Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-12
POPE BROWN THE RIGHT MAN

waning. This is an indisputable fact,
and perhaps 1t is we'll
But there is always, or should be,
tangible reason, we'll defined, for any
radical changes in matters of state, and
it ought to be the province of every
property holder and good citizen to
keep posted and weigh carefully every
public issue which involves the person
al liberty and the commercial prosper
lty of the people of Georgia.
It is difficult to probe deep down in
to the political strata and find just
what is best and, most important of all,
what special method of government is
feasible for the prosperity of the en-
tire people.
While the patriots are Flooding (and
there are few of them Left and the
politicians scheming, the common peo-
pie are toiling, trying to get out of the
soil every pound of cotton, bale of hay,
bushel of potatoes, barrel of syrup etc,
and to market the same to the best ad-
vantage so as to meet all honorable
obligations and increase the bank &C.
count, thereby hoping to bring some
extra comfort to home life.
This is the burning question which
is before the masses, and is of more
importance thar that of who should be
governor, a thousand times over.
With this condition of affairs para
mount in the minds of the people, es-
pecially the farming element, it is no
wonder that it is q matter of interest
to them who should be their represen-
tative on the Railroad Commission of
Georgia, one OF the most important tri-
bunals in the state.
Though many honorable gentlemen
have graced this position, in all truth
the farmers have never had but one re-
preventative in that body--and that man
is Hon. Pope Brown of Pulaski county.
And now that he has signifed his in
tention of soon resignlng this position,
to enter the gubernatorial race, 1t is a
matter of vital importance to be con-
s1dered as to who will succeed HIM as
commissioner.
Regrets are being heard from all
classes that Mr. Brown should vacate
this honorable and responsible posi-
ton, which he has filed SO creditably
to himself and so acceptably to the
state at large
MIR. Brown seems specially fitted for
this high position. Being a practical
farmer and successful business man
himself, he knows just how to temper
justice between the producers and
the common carriers - the great
railway systems of the State. He
knows that the prosperity of each
must go hand in hand, and as a Just ar
bitrator and representative of the com
mercial affairs of the people, none can
excel him as railroad commissioner
There are five hundred men in Geor-
gla, either of whom would make a go
Governor, but there is perhaps not q
man IN all the state who would be as
acceptable to the people as railroad
commissioner as is Mr. Brown.
While his chances for gubernatoriaI
honors are not questioned, and are per-
haps as good as that of any one of the
several candidates mentioned, still Just
for the reason the Times Recorder has
stated, the people of Georgia want
Hon. Pope Brown for railroad commits
sioner, and from every section comes
the cry 'Iet Brown stay where he is
The Times-Recorder expresses these
sentiments because they are facts, and
have the principles of common sense
and good government to back them.
This matter is one of more interest to
the people than all the tin horn clap
trap now folsted upon the state by dis
gruntled politicians and agitators out
of job.
Professor" Jim Parker, the "well
known and emlnent" Albanian nit has
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