Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
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! the same regulations as were in force In
other states. The enlarged railroad COM
mission, which the present administration
had sought to weaken, was formed on
the same lines as that formed in New
York state by Governor Hughes, and in
other states
In its plans for Remembering the
present administration, he said, the
Brown forces proposed to eliminate
Judge George Hillyer and Murphey Can
! dler, the only two members, with one
other possible exception, who had the
interests of the people at heart.
The whole tenor of his speech was
that the state should get out from the
domination of a few machine politicians,
and take its place among the progress
slVely governed commonwealths
Al the conclusion, Mr.. Smith told a
! war story, and then he added that it
; spoke well for the state that so many
people had gathered to hear what he
! termed simply an economic discussion.
Then, at the end. he said that the
Brown forces might claim that a large
part OF his audience was composed of
Brown followers.
All of you who are for me, stand
up ne suggested, and the audience
rose en- masse
MR.. ARNoLD's SPEECH.
| Col. Reuben r. Arnold, chairman of the
II,
Ladies and Gentlemen It's all over
nut the shouting (Wild applause) This
meeting shows that the people intend to
teach the ring politicians that a candi-
date cannot stand for office in Georgia
unless he stands for something more
! applause.) 1t shows that the great wrong
done two years ago will be righted with
emphasis on the 23d of August, and on
the oath following there will be the worst
| 0lSADnOinted
iticians that ever lived on the face of the
earth. l will without further ado intro
duce to you the Hon. Hoke smith,"
me thunderous applause which had
greeted Mr.. Smiths first appearance now
became deafening, while enthusiastic sup
porters In the audience arose en-masse
10 greet their leader waving hats and
| handkerchiefs in the air and sometimes
| throwing them far above their heads,
needless of where they fell.
| When quiet was finally restored, Mr..
| Smith began:
MR.. SMITH SPEAKS.
| my Fellow-citizens of Fulton County
and the State of Georgia: 1 cannot tell
you how much 1 appreciate your presence
here tonight not on my own account, but
because it manifests an interest on your
part in the policies which I believe con-
Germ most deeply the welfare Of this state
and it's people
| I'm all times past there have been two
/ lines of thought contendIng for control:
in every country there have been two
parties under different names; on the one
side have been the few seeking special
privileges, organized prepared, strong
through the workings OF their political
1 machine; on the other has been the great
body Of the people. busy with their ordin-
airy callings, asking no special privileges,
asking nothing but equal opportunity
and fair chance. This is no new strug-
| gle. There Is nothing new in the effort
of the few to lay extra burdens on the
many. 1t has broken OUT even in the
Republican party of today, and as a re-
/ suit those splendid men called the In
| surRents have denounced the rule OF Aid
rich and Cannon"
| At this point Governor Smiths voice.
which had been pitched in a tone some
what lower than usual, increased in vol
ume until 1t rang and echoed in every
part of the vast amphitheater, and the
applause which had been intermittent be-
tween his previous utterance again be-
came tumultuous.
-Four years ago we mace a fight in
Georgia against the machine and its
hired politicians, through the power of
which the great corporations had been
fattening at the expense of the people.
! We had IA months in which to make the
! fight, and the people won. more ap-
plause.) Two years ago in the midst of
worldwide panic they took advantage
| of us, but on the Esd of August next we
are going to show them that the people
are still dominant.
COMPARES RESULTS.
81 wish tonight to present to you what
was done during the two years the people
had control in Georgia, and compare il
with what has been done since. want
| to submit to you who are not already
with us just where lie the lines of in
terest Of our beloved state and It's people.
1 want you to consider calmly the two
year record of the people and the one
year record of the reactionaries. want
you to look into the future and see what
Georgia will get from Progressive De-
mocracy and what she will not get from
| the reactionaries.
AT the very foundation of popular
government lies the baIIot box. Given us
| by our forefathers who shed their blood
to win independence from England, 1t is
our duty to preserve 1t. The difficulty
has been that sometimes the great body
of the people have allowed the machine
politicians to rob them of their rights.
When we took charge in Georgia three
years ago the first question that natural
ly came to our attention was what is the
status Of the individual voter in Georgia?
| And how our laws were ORGANIZED 10 Keep
that vote on the highest plane and pre-
serve the popular form Of government.
The moment that subject came to light
black cloud was seen to hang over the
state. Georgia had more negroes than
any other state in the union, ignorant
and purchasable, and permitted under
the 14th amendment to vote.
''It was not possible to have popular
government safe with that menace. The
best plan could not be adopted. That
would have been a national amendment
providing that no state could permit any
body, yellow, black or brown to vote, but
! only the white man. Great applause)
We have to learn a lesson, and 1t is this:
Two races entirely dissimilar cannot live
side by side upon basis of equality, and
that equality can be neither social nor
political and the time will eventually
come when the independent and thought
| full man will begin to understand that
neither can it be industI lal, and that the
white man, whether he be machinist'
fireman or what not, will not submit TO
being displaced by q negro. Our Pro-
gressive Democracy has given to Geor-
gia the best constitutional amendment IN
/ any southern state, by which under the
present registration law less than IO'OO
out of the 200, 900 negroes in Georgia are