Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-04-11

tialfbr toone of Tie other of the >candi-
dates for governor because, no doubt, we
have printed matter favorable to tn en-
We have declared repeatedly that 1T is Che
purpose of the Georgian to give the news
to the people-nothing more, nothing less.
ete5H We are taking sides with neither OF the
a1S; candidates, because we believe that we
~ can not be true to our promise to the peo-
pie and at the same time urge the polltI
cal ambitions of any man."-Atlanta
Georgian.
The above from the Atlanta Georgian of last
Thursday is remarkable statement to say the
least. coming from a man of sincerity and ability
as we know Mr.. Seely of the Georgian to be-
Neutrality may be necessary if Mr.. Seey is
true to his promsse to the people, but he must
take sides if he is true to his duty to the people.
There are issues involved in this campaign
and we do not know how to ignore the grave duty
upon us in taking sides.
Pull Fitzgerald Pull Out
1t is possible that the ones writing the edi
toriaIs favoring Joe Brown entirely ignorant of
the fact that the average Georgia reader has n
mind of his own. lit they are not ignorant of this
then surely the statements are made but with one
aim in view, namely, to hoodwink the people into
believinga whole lot of tommyrOt as being the truth
Now for instance one invariably finds that the
Joe Brown organs are constantly telling their
readers that the hard times are due to Hoke Smiths
administration and that if Joe Brown is elected
good times will Immediately result But the peo
pie of Georgia have been mislead so much by these
same sheets that they no longer take credence of
them but wary lay aside the statements and
Fthink things out. !"
For brief time during this campaign many
naOnIo ,naIV thOt that HOko Smith was hnhind tho
panic, but not so today. They have Hthntth
out' and now clearly see that they had been mis-
lead, and misead for a purpose. They have
'Ethot things out" until they have concluded that
Joe Brown is simply tool in the hands Of as cor
rupt body of politicians as ever carried on 20.
litical warfare in Georgia. The have 'thot things
Out' until they can smell the OdOr of rum seeking
in every sentence of the anti Smith, anti admins
tration, antdecency, anti diSfranchisement arti-
Gle that they read
They have ''thot things Out until they have
decided that the freedom from the rum selling,
gambling, defamation house crowd which they
have for years fought for and which HOke Smith
has helped them to obtain they WILL hold on to.
They have 'thOt things OUT until they have
decided that man incapable of holding positions
of trust; man who has been ''tred off every ob''
he ever held is not fitted in a business way to be
the chief executive of this great and glorious
mon wealth.
Hoke Smith is hated-nOt disiked-by whom!
Lets see who. Go into any big city of the state
and find out for yourself who is lined up against
him, and working, night and day for the election
of his opponent Who is it! The exsaloon keeper
the gambler, the rum seller, the brewer, the dis
tiller, stand sOldly with the opposition And
if the men who WELD their pens for Joe Browns
election think the people, (the real citizens-the
backbone and stand byes) of Georgia do not know
this they mistaken.
hova hot OUf3