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Senator's Plea for Re-election on Plat
form of Past Performances To Be
Bitterly Assailed---Brownites Claim
Hoke Has Used Patronage.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
In last Sunday’s American, I gave it as my impression that
the campaign for the re-election of Senator Hoke Smith would
be based in largest measure upon his record of service in Congress.
[ stated then that it was the evident purpose of the Smith
following to go bafore the people of Georgia asking an indorsement
of Senator Smith purely upon his merits as a great Senator in
(Congress—as a great United States Senator, as well as a great
Georgia Senator. |
The following of Gevernor Brown
evidently propose to dispute, in spe
tific detail. these claimed merits In
Senator Smith—and therehy will
hang much of the finer and more
adroit politics of the campaign
A Fight as to Fitness.
1 will undertake to-day tp outline
eomething of the hedrock politics of
the Brown campaign as that appears
tc me now,
What 1 &av must not he and ahmlld‘
not he taken as« an argument for or
against Senator Smith or Governor
Brown. It iz designed to be neither.
It i« merely set up here to show, In
such measure as seems fair and right,
the PLAN of campalgn upon which
the Brownites will proceed—with con
clusions that mayv be drawn in re
gpect to it I have no concern,
In undertaking, then, to get the
Frown campaign in mind, get these
twn tentative questlons fixed firmly
in the hack of vour head:
Do vou prefer a Senator who flrst.]
is a Senator of the United Stntes,l
and then a Senator from Georgla, or
do vou prefer a Senator who is first.
a Senator from Georgla and then a
Senator of the United States? !
The ficht betwean Senator Smith
and Governor Brown is to he made a
ficht as to fitness, The €mith men
already have sald as much—and now
the Brown people are saving the
same thine
Two Definitions of “Fitness.”
The definition of “fitness " however,
will not he the same in the Brown
eamn that it i« in the Smith camp—
ar the nther way around, (f von nrml
fer
The nquestion will he argued as the
mattar of fitness tonches the entire
rroblem of the NATION and as it
tauches the diract interests of GEOR
-IA, The answer mav or may not he
tn the Rrauwn side’s satisfaction
fiy slly.
The Rrown neanle are freelv admit.
ting Senator Smith's nearness to the
Vhite Hovee, his renutation as A na
“apa! fignre and his abllity to cause
the Benate to “eit up and take no
t'ea” punon any and all sortg of oc- |
cacions f
Rut-~thev are asking-—what can
irdividua!l Georgians flgure out to
thefr henefit from all of that, or to
tha henefit of the Democracy ? ‘
The Brawn side will make an ap
refl—nleinly enongh-to the disaf
feoted office seekers and thelr friends.
Thev will sav that in the matter of
figtribnting Federal natronage Sena
ter Smith has heen high-handed ar-
Bitrary and intense'v partisan
Claim Unjust Treatment.
Thev clalm that “he has run rough
«of” over his Georgia colleagues in
angress narticularly in the matter
of patronage turning down, time and
soain, the nominations of his fellow
yevresentatives hecause their nomi
neee were not. in al! cases, hranded
{ndeliblv and nrimarily with the mark
nf partiecn friendshin for the Sena
tor!
The: are c'aiming. therefore that
the Smith influence in the White
House, great as it admittedly 18 has
Yeen nged to dishar and outlaw all
Ceprgians of a contrary partisan
school from that of Senator Smith,
ard whe mav not alwave have been
#f the Smith school: and that he has
starnly. doggedly and persistently re.
.
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clears the ailr burns ¥ nmpurities s
foes & 8 8 arouse action in the t i
ft is cleansed. purified and impurities
ate converted into substance easily ar
juickly ellminated
Irn the winter time ws get r nat
ral purifying agency in frest 4. fros
ty air but most people spoil the ef
feet by habits of living \nd sp we rely
upon summer with the ' s NS
for 1t is now that the liver, lungs. K
nevs and skin wiil be more active wit}
out the danger f severe colds
All such troubles as pimples. boils
rash. blood risings, eCczema, acneée anc
other forms f mpure blood wi be
rushe; t «f the svstem and new skip
will quickly replace the seased tissue
Get a bottle of & 8 8 to-day of any
drugeist but den’'t permit anyone
fool you with something claimed “just
as good
Write 1o The Swift Speeific Co 11
Swift Blig Atlanta, Ga . for a heaut
ul heok What the Mirror Talls A nd
VOUu Wan! advice an aAry severs forn
blond trouble write the company's
cdical department
fused to recognize that Brown Dem
ocrats, U'nderwood Democrats, or any
cther kind of Democrats save and ex
cepting Hoke Smith Democrats, have,
or have had, any rights in Washing
ton whatever!
