The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-04-27
HON. A. S. CLAY.
Synopsis of an Interview
i'm Constitution.
A COMING GEORGIAN ALREADY COME
Ii Not the Next, Certainly Future
Chief Magistrate Of the Common.
wealth.

sunday Atlanta Constitution,
had Jour column interview with
Hon. A. S. Clay, of Marietta, with a
fine picture of that gentleman. 1t
prefaces the article by saying:
'"While there are number of
men in the commonwealth who may
be properly catalogued as Coming
Georgians" there is one man, whose
features adorn this article, who has
already come. He has come with
an lnsistence not the outgrowth of
the enthusiasm of luck, but that has
been the perfecting energy of pure
pluck. Born humbiy and apart
from the personal environment of
wealth and influential associations.
he has risen with steadiness and
swiftness to the second position in
the official affairs of his native state.
And today tens of thousands of eyes
are conferred upon him as, if not the
next, certainly future chief magis.
trate of the commonwealth"
The article goes on and gives a
biographical sketch of his lite, ire
counting his political triumphs, with
which our people are familiar, bring
ing him up to the present honor
conferred of being President of the
Georgia Senate.
In response to questions, Mr.. Clay
proceeds to give his views on public
affairs. He thinks the most i'm,
portant thing to engage the Georgi,
legislature at its next session will
be the public school system, to in
crease the appropriation and Civ,
the country people an opportunity
to educate their children without
having to move to town to do so.
He trusts that when the present
lease expires, that there will be a
way found to utilize the convict
labor in needed public improve
ments, without conflict with free
labor, nor prove burden to the
tax payers.
In national Legislation, he thinks
that the Democrats ought ard will
carry out their pledges.
He is in favor OF low tariff, take
of the tax on the necessities of life
and put it on the Injuries, and Just
to this extent he would repeal the
Mckinley law that ''protects" manu-.
facturers but robs the poor.
He favors financial relief, the re,
peal of the ten per cent tax on the
issues of banks other than national
lie thinks an income tax very desir.
able, and believes it bound to come.
An income tax would have the re-
suit of reaching the fruitage of gil
gantic fortunes and compelling the
owners to pay something like pro-
portionate share of the expenses oil
the government under which they
thrive and are fostered. He believes
the Democratic party in Congress
should carry out the Democratic
platform, which declares for the
equal coinage Of both silver and
gold, without discrimination as tc
either, upon the basis of parity Of
values.
After we Of the south have re-
NAMED solidly loyal to the Demo.
cratic party for the last twenty-five
years, refusing all entangling alli>
ances, we have right to expect
that the Democrats in other sections
of the country will honor our fideli-
ty and be patriotic enough to come
to our aid and perform those honest
democratic pledges upon which We
have relied up to this hour OF victo,
ry. He says, "He doesn't think the
third party will ever be able to con
centrate it's forces ana make the
fight again in Georgia that it mace
last year. He expects to see the
Democratic party perform it,
pledges, give the people relief, ant
the third party melt away and it