The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-16
DUPONT GUERRY'S ADDRESS.

others, upon mature reflection, and aft
er full opportunity for the entry of
some other champion of the cause I
shall represent have become a candi-
date for the gubernatorial nomination
at our primary next year.
To the uniformed my candidacy may
seem premature. but others, though not
formally announced, have in effect been
candidates for years.
My brief career as a boy-soldier in
the defense of my native state, my con-
duct as a citizen and my record as a
Democrat (Which has been made al
most entirely in your rank, / submit
without comment.
am in no ring or combinations; I'M
der no pledges or promises except such
as are contained in my public utter
ances and writings. have no money,
and wish none, except for travelling,
printing, clerical, postal and stationery
expenses desire no votes that are for
sale; no help that is for hire.
Publication, Elevation and Rectih-
cation of State Politics and the
Government.
AS state questions only will be in
volved, our primary will be most OPP
perfume for the publication and eleva-
ton of our state politics. We have had
campaigns of political education, let
us have one of political morality.
We have little or no power or re-
sponsibility in national affairs, but we
can stun be the masters of the situa-
ton at home
We cannot control our national for
eign policy. but we can our state do
nestle policy. We can do little for the
cause OF humanity in distant lands,
but much more than we are doing for
suffering women and children at home.
We cannot destroy lobbyism in
Washington, but we can in Atlanta. We
can do little to purify the national bal
lot but much to purify the state, coun-
ty and municipal ballot.
We cannot dethrone political boss
ism by railroad companies and profess
ional politicians in New York and
pennsylvania, but we can in Georgia
We cannot abolish the iniquities of
the national tariff, but we can correct
to a large extent the iniquities of
our state, county and municipal taxa
ton.
We cannot control Congress in any
wise and economical expenditure of
public money, but we can our State
Legislature, and can at the same time
promptly meet our just obligations
without increasing the burdens of
honest taxpayers and without using
funds in violation of our fundamental
law, which is the civic conscience of
the state.
We cannot keep peace between cap
ital and labor in New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois, but we can by i'm
partial recognition, protection and en-
couragement of both, keep that peace
in Georgia.
We can do nothing to prevent the
expressions of trusts or the encroach-
ments of corporate power at the
North, but we can do something to
prevent them, in the Empire State of
the South.
Prohibition.
My views on prohibition are perhaps
better known than on any other sub
ject, and 1 deem it unnecessary to
elaborate them now.
! am in favor of the best measure
of state prohibition attainable. re-
affirm what l have said heretofore as
we'll as more recently, and declare in
favor of extending by direct legisla-
ton, the provisions of the local OPP
ton law to the counties in which the
| liquor traffic exists under the license
system, at the time of the passage and
approval of the proposed legislation;
which provisions of the local option
| law as contained in paragraphs 1883
| of the Code are as follows:
ut shall not be lawful for any per-
son within the limits of such county to
sell or barter for valuable considera-
ton, either directly or indirectly or
give away to induce trade at any place
of business, or furnish at any other
public places, any alcoholic, spirituous,
malt, or intoxicating liquors, or other
drinks which, if drunk to excess will
produce intoxication.
Nothing in this chapter shall be so
construed as to prevent the manufac-
ture. sale and use of domestic wines or
cider, or the sale OF wines for sacra-
mental purposes: Provided, such wines
or cider shall not be sold in barrooms
by retail nor shall anything herein
contained prevent licensed druggists
from selling or furnishing pure alcohol
for medicinal, art. scientific and me.
chanical purposes
If no greater measure of state pro-
hibition can be now secured, we should
at least abolish all the barrooms
throughout the state by direct legisla-
ton.
We have accomplished about all that
is possible under the local option law
and there is now so much dlsappoint-
ment and dissatisfaction in the temper
ance counties. because the liquor cities
are maintaining the jug trade and blind
tigers therein, to the annoyance of pro-
hibitionists and the profit of the traffic
in these cities, that prohibition must
go forward or backward.
Experience has demonstrated, not
only that the traffic cannot be driven
from the city counties by Democratic
majorities, but that the elections are
corrupt and corrupting. because of the
lavish employment of money liquor
and fraud. by brewers, distillers and
liquor dealers, on such occasions.
AS liquorism in these centers is more
deep-seated and virulent, 1t requires
and deserves more heroic treatment.
AS long as we have gross and rem
edless corruption in one class of our
elections, we will have more or less
corruption in all our elections, and no
popular government can be pure, when
it's elective franchise is corrupt.
Aside from the merits of prohibition,
as the same affects more directly the
men, women and children of the state,
as q police regulation for the prevention
of crime and disorder. disease and pau
perism, shame and misery, suffering
and death, / regard its further progress
in Georgia as necessary to a material
improvement of our political condi-
tions.
Until the liquor traffic and its cor
rupt and corrupting methods and in
fiuences are destroyed, we can never
have satisfactory and permanent legis-
lative and administrative reform.
Fn1g1 Lobbyism.