The Brown folks, therefore, are
saving that such a Senator as Smith
has proved to be 18 NOT the sort of
Senator (Gieorgia wants—be he ever
sn powerful in debate or so persua
sive in the Presidential presence.
They say that it is all RIGHT for
Senator Smith to support the Presi
dent on nationa) {ssues—that all good
Democratic Senators should do that
—but that {t I 8 all WRONG for him
to use his great power and prestige
nt the White House entirely to his
own (and his polltical machine’'s) be
hoof, so far as Georgia affairs are
concerned.
Smith's Friends Make Denial.
Wherefore, the Brownites ask.
“Which do you prefer—a Senator who
will he first a Senator from Georgia
and then of the rest of creation, or
first a Senator of the rest of creation
and THEN a Senator from Georgia 7"
Do vou get the idea”
And it may be, as the campaign
progresses, that this same question is
to be pressed #g It touches other
phases of Smith's career in the Na
tional Capital!
The Smith people hold. however
and many people agree with this view
that Senator Smith has NOT mis
used his patronage prerogatives——that
he has, on the contrary. and because
of his standing with the President.
handled that matter with carefully
considered tact and justice. 3
They realize that inevitably he has
made SOME people “sore” hecause of
the manner in which Federal appoini
ments have been distributed—they
say that ALI persons charged with
responsibility in the matter of patront |
age fall heir to this same misfortune,
even the President himself, with- all
of hig popularity and prestige,
The Smith people contend that the
mere matter of ‘“soreness” upon the
part of a few disappointed offive
seekers Is a pretty small and petty
thing upon which to predicate a fignt
for a Senatorship-—and they, therd
fore, express little alarm that the
Senator (s to be defeated because of
the patronage issue,
Brown's Task Big.
1 «till think that Governor Brown
has a tremendously hig task on hand
to defeat Senator Hoke Smith, and 1
still doubt that he WILIL defeat him
doubt it decided]y
At the same time, I am not one of
those who is so hlind that he will not
see that Senator Smith is in the mul
dle of a sure-enough fight to retain
his seat in Congress, and that it isn't
altogether written in the stars that he
WILL retain it
Every person who has observed the
activities of the various campaign
headquarters in Atlanta of late knows
perfectly well that there were more
visitors at the Brown headquarters In
the Kimball House last week than
‘ there were at Al.l. of the other head
quarters comhined!
It Isn't high treason, either, or anv
thing of that kind, for me to say as
much. It is the TRUTH-—and that is
all 1 am required to set down here, us
I am able to see {t!
The race for the short-term Sena
torship shows little change from last
Sunday. Tt loaks to me as if Govern.
or Slaton has far and away the hettar
of that situation—and that he likoly
will win. handily and declsively
Running on “Even Keel.”
Hie campalgn is running on “an
even keel” and reports from his
friands everywhere are most encour
aging Certainly. he has gained
greatly of late. hecause of hix clean
cut and unmistakable stand in favor
of a broad and unlimited parcel post.
as contracted with Mr Hardwick's
onposition thereta. and ALL efforts
to turn the greatest achlevement of
his administration—the passage of
the tax equallization act—against him
have falled, utterly and completely
1 @0 nnat oo how it is possible now
for Mr. Hardwick to reguain prestige
and strength sufficient to unhnarse the
Governor. if, indeed, Mr. Hardwick
ever possessed the same
I do not wish however, to be in
any mnnner unfair to Thomas 8. Fel
der. It may be that his campaign is
making much finer progress than 1
am aware. He, at least, expresses
himself a< entirely satisfied with the
present statns of hs fight.
Felder's Fight Sagging.
