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ZETTZ7U T<POJ>I THE PEOPLE
ABOUT THE POLL TAX.
Editor Watson’s Weekly:
What is the poll tax and what for?
JAMES STEVENS.
Answer —The poll tax is a variable
sum levied by the state on all its
adult male citizens, for any specified
purpose, but generally as a suffrage
qualification and for school purposes.
The name is derived from the Low
German word for head, which is
“polle.”
THE GEORGIA ROAD CASE.
Editor Watson’s Weekly:
I admire the way you go after the
maladministration of the Georgia Rail
road. The operating company is one
of the most negligent and arrogant
that runs a rail line in this state and
you will serve the people beyond their
power of gratitude if you will keep on
with your noble fight until you break
that lease and force the Georgia com
pany that owns the road to serve the
public in the terms of its charter.
Conyers, Ga. J. M. G.
IN VIRGINIA—I62I.
Editor Watson’s Weekly:
I will thank you to let me know
through your next issue when and
where the first written constitution for
an American commonwealth was es
tablished. JOHN C. BROWN.
Atlanta, Ga.
A THIRD PARTY NEEDED.
Editor Watson’s Weekly:
I have been greatly interested in
reading your two periodicals. You do
not seem to be allied to either of .the
old parties, and'yet not advocating any
specific “third party” movement. I can
not tell whether you still consider the
“People’s Party” a going political con
cern, or whether you are waiting for
the future to develop a movement that
will organize a new “third party”
along the lines that you indicate —the
lines of a definite democracy of the
genuine Jeffersonian pattern.
Now, Mr. Watson, what we need
all over this land, and more in the
south than elsewhere, is a party with
the principles, objects and courage
that you advocate and demonstrate.
But we cannot hope to have such
a party and do successful battle with
it in these southern states until we
are freed from the menace of the ne
gro voter.
Hope you will sec your way to push
forward the work in all the states of
the south to that end. A real Peo-
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'We Commenced Selling Good
Clothing Sixteen Years Ago
We improve our Manufacturing facilities with every season’s advent. We can’t
possibly see where there’s any room for improving our Clothing. We know there’s no
room to improve prices. But they have always been very reasonable.
New Spring Suita for Mens7.so, $lO, $12.50, sls, S2O, $25.
Boys’ and Children’s Suitssl.so, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6.50.
Men’s Pantssl.so, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $5, $6.50, $7.50.
Everything that’s right in Hats and Furnishings.
Mail Orders:—Samples of Suits or Pants will be sent to any address. But always give
size and price goods wanted.
THE GLOBE CLOTHING COMPANY
89-91 WHITER ALV ST.; ATLANTA, GA.
pie’s, or Reform, party would be a
“third” party in the north, but “the
other party” only in the south. And
“the other party” in the south, on a
white basis, could reform and popular
ize every state government from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande.
Let us free ourselves from the office
holders’ oligarchy that has nearly ev
ery state in the south in its grasp.
Memphis, Tenn. J. W. B.
OUR RAILROAD BUFFERS.
Editor Watson’s Weekly?
Please throw the searchlight onto
the Georgia Railroad Commission. It
is disgusting honest people to witness
the backing and filling, the dodging
and cowardice, of that body.
I always thought young Joe Brown
was a good Sunday school man and
had even a better grade of grit in
his soul than any of the other Browns.
He had the courage as general passen
ger agent of the state road to make
a popular low passenger rate for that
road against the protests and evil
prophecies of the other roads. His
results justified his judgment in that
case, and why, in all good conscience,
he does not stand squarely up to the
people’s demand for a two-cent fare
knows beans, but not Browns!
now, is a puzzle to everybody who
Warner Hill is, of course, a poli
tician. Doubtless, he demanded a place
on the commission to pay off the debts
he made to the railroads for their help
in electing Terrell in 1902. And he
is delivering the goods, and hoping
for a fat attorneyship with a railroad
corporation when his term expires.
Certainly he can never get anything
more from the people of Georgia!
Obe Stevens has always posed as
the Archangel of the Farmers, but
he knows now that he could no more
get an office again at the hands of
the people than he could fly through
hades without, scorching his wings.
