The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-07
HOKE SMITH VS..
Z CLARK HOWELL
GeOrgia's Famous Sons Locked
in Death Struggle
FOR THE GOvERNORSHlp
FORMER MAKING AN ANTi-RAlL-
ROAD FIGHT AND is REFUSED
A SPECIAL TRAiN-A NO
TABLE CAMPAIGN.

Atlanta, Ga, July G.. With the re-
fusal of the Georgia railroal 70 run
special ira i to Hoke Smiths big /
meeting al Madison last Thursday the /
Hon. lfohes wonderful anti-eorpo.a-
ton campaign for governor against /
Clark Howell may be said 10 haY ris- |
en- to lis sizzling climax.
Behind this act of a trucnlent cor
poratlon the Hon. HIKE and his news
paper friends have 4 discovered 10 lurk
dark and terrible plot against free
speech and the common people, and #
| Georgia, from Rabuns gap 20 Tybe
llight. were not already sizzling with
lthe greatest octopus huns ever, this
latest outrage would have done the
business.
If the railroad ever vaiply imagined
! 1t could mnzzle the Hon. Hoke or pros
vent the outpouring Of tho common
people tc hear the new gospel Of anti
/ ra lroad rule, 1t knows bettee now Ev-
cry hilltop In Georgia Is ringing With
the exposure. Every IolSe Smith paper
in the state Ii haunting it under head
lines foot long. The righteous finger
of the Hon, Hoke Is pointed at TIE
covering railroad, While he majesty
eally utters The word Caught
"Will The railroads next refuse so
haul the Hon Hoie Smith himself2i
shouts the Atlanta Journal IN black
type. Denied any such good fortune.
the former secretary Of the interior i
travelling from one county 10 another
daily denouncing before great gather
ngs he corruption and wickednsss q
lfhe railroads Of the state
In tae mean time the railroads arr
doing their best 70 repair thHstiatfsaTss
: wrought BY Mr. Smiths pils-drlysr n
tacks. and Clark Howell, his opp0neni
In the race, III following tAe advice q
! Ihis colaborer on the Atlanta Constitu
il tion, Uncle Remus, and Ii 'layin' low
/ Hot Campaign IL Hot Weather.
i 1t Is not often that one state, In tn
i heat OF summer, is allowed TO enio
!. the privilege Of such strenuotIs an
exciting campaign between two =;
!. tonal figures Of such Importance
n Since General John 3 Gordon's tim
!. Georgia mas been content 70 elect 9
governor men whose reputation weT
!. If a local character, bur this year "a
4. hest-known two men IN the ataae, u
i old-tme hereditary vals in the pol
!. ties of the state, are locked in battl
ana every man, woman and child an
corporation, mas stopped talking abot
everything else and is awaiting th
!, outcome. When Georgia goes into
political campaign she gives her whql
self up to IT. ana nov crops are jui
beng laid by and evesy town an
crossroads is organizing clubs an
holding meets and thrilling TO the tun
I, OF railroad and antirailroad.
Il I, The race might have been a veI
- quie. one and all Clark Howell's ov
(, s way had not the Hon. Hoke seen
= to get into IT, Friends Of Mr. Ho'
ell say that ne butted in, kicking o
Pope Brown, who IN feeble, az
cultural sort Of way had esaayed
make the race for governor on u
anti-rairoad issue Clark Howell, q
4 tor of the Atlanta Constitution. Pre-
= dent of the state senate for thr
~ terms. member of The national col
-, mittee since 1892, young vigorous, {
ii live popular, thoroughly intaucA wi
- the machine and right IN lae as I
Hereditary candidate of the powe
that be. apparently had everything
3@n way up to four weeks ago
Pope Brown. d big planter, but
y rasher dull man on the stump, was
~ principal competitor. Several oti
ar candidates. iuclu3ing former CougTe
man John W. Maddox and Editor
til, Of the Savannah News, were hal
ng around the outskirts Of The ra
~ but none of them was giving Cla
nus Howell any uneasiness, with his
es, poe. his political backing and
'si- wealth. Il an locked plain sailing
Clark
'as Then came the entFee "a Hoke Smi
nd ac unexpected as d thunderclap from
ny bright blue sky. Mr. SIN th mas ht
er- in political eclipse ever since he
no Cleveland's cabinet as result OF
the little disagreement with Mr.. Cievela
'he over Mr. Bryan. Inc Bryan pael
would have none Of the Hon. Hoke
M cause of his association with Cle'
70 land, and the Cleveland people wot
IN have none Of him because be Quit
inl cabinet 70 yo for Bryan II has ~
the boast Of The Hon. Hoses poiii
M enemies that ~ has never gos
ue ELECTIVE Office and that he has only
II, ' ofar himself 70 the people 20
nm promptly lambasted
Nevertheless Mr. smith Is 9 Y
powerful citizen IN Georgia, q man
wealts and substance. q strong all
ba, cate Of education who has education
,nd institutions named after him. He q
,ay the Howell families since fifteen ye
TAX ago have been on the opposite sis
~ Of the bittcrest political feud y
.ra. known in Georgia. There has not b
! ilght in the state In that time !