Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
YS Ppll ~ httsgsr1ad q ran on "a
q Coronation For Mir. Brown


N ~ many adm ring ENDS and such q multi
tnge cf tparchiag clubs have importuned Hon.
Joseph ", Brew governor elect Of the state
Kof aeorgia, tOrs posi- ton in the immediate viz
cinits The caliiope on The occasion Of his in
! augIaEii has been pelled TO make
known plan which hs had not intended to.
give oatIhtil some time nearer the corona.
ton, IN a5
n tbs, that there isn't to be any coronation
and there ISM TO he any calliope and there
isn'tto be any fuss and feathers.
For once in the history Of the stateyof Geor-
incoming chief executive viii sbeinduct-
led into Office with true ian simplicity.
This Isl against all tradition, Of course.
Hitherto IL has been the idea that whilewe de-
II spises the personal element 81, kingcraft the
Z manfchosen to represent a sovereign people was
\ entitled tossone ofthe outWatn evidences of
I hisspfestige and eTAinence It was not to the
3 man, but to the state and the poop represent
" ed in the man, that tribute was paid with en-
thusiastic reclamation and the sounds Of stir.
ring music IT gave the rising generation
h fitting Veneration for the embodiment of govs
ern men and stimuli ated the desire for Office
But Mr.. Brown has changed all that 4
Perhaps he thinks the desire for office needs
no stimulation. He modestly shrinks from
the implied assumption, III am the state.''
He prefers to be inaugurated simply as our
own "Little Joes'
Hp fnl nc hat hn IN fho
capitol to be inaugurated. This is interesting
In the highest degree. Mr.. Browns views on
transportation are always interesting. OF
course if he folled historic precedent he would
y 60 to the capitol on horseback and nhitch his
nag at the gate.
But there isn't any gate.
He Nigh get his old friend, that dear Fort
Mcpherson, to lend him a gun carriage but
that would still be carriage and some enemy
would go away and say he had gone over to
the plutocrats Considered simply as what
it was it might cause him to be charged with
a secret tendency towards militarism.
1t would make great hit with the Hill Bill
les if he could get his consent to drive up In Az
cart drawn by two bull heifers, but the inau
guration is fixed for given day and hour and
under the patronage Of pair of bull heifers
he might arrive anywhere from day to two
weeks too soon or two late and perhaps not at
all.
1t would, OF course, be of the very essence of
democracy if he were to simply ride over on
the street cars so many of our worthy citizens B
do. But what is democratic at one time become
splutocratic at another. Since the eyes of the
4 whole state are fixed upon the means of trans.
portatiOn he is to select on this momentous
occasion, itcould not fail to be regarded as +
significant if he were to patronize one of the
great corporations of the state.
He might take a leaf from FtAstyanax' and
soar over on the wings of fancy; but in that
even he might be givena fanciful Inauguration,
which wouldn't stick, or take fanciful oath i
of Office which would not bind.
So perhaps, after all, it is better to walk, if i
\ he is determined not to ride in the orthodox
state coach. and four.
Even then he would be in danger of having
to thread the press of thronging thousands
who tossed their sweaty nightcaps in the 1
air, except for the fact that his pedestrianline
of march viii be invested with the charm OF
mystery and the crowd willnot know where TO
eongregate We predict that on that day every
avenue leading to the capitol win be filed to
watch him go by, Overlooking the lawns and
the blind alleys as the waters cover the sea-
The transportation question looms large be-
{ fore Mr. Brown, and we can easily understand
that in attempting to fix his choice Of the means
he viii employ his soul is more vexed than
-
was ever Bassanio's in making choice of the
casket. - Atlanta journal.
Little Joe viii have big. Joe and Others to ad.