Please give the office seekers who
are looking toward the railroad com
mission, and the railroads also, to un
derstand that the farmers of Geor
gia are in the saddle and hereafter
we intend to have commissioners of.
by and for the people!
Marion county. J. C. McH,
MAY 5, 1821.
Editor Watson's Weekly:
Please tell in your next issue when
Napoleon I. died. I have no book of
reference from which to get the infor
mation. A STUDENT.
WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN.
CARMACK’S RISING STAR.
Editor Watson’s Weekly:
I thank you for the good words you
have spoken for ex-Senator Carmack.
His is the rising star in Tennessee
now and the people are flocking to
him as to a redeemer. He will be
our next governor. Keep your eye
on him and help him and us break
the shackles of the corporations that
now enslave us in the Volunteer state.
J. R. M.
Columbia, Tenn.
PARTIES AND TRUSTS.
(The Messenger.)
Both old parties are after the trusts
and the trusts are growing stronger
every day. Easy enough. The leaders
and the organizations of both old par
ties are trust managers, every one of
them and vote and work for the same
ticket every time the trusts get in
close quarters.
THERE IS A DANGER.
(The Kansas City Journal.)
Still, we should be a little careful
how we jeer at Colonel Bryan for
takiny up the Populist doctrine of
initiative and referendum. Some Re
publican president may be preaching
that stuff before long.
THE ONLY WAY.
(The Caster County Beacon.)
If you really want to prevent com
binations in restraint of trade, amend
the laws so as to put the captains of
industry behind the bars who violated
the law. To impose fines and allow
law-breakers to levy extra tribute on
the people to pay the fines, will avail
nothing.
MEXICO PREPARED TO FIGHT.
Mexico City.—The relations between
the governments of Guatemala and
Mexico are very much strained, and
an open declaration of war against
Guatemala by Mexico is believed to
be imminent. Unofficial advices re
ceived here from Guatemala are to the
effect that Mexican residents of that
country have been offered insults and
that President Cabrera is believed to
be hostile toward Mexico.
THE SPECKING SPOILS.
(The Springfield Republican.)
There are spots upon the sun, and
it will have to be admitted that the
all-popular president uses Federal pat
ronage too much like a master spoils
man of the old-fashioned sort.
WHAT ROOSEVELT SAYS.
(From His Jamestown Speech.)
“This great republic of ours shall
never become the government of a
plutocracy, and it shall never become
the government of a mob. God will
ing, it shall remain what our fathers
who founded it meant it to be —a gov
ernment in which each citizen stands
on his worth as a man.”
BRYAN’S FRIEND, WHITNEY.
Boston. —Henry M. Whitney an
nounced recently that he is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor of Massachusetts. He desires
to make the campaign on “business
issues,” as he puts it, and play the
tariff and Canadian reciprocity. This
announcement comes as the culmina
tion of a series of happenings of more
than ordinary importance in Demo
cratic state politics.
JURYMEN’S BALLOTS.
(The Boston Globe.)
The way that jurymen’s opinions
change, from ballot to ballot, makes
one wonder whether a system which
comes down to a majority vote on
opinions, with a feeling of “Oh, let’s
get home” super-added, is the best
possible thing for a community or for
an accused person.
M’CLELLAN DENIES DEAL.
New York. —Mayor McClellan added
this contribution recently to the his
tory of the peace with Tammany:
“I have made no deal and I have
authorized no deal bearing on the so
called recount bill. I have made no
deal in regard to the police, except a
deal with Commissioner Bingham that
he shall do business at his level best
without interference from me or any
politician.
“The only political arrangement to
which I was willing to give my consent
was one by which I would, as the
mayor, a Democrat, recognize the Dem
ocratic organization when men whose
opinion and guidance I could respect
were directing it,”
TAFT BOOMERS GIVE UP.
Washington.—The Taft forces have
become much discouraged about hold
ing a primary in Ohio. Indications
are that the primary movement will be
abandoned, and that there will be no
test of strength between Taft and
Foraker before the selection of dele
gates to the 1908 convention.
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