Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-05-04
Mr.. ESTILL IS GIVEN
WELCOME TO CITY.
Greeted By a Fine Aud ence
Here
ADDRESS IS WELL AePLAuDED

cred the Issues in GubernatoriaI
campaien-Hon, r. C. Morgan Fol-
lows in Eloquent Speech.
Hon. J. H. Estill was welcomed
to Amerious yesterday by an enthusi-
as ic audience of several hundred citi.
zens of both town and county, who
heard his ringing address in the inter.
est of true democracy and cheered the
sentiment therein expressed.
The reception was as sincere as 1t
was cordial and enthusiastic, and Col
Estill has cause to feel proud of his
first visit to Americas and the warm
friends made in his coming.
Everyone knew his splendid record
and his position upon public issues,
but the opportunity to hear his own
enur citation thereupon and to meet face
to face the honest and sincere man who
expressed them, but cemented this
friendship.
And Sumter's citizens are glad to
have thus met Col. Estill.
Dur1ng the morning hours many
prominent citizens called upon Col.
Estill at The Windsor and expressed
pleasure at his coming here.
At II O'clock Col. Estill addressed
the people at the opera house.
The distinguished visitor was grace
fully presented to his audience of sew
eral hundred citizens by Mr.. z. 8.
Childers, and after a few pleaeantries
he launched forth into his address of
forty minutes upon the gubernatorial
campaign.
In this he held the closest attention
of his large audience, among them
quite number of ladies.
The speaker was in good voice, and
his remarks covered fully and com
pletely every issue brought before the
people, He was, he said, not lawyer
but simply a business man waging a
campaign in the interest of the entire
people.
Fla did not think it the province of q
Governor of Georgia to make new laws,
as some of his opponents threaten, but
if elected be would carry into the off 9
the eame business acumen exercised in
his own affairs, and see that the Jaws
are enforced
Col EstilI dwelt at length upon the
Acknowledgement danger.
The greatest mistake, he said, was
he passage CT the IA b and 18th
amend nj nte, giving the ballot to the
negro, but it was now a par of the
constitution of the United States and
could not be changed by US. The white
primary he said, is our only safeguard
This, he stated, gave the whites com.
plete control of the ballot and was en-
tirely safe as we'll as legal. But with
the educated negro, ballot in hand to
deal with, he would be the balance of
power and a lasting menace to the
safety of the country.
Col. Estlll had no fear of negro dom
ination under present conditions with
the primary as our safeguard against
such domination.
He thought if let alone the negro
would eventually leave the state,
crow led out by the ingress of foreign
whites, and thus the labor problem
and we'll as the political situation
would be happily adjusted.
Even now, COL. EstiIl said, 1000
Turkish Greeks are in Florida, and
these, with other desirable laborers,
would take the place of the negro as he
went north or to the west, as he is now
rapidly drifting
Another great danger pointed out by
the spec ker was the force bill. With
the ballot taken from the negrc-the
une lucated negro northern fanatics
and negrophiIss will demand the force
bill as an insult to the South at no dis
tant day.
Just now,h he said, they were too busy
with The Philippine row, the insurance
steal and other thinge, but ere long
more money wilt be sent to educate
and enfranchise the negro.
For even Hoke Smith cannot disfran-
chise the educated negro. And would
not, If he could)
"We know the negro better than does