Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-04

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! Beckemeyer, at a st. Louis bank.
| forfeit his standing in the regular Demo
! cratic organization by countenancing the
movement
! Yet the movement is pronounced, and
| is we'll organized, and is being actively
| pushed.
From Loganville a friend of The Jour
| nal writes: "A strong supporter of Gov
| ernor Brown told us there had been 1000
tickets printed in Walton county with
Browns name on them"
49, A CIRCULAR IN LAURENS.-
From Laurens county comes the fol-
! lowing circular letter. 5000 copies of
which are now being distributed in that
county. 1t appears exactly as printed:
| SPECIAL NOTICE.
! ITO Georgia Voters:
I'VE beseech you, wake up! wake upt
go as one man to the polls on october
9Th; fail not; your all is at stake. There
having been no legal nomination this
year let no man or set Of men deceive
you. The great fraud that was worked
on the voters was the first whip to drive
you to ruin, the next was the Republican
candidate for governor, the next the
Socialist candidate for governor-these
are the whips to drive you to Smith.
} my dear voters of Georgia. be sure
you read between the lines Of the daily
papers and nine-tenths OF the weekly
papers. The leaders of this most cor
rupt political reign are once more ar
rayed against the liberties Of the people.
The influence of this corrupt press Will
If they succeed lay the negro on you
again. The negro being left out and not
disfranchised by the Smith sioe, Is now
coming to kill your vote. Smith cannot
be Justly called anything but the negro
governor OF Georgia II he should be
elected The days OF Governor Bulloch
are here II you suffer yourselves to be
deceived and vote for Smith. II hell
could be flled with lies, the corrupt press
of Georgia would fill It before october
9Th. NY dear voters. will you heed this
! call. Remember your mother, your Sis
| ters, your wife and your daughters. Our
awakening call to you is to vote for Jo-
I seph M. Brown, Endorsed by the true and
pure Jeffersonian Democrats.
"(signed) VOTER"
CALL TO DEMOCRATS.
| Ben Lee Crew, president of the Young
! Mems Democratic League of Fulton
county, has issued the following to the
Democrats OF this county:
ITO the Democrats of Fulton county:
THE general election throughout the
state occurs next Wednesday. 1t is Of
J the utmost Importance that every Dem
ocrat 20 to the polls and cast his vote
! for the straight Democratic ticket.
| 81 want to impress upon all Demo-
| Gratis of Fulton county the necessity for
/ turning out and casting a full vote. II
| we do not vote in accordance with our
| primary election and maintain this meth
| Cd which has been successful for many
| .A x.ytn In
gia-
IT have heard of no opposition candi-
| dates to the Democratic ticket who have
| thus far openly announced, but there are
! rumors of such opposition, and II Is for
/ this reason that wish to urge upon tho
| Democratic voters of this county the ne
| cessity of voting a straight Democratic
! ticket early on next Wednesday morn
Ing and upholding our white primary.
| Cs.gned) BEN LEE CREW,
! president Young Mems Democratic
| League of Fulton County"
WHAT IS THE REASON?
Conjectures as to the meaning of the
! activity among the deseTters led by
Thomas E. Watson. are being made on
! all sides.
There are those who believe the safety
! Of the Democratic white primary is really
! in danger.
! Others disagree with this, and think
| that the sole reason for the movement Is
desire to increase the circulation Of
] the magazines published by Mr.. Wat
| son.
! There is another view. that Mr.. Watson
| IS leading this fight without hope Of
| winning it, but n the belief that he will
/ attract to his leadership for the time
being a number OF the followers OF Mr..
Brown as we'll as his own; and that he
! will claim all these as his own in fu-
| ture Georgia politics, using their num-
| Der to int,midate as far as possible all
| candidates who appear in the primary.
! One report quotes Mr.. Watson as say
| ing that he has every confidence OF
winning the attack on the primary, and
carrying Mr. Brown into Office as gov
| ernor regardless of everything.
/ These and scores Of other versions OF
the why's and wherefores of the matter
/ are being voiced throughout the state.
There are numbers of Democrats who
believe that the agitation will result in
! a much larger vote being polled for Mr..
! Smith than would otherwise have been
! cast.
However it all may be. the fact re-
| mains that Thomas z. Watson and his
/ followers, and some disgruntled followers
| of Mr. Brown, are acting in concerted
! attack upon the white primary and are
! reaching the whole state with their or
ganization.