Mr. Felder has not been campaign
ing in the same vigorous and ham
mer-ang-tongs fashion that Mr
]‘Lndwh'k has, and it Is possible that
| the results of he work are not so ap
narent Mavbe he is gathering much
strength—it sometimes is gathered
that wav-—and mavbe {s stronger
than seems to be indicated by surface
evidence
It is true. however, that. so far
As current comment ;‘l"d nh.fler\'n!inn
roes, and. at least, so far as expres
<ions from the passing throng in At
lanta goes Felder's camnalgn IS sag
*ing hadlyv—and has so sagged ever
since he cald whatever it was he real
v DID say in Grifin. in the early
stages of his fight
Nor da 1 wish to have it thought
hat T believe Mr. Hutchens Is cut
'ing no figure whatever in the short-
Jterm race I think he IS—and 1
{think he will get, nrincipally perhaos
{ hecause of Mp Watean's support
I manv votes—hut 1 aa NOT halleve he
{hag the remntest chance to he nami
nated
And it migh' he ctated tan that
an interesting hnt rat gt 21! impar.
‘lanz circumstanpce of the short-term
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Suffragists Argue
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Against Women
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Riding in Trains
TYEW YORK, July 18.-—SBuf-
N fragiets are In the midst
of a unique campaign of ,
emtire. The following from the
pen of Alice Duer Miller in The
. New York Tribune is a sample of
their activities:
WHY WE OPPOSE WOMEN
TRAVELING IN RAILWAY
TRAINS.
¢ I.—Because traveling In trains
' Is not a natural right. {
/ 2.—Because our great-grand- ’
' mothers never asked to travel in !
. trains, 4
3.—Because woman’s place Is In '
~ the home, not In the train. ‘
, 4. —Because it Is unneceesary:
there is no point reached by 2
train that can not be reached on
foot.
s—Because It will double the
work of conductors, engineers and
brakemen, who are aiready over
{ burdened.
6.—Because men smoke and
play cards In trains. Is there any
reason to believe women will be- ’
have better?
Senatorial situation is the perfect and
complete success attendant upon Can
didate “Bunk” ooper’s vociferous ef
forts to enact the role of campaign
clown!
Race for Governor.
The Governorship race is narrow
ing more and more every day. It ap
varently ig glven up to be a fight be
tween Mr. Anderson. of (Chatham, and
Judge Harris, of Bibb.
It generally !s agreed that the biz
meeting held in Atlanta recently in
the interest of Mr. Anderson’s cam
palgn, at which time W. W. Os
borne, his caempaign manager, pre
sided, was one of the most convine
ing arguments so far submitted of
the real progress heing made by Mr.
Anderson. |
It served to demonstrate ONE
thing eclearly—the suggestion offered
earlv in the campaign to the effect
that South Georgia would not back
Anderson was a mistake.
For a time It was not apparen’
that Mr. Anderson would he the only
South Georgla man running—but
since it has narrowed down to An
derson in that section, Sonth Georgia
is rallying to him noticeably.
Indeed, as one North Georgia newe
paper recentiv expressead it North
Georgla seemingly desires to notify
South Georgia that if South Georgia
really means to stand up to ite ‘‘fa
vorite son” this time. why, then,
North Georgia will cheerfully lend a
helping hand!
Unable to Pick Winner.
It looks as if North Georgia and
Qouth G}nrzln are running stronely
to Anderson nowadays, while Mid
dle Genrgia is running just as strong
'y to Judge Harris
It would he an extremelv hazard
sus undertaking to pick either gen
{leman at this time as a sure win
ner—but it MIGHT be safe enough
to wager a wee bit, anyway, that
one or the other will be the winner
eventually!
Partisans of Judge Harris claim
that he has cantured the nominatfon
alPeady, and that it is all over but
the shouting. Partisans of Mr. An
dercon are just as enthusiastic in
¢laiming the earth ard the fullness
thereof.
Rut—palnahly partisan statementss
are not convinecing, and it probably
fs true that neither man has the race
won as yet.
- As 'a matier of fact, there are
thonsands of Georgians. so the com
‘mvm of the hotel lobhies seems to
indicate. who have not yet made up
their minds which of these two gen
tlemen they will supnort, if elther.
Rroadlv speaking, both are admit
ted to be mighty good gubernatorial
timher., and it is the Impression
among many that the State would be
run in a safe and sane manner, no
matter which of the two won the big
prize contested for
Harris’ Chances Not Good.
