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ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY. MARCH 28, 1898.
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iliis evil tha,l some of our «•!<•<•-
especially those by the legislature,
degenerated into a mere travesty on
rights, and the people are demand-
Bg and the legislature has submitted an
■ inendment of I Ii ■ constitution giving back
I i them tlie election of their judicial oiti-
The people are right. Ring rule is
demoralizing and dangerous, and tho
quicker we go a step further and
elect the United States senators by tlie
direct vote of the people, the better.
I voted for such a measure in congress
ten years ago, along with my demo
cratic colleagues, but our arch ene
mies, who are the chosen friends of
monopoly, not only in business, but in
politics, defeated it, and senatorships
are still bought in some of the states
as negro votes are bought in the
south.
Another grave question which now con
fronts the people of the state is the rela
tions of the corporations to the people. It
cannot be denied that there have been in
stances in the past in which corporate
power has been employed to oppress the
people, and on the oilier hand, provoked
by these wrongs, juries have sometimes
shown a disposition to retaliate by render
ing unjust and exorbitant verdicts against
the corporations. Corporations, too, rail
read, banking and insurance companies,
have, as have also individuals, often tried
to evade the law and to build up monopo
lies by which they could enrich their stock
holders at the expense of the people. These
evils were of gradual growth, and for them
no remedies had been found prior to 1577.
In the days of reconstruction, when
honor and virtue were at a discount and
ignorance and bigotry und venality and
fanaticism were enthroned in Georgia,
when the master was decitizenized and the
slave was ;1 lawmaker, and elections were
presided ov< r by armed soldiers of alien
birth, a constitution framed by carpet
baggers and ratified by scalawags and
negroes was foisted upon on unwilling
people. This instrument made no ade
quate provision for the regulation of cor
porations. In ls7'l, I. with this hand draft'd
and introduced a bill providing for a con
vention of the people of the state to shake
off this bastard organic law put upon us
by negroes, aliens and ene,mi< s, and sub
stitute one of our own making. One of tin
chief grounds on which 1 urged the call of
a convention was the necessity of incorpor
ating in the organic law a provision em
powering the legislature to regulate and
control corporations and prevent monop
oly. 1 said: "The time is fast approach
ing when, if the people do not take control
of the corporations, the corporatoins will
take control of the people. I do not want
to injure or cripple the corporations, but
they must not be allowed to extort, on the
people nor to discriminate between per
sons and places." For three successive
sessions, aided bj' such men as A. It.
Lawton, Patrick Walsh, John 11. Gor
don and Robert Toombs. I pressed my
measure and finally in 1X76 it liecame a
law. A convention of nativ.? Georgia
white men was held and a constitution
made by Georgians for Georgia was adopt
ed and ratified by the people and the last,
vestige of the carpet bagger and the un
savory scalawag was wiped out and the
virtue and intelligence of the state re
sumed control.
Helped Establish Railroad Commission
The first legislature that assembled af
ter the adoption of the constitution of 1577
• nacted a law io create a railroad <-om •
mission to regulate apd control the rail
roads of the state and prevent extortion
and unjust discrimination. 1 was a mem
• ber of the committee hi the senate which
drafted and reported that bill and secured
its passage. It is the law today ami is
considered one of the best railroad commis
sion laws in the union and lias served as a
model in many other states. 1 was re
sponsible for the constitution which made
this law possible, and aided in drafting
and enacting tlie law which lias already
saved many millions to the people of the
state and will sav, many more. My gen
ial friend, Mr Berner, erics aloud ami
says: "Mr. Gaudier, you must stand upon
the constitution. Von must take an oath,
a. solemn oath, in the preseme of vour
people assembled to witness your inaugu
ration, and you take a solemn oath in the
presence of heaven and earth that you
will obey the constitution. Will you take
the oath. Mr t’liiidli-r? If you do take
it, will you keep it?"
I rr|dr to Iliis question, jes! I will Hike it
titttl keep it, too. This is easy lor toe Io do be- I
cause this is my constitution, lam respoitsi- I
Ide lor it mid the railroad coin in issiott Inn by ;
which he swears to stand is mi handiwork*
and I w ill stand by it ns tlie niotiicr stands by
licrbiibc. I uni the tiilher of this law ; lie is
not even its stepfather but only its scll-consli
ttiled gunrdinn.
Yes, Brother Berm r, 1 will take the oath
and I will keep it and enforce t‘.e law,
because it is my law and I believe it is
a righteous law. Can you do more'’
I.'nder tlie same constitution, it was for
the first time made possible to enact a law
to regulate and control insurance i-ompa- |
pies. .Soon such u lav. was enacted creat
ing the otlice of insurance commissioner, |
elotbld willy ample power to regulate and
control these corporations and prevent ex
tortion and monopoly. But for the con
stitution, for which I was primarily re
sponsible, this law would have liven im
possible.
