Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-10-19
ANOTHER MARES NEST.

ANOTHER MARES NEST.
If they continue 10 unearth bis diabolical
crimes Candidate Hoke Smith will not only fail
of election but be mobbed. The Constitution
has just uncovered another one of his frightful
offenses. He has permitted the Atlanta Journal
to write a terrible letter to one of its cores
pondents, gentleman by the name of Forester,
of Lumpkin. Forester had been acting in the
capacity of correspondent for the Journal at
Lumpkin. Candidate Hoke Smith had en-
gagement to speak there last Tuesday, the 18th,
and did speak there to large number of voters
who will carry the county for him next October,
but here is the heinous letter:
= "As you probably know, Hon. Hoke
Smith will deliver an address in your
city on next Saturday, the 14th instant,
(This should have been Tuesday, the
17th). Please send US by return mail
photo and speech of the speaker who is
to introduce Mr.. Smith. Also photo of
the mayor and any other prominent men
who are to take part on that occasion.
1--WE would also like to have from
fifteen to twenty interviews from promi-
nent ctizsns of your town and section
who are favorable to the candidacy OF
Hon. Hoke Smith for governor. These
need not necessarily be lengthy. sug-
gest that you limit them, say, to twenty
five to fifty words each, and have each
man interviewed state his reasons for
supporting Mr. Smith.
Kindly begin your statement with
a general story of how the candidacy of
Mr.. Smith has been received, and state
what steps, if any, have been taken to-
ward tine organization of a Hoke Smith
club
Now isn't that a mares nest to cackle over.
The Journal actually intimated to the cores
pendent that he was not expected TO interview
the Howell men. Obi terrible, terrible crime!
Hoke Smith ought not to have allowed Editor
Gray to perpetrate such fraud. He should
have chucked Gray out at a window and taken
possession of the Journal rather than permit
the crime, horrible, horrible!
Well, if Hoke Smith goes on committing such
crimes as that, we shall surely cone to the bad,
for he is supposed to be responsible for every
crime of every Hoke Smith man in the state.
and the blunders of every Hoke Smith paper in
the state.
Everybody knows he is responsible, the
wretch! the wretch!
The idea of Hoke Smith paper, a paper
that announces openly and above board that it
favors his candidacy, committing the diabolcal
letter Fire! Murder
In the light of the recent decision of the
supreme court of the u. S., breaking down
Judge Emor Speer's famous habeas corpus de-
cision, and in which City Attorney Minter
Win berly, of Macon, made great reputation,
the following by a Macon author, written
about the time Judge Speer was turning the
city court convicts loose, will be interesting:
de HABBERS COPPUS."
Niger, rs jes foun' out
Wat or Habbers Corpus is,
En- yer better go an git yer one,
For you'll need it in yer 'biz."
OIL it's zackly like tell yer,
En- yer better git yer
For yer liable ter need it;
You hear me talkn' son?
What, amt nebber seed one,
Wy, niger, youse er fool,
En- jus, to think the stuff spen
Err sendin you to school;
Yer ham-head fool yer makes me mad
Els mad kin be-
Now, yer set down rite on dat stool
En- listen good ter me.
Now, Habbers Corpus is or thing
No coon should bn wdout,
For when dey yer to de gang
The thing III git yer out
Now, don't think fer minnit
Dat de thing is made fun eggs,
Fer dat don't take de shackles off
Err big black nigger's legs
But it's jes er piece or paper,
En- it don't cost very much,
Fer yer git one ennywhere
At five or ten, or such.
But sposin it do cost er ten,