Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-09-06
Planks in The Platform
Of Georgia's Democracy.
Sweeping Changes are Advocated in the
Declaration of the Democratic State
Convention.

Two-cent passenger fares
Condemning alleged just port rates and
for general leveling Of intra-state rates.
South Carolina primary plan as to the cleo
ton of United States Senators, State House off
GERS and Judges of supreme and Appellate
courts, and providing that the state bear the ex-
penses of the primary.
For pure elections and a safeguard of the
ballot.
The enactment of an anti.free pass law.
The enactment of an anti.lobbylng law with
severe penalties.
A requirement that railroads operating I'M
der foreign charters be domcstlcated or secure
license from the state.
Against the issue of watered stock by rail-
road corporations.
For reasonable railroad rates and the i'm
mediate repeal of the preferential rates above
the standard tariff.
Defining the duties of the railroad commits
sioners ann abolishing the requirement that each
commissioner shall be skilled in some particular
of>business.
Increasing the state senate and creating
each county with 10000 population or more a
senatorial district and redstrictng smaller
counties.
Against protective tariff and urging the
democratic party to make this an issue before
the people.
Against monopoles and trusts.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. is re-
sponsible for what might have been serious
bull in handling message from Col. Mercer at
Macon, to the Enterprise Tuesday, though for
tunately the affair terminated quite innoc emily.
The message as filed read Mercer withdraws
railroad commissioner. Cook on state commit
tee,'' while the version delivered to us read
Mercer withdraws railroad commission. Book
on state committee.
The natural inference was that position
on the State Committee had been rendered Col.
Mercer and accepted but nothing of the kind
was even contemplated, Gel. Mercer himself
placing Mr.. Cook in nomination for the commit
teeman
blind tiger made it's appearance in Fltz-
gerald Just one week after the county went dry.
They caught him and skinned him. --Waycross
Herald.
We caught them and skinned them-there
we're nine of them.
MM
The Editor was in Macon yesterday where
we again witnessed the very usual sight of a
handsomely dressed lady seated by a buck ne
gro driving thro the streets. That the woman
was respectable and estimablelady we haven't
the least doubt, that her husband may have
more money than brains and think more of fash
ion than he does of his family we think is quite
possible, but we are not after the lady nor her
husband we are after the fashion, it's wrong.
We are not guessing at it, it's ABSOLUTELY wrong.
Let's stop it.
Things have been coming the way of the
Fitzgerald Enter prise and the editor is feeling
happy. But he is not willing to sit down and
let we'll enough alone. He says: 1.-Two or three
months ago we listed our wants this way: The
new county of Ben Hill, the new circuit, a dry
Fitzgerald Hoke Smiths nomination. We real
lied that it was large list extravagant in its
scope. Today we have the all. 1t would seem
that our cup is full but strange to say it is not.
We want to see Fitzgerald with paved streets,
a sewer system, trolley line. Let's all pull to.
gether for these things. ''-Moultrie Observer.
NM
The Macon Convention will go down in his
tory as one of the most notable events of the
kind since the constitutional convention. The
size of the convention, its enthusiasm and unan-
unity means that something unusual has tran
spired in Georgia, revo1uti ton has taken place
the extent of which is scarcely yet realized. A
great DEAL of course, depends on the carrying
out of the reforms and changes proposed. What