Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-02-13

From the waycross Journal.

tive becomes oppressed by the fairness OF DIX
editor who opens the ewes OF the pubic 10 the
unfairness of corporation and machine DONNA
ton, and when these presidents, who are already
controlling the p licy of number of the great
state dalies, find that they cannot control the
aforesaid big editor who sees through their de-
signs and exposes them in such manner that
he is STUN bling block to these presidents,
when conditions ia the state have become sucn
that the corporation representatives will take
advantage with an unfaithful partner OF this edl"
tor to take away his medium OF expression IN or
der to suppress him and per chance to cripple
him for an Office he is seeking and which 10
being filled satisfactorily to these corporation
presdents-when this condition is fact and in
open operation we again ask the question
Is Georgia all right?
Mr.. Howell says Georgia is all right. Mr..
Estill seems to think there's nothing to improve,
thew both are willing to ''let we'll enough alone"
and permit a condition to exist and continue
which does not permit of free speech and inde-
pendent journalism.
Here is Mr.. Clark Howell whose wife owns
large slice of Central railroad stock. 1t is
hardly probable that the Constitution would
publish ANYTHING Major Hanson did not approve
of. There is the Macon Telegraph apparently
owned BODY and soul by Ma or Hanson, and the
TELEGRAPH cannot publish any thing the Major
opposes. There is the Savannah News owned
and published by the director of another large
railroad system. And now comes the Atlanta
News, one of the only two outspoken independ-
ent big dailies and it falls under the ban of cor"
poration restraint.
Truly is Georgia all right, or is there some-
L I. re-
want to suppress by buying up and controlling
all the big daies in the state?
Oh yes, cotton is bringing good price
short co,ton,-the farmers ave in good condition
and prosperity appears to be with us in spite of
some conditions. The Lord has way of over
coming many conditions, but that puts men I'M
DER no less obligation to straighten out the
crookedness which will eventually turn the tide
of prosperity, if men fail to observe this crook
eduess and make it straight.
We people of the South very prone to
let we'll enough alone long as no one breaks in
to our smokeh' use or slaps US in the face or
commits blatant outrage on cur family but
there are subtle conditions which we hardly not
ice, because they merely peep up their heads,
that are working far greater havoc to the public
than merely breaking open smokehsuse, or
Shaping an individual in the face or committing
other depredations that we often make great
fuss over.
Daniels, the nonparei, was merely the tool
with which Graves has been virtually squeezed
out of his place. Daniels could not have done it
himself, and he is merely the incident of the
transaction. The big railroad president was
the force behind him snd the question that con.
tinually rises up in eveybody's mind is, why did
the railroad president want to squeeze out
Graves? The answer is not entirely apparent
to us all but it indicates that something is
wrong
That Georgia is not all right.
Tom Lawson, or someone else, may or may
not be responsible for the insurance investiga-
tions that have revolution lied the arrangements
of all the great companies.
|. What does it matter who is responsible?
It is history now.
There has been house-cleaning in the
great insurance center, with the result that
manv of the fat salaried officers who, year ago,
felt secure have disappeared from the business
world.
J. W. Alexander-out-in sauitarium.
Jas. H. Hyde-out-domiciled in Paris.
Comptroller Jordan-out-in seclusion.
Pres. McIntyre-out-in seclusion.
Andrew Fields-out-ins eclusion.
Andrew Harnilton-out-on the Riviera.
R;chard MrCprdU-ou4-Ooinp to Paris.