The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-27
HON. CHAS. MOSES SPEAKS in DAWSON

ion is on state prohibition. And
the strange thing about all this flop
ping is that it always occurred at the
psychological moment when the
change would most inure to his per-
sonal political benefit"
He read from a speech Governor
Smith had made in Athens at an ed
ucatiOnal conference of northern and
southern men, in which he favored
the higher education of the negro.
For fifteen years, the speaker said,
''Mr. Smith was chief exponent, high
priest and advocate of negro educa-
ton and boldly declared that it was
the duty of southern whites to pay
for such education without any help
| from the north.
During my service in the legis-
lature in 1902-03 I appealed for an
| increase of appropriation for the
common schools of Georgia, and urg-
ed the Legislature to cut loose from
the black body of death and save
our own children. l was denounced
by the Smith element as dema-
gogue. The question came up ON
bill introduced by the Hon Warren
Grice of Pulaski county, and was de-
teated by not receiving the requisite
tWo-thirds majority. ! delivered a
speech upon the same subject to
more than thousand people near
Senoia, in my home county, which
was heard by many negroes. The
negro Bishop Turner, in speaking at
negro church in SenOia shortly af-
terWard, told the negroes not to be
uneasy about what their little local
representatives were saying about
negro education; that the big men
of the state would manage that ques-
ton. Bishop Turner told how Hon.
Hoke Smith had presided over a
great mass meeting held in Atlanta
in the interest of the Morris Brown
negro college, and how, after making |
a magnificent speech in it's behalf, |
he subscribed a liberal sum to it's |
endowment"
He referred TO Governor Smith |
having, as Secretary of the Interior |
while in President CIeveland's cabi- |
net, appointed Bishop Turner's son |
over white applicants to a position in |
the pension department. AS chair |
man of the committee on pensions |
while a member Of the national |
house of representatives Mr.. Moses |
had frequent occasion to visit Mr..
Smith department, ana he said he |
always found this negro clerk very !
conspicuous.
The speaker paid a tribute 10 /
the high character and business |
ability of Hon. Joseph M. Brown, and /
told how he had risen from a salary |
OF $40 per month as a brakeman |
10 one Of $4,000 year. He told of .
his success as a business man, how |
as director of the company which, \
has his fathers estate in hand he'll
had guar led the interests. of this A
vast property and enhanced it's val A
ne, and how he had added to thel
value of his part of the estate which /
mad been given to the heirs indiyidu- /.
ally. He pointed out valuable prop |
erty Mr.. Brown had bought with |
money that he had earned by his .
own labor and dramatically ex-
claimed that not a dollar of it came |
from an interest in a barroOm whereI
liquor was sold to debauch and de /
stroy the young manhood of Georgia. /
speaker, the great war god of Geor-
gia, his own father, could not per-
suade to vote for the sale Of liuuor
in Atlanta when the strong Mr.. |
Smith and the majority in that city
were bowling Before his wilr"
He denounced the report chat Mr.. |
Brown was kept hid from the people, |
and could not be seen. Brown. he !
said is seen by hundreds every
day who flock to his headquarters +
IN Atlanta to pledge him their sup
port, and that every man who sees
him is impressed with his candor, /
his ability, his high character andi
his love Of the people and thei1~I
cause. 1t would be a safe bet. bel
said, that if YOU went to Atlanta YOU
would not be able to sec Governor,I
Smith.
Mr.. Moses eXcoriated J. f. Motley
of Marietta, the "friend7' who had
written articles about Brown. Hell
said that Motley was the only man
he had ever known to run for office
without opposition and be defeated.
He said that this happened to MoEIev.
and he charged that he is not even
legal voter, and cannot vote az his
/ home.
/ The speaker used frequent Bibli-
cal illustrations and referred to the
famine following the seven years of
/ plenty when the people turned to
Joseph for relief. He likened Hoke
Smith to Saul, King of Israel. who
was superseded by David as more
worthy, though OF smaller stature.
He referred to Smith as Jonah on
the ship of state, and said he
must be thrown overheard. He
said Joe Brown gave the tenth
of his gross income to the
cause Of religion and charity; that
Browns candidacy was not of his
own seeking, but the peoples.
Mr.. Moses was frequently applaud
ed during the delivery of his speech.
There was a good sprinkling OF