Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-03
REPLIES TO GOV. SMITH
Hon. Joseph VI. Brown POurs In Hot
Shot on Opposition

Hon. Joseph NJ. Brown has replied
to a number of statements of Gov.
Smith, including the latter's effort to
cast reflection on the name of Senator
Joseph +. Brown. The silent con-
tempt campaign is also touched up.
The following are extracts from the
address:
To the People of Georgia: In his
somewhat active campaign of silent
contempt throughout the state, Gov.
Smith has consistently continued his
policy of personal abuse with ref
erenCe to me, and has recently varied
his program with an active attack up
on the memory of my father.
The ISLANDERS which he has poured
forth, in his invasion of the sacred
precincts Of the grave, and which
had for their object his own selfish
| advancement to political Office, calls
for some measure of reply.
am not making this contest upon
the history Of my father Whatever
he did has been done, and belongs to
the past. 1t is not an issue. | have
not appealed to his record, nor to his
name, nor TO his friends, in my candi-
dacy for the goyernorship Of Geor-
gia.
/ have not appealed to the past to
my fathers name, nor have | sought
to defame my opponent. | shall not
hereafter do so.
Lest | should be- recraant to one
whom | loved, hOnored and admired
let me say that | believe my father
was the antitheSis Of everything which
Governor Smith represents. He was
constructor and builder. His ev-
cry thought, instinct and act was to
build up, and not to tear down. He
gave his life and thought to Georgia's
uplifting. His prosperity came to
him because he aided his people and
his state to prosper. He shared with
them a prosperity of which he was,
in part, a creator. The muckrake
was unknown to him.
Gov Smith sought to divert the liy-
ing issues by the plea of prohibition.
This has been eliminated and his
checkered record with reference to
this is before the people, and they
will judge as between us.
His attempt to shift the issues by
the cry of Acknowledgement has prov
Ell equally futile The measure has
passed the governmental department
of the state, and needs alone the
sanction of the people. Its first friend
and most earnest advocate, Mr.. Wat
son, has so stated.
[ believe in the fair and equitable
treatment both Of the wage-earneT
and the capitalist.
| believe that the interests of, both
are largely identified and that neither
can suffer without resultant injury to-
the other.
If Governor Smith wishes to deal
with the questions which absorb the
interest of our citizens let him ex-
plain to the farmers what has be-
come of that $4,000 freight saving in
cotton alone which he promised in
Albany on July 8, 1906, to secure for
them out of the railroads.
Let him explain what has become
Of that $4000,000 which he promised
all over Georgia to recover from the
five chief railroads for the people
and Of which he claimed these rail
roads were annually robbing us.
Let him explain why he went to
Europe for the purpose of arranging
for the influx of foreign immigrants
to this state, and on his return feig-
ned to be converted from this scheme
and yet afterwards permitted the
chairman of the railroad commission
to waive the law in favor of Hon John
A. Betjeman, the chairman of the
immigration movement, so that he
could be furnished with free passes
over all the railroads in his effort to
bring foreign immigrants into the
State.
Let him explain to the country
counties of the state why he is seek
ing to deprive them of their just rep
representation in the state convention.
Let him then tell us why is It'll
that the cotton mills Of Georgia are
now running two or three days I'M
order to keep their labor from suf-
fering. Why is it that the factories
have abated the rent of their employ
ees as an act of necessity?