Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05

ic convention met in Macon the people all over the
state attended that love feast of the people the
convention and platform of the democratic party in
Georgia took on life and held out the hope that
the old party in Georgia at last going to
into law, put on the statute books and make part
of party life and loyalty the reforms that the people
OF Georgia have been demanding for years and which
In the primary they had declared so overwhelming
ly for in the candidacy of Hoke Smith, as almost
to amount to a revolution in Georgia.
And yet claiming to be loyal democrat, which
1t is not the Telegraph has continuously since the
primary since the convention, since the party plat
form and pledges, since the meeting of the leg
islature, whose members elected as democrats
with all these lights fafcs before it. done all that
1t could to make democracy in Georgia ineffective
has done all that it could to block the will of the
people expressed in the primary and In the state
convention and in the platform and pledges of the
party.
The Herald does not object to the opposition of
the Telegraph in things democratic. But let's make
it an honest open, Straightforward fight, one that
the Telegraph made for instance for sound money
within the party lines. But the Telegraph
to be unable to handle democratic doctrine these
days unless it is attacking one. It's foolish
idea of building up the party is to everybody
OF the party that doesn't agree with the Telegraph
Take for instance the very pertinent query of wheh
er the Jefersonan democracy of Mr.. Thos. E. Wat
son suits the people of Georgia better than the
brand that the Telegraph uses, has used for many
years. Personally we have no hesitation in speaking
for ourselves prefer the Jeffersonan brand most
of the democrats of Georgia seem also to prefer It,
At any rate they-the democrats of Georgia-largely
cooperated with Mr. Watson, Mr.. Smith and Mr.
Hardwick, The Herald, the Journal a host
Of Others at the polls in the recent pri
mary There never such an overwhelming
victory in Georgia as the movement within the
democratic party which resulted in the election of
Hoke Smith, the last state convention and the Macon
platform.
Not for a moment do we doubt the Telegraphs
democracy but it does fair to say that with the
exception of the Telegraph itself other democrats
In the state to largely for just at present
1t must really be hard work pushing that particular
article the people of Georgia at this particular
and we imagine that it is going to be harder
still for the future.
If the Telegraph wishes to continue to play the
role of mentor, school teacher and common scold
in the democratic party in Georgia. it ought at least
to have the common school requirement for the job.
1t is teaching just now without the new text books.
For the Telegraph to talk to the democratic hosts
of Georgia, to try to teach the democratic children
it ought at least acquaint itself with and be loyal
to party principles and pledges as declared by the
people of the state and formulated into party plat
forms and purposes.
The Telegraph thinks doubtless it's position is
safe and and sound far as a democracy in
Georgia is concerned In reality there is nothing in
common between the Telegraph and the democracy
in Georgia. The Telegraph itself admits this in
breath and in the next declares it will fight for the de-
mocracy with crowd etc. The Telegraph is in acrid
opposition to everything that stands for democracy
in Georgia 1t glories in its ability to scold and
berate and yet the old Telegraph still sticks to
name that nothing to it. far party
strength and loyalty and adherence is concerned.
Surely curious contrast and amusing spectacle.
The Telegraph claims to be the only democratic
daily in Georgia and yet there is persistent