The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-20
TO The Voters Of The Third
CogressIo1aI District

In reply TO many letters from nv friends
throughout the district, hereby an
lounce my candidacy for the office Of rep
resentative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District Of Georgia, in the
Sixty-frst Congress. subject to the Demo-
cratic white primary
/ respectfully invoke the aid and support
Of the Democratic voters Of the district,
upon the following platform:
favor the same reform in national
Legislation that advocated two years ago,
when a majority Of the counties declared in
nv favor.
. The BANKING AND CURRENCY
Questions have been in the hands Of the
national bankers in Congress for years
The late panic demonstrates the fact thai
the people should become aroused and
take an active stand in revising the statutes
on the question Of money. l do not think
the revision should be made bv those in
terested IN Il. prosperity Of the national
banks. favor revision Of the national
barking laws Of the country in the inter.
est Of all classes Of the people, and to that
end will urge with all my power the re.
peal ofalj laws by means Of which the
money Of the people MAY be contracted by
the national hanks, the value of our pro:
ducts decreased, and all legitimate bust.
ness injured. favo- the enactment o
such laws as will provide an ample anc
elastic currency, so that interest rates may
lowered, money obtained by those engag
ed in legitimate industry, our crops brns
their real value and move without Difficult
ty.
The PROTECTIVE TARIFF is the di
fett cause'of illegal trusts and comoine
which have throttled the wheels OF nation
al and individual property. Every loya
Democrat is in favor Of the revision of tn
tariff to this end would labor. { favo
The strict regulation and control Of tn
trusts, both these engaged in inter-stat
commerce and those subject 10 the iuris
diction Of Congress,
| favor the PARCELS POST, and an in
creased salary TO the Rural Free Deliver
carriers.
favor liberal appropriation for GU
RIVERS AND HARBORS. and the grea
waterway from the Mississippi 10 til
Atlantic. ! would esq ecialIy urge appro
priatious for the purpose OF erection {
PUBLIC BUILDINGS in the Third Con
g-essional district, the total absence {
which has made her Conspicuous.
advocate (Which consider Of gres
Importance to The South aud Georgia
government aid f6r the Improvement {
our PUBLIC ROADS.
AGRTcULTUREis Of paramount in
portance to the nation The great cottc
crop Of TIE South-the basis Of her fnat
cial prosperity-is selling below it's valu
largely wing to the minipuIator, specua
or and Wall Street gambler, as we'll as.
1.-The restriction Of trade and the concen
ration hence, contraction and scarcity
Of currency in the movement OF the Gro
II the farmers prosper. all classes prospe
! The merchant, banker aud lawyer are a
ready in Congress, looking after all 9th
classes the farmer needs representatiC
10 bring up this interest, andsthus repre-
ent ALL classes. Having been farm
all my lie, would give these questio
my deepest considerations.
The use of money to- control the ballc
by individuals or corporations, is COZ
RUPTIoN: and any candidate who "
resort to such methods Should be disqua
fed, both as an officer an6 as voter.
With these views, ask your support
this high Office Of honor and trust.
elected, pledge my best efforts, though
and enerrv To tho interests ~