The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-01
POPS ARE DOWN ON H. SMITH.
CONDEMN disastrous POLICY"
OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.
And Say That Another Man Should
Be Governor. Watson Heads
the National Delegates.

The state executive committee of
the populist party of Georgia held a
meeting in the state senate chamber,
in Atlanta, Wednesday and selected
forty-nine delegates to the national
convention of the party, which is to
be held in st. Louis on April 2.
adopted resolutions disappearing the
policies of the present state admins
tration and decided to call a state
convention of the party at a date to
be selected later for the nomination
of candidates for governor and other
state house officers.
Two resolutions were introduced.
One was by ]. w. Rose of Fulton
county calling for a convention to
nominate candidates for governor
and state house officers. The other
was by Oscar Parker of Campbell
county, and was as follows:
Brown Not Endorsed.
Resolved by the representatives
of the pOpulist party, here assembled,
That we deplore the disastrous poll
cies of the present administration as
exemplified by the present governor,
and we think the best interests of the
farmers, laborers and business men
of the state would be we'll conserved
by a change of administrations
and, whereas, Hon. Joseph M.
Brown is a patriotic and capable bust
ness man, in whom the elements OF
intellect and affection are admirably
commingled and fit him in a rare
degree for the proper discharge of
the great responsibility of this eXalt-
ed office, we therefore heartily COM
mend his candidacy to all the people
of Georgia"
Both resolutions were referred to
special committee Upon the favor
able report of the committee the res
olutions were adopted after striking
out the section endorsing the candi-
dacv of Mr.. Brown. While there was
unanimous opposition to Governor
Smiths administration there was
widespread division on the endorse
ment of Mr. Browns candidacy, and
it was cut out. No date was set for
the state convention to put out a
state ticket, which will be called later
by Chairman ]. ]. Holloway.
The Delegates Chosen.
The following delegates from the
state at large to the national conven-
ton were named: Thomas E. Wat
son of McDufie, J. ]. Holloway of
Carroll, w. l.. Peek of Rockdale, F..
D. Wimberly of Pulaski, Charles E..
McGregor of Warren, William Phil
Iips of Cobb, J. N. Twitty of Hall, j..
J. Beale of HARRISON, ]. L. CARTRIDGE
of Richmond. R. B. CASTOR of Carroll,
c. P. Glover of Bib, c. T. Parker of
Fulton. J. w. Rowe of Fulton, W.
H. Nalley of Douglas, ]. E. Boden-
hamer of DeKalb, J. ]. Gordy OF
Greene. T. L. Bowden of Harris, j. d.
McBrayer of Baldwin, J. H. Parish OF
Worth. J. B. Watkins of Thomas, H.
/. Culberson, ]. F. Dickey and j. A.
Parson.
A Tribute to Watson.
In the course of his address Chair
man Holloway said:
eve can point with pride to the
fact that more and more of our fell
low citizens are beginning to see that
we are right in our contentious.
Perhaps the two most popular
men in the United States today are
BRYAN and Roosevelt, and is is clearly
admitted that they gained their pop
ularity by their leaning toward the
populist creed.
.'In commenting on Bryan's charge
that Roosevelt had stolen his political
clothes the New York World very re-
Gently said that everybody knows
that Roosevelt stole the clothes from
Brvan which Bryan stole from the
populists.
Notwithstanding the POPULARITY -of
these two men, which has been made
possible by the liberality of the press,
vet we can truthfully lay claim to the
fact that we have an honored son in
our ranks who carries a greater store
of knowledge than both Roosevelt
and Bryan put together. That man
is our gallant Thomas E. Watson,
While that is saying much for that
matchless statesman, yet | now pro-
pose to say even more, which is this:
He is as loyal to principle and as true
to the cause of the common people
as a needle is true to the pole"
A QUEER OLD BIBLE.
John Haverskate of Whitehall,