The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-05-09
THE LION AND THE ASSES.

pursued py certain papers IN IN
. state. The following IS clipped fror
the Brunswick News:
Governor Smith does not show
up very well N the dispute about
The $500 postage for the state
treasursr's reports, say The Amer
icus Tines Recorder.
II is these petty things that do
! much to discredit a man who has
so much brains and general ability
that ne ought 10 be above them.
HoAe Smith IS big enough man
% Get On higher plane and stay
the.c.-C olumbus Ledger.
i the state treasurer Is not en-
( titled 10 the state funds Tor tie
use Of stamps in the banking de-
partment CT the state, Governor
Smith is absolutely correct i'm his
attitude. Because the biH of
Treasurer Park only chances to he
small one f250--is no reason
why It should De HaId jf the state
IS NOT liable for Il ard the COVER
nor says it is not Such little
thrusts as The ones above do not
make a wrong right and do not
reflect on The governor. II al off,
Gals would watch the little leaks
| and take care Of them the big ones
would manage to take care Of
Themselves Brunswick News.
OF course it was right for the gov
ernol ii one Ct the state officials was
trying wrongfcily to draw On the pub.
lie treasury TO step such grating
That the amount was comparatively
small did net alter the conditions For
doing his duty the governor deserves
only commentator, and rs much for
doing his duty In small matters as in
large ones. But because he is going
out and officially may be said to he
dying. certain papers love 10 lick him.
end 20 cut Of their way to give them.
selves ibis pleasure
What these acts are like is indicated
by the fable. It also shows the char
aoter of Governor Smith in thcir esti-
nation. The ass kicked the lion, be-
cause in the day Of the lions power
he had feared him and trembled to
hear him roar The ass, LATEST Of
beasts, would not have gone out Of
his way to Kick a COW that was dcwr.
or a goat. He kicked the lion.
And by their present conduct these
papers confess or setray that they
regard Hoke Smith as the lion of the
state, the king among the beasts.
The fable does not have 1t that the
ass was too previous and that the
lion YVES not really dead, but recover
ed from his temporary weakness. yet
that might have 1een the case An
susta Herald,
The manly attitude Of The Herald
ought to appeal to TIE sense Of jus
tice Of ali just men. Governor smith
has never in all OF his long public
service failed 10 spouse the right.
When in The cabinet OF the nation his
word was the terror and fear Of PEN
sion grabbers and under his admins
tration of the great Office Of secre-
taly Of the interior of the United
States, more lasting reforms were
made in that office than have ever
been made since or were ever made
, before. In the case cited above. no
one believes that the word graft has
place in the discussion, The gov
ernor simply CONSTITUTES the law (and
being an able lawyer his construction
must have weight and merritt in diff
Ferent manner from other officials and
he is standing by that construction,
as he ought TO do.
The little fable OF our Augusta con-
temporary is apropos and while the
fable did not so into the sequel Of
what really happened to the temper
arlly manned lion, he might have
grown strong again, while strerstA
could never attach 10 the asses,
/ Governor Smith has made stronE
allie chief executive under adverse
circumstances. for ever at his heels
he has had to contend with bark=
from the day he announced his candt
daey up 70 this present hour s j.
he only lost on the second race by
few Thousand votes and we sipce'aiA
think he is stronger today ia th'
face OF recent defeat than any othe.
individual in the state the bray q
the asses m she contrary no. with