In IS.SO, while a. member of congress from
Georgia, 1 prepared and. introduced a bill
to repeal the law taxing out of existence
the issues of state banks.
This law I believe to be unconstitutional
and 1 know that it was enacted to create
and foster the national bank monopoly. :
To destroy this monopoly 1 introduced til’d '
advocated this bill; but the republi • ins
who are tile friends of special privileges,
wete too strong for me, and defeated my
measure, and the national banks ilill en
joy their monopoly, to tin great i.i’triment
of the. people and in violation of that an
cient denioi ratie doctrine of "equal ,;ti.l ex
act justice to all and special privileges to
My whole legislative career for fif
teen years in our state legislature and
in congress is marked by uncompromis
ing hostility to monopoly in its every
form, and yet I am riot an enemy to
corporatios. All corporations are not
monopolies. They are necessary to the
development and progress of the state
and the convenience of tlie people. I
would not destroy or oppress them.
They are the most potent agency in
developing- and building up the state, i
and do for each individual what he ■
cannot do for himself. Corporate capi- '
tai is entitled to the same rights, priv- i
ileges and immunities as individual I
capital, and no more. If I were gov- ;
ernor of Georgia I would protect them
in the enjoyment, of all their legal
rights just as far as I would protect
a natural person and no further.
So long as they remain in their proper
sphere and attempt no evasion of the
law 1 would protect them with ill the
power of the government, but should they
attempt to evade or defeat the law, 1
would punish them with all (he power of
the government, even to the extent of for
feiting their charters. If any citizen wants
more than this he must vote for .'mother
candidate for governor; if any corporation
expects less he will be greatly <1 sap
pointed.
A Vital Question —Taxation.
Another question of most vital import
ance at this time when our chief pre duct,
cotton, will not fetch in the market the
cost of production and our people arc
. To do our test
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BRIGHTS DISEASE
A Patient of 74 Years Rescued from
Imminent Death, by
Buffalo
Lithia Water
A case stated by Dr. E. C. Laird,
Mi'tnbers of the North Carolina Medical Society, Member ylmerican Medical
.Association, and formerly Kesidenl Physician at the Springs:
<> Mr . , age 74, arrived at BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS in an exceedingly
prostrate condition, exhibiting unmistakable symptoms of Bright's Disease, viz.:
puffiness of the face, eyes suffused, impaired vision, breathing labored and
distressed, heart involved, inability to take a recumbent position Im any
length of time, feet and legs so swollen that he could not wear his shoes,
and Urtemic poison to such an extent that he was generally asleep when
sitting in his chair. Examination of the Urine the day after his arrival, both
chemical and microscopical, showed the presence of albumen, tube-casts, and
epithelium, confirming the diagnosis of Bright’s Disease. 'lbis situation, espe
cially in view of his advanced years, seemed to preclude the possibility of
benefit from any remedy. He was put, however, upon the water of Spring So. 2,
which, to my equal surprise and gratification, proved promptly and highly bene
ficial, and to such an extent that he rested comfortably in bed, which he had
not been able to do for several months previous. His improvement, excepting
an intermission at one time of a few days, was continuous and steady during a stay
of twelve weeks at the Springs, and so rapid that when he left, not only had all
symptoms of his trouble entirely disappeared, Suit he had gained largely in
flesh, and possessed a healthful vigor by no means common to men of
his years.”
Buffalo Lm«A Water is f ” r «u'".
PROPRIETOR, BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VA.
Springs open for guests from June 15th to October Ist.
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overwhelmed with debt, Is the question
of taxation. 1 would keep constantly in
view the fact that th- state nev-r has
a dollar that is not wrung from th- hard
earnings of its citizens tinder It taxing
laws; that every dollar it apples to public
use was coined out of the sweat ol its
own citizens, and that to sp.-ml • dollar
unnecessarily is to rob its citizens of a
dollar. Hence those charged with th* im
position of taxes and the eolli-etioti and ex
p. nditure of th publi revi line should
he held to the most rigid ae<->;m: imill>.
This proposition is true at ail times, but
it applies with more turn- now than < vr
tfort becallst■ there never has t een ’■
in my recollection a time when th. com
mon people Were so sorely pressed to meet
the demands of the tax gatherer.
