The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-04
PERSONAL ABUSE.

cerely the following from the esteem
ed Macon News. Its just rebuke to
that class of editorial writer's. who
mistake liberty for license and not
being capable of resenting an insult
scarcely know when they offer one.
The one prominent weakness that
marred the Hon. Hoke Smiths work
as a campaigner in the last state cleo
ton was the personal illusions and
bitterness that he too frequently
INDUCED in discussing public issues
and it was one Of the things Of which
his opponents made most capital and
which, in our opinion, contributed TO
his defeat.
In the present campaign Mr.. Smith
has apparently elected to cut out per-
sonalities absolutely and to address
himself solely to the pubic questions
al issue, and his opponents, in some
quarters, have adopted the personal
tactics which he has seen fit to dis
card.
With regard to the wisdom of these
tactics generally we have nothing TO
say, but we wish to say that we recall
nothing that Mr.. Smith did in the per
conal allusion line so violative of and
shocking to all the rules of good taste
and to humane sensibilities as the
following example, contained in an
editorial which is reprinted here en-
tire from the Augusta Chronicle:
We are sorry. Ct course. that the
Hon. Hoke Smith is sick. We sincere
ly hope he is feeling better ere this.
Seriously and candidly, we wish
for him. personally, good health and
long life-,but politically pelagra, so
help u.s.
We are not at all surprised, now
ever. that he has been bit under the
weather. In fact, we suspected 1t.
When our eyes first fell on that TWEEN
ty.foot picture of him which adorns
one of our principal Broad street
buildings. We knew that, in the very
nature of things, he wasn't a well
man when that picture was taken
There was something about the
expression which said, q am not feel
ing comfortable around about my
waistband, thank you We didn't at
tempt to diagnose the case; we really
didn't know it was kidney collie but
we knew it was something bad.
Some said it looked as if he had
swallowed his port rates: while 9TH
ers said it was paralysis of the peck
et-nerve: and still others that the eX-
preston of the eyes indicated polit-
ical locomotor ataxia. But we didn't
go as far as that-we simply said he
was not looking as strong and robust
as usual. And we expressed our re-
grets.
But now comes news CT the real
! trouble--colic Come to think of it.
the expression of that picture did in
dictate acute pain, all along.
But. so help us. We hope the Hon,
Hoke is feeling better. much better.
this beautiful Sunday morning-eyen
if that picture CT him isn't
There is reverential principle
universally recognized and respected
among civilized peoples that when
providence visits another, even
though an enemy. with sickness and
affection. tie hand Of man IS STAYED.
and the bed Of pain requires no fag
OF truce to suspend Tie FIRE o. person
al hostlities
Despite the perfunctlry and sarcas-
tic disavowais with which the Chron-
/ icle accompanies its humorous com
mene am sidicu2e OF Hoke Smiths
person ia the imaginary picture 81,
draws Of him in his suttering. and in
ironic speculations on me causes
thereof. our Augusta temporary
grossly violates mis- decent princie
o. humanity beyond any instance we
can recall IN fractional or party poll.
Tics.