Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-13

they have locked arms with the wahis-
XIV crowd to defeat the viii Of the
people in the coming election. then we
may carry the war into Africa
know that il has been charged that
the railroads pool issues fl legislative
fights not because they are any kin
or have any fellowship otherwise, but
because it costs each one just half the
money to do the work. Be that as It
may. I have never yet fought rail-
road because IL was railroad or
corporation, and / never will. have
a hundred friends among railroad men,
where 1 have one in politics. and If
I have one friend among the liquor
gang / don't know who he is. Cut
down your pension roll and your school
tax and you viii be getting down at
the root of all our trouble. / have
no sympathy with your pension bush
ness. gentlemen. Our old soldiers and
their widows were getting along bet
ter without pensions than they are
getting along now with them in my
honest judgment. and 1 am conscien-
tious and honest when / say that
whenever a father can't feed and
clothe and educate his own kids. the
best thing he can do for his coun-
try is to go out of the kid" busi-
which our fathers subscribed a scholar
or a scholar and half or tive schol-
ars and paid the tuition. turned out
more grand men in the United States
every twelve months than all the coll
leges and public schools OF America
turn out now. / am in favor of edu-
cation and not a year for twenty
years but what have had poor boys
and girls at school educating them.
Nothing truer than the following coup
let:
How empty learning is and how
But as it mends the life and guides
the heart"
I am in favor of anything and every
thing that fosters manhood and cher
ishes independence and begets ambi-
ton. am against everything that
minifies or dwarfs either Of them
With increased taxation and increased
school facilities and ever increasing
number of officials and pap-suckers.
the morals nor the manners Of the peo-
pie are improved, nor the MANHOOD OF
our country conserved. Nearly every
interest in this country Is in the hands
of small politicians from governor
down, and needs a Moses to lead them
out of the wilderness. South Carolina
with her pitchfork politicians never
needed John c. Calhoun like she needs
him now; Texas in the hands OF her
small politicians never needed old
sam Houston like she needs him now;
Kentucky with her blood and thunder
gang in charge, never needed old Hem
~ Clay like she needs him today; old
Georgia never needed Herchel v. John
son and Alex Stephens Ike she needs
them now.
BONANZA SALOON HAD BEEN
G0VFRNOR OF GEORGIA FOR TEN
YEARS. AND his WHITE
APPROVED CLERKS HAD BEEN
STATE OFFICIALS. THE SALOONS
OF GEORGIA COULD NOT HAVE
HAD AN EASIER TINE OR MORE
UNDISPUTED SWAY, and for one
am tired Of 1t, and a majority of the
fathers Of Georgia are tired of such a
regime. and we are going to clean
them up, too, watch us If we don't.
Yours, SAM z. JONES.
p. ST. believe every newspaper man
IN Atlanta has place in my heart and
affections. Gentlemen. come up and
enjoy our meetings with US, and to tell
YOU the plain truth believe you need
religion. If you have got all you need.
come up and help us get all we need.
Come to my house; come to any house
in town. The latch string is on the In
side. SAM +. JONES.
N. B.-I see the press has me down
among campaigners. They may be
more of a prophet than they think. I
NAV give out list of appointments"
some of these days that will stir tho
red-nose raseals very deep.