the registrars shall re
main in full force.
Par. 8. No person shall he 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 provided by
law for the registration of force Oc
tober let, 1908, shall be used to carry
out the provisions of this section, ex
cept where inconsistent with same;
the Legislature may change or amenu
the registration laws from time to
time, but no such change or amend
ment shall operate to defeat any ot
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 ratitlcation or re
jection to tne 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 he qualified to vote who is
entitled to vote for members of the
General Assembly. All persons vot
ing at said election in favor or adopt
ing the proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have 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
ihe 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 one of the daily papers of this
State, announcing such result aud
declaring the amendment ratified.
Now, therefore, I, Hoke Smith, Gov
ernor of said State, do issue this my
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 StadA
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