Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-03-14
DUDLEY M. HUGHES
TO RUN FOR CONGRESS
Formal Announcement of
Candidacy is Made.

Hon. Dudley NJ. Hughes of Dan
vile, has issued the following an
nouncement of his candidacy for Con-
gress to represent the Third District:
To the Voters of the Third Con-
gressional District: In reply to many
letters from my-friends throughout
the district, l hereby announce my
candidacy for the office of Represen-
tative in Congress for the Third Con-
gressional District of Georgia, in
the Sixty-frst Congress, subject to
the Democratic white primary.
l respectfully invoke the aid and
support of the Democratic voters of
the district, upon the following plat
form:
I favor the same reforms in nat
ional legislation that | advocated two
years ago, when majority of the
counties in the district declared in
my favor.
The banking and currency ques-
tions have been in the hands of the
national bankers in Congress for
years The late panic demonstrates
the fact that the people should be-
come aroused and take an active
stand in revising the statutes on the
question of money l do not think
the revision should be made by those
interested in the prosperity of the
national banking laws of the coun-
try in the interest of all classes of
the people and to that end will urge
with all my power the repeal of all
laws by means of which the money
of the people may be contracted by
the national banks, the value of our
products decreased, and all Iegiti-
mate business injured. l favor the
enactment of such laws as will pro-
vide an ample and elastic currency,
so that interest rates may be lowered,
money obtained by those engaged in
legitimate industry, our crops bring
their real value and move without
difficulty
The protective tariff is the direct
cause of illegal trusts and COM
bines which have throttled the
wheels of national and individual pros
perity Every loyal Democrat is in
favor of the revision of the tariff;
to this end I would labor l favor
the strict regulation and control of
the trusts, both those engaged in
interstate commerce and those sub
ject to the jurisdiction of Con-
gress.
l favor the parcels post, and an
increased salary to the rural free
delivery carriers.
l favor liberal appropriations for
our rivers and harbors, and the
great waterways from the Mississip-
pi to the Atlantic. I would espec-
tally urge appropriations for the
purpose of erection of public build
ings in the Third Congressional Dis
trict, the total absence of which has
made her conspicuous.
l advocate (Which I consider of
great Importance to the South and
Georgia. Government aid for the
Improvement of our public roads
Agriculture is of paramount inn
portance to the nation. The great
cotton crop of the South-the basis
of her financial prosperity-is sell
ing below its value, largely owing to
the manipulation, speculator and
Wall Street gambler, as we'll as to the
restriction Of trade and the concen-
tration-hence, contraction and
scarcity-of currency in the move
ment of the crop. If the farmer
prosper, all classes prosper The
merchant, banker and lawyer are
already in Congress, looking after
all other classes; the farmer needs
representation to bring up their in
terest, and thus represent all classes.
Having been a farmer all my life,
would give these questions my
deepest consideration.
The use of money to control the
ballot, by individuals or corporations
is corruption, and any candidate who
will resort to such methods should
ha dicuuaIifipd hOfh &C an officer and
as a voter.
With these views, l ask your
support for this high Office of honor