The chean stuff ahout Judge Harris
bheing a “fossil” and Mr. Anderson
helng “ton near the interests' appar
ently moves few people. Both men
have clean. patriotie and worthy re
cords in public life, and both are
song of Georgia of whom the State—
the entire State—probably can af
ford to be genuinely proud
~ Dr. Hardman's headquarters in
Atlanta professes to be most opti
:m‘erh* Unauestionably, the doctor
WTLL get many vates—the total in
!dnd will he one of which he mayv be
in ro wise ashamed 1t doee not seem
EHko]\-, however. that there are to be
&0 verv many Hardman delegates in
tha convention—and the same may be
' sald of Willlam J Harrie
Mr. Harrls' campaign never has
‘m;m’urd to “get on its feet,” ®some
how or ather
~ He has many frlends throughout
Georgin—a great many friends. and
wellwishers-——hut T have met bnreci
nus few who helieve he really has a
ook in” on tne nomiration—and I
have met onlv one man, excepting
Mr Harris himself. who professes to
believe he will win
It isn’t that “Bill” Harris i{s not all
right. clean and manly, elther. It
s«omehow s that he—well, that he
just naturally HASN'T shown that
form as a candidate that he was ex
pected to!
Incidentally, it mav be stated (and
this is important). that the primary
iwhirh will settle all of this business
takes nlace exactly one month from
\to~d:\_\’!
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1F : .
Freed Police Denied
~ To Illinoi
ois Roads
CHICAGO, July 18.—Unless the Pub
tliv Utilties Commission puts a differ
ent construction on the law, the rail
roads of the State must expend monthly
thouunds additional for protection of
their property in small cities and towns.
The extra outlay will he for watchmen
to look after freight and genera! prop
erty of the railroads in the lesser places
along the lines
The roads have canceled all arrange
ments where heads of police depart
ments of the larger towns along the
line have heen receiving small compen
| sation each month from the railreads
in consideration of police proteciion in
!_\'nrds and at stations. It has been cus
| tomary to supply passes to the officers
| in the smaller towns and pay the head
' of the department in the larger cities
and towns 2310 @ month
, 1t has been decided that this system
| violates the public utilities law.
HEARST'S SUNDAY ' AMERICGAN, ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY. JULY 19, 1914
Union:Labor Replies to Brown
InOpen Letter Sharply Worded
Continued From Page 1.
satraps, denmm(‘ir%hlm and them in
flaming, indigna and eloguent
words, and declaring the era that
Joseph M. Brown v.as attempting to
usher in was fravglt with more dan
ger to (he pexple of Georgia, more
subversive of constitutional rights,
more destructive\of the principles of
the great Magna ¥ harta for which
our English forbeeirs so nobly died,
than th» radical era of gflllary usur
pation at the closed of e Civil War,
which brought forth from the immor
tal Benjamin Harvey Hill his famous
“Notes on the Situation,” which then
saved the bleeding and prostrate
South
And Mr. Watsom, stating that he
who had “worn himself out to a fraz
zle” in helping to ¢¥ect the Governor,
and for whom hehgd vouched to the
peope of Georgia,in public addresses
in nearly every mill district in the
State, begged the ‘Governor to quit
violating the law; to disband his mili
tary; that the Sheriff of Richmond
Countv (a gallant Confederate vet
eran) was amply able to command the
peace; and that his (tire Governor's)
fatuous, fatal scheme of things was a
menace to Amerfican liberties and
American institutioms.
Mr. Watsom’s fr¥end, Governor
Brown, has not recarnited his false and
dangerous heresies. The kevnote of
his recent letters, amd of his patform,
shows that he Is still obsessed with
the dangerous notion of military as
cendency over rrvlllilaw.
“Organized Labor 'ls Not Foreign.”
In order to create prejndice, the ex-
Governor declaresithal organized la
bor is a ‘foreign¥impomnation.” = We
say It ig not.
In Georgia, fully 95 per cent are
native Americansiof good old Anglo-
Saxon stock.
