The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1906-11-17
COMPARE THEIR RECORDS;
Who SHOULD Be JUR
Some Interesting Facts Concern
Present Race For Mayor az
Four Aldermen

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and Brunswick's welfare, if you are
interested In Brunswick's future. If
you wish to see the administration
Of her public affairs in the hands
of men who are interested always
IN the welfare of the community and
are not seeking public oiIi,e for
PERSONAL gain, read carefully what
we have to say. regarding the pres
ent municipal campaign which ends
in the white primary TO be held
Tuesday, November goth.
IT has been we'll understood for
some time that the clutches of the
new ring" as 1t Is now being call
ed. Is fast gaining hold upoE the
aecks Of the people, and as they
should. the people are beginning to
.ealize that it is time to shake ii
off. In the race of Hon. H. S. Lee
,or the legislature against Hon. Eus
lace c. Butts. wno had abson-ei
rom associa ion with the clique the
idea that he owned the office, the
people demonstrated clearly that
hey were tired OF existing lcolitica
conditions and overwhelmingly
elected MIR. Lee to represent them
n the halls OF the Georgia IegisIa
cure. 1t Is well unders .oCd that the
tesult of this election was a Sian in
ne tax Of the then existing condi-
tions, especially a rebuke to che =
-uInIsul sp.lOn Vi Jne city court OF
brunswick. and as d public rebukc
also to the solicitor of the city
court, who Is the personal frien,
md adviser Oh MI. Eutts.
Again did the people come to III
front and rebuke the effort Of tf
aeW rlnS' to carry this county into
he Fstill column in that marvellous
ace of Governor-Elect Hoke Smith
Who too was the peoples candidate
or that high Office and whom til
offic e-holders of this county Tough
desperately to keep from winning
MS noble victory. 1t was in this rae
hat the present candidate for may
)r Of Brunswick, w. f. Symons. the
office-holdeFS' candidate. announced
N stentorian tones, In the Grana
Opera House. In speaking at an Es-
ill meeting, mat mo self-respecting
man would vote for Hoke Sn,'t
AS rebuke to that utterance over
400 of Brunswick's voters marched
to the polls and carried this city for
governor by an Overwhelming ma,
jority.
Hardly had this campaign closed
before N. D. Russell, the present
city clerk. ian office-holder of the
city of Brunswick for years.. a man
paid by the voters and citizens of
Brunwick to stay in his office and
attend to the city's business, was
circulating around among hls CO.
horts petition asking this same
Mr.. Symons, who made the famous
utterarce THAI "No self-respe. ting
man would vote for Hoke Smith"
10 run for the high Office of mayor
Of Brunswick In the light of sub
sequent developments we are not
surprised at his action.
Having, as we are told, the Office
aolders' brigade on his petition, the
Brunswick Journal. the organ of the
solicitor of the city court and
newspaper born In political iniquity,
and rumorsd to have lbeen promised
$4,000 Of the stock Of the NeRerbuilt
trolley lines for services rendered. 4.
drst announced to an astonished
public that "Symons sounds good to
u.s."
But to whom did "Symons sound
good" No mass OF citizens swarmea
around him and requested his an
nouncement. Indeed. he admits that
ne was his own candidate. But with
j. T. Colson. as the president Of the
Brunswick Journal and y. d. Rus
sell, the father of the Symons move.
lnent. the voters can think for them
selves and decide whose candidate
is he"
The greater percentage OF Bruins
wicks oitizenry felt as II they had
some rights in this matter and
should have at least been consulted
in regard to whom they should have
.or their mayor, and feeling az.
grieved at the high.handed manner
In which the future of Brunswick
political history was being written
gathered together In mass meeting
TO which you, Ns, Voter, was o.
nNciaily invited.
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