The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-08-10
THE MACON PLATFORM,

II seems that d good many Of the
members Of the Georgia legislature
have been paying their respects, in no
uncertain way to the now famous Ma
con platform, adopted by the Georgia
democracy last summer
Discussing the incident the Thomas
vile Enterprise has the. follow
ing editorial. which we think timely
and apropos
Some Of the Georgia <lesIators
seem to have found thez D1erve, and
are uttering their dlss<Y al the con
tinued yeiteration of the words "The
Macon Platform as il that were
something sacred. and something thai
they must OF necessity regard as pos
sessing thgfmmutabiiity OF the laws
If the Agedes and Persians The 81
lanta Jkurnal has shown a marked
dtspositSn to make shSbBoleth OF
the Macd platform, and other ad-
ministratl D papers follow its lead.
Now a matter Of fact there is
no reasg why The provisions Of that
platforl houid be taken as gospel bg
the ped n Of the state. There are
many blmlrable provisions, and some
things that should be Incorporated il.
to law But the platform is the work
Of few men II might almost be
said be the work OF one man, .di-
tor BAY Of the Atlanta Journal We
weird at the Macon convention and
are mlIiar with the circumstances
sun hiding its adoption.
"a far rs the issues upon which
10 people spoke in the last primary
d . embodied IN the platform so far
sAonld the Legislators consider them
81 YES bound But there Is no reason
Vi they should not go further, as
Aey did in the case Of state prohi-
sbition, Asentiment having changed.
rbereeis also 80 reason they
should not stop short Cor
sentiment can mge if0ne directly
a' much as 81 another ana can
Is fas as it can flow forwaxla a
The convention paid little aften.
ton to the platform. The platform.
committee reported hate in the after
noon wheuE Aelegates were worn
with rheto ~ with the heat,
% wante{ hings. to hear
te smit Bate him ana 60
ne. They cared but little about
ssasiform, save 70 adopt it in a.
hiSfwT and get on to the nomination
I'm spite. OF this disposition to ac-
cept the 4 and dried platform as i.
was presented there was no unan-
unity, There was dissension among
the leaders. Tommy Hardwick
fought cer.ain provisions. Boykin
Wright opposed others, ana The con
yention threatened to become snarled
il an interminable wrangle.s So they
vssssnShe Gordian knot by voting the
through Many of the dele.
did not know what the Macon
}rip was until they read it in
wspaiY's the next morning.
[ thaN aemocrats of the state
cen at its provisions today.
il to be shot for failure to
TN are things In the Macon
Platform that were never mentioned
in the gubernatorial primary, there
are policies and principles therein
that the people have never passed on.
Give the people the laws that win en-
fcrc the principles they voted last
year Cut out the rest of the plat
form. 1t was scratched down by Edi-
tor Gray on copy paper, not craven
or the tablets of stone by the hand
Of Divinity
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Georgia prohibition lin might have
been Number 90, bat II has failed To
skiddo
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Those New York mobs seem to
have everything necessary for Ign III
irgs, except the nerFe a..
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The ar 1905 is going to be gra
old birdV We will have leap year =
raoonshiit al thrown in together u
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The ri tribune is making&s
whole By y unnecessary noise
boomi1 fright for the senate