Barring, possibly,the/Miners' Union,
every labor organizatiom in the §'nited
States is composed«chiefly of Ameri
can citizens,
A “foreign Importation?"” What
does he mean by thait? From the
earliest ages, wherever and whenever
men were not ahject slaves, some sort
of labor unionism peresailed. It was
g 0 in ancient Rome dand Greece—in
their golden eras of greatest liberty
and power: the labor guilds were the
chief malnstay of the English barons
in their fight for Magna Charta; and
across the English hannel, they
struggled agalinst the tyrannies of the
kings of France, making possible the
iberties of which Frenchmen bhoast to
dav.
It was the nrznnlzpdn!r-rafts of Bos
ton and other points in New England,
which, in large part, constituted the
“minute men"” of the Revolution and
who so grandly aided fn securing our
independence.
And even the Miners''TTnion had for
wears at its head a native-born citi
7zen, a man of large hrain, of great
heart. of exalted patristism—a man
whom the best and most exalted peo
nle in the world respect and honor—
the man who refused the offor of the
Demacratic nomination for the Vice
Presidency—John Mitchell
Oroanized Labor Not Lawless.
Bx-Governor Brown savs organized
lahor is lawless and anarchistic. The
onlv particular Instanca cited in his
“platform’ {e the Colorado mine “war.”
We frankly admit that American
waorkingmen. in their struggles
agalnst greed and tvreannv to cecure
a living wage. and shorter hours, and
better workine conditions. do things
csometimes altogether reerettable—
things that were better left nndone,
S 0 do all other large human aggrega
tlons struggling for a canse however
meritoring. vea, aven divine.
The church of Gnd has often erred
has done grievans things in the name
of the hlessed Christ,
It 's a weakness inherent In hu
manity.
None of us nve perfect, or alto
gother law-sahiding As heretofore
chown, even “Little Jne ' in his crude
ahortive efforts ta nphold what he er
raneousgly conceived to be law, vio
ated the aw. ran roughshod over
conetitntiope and etatntes.
Wea onlv know that orearized lahor
ie the only nractical methnd vet de
vised hv the hrains of freemen tn
eot a madienm of Justice in their
<‘rnggle for bread in our industrial
life
Wa further knaw that oresnized
lahar instead of heimg anarchistic, as
“Littls Joeo" declares. I 8 a great con
servative force Ry the only rracti
ral orincinle af “onllective hargain
tng " thoneande nf ctrikes and nther
Algaereementc are averted, which
wonld atherwiss accnr hetween lares
hadles af nnareanized emplovees and
thair emnlavers
Qtatisties indihitahe chow that not
5 nar cent nf the milliane af arganized
warkine penanla ga on strike Aurine
twa veare which came and ea. and
that etrikee are prawing less frequent
in the pascine vears
Imminration lLawe,
The av-(laverna» eave in his nlat.
farm that he je In favor of stricter
{mmierstion lawe
Poee ha nnat knaw that the Ameri
aan Tedapation of Tabor has for
tweanty vaare haan tha ana hiz active
~~ancy anmealine far hatter ilmmirra
tinn lnwe® The great corporatbons
want tha ‘“‘anen Aanr" kent open o
ae tn cantinne to hring in the panner
lahnr af Furone tn chesapem and beat
Aewn the waree nf Amerfcan work
inomen That was the tronhla at
Waiker Countv Geonreia, Tepreia -
harn miners ware snoplanted bu Ttal.
tane hirad from the shiyme of the
Fast Side. Naw York Cltv, by “Littla
Yae's" nereanal and nolitical friends,
tha awnere of ‘he minac
Then whv shanid this littla man
~ardemn and oriticigse areanized labar
Faranea hiz friende and allles and the
~loradas ™! and Tran Coampanv
hrine in farelerers tn take the jobs
of American citizens?
It is true that In self-deferse and
as matter af common sense, the mine
vniane andeavor to wnionize the hest
of them tn keep them from bheine
nead as clubs to destroy native-born
workers
Compoulsorv Arbitration,
“Tittle Joe” cavs that if elected he
will work far the nassage of compul
sorv arbitration laws. He =ays that
i the wav to nut a stop to strikes
and alleged lowlessmese of strikers
And he would compel labor unions to
frearnarate
Well. aresnfzed Inhor has alwavs
heen in favor of mediation ard arhi
tration of labhar disnutes In nine
cases out of ten when etrikes are
threatened ar accnr, it fs the emplov
ees wWho freslyv nffar tn suhmit their
erfevances tn fair unhiased arbitra
tlon, In nipe cases ont of ten it is
the “hnllhead” carporation (as Wat
san termed the Georgia Rallroad In
hig Jeffersanian attackine the ex.
