The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-09-12

tober he won't know where is at. "
Mr.. Bryan and the Railroads.
AS whole Mr. Bryan's Madison Square Garden
lspeech in far it dealt with the established creed
iof democracy has met with the approval OF democrats
all over the country Some of the most prominent men
the party are not prepared to endorse the personal
views of the Nebraska orator in favor OF government
ownership and operation of railroads. 1t should be
clearly understood that Mr.. Bryan did not put his
views on this subject forward the doctrine OF his
partv but merely as the expression of personal Opin
ion he was inclined to hold He made 1t clear that he
was expressing only his individual views, and ex-
pressly said that he did not know that majority Of
his party favored government ownership This was
recognition of the fact that if government ownership
ever becomes an issue which the democratic party
is committed it must be made so by majority OF the
marty. speaking through a national convention. I'm
less in the meantime, Mr. Bryan Shall be convinced
thatsgovernment ownership would put too much power
in the hands Of the federal government it is possible
that he may endeavor to have the party declare for it
in the next national convention If he fails it will not
be an issue in the campaign, and whether Mr. Bryan
or some other democrat shall be the presidential can
didate the campaign will be fought the platform OF
the party and not the private views OF any ndlvld-
nal At any rate government ownership is not in
any way an issue in the present campaign and con-
sentative democrats who do not agree with Mr. Bryan
will not be msled by the republican construction that
the way to eliminate this question from politics once
for all is to vote the republican ticket this fall
In view of the recent running amuck Of drunken ne
GRO soldiers at Brownsville Texas the officials OF the
war department are considering plans to keep negro
soldiers from being stationed at southern posts That
all right far it goes but better preVenve OF
criminal outbreaks like that at the Texas station would
odd; Of mott mi
ago abolished her negro militia.
AN election in Alaska few days ago was of special
interest as the first at which the voters there under
the LEGISLATION of the last session of congress- have
been privileged to choose delegates to national
house of representatives The miners candidates
were elected both for the long and the short terms by
large puralities over the republican and democratic
candidates.
A MoToR-MAN was killed in a collision with another
car in Pennsylvania town. When he was released
from the wreck his hand was found to be still tightly
caspng the brake if the accident had been in bat
te and the man had been found dead the field with
the colors in his hand, he would have been called a
national hero AS it was, he died of the heroes OF
peace, "
i Ar the Macon convention Governor-elect HOke Smith
of course emphasized the issues upon which he SC
overwhelmingly swept the state but his speech was
nevertheless conciliatory towards those democrats
who had opposed him in the campaign. AS The NEWS
views it, opportune and patriotic utterance
THE state convention made Hoketes of all of us by
formally declaring Mr. Smith the nominee of the dem
cratic party for governor of Georgia We are now
ready for disranchsement port rates for Atlanta anC
the other things advocated by him. Let us have them
and have them right away
IT is said that the commissioner of agriculture has
two thousand applications for seventy jobs, and thai
Inc will announce the appointments this month. THAI
means that Tom Hudson will have one thousand nine
hundred and thirty less friends on October than he
has now.
IT has been stated by many newspapers that Vince
Sanford did not carry single county in the recen
primary That's wrong. According to the reports
we have seen of the vote in Miller he carried tina
county by big majority.
MRS ILAH HAYES who had rather die than stay il
Atlanta committed suicide Thursday. This paper
knows of but one other such case on record. Somt
time ago man killed himself after spending day
in Fitzgerald.
President HARvE JORDAN says the till of the South
ern Cotton Association is empty and that no salaries
4 have been paid since February. Maybe Dick made
enough from the bucketshOps to keep his accoun
squared.
RICHMOND PEARSON HoBsoN says William }. Bryan Ii
the greatest man in the United States The Charles