The rate of taxation imposed by the
state lias more than doubled in the last
fifteen years. In 1883 the state levy
was 25 cents on the hundred dollars;
in 1897 it was 52 1-10 cents, and for
1898 it will be 62 1-10 cents. The
county levies are, upon an average,
about equal to the state levies. Thus
the people of Georgia paid in 1883 in
taxes to the state and counties, when
cotton, our chief product, brought
IO 1-2 cents per pound, less than i
$4,000,000, and in 1897, when it sold j
as low as 4 1-2 cents, they paid nearly j
$6,000,000, and we are confronted ;
the present year with a much higher ■
rate. A few years nt this rate of in
crease will mean to many people con
fiscation and ruin, and to the state
unless checked, public bankruptcy.
In tin* last two months more property has
passed under the sheriffs hammer in the
payment of taxes than ever l.etor. in an
equal period, and to my own knowledge
farmers have, to prevent the sale of their
property under tax li. fas., mortgaged
their mules in order to get tho mon with
which to nn-et the demands of the tax
gatherer In the name of justice am! hu
manity. let us put on th.* brakes The p. o
ple who pay the taxes are entitled to as
much consideration as those who get the
hem-tit Os them. A stalo is only an ag
ercratlon of imlividuai.-s and tho business
Os the state should lie managed OU the
same principles that a. prudent I m tm-ss
man manages l*'.s o>*. n m.x.'o din
Pensions an i Public Schools.
As long as his business prospers and his
assets increase, he may suffer his expen
ditures to increase, but when hard times
come, and ids values shrink, he must put
on tile brakes and curtail ns far ns possible
his expenditures, lie is obliged to teed ami
clothe his children, but he can cut off lux
uries ami superfluities. So with the state.
She is obliged to support her schools and I
asylums and meet her meritorious pension
roll ami public debt, but she can take care
to a.usume no further liabilities than site
now has and economize in every way pos
sible and at tho same time preserve the
state’s credit, do Justice to her needy- ami I
deserving veterans andl keep up to their I
present standard, and even improve the. es-
ficiency of h'-r schools. I myself w.i,- for
mll ’ \ four years if blood and Ift
confed. rati .*»dd ! -r. I have ben .-not
battle in def. ns. of Georgia and tin i -ig .
and I would suffer my right arm to witii'-i
I, tor. I would do an injustim- to my needy
comrades in arms, who though reviled ami
spit upon by some who n*-v r smeh burn
mg gun powder, are still my brothers ami
dearer to mo than any other living men.
I too have io en a poor boy struggling for
an education, when tiler. wer. no free
schools, am) me heart goes out to th ell
dr.-n of mv st ite. ami I am tin- last man
I to deprive them of the i l*. intag- s of i
common school education, and tile only
limit I would put to th.- .*K‘hool fund would
bo the ability of the state to pay I
have also been teacher and know that
with th.- exe. ption of the Georgia fatm- r
the Georgia teacher is the hardest work 1
and the poorest paid mtn in tin.- state. In
s;. ;id of cutting down his salary, I would
if possibl--, increase it. and pay him his
earnings at the iml of each month when
: But still, while doing this, I won I
j stop th. h .-iks, if any existed, in the tree
| ttry, a. . I put on tin brakes irwi to
I that the annual increase in the tax rate
stops, ami thus avert the ruin will* It in
constantly increasing rate of taxation for
the last fifteen years threatens the farm, rs
and tii- working people of the state, who,
after all, have to pay all the taxes and bear
all the burdens of the government.
What the Legislature Can Do.
I am nwttre that your governor cannot
alone accomplish all these reforms, but he
can do something by his influence ami . .**
v.-to the peopl ■ have so wisely given him.
Retrenchment must begin in thi_> legislatin'
and I warn you, my countrymen, to s.-e
to it that you send to the legislature none
but men who know your burdens and are
willing to lighten them, not men who for
the sake of political preferment would
bind heavier burthens upon you and bank
rupt at once you and the state.
zxs to Bankrupting the State.
My distinguished competitor, Mr. Berner,
jt. fond of . tying in his speeches that im
would bankrupt, the treasury of the state
before he would take a dollar from the
pension fund.
Aly frien l talks wildly. The people trust
be bankrupted before the treasury beom.'.*;
bankrupt The state in its sovereignly < ;.ii
tax the people to confiscation before tie
tre asury becomes bankrupt. Th re -.- no
limit to the power of the legislature to
I impose taxes, and it could by exorbitant
I taxation, practically confiscate til'- home*
| of thousands of the taxpayers of the
■ state. But I am a confederate sol
dier and I repeat, 1 have been shot
down on the field of battle, I have I eer
maimed for life, I am a pensioner unde't
the law and I can speak for the * aldict*.
for the “hero and the hero’s widow,” as
my friend is pleased to call them.
The hero and the hero's widow do
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