Ooavernar's unlawfii]l nee af tha mili
tarv) whicrh srueenientiv darlares:
aThare is rathine ta arhitpate!™
Titnece tha pemdne strike nf the
mill aperatives af Atlanta and the
| reMusal of the Flsases to arbitrate. It
is the emplovee out of a job, with his
empty dinenr pail and empty stom
ach, who suffers most in strikes. In
nine cases out of ten striking employ
ees have real, not fancied, grievances.
But this talk of compulsory arbi
tration in the despotic sense which
ex-Governor Brown would inaugu
rate is just a littie wild
Mediation, ves. Friendly, impartial
arbitration, certainly The white
light of publicity to beat upon em
ployers or employees who refuse to
abide the findings of such boards—
most assuredly. In few instances
would either dare to reject the find
ings of such impartial boards.
But compulsory arbitration. in the
sense that any law can be passed by
State or Federal law-making body.
which can compel an employer to
employ those he does not wish to
employ, and which wil compel jany
workingman to work for any em
ployer any longer than he is willing
to do so, passes our comprehension,
No compulsory arbitration law can
ever be passed in free America, and
at the same time be constitutional.
Involuntary servitude, except for
punishment for crime, is unthinkable.
Compulsory arbitration laws are
mere flgments of the brain of un
thinking people—it can not and will
not work out in actual practice,
It i merely an illustraion of loose
talking and loose thinking, which,
if attempted to be carried into literal
execution, would utterly fail
And if labor unions can be com
pelled to incorporate, o can farmers’
unions and other organizations, for
the law can not discriminate against
one in favor of the others, as they
all have one common object, the
mutual betterment of thelr members.
Better far ‘hat the real friends of
progress and human uplift should in
augurate a propaganda of juster
treatment of the man who earns his
bread in the sweat of his face; of
kindlier relations between employee
and employer. based upon a fairer
division of the joint profits or pro
ducts of capital and labor; and that
when they disagree, to leave their
disputes to friendly and Impartial
m>diation boards, than to indulge in
senseless talk of compulsory arbitra
tion.
“Cheap Bid for Farmers' Votes.”
The Ex-Governot (who, like “Joey
B.” of Dickens fame), thinks he is
“devilish slv,” speaks of the “wide
difference hetween such organizations
as the Masons or Knights of Pythlas
or Farmers' Union,” etc., and organ
ized labor. Aha! “It is to laugh!”
Of coarse, there is no particular
similarity between eithéer labor un
lons and farmers’ unions, and such
fraternal and beneficent orders as the
Masons and Knights of Pythias, etc.
“Little Joe"” merely wanted an ex
cuse to mention the Farmers' Union,
in order to try and prejudice the
country unjonist against the ecity un
fonist. But his little game won't
work!
While we do not pretend to speak
for the Farmers' Union, having no
more authority in that behalf than
has “Little Joe," vet we confidently
believe that our co-laborers and un
ionists of the farm will see through
his little game.
We helieve that the members of the
Farmers’ Union-—-—that is. the rank
and file who have no npolitical axes
to grind—rlearly recognize that they
are allied by a certain community of
Interests, “strong as Holy Writ,” with
thei* urban brothers in toil.
Certainlv organized labor feels
most kindly toward the Farmers'
Union.
We have co-operated with them
in manv ways for mutual protection.
Shoulder to shoulder we have
fought with them at Washingzon to
‘prevent farmers' and labor organiza
tions from bheing unjustly declared to
be “truste” under the Sherman law,
or to he placed in such unfair cate
gory in the pending Clayton bill in
Congress. .
By aid of the union label, it has
been our pleasure in many sections
of Georgla to patronize Farmers'
Union members in the sale of their
farm products.
The Farmers’ Union, as we un
derstand the principles and purposes
of that splendid organization, are co
operating, as we are, to/'get fair re
turns for the fruits of their toil.
To crush one organization would
probdblvy mean in the end the undo
ing of the other.
One can not be the sworn enemy
of the one and a true friend of the
other.
