The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
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FAVORS RUSSELL.
Capt. John A. fulton Scores Clark
Howell and Hoke Smith.

Howell and HOke Smith.
DAWSON, GA, August II, 1906
Editor Dawson News: Messrs. Hoke
Smith and Clark Howell have torn
the democratic .party of Georgia in
halves, and the republicans have
become encouraged-have taken ad-
vantage of the split-and will nomi-
nate candidates for all st ate offices.
fear many good democrats have be-
come so disguised over the Smith and
Howell wrangle that they will prefer a
good honest republican to either of
them.
Many newspapers have been throw
ing water on these two beligerants to
stop the fight, but it only makes them
fight the harder. Now, my edvice is
to stop throwing water; sick them on
and let them fight it out. They are
no kin, and nobody will be hurt but
themselves.
Some good-meaning people advise
US not to believe what these candi
dates say about each other in their
speeches and newspapers. But, on
the contrary, [ believe every word
that Smith says about Howell, and I
believe every word that Howell says
about Smith, I further believe that
the half has not yet been told. There
is much more behind worse than what
has been published, and which would
look so ugly in print that the postof-
fee department would not permit it to
go through the mails,
We have better men than either of
these, who are also candidates for the
governorShip.
There is Judge r. B. Russell, of
Jackson county, for instance. The
Judge is not a millionaire, as some
or all of his competitors are. He has
no big daily newspapers to boost him
self and abuse the other candidates,
and bring in tremendous incomes
every wear from the people of the
state and all the other states of the
union, which all his competitors have.
He has no fine bar-rOOm in our capt.
tai city to give him an income of SlO,-
900 a year as Mr.. HOke Smith has.
But [ consider him model gentle
man, and am convinced he would MAKE
a model governor for the model state
of Georgia. He served his state eight
wears as representative and seven
wears as Judge of the superior court,
in which positions he was honest,
faithful and efficient. | hear nothing
but praise from those who served in
the legislature with him, and from
those who reside within his judicial
circuit.
Judge Russell cannot afford to spend
four or five times as much to secure
the office of governor as the Office
would be worth to an honest man.
But he has travelled over many cOun-
ties and made many eloquent and ele-
CANT speeches.
All who heard him are well pleased
with his platform and his speeches,
and many citizens here and wherever
he speaks would like to vote for him
were it not for their determination to
beat some other candidate. Mention
the subject to one man and he will
saw: ''Oh, yes; Russell is a good
man and would make good govern
or. but if you want to beat Clark
Howell you must vote for Hoke
smith. +" Another man will say: "Oh,
yes; Russell is all right, and | would
like to vote for him. But If you want
to beat Hoke Smith, you must vote for
Clark Howell.
And that's the way it goes. They
seem to think more of beating
had man with another bad man
than electing a good one. be-
iieve if all who are opposed to Smith
and Howell would vote for Russell,
the latter would carry this county by
a large majority.
Now. fellow citizens, let's all get to-
qether and elect good, old-fashion-
ed democrat governor OF our great
tate Mr.. Russell is one of the com
mon non people like ourselves, and would
I've - "a ms such an administration as did
Loo Stephens and Allen D. Gambler.
Give him one term, and II he does
not fII the bill satisfactorily, we will
succeed him with a millionaire, who
SGTGI certainly feather his own nest
We" "-e, If he has TO pluck the feathers
! 0N0H - o,,-y, hire SITS Yours truly.