Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-03-08
Hon. II, Ike Smiths Speech.

of his position on the issues of the present Cub
ernatorisl CAM ign was to any fair man, sol
EMMY strong and powerful.
His arrangement of the opposition was fearful,
but devoid of the vtuperative denunclatlon COM
monty accredited to him. This was pleasing
to his supporters and the friends of the other
candidates alike.
That he would ably defend the political
principles advocated by himself was expected
by all who know this brilliant Georgian None
were disappointed.
He cleared up many points and explained
several matters which many did not thoroughly
-understeed-and from what we have heard,
without taking any sides in the matter. he made
a very favorable impression in Newton county.
We are not partisan in the present CAM
agn. Have no decided preference for any
one Being in accord TO some extent with the
platform Of each one of the two leading cand-
dates, we are free to say we we're agreeably dis
appointed in Mr.. Smith.
Now that we have heard the Hon. Hoke
Smith, We will see what the others say when
they come.
Editor Mercer is impatient to see the trash
cart. Just wait until after the state primary,
brother.-Dubin Times.
Yes one defeated ring candidate and four
defunct dummies will make one trash cart load.
A fellow down in Wayne county says he
will agree to chew and swallow all the ballots
cast against Hoke Smith in his district Now
that is what should be really called chewing
the rag."-Greensboro Herald-Journal
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The Dublin and Southeastern Railroad
will be extended from Eastman within the year.
We have seen it stated several times in public
print recently that the road will go to Cordele.
There is ABSOLUTELY but one reason why Fitzger-
aid will not get this road and that is the lack OF
effort on the part of this business community.
It has been some time since we have said 80
but as much as we ever deplore the evident ia.
clination of various people to put their hands in
the city treasury. About every city, perhaps
in all this land, there are grafters who imagine
that they are entitled to living out of the public
fund In Office or out of Office they have
haukering for the public money. They bring
themselves to believe that the money paid by
the taxpayers is put in the treasury for their
private graft, and it some times becomes neces-
temporarily intrusted that it is not their very
own funds they dispense.
We admit that p arsimonious penurious
administration is usually Injurious but it should
not be forgotten that an extravagant admistra-
ton is always disastrous.
We have several little deals in mind-the de-
tails of which we reserve for the real fracas
should any one demur to what we have written.
An auti-Hoke Smith organ in noting the
visit of Mr.. Smith to his county says that the
speech was fine one" and that the deep i'm.
preston upon many hearers, and closes the ac-
count of Mr.. Smiths visit with the following
statement The county is torn asunder politi'
cal1y, and no man can, with any degree OF Ger.
tainty, predict what will be done or how it will
CO."
Now it will be noticed, when it is convenient
for an anti Hoke Smith paper to use the logic
that is in the statement, it is nearly always
|elaimed that the people are undecided and that
4hey are yet to be interested in the gubernato-
Hal race. Neither claim is strictly true. The
fuation is about this, in many counties the
fi-Smith crowd hope that there is yet,
apce to change the people on choice
candidates. and in cases similar to
one above quoted the anti-Smithites
Is that the people have about made up
minds to vote for Mr.. Smith and the anti
Srpaus become perturbed over the sltua-
lr{S 81 their agitation they imagine others
zSS We o;ua If as our candid opinion