Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
The conviction Of Senator John H. Mitchell,

of Kansas, on similar charge, furnishes some
little foundation for the hope that corruption
and grating in high places of public trust will
become improbable and eventually be entirely
eliminated. Senator Mitchell is seventy years
old and has been senator for thirty years, and
it was pitiable sight to see this old gray haired
man, who had the confidence of the entire pub
lie, occupying the prisoners dock as convicted
swnder, victim of his lust for money. THESE
breaches of public trust are becoming altogether
too frequent these days, and it is high time that
few examples were made. The line must be
drawn somewhere.
Editor T. S. Shope, of the Dalton Citizen,
makes the following interesting announcement:
"As the principal editor of The Citizen,
have been writing favorably to Mr.. Howell for
the very best of reasons principal OF winch IS
that Mr.. Howell is one of the ablest men OF the
state and his paper, the Atlanta Constitution,
has done much for the material upbulld1ng OF
same However, recent developements make
it necessary in order to preserve consistency
that change my views, not as REGARDS Mr:
Howell but as regards the recent attitude OF
railroads and ring politicians who favor Mr..
Howell IT,.
grant Mr.. Smith and his friends special train
when they wanted to pay for it, is disgusting
and disappointing in the extreme, and IS an IN
dication of the extreme hostility OF tne ranroaos
to Mr.. Smith, who in all public utterances has
stated that he believes in the railroads having
square deal
most of all court house cliques and rings have
lined-up for Mr.. Howell, would place me ID an
embarrassingly inconsistent attitude, IN view OF
nv beliefs and public utterances, with reference
to local matters.
Wherefore, am constrained to reverse my
position Mr.. Howell is alright, but the corrupt
forces lining up for him are not as see it,"
The Enterprise devotes more space IN Sat
urday's issue to converting itself to the belief
that the People is the organ of the Sums
Isn't it fortunate that the Enterprise statement
to that effect does not make it fact! The peo-
pie decries evil and applauds good-so does the
ENTERPRISE. The People never closed gam
bling house by talk-neither did the Enterprise.
The People declared it's platform along these
lnes--the Enterprise endorsed every plank OF 1t.
If the People is bad the Enterprise must OF ne
cessity be bad as it declares itself for those
things favored by the People and against the
things condemned by the People. AS to- the
matter of nerve and gall, this Illusion, coming
from the Gar of the Enterprise. should be LABEL
ed "ioke'-the man who bluffs his Majesty
with the assumption that he (the mani is more
literally endowed with nerve" and gan tnan
his royal n;bs, will certainly come to gr1et-that
party does not reside in South Georgia. The
People is here, and not at all bashful about de-
claring it's principles and the Enterprise had as
well leave off it's efforts to dscredit us with the
public as it will possibly find them retroactive.
The People.
Why! bless your heart, little People, we
would not offend. That we are glad-truly glad
that you are here and here to stay, we have only
to reflect on what we have done in business
way. The Enterprise is your friend and it
would be great disappointment to us to see
your influence misdrected and your efforts
wasted. We shall never attempt to dscredit
you. But with tenacious sense of duty we
shall always admonish you when it appears to
be necessary.
The press dispatches these days are giving
much attention to the doings of the Russian war
ship Kniaz Potemkine, whose crew recently
revolted and gained possession of the vessel.
Since that time the ship has been roaming
the Black sea at will, making her headquarters
threats of bombardment if any attempts we're
made to interfere with the mutineers.
1t appears that the other vessels of the
Cars Black sea fleet cannot be depended on to
meet the emergency, as the crews are suspected
of being in sympathy with the rebels and only
awaiting favorable opportunity to join them.
What the final outcome of this piratical
exploit will be it is hard to tell The Black sea
is some 700 miles long by 400 miles broad, and