And. unless we are very mistaken,
the cunning efforts of the Ex-Gover
nor to seek to get the votes of the
Farmers' Union by endeavoring to
prejudice union labor in their eves
will fall utteriy flat.
We hrieflv refer to the grosslv un
just effort of Ex-Governor Brown to
lug in the negro in order to further
prejudice organized labor.
The ‘“‘nigger” question is generally
the last and most desperate resort of
demagogues to win votes.
“Little Joe" savs organized labor
i “affiliated” with negroes, and help
ing them form unicns, and that this
will lead to ‘“soclal equality.”
A more false and cowardly asser
tion has never heecn made. “Little
Joe" knows that there is not a single
white labor unionist in Georgia. or
the South. who would stand for that
sort of thing.
We know, of course, that this is “a
white man's country.” We know that
God Almighty made the white race
superior to the black race. We know
that there never can be, there never
stould be, social equality between the
whites and blacks. We, the organized
labor white men of the South, would
shed the last drop of blood in our
veins before we would submit to that
indignity.
The negroes know this as well as
does “Little Joe.” There has never
been, there will never be, any letting
down of the bars on that score in the
dealings between white labor unions
and negro labor unions.
Ninetyv-eight per cent of organized
laber in Georgia is composed of white
people.
It is true that we see no harm In
negroes forming unions among them
selves in certain of the trades. They
are human beings Whatever will
tend to make better citizens of them
selves benefits not only the black race,
but the whites. The best white people
in the South hold forth a helping hand
to this unfortunate people in things
material and moral. 1
This is as it should be. And if,
as in the case of the whites, the
blacks can better their moral and ma.
terfal condition by forming co-opera
tive labor organizations among them
selves, we sav, in God's name, let
them do it. Besides, if we were ut
terly heartless and wished to treat
them worse than hrutes, we would
stil! want tn see tham arganized where
their labor would nnt be used as a
cinb to bheat our wages dnwn-—wherei
white employvers could not use them
as “scabs’” and “strike-breakers.” We
are sure our white fellow-citizens
agree with us, and that this puerile,
contemptible effort on the part of the
ex-Governor to arouse the prejudices
of the Ttountry voter will fail to its
unworthy purpose,
BEx-Governor Brown cnarges that or
ganized labor sets its union above
“the great seal of the State.” Such
charge is ahsurd. Positively pusil
lanimous. The members of labor
unions have sense and patriotism
enough to know that the laws of the
nation and State are supreme over
any organization whatsoever.
In every community in America it
is well known that the organized
workmen are among the most skilled,
intelligent, respectable and law-abid
ing of the various crafts, trades and
vocations. It is so in Georgia. It is
so everywhere. And the little man
from Marietta knows it. His con
stant reference to the sacrosanct
character of “the great seal of State”
is very touching. It has served to
round off many an eloquent period in
his multitudinous polemics.
But his silly attempt to characterize
thousands of his fellow-citizens as
law-breakers and anarchists, etc., be
cause here and there violence is
shown in strikes, will fail of its grace
less purpose, viz., to get votes.
~ As heretofore shown, “Little Joe
‘himself, violated the law in his wan
ton, unconstitutional use of the mili
tary. And so did Ammons, of Colo
rado. Ditto, Glasscock ,of West Vir
ginia. As to the horrors perpetrated
by the mine owners and Glasscock's
militia. {in the Paint Creek district of
‘West Virginia, see the condemnatory
‘report of the Congressional commit
tee, recently published. The West
Virginia “death specials” were quite
‘as murderous as those of the Colorado
‘horror.
Glasscock! Ammons! Brown!
‘Truly, a great trlumvirate,
- It Is such men as these, inveterate
‘mosshack reactionaries, who wounld
set back the clock of progress a hun
dred years.
~ Given power, thet would plunge
the country in seas of blood, through
their shortsighted, misguided poli
cies.
Let the ex-Governor (for we bear
him ne malice) take a day off and
commune with himself. He will per
haps see the grievous errors of his
ways political.
We will rightly conclude that men
are not successfully led or driven by
hate and bitterness, inspired either
by efforts to acquire or by that un
holy political ambition which for
gelfish ends would sow the dragon's
teeth of discord and prejudice among
different classes of soclety. He will
thus become a wiser and a better
man, and be deserving of the great
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