Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-05-20
DR.. Broughton's Abuse.
Savannah Press. }

The Press cannot understand how
I DR.. Broughton can have a wide fol
/ lowing throughout the state He is
man very Incorporate: in his language
and very fanatical in some of his
views.
! Whenever Dr. Broughton pays his
respects to Savannah people, the sit
uatiOn seems to call out the most Wit
riotic terms.
| DR.. Broughton appears to be sup
porting the same gubernatorial can
| didate whom The Savannah Press is
supporting, but evidently forvery diff
| ferent reasons. Some time ago Dr..
| Broughton was quoted as being decid-
eddy on the fence between the two
candidates. He opposed the endorse
ment of either Governor Smith or
! Mr.. Brown by the Anti-Saloon League.
of which he is a member. DR.. Brough-
ton at that time was lead to believe
that Mr.. Brown was as good a prohi-
bitionist as he cared to follow, and
that the recent law passed by the Geor-
gia Legislature would be in no danger.
Now, however, something has chang
ed the spirit of the Doctors dreams
he finds out, he says, that the liquor
men are supporting Mr.. Brown all
over the state. In his sermon Sun
day night he uttered some harsh
things about the crowd behind Joe
Brown and raped Savannah and one
OF the political factions supporting
Mr.. Brown, in very harsh language.
The Press is weary of abiding to
this kind of talk We commenced nv
being indignant, but indignation be-
comes fatigued. We cannot believe
that any cause or any candidate is
helped by this kind of denunciation.
DR.. Broughton seems to fatten upon
II. He lives in the hot air of sensa-
t1onaiism. 1t is not true that anvil
league or club in Savannah is made
up OF the creatures which Doctor
Broughton endeavored to make his
audience believe were lined up for
any cause in Chatham county. DR..
Broughton pretends to have made
a personal canvass of the situation
With all respect to DR.. Broughton, his
pulpit and the Baptist church, of
winch he is minister of the gospel
we do not believe he has conducted
any personal canvass Of the situation
IN Savannah or that he knows any,
thing about it. Nobody cares down
here particularly what DR.. Broughton
oly p. 4NClIlIGI lll0 IIl6uuS OF Governor
Smith nor the friends of Mr.. Brown
would be at all influenced 1by any re-
marks which might proceed from this
source. DR.. BrOughton is intemper-
ate IN language and misinformed as
to his position 1t may be true that
many OF the ti-prohibitionists in
Savannah are for Mr.. Brown It is
also true that some of them are for
Mr.. Smith. There is no liquor line
drawn in Savannah. Politics down
here does not move along the plane
which Dr. Broughton seems to think
1t does 1t is true that the Citizens
League as body has endorsed Mr..
Brown, but we happen to know that
there are many of that organization
who are personally for Governor
Smith Of those who are FOR MIR.
Brown there are good citizens and
conservative men, who are not ex-
tremists in any way, and who would
deprecate any violent denunciation of
the governor or any wholesale ex-
coriatiOn of his opponent The Press
is with these. 1t has not hesitated to
rebuke abuse of the one; it does not
falter in condemning harshness for
the other side
DR.. BrOughton may believe that this
is the way to help his cause and to
advance the claims of the candidate
whom he decides at last to support;
but candidly we cannot think so.