Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-02
TELLS WHY He HAS
CHANGED TO oUERRY


pa.gn for the governorship Of this state,
1 was a supporter of Hon. J. NJ. Terrell,
but as the campaign waxed warm, and
the issues on which it was pivoted be-
came manifest. / changed my allegiance
and support to the Hon. Dupont Guerry'
of Bibb. And this did with the knowl-
edge that would be accused by the un-
thinking with being vacillating and I'M
fixed in my opinions. for the reason that
am more concerned to be correct than
to be consistent. AS a prohibitionist'
have long ceased to hope for alienation
OF the curse of alcoholism from one OF the
machine politicians OF this state, or even
from a man, however pure, who counts
as his friends, advisers. and supporters.
the majority Of the class known as the
men who control" for the simple reason
that we all are largely Influenced oy our
environments and associates.
How often. have 1 seen official appoint
ments made for the reason, not that
a certain one is more competent, more
fitted by labors performed, than is an
other, but solely for the reason that so
and so supported the appointing power 70
office. and this is the office, and this is the
reward given for such assistance. l 90
not condemn this, other things Delns
eOudl. IL NN@N-
tions, and only mention 1t here TO pre-
pare your readers for this thought: Mr..
Terrell is surrounded by. is supported oy'
is counseled and commended by, three
classes OF people; viz, the corporations
and the men controlled, and the poiiti-
clans and the men by them deceived. l
do not mean to charge that these are the
only votes Mr.. Terrell will receive. Dut
they are the backbone of his supporters.
40 could
not. carry 25 counties in the state. Many
who read this will deny that they belong
to either of the classes named above, ana
many who make such denial, are deceived
even as to themselves. The influences
of the classes named above are used so
adroitly, their approaches are so insidious
that many succumb without ever realizing
that the virus Of corruption has entered
their person. now appeal to your read
ers, Mr. Editor, and ask them TO intro
spectively examine themselves-ask them
to see on what grounds they base their
support of either of the gentlemen now
before the people as candidates for the
high office of governor Of this great state,
and 1 confidently expect that, IL this De
done. It is only the supporters OF MT.
Guerry who will be able to give "a rea-
son for the faith that is in them"
Much Mr.. Editor, Is being said about
truth. this doctrine has been repudiated
by its own former friends. Gentlemen
may cry local option, the right of the
people of a county to regulate their own
affairs, but say that under the decision
of the supreme court in the Camilla case,
that dispensaries can be established py
the legislature in any county in Geor-
gia, and this without submitting 1t 10 the
people of those counties, whether wet or
All you say the people of the county can
decide whether they will have a dispen-
sary or not.
I answer that out of the twenty odd
dispensaries in Georgia 1 know of only
one that was submitted to the people or
the whole county. Where is local option
in these twenty counties? Gone, killed In
the home Of it's friends-the liquor deal
ers Then, again, Hon. Seaborn wright,
of Floyd, told me last fall, that had 1t
not been for his general dispensary act,
which prevented private or local acts
there would have been thirty or forty
local dispensary bills enacted by the last
legislature. Where would local option
have taken refuge in those thirty or forty
counties? She could not have been ap-
pealed to the people of those counties, Ior
they unless they lived in the town IN
which II was purposed to estaDllsh the
y
chised. Voters, this is the question. Lo-
cal option is dead, killed by the supreme
court, and buried last year when the gen
eral dispensary BILL which would nave
submitted the question to the people OF the
various counties, was vetoed. besulie
yourselves not into the belief that your
county is secure from the curse, for IN
such fancied security did the brave olo
county of Wilkes enjoy repose till the last
he the
county all the evils of the sale of liquor
Through a dispensary). without submit
ting the question to any one living WIN
out the limits of the city of Washington.
Local option is dead, I repeat. ana us
place is taken by dispensary, at the De-
hest of the legislature in twenty counties
already, and / have 1t from Hon. Seaoorh
Wright that 1t would have taken II IN
thirty or forty other counties, If 1t had
not been for his general measure on that
subject. There are counties in Georgia
that on the 5th of June will be carried
by Mr. Terrell and in repayment they
will receive a dispensary. nolens. volens
from the legislature. / say they will re-
ceive a dispensary If Mr.. Terrell is cleo
ted for the legislature never fails to pass
one. and Mr.. Terrell would not veto one
but. If Mr.. Query is elected how dinereh'
will be the result. In that brave. manly
way of his, he has taken the people into
his confidence, and has assured them that
he will veto any dispensary measure foI
a dry county. Voters, this issue is be-
fore YOU Prohibitionists. If you live in a
dry county, IT is by Guerry's veto thai
YOU can be secure from the dangers and
debauchery of a dispensary; II you live
in a wet county II is through Query ano
the forces he is so CALAMITY leading thai
YOU hope for rescue from the forces OF
ignorance and vice, for there is hardly
single county in Georgia that would not
go for prohibition If the negro vote was
eliminated. Then Query is the hope OF
prohibitionists and those who love purity
and civic virtue.
Is his record clean? How pitiful is the
effort Of Mr.. Hill to besmirch the charac-
ter of this great man, by attempting &c
prove that Mr.. Guerry's law partner was
i'm the hall of the legislature when he, Mr
Hill. was making a speech. and because
Mr. Hall was conversing with some one
Mr. Hill became annoyed, and hnallS
called upon the speaker to enforce the
rules of the house. Truly this Is remark
able evidence on which to convict Mr.
Hall of the crime of lobbying. much less
his law partner over one hundred miles
from the scene. who had no knowledge OF
ANYTHING that occurred No, Mr.. Hill
/ your cause and your candidate must be
weak. when this is the best argument, and
1t comes to us. not direct, but by proxy.
Is Mr. Query right about the railroad:
not paying their just share of the taxes!
Only a week ago 1 noticed that the Louis
willie and Nashville returned their line tc
this state at $4,000 per mile, when just
over the line-an imaginary. infinitesima
line-they returned II at $4,000. in Ala