Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-16

needed and making it perfectly easy to
meet the claims of the teachers as they
come due, the reactionaries cunningly
seek to mislead the public by trying to
create the impression that this is a spe-
cial favor to public service companies
and say that these corporations should
not be allowed a l per cent discount not
given to other people. II they pay their
taxes three and a half months sooner
than other people are required to pay
them, the / per cent discount allows
little less than per cent annum on the
money thus paid early.
1.-The reactionaries we'll know that the
average citizen would rather keep his
money than pay earlier, and this sugges-
ton on this subject is along the line of
their cunning effort in so many ways to
mislead the public.
THE progressive Democracy can point
to a record of genuine service during the
time they were in power, and THE
STATE is TO BE CONGRATULATED
THAT THE LEGISLATURE WHICH
HAS JUST ADJOURNED PROTECTED
THE PEOPLE FROM THE EFFORT
OF THE REACTIONARIES TO DE-
STROY THE VALUABLE LEGISLA-
TION OBTAINED FOR THE PEOPLE
DURING THE TWO YEARS SERVICE
OF PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS.
REACTIONARY LITERATURE.
1.-The character of literature which the
reactionaries are preparing to distribute
throughout the state cannot be more Sc
verely criticised than by telling you that
II quotes freely from the morning paper
published in Macon THIS PAPER HAS
DAY BY DAY RECKLESSLY MISREP-
RESENTED WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
ATLANTA AND PUBLISHED EVERY
CONCEIVABLE FALSEHOOD THAT
INGENUITY COULD SUGGEST. 1t is
a shame that a man should be allowed to
occupy the position of chairman OF the
Democratic party, position which
should be held by one who is conservative
and fair towards all Democrats, who
re9kIesslv uses a newspaper to scatter
such Misrepresentation Of others through
out the state.
| IAN issue of his paper rarely appears
without some Islander directed towards
myself or to some other representative
of the progressive Democracy. his work
is done adroity and under cover by insin-
uation and innuendo.
Take the headlines published on yes
terday to the story, "Hoke Smith Man
in Senate Lead Filibuster. THE
ELEVEN MEN WHO PARTICIPATED
IN THE FILIBUSTER WE'RE EACH
OF THEM BROWN MEN. REPRESEN-
TATIVES OF THE REACTIONAR1ES.
Take the publication on August 4. de-
cIarine that former Gov. Hoke Smith
read and revised the Alexander report
before 1T was ever submitted to the COM
mittee" This was the report made by
Mr.. Alexander as chairman of the w. *
A. railroad committee, EXPOSING THE
BLUNDER OF GOVERNOR BROWN
AND THE REACTIONARIES IN NOT
PURCHASING THE TERMINALS AT
CHATTANOOGA WHICH THE COVER
NOR HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO PUR-
CHASE. THE STATEMENT WAS ABB
SOLUTELY FALSE. I never saw the
report until after it was adopted. I had
nothing to do with its preparation, and
knew nothing about it until after 1t was
adopted by the committee.
What redress is there against SUCH
mendacious falsehood? If 1 undertook
to expose all the falsehoods of this pa
per- it would take days and weeks, for
it would involve a criticism Of its every
issue.
ABOUT THOSE RULES.
The reactionaries naturally DESIRE
TO TAKE POWER AWAY FROM THE
PEOPLE AND GIVE 1T TO A con-
VENTION OF POLITICIANS. The set OF
rules which they adopted for the pres
<nt primary were framed in way, II
more than two candidates ran for any
office, to take the selection of your Of
Ulcers away from the people and give 1t
to the convention. Just what these
rules mean 1 do not know, and none of
you know. Mr. Hall, the former chair
man Of the state executive committee.
blandly informed the public that he sub
mitted them to Governor Terrell and Gov
ernor Brown before he presented them