The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-21
GREAT CROWD GREETED
SMITH AT STATESBORO
: Continued From Page One)

ment OF the principles CT progress
sive democracy.
"A progressive democracy places
It's hope in popular government and
to this end it has removed the ig-
norant and purchasable negro from
the ballot box and has surrounded
the ballot with legitimate means to
prevent illegal voting and the use of
money To- deoauch the electorate.
"Ihe two years administration of
he progressive democracy was the
Work Of the people of Georgia. 1t
was the work of that splendid body
of men who won victory in 1906.
They hardly realize now how much
they accomplished for the state.
Here in south Georgia l will dwell
today upon but one feature of your
splnedid accomplishment.
In many of your counties there
were more negroes legally entitled to
register than white men There
were cities and mi; lia districts over
which the danger at the ballot of
the ignorant negro hung as dark
cloud, menace to your civilization.
"I'bjs now is forever a thing Of
he past by legal amendment, 20
cur state constitution it has been re-
moved, There is no county, city, or
militia district now in Georgia in
which the cegro registration is not
much smaller than tie White re9i"-
trait n.
"Ycur efforts n accomplish this
result were resisted by a large ma
Joflty CT TIE politicians of Georgia
who Today support Gov. Brown for
re election. They resisted breaking
up the convict lease. they
resisted putting the convict upon the
public +; ads. They resisted enlarg-
ing and perfecting your railroad
commiSsi( n law so that it would be
In line with the legislation passed
under tire administration of GOV.
Hughes Of New York, Gov. LaFol-
lette of Wisconsin, Gov. johnson of
MINNESOTA and of other governors
who really served the people.
They claim that such legislation
"oud drive foreign capital out of
GeoS1a was absurd. Il was as an
,undad as their claim that | object
ed to foreign money coming to Geor-
sia.
Eaey now seek to tear your reg
istratlon law to pieces and your rail
road CO. commission law to pieces. They
rave given you a specimen Of the
Kind 'Yf administration which oppose
|trogressiWe democracy. :
1T is naturally incompetent and
inefficient, for it does not seek. to
"c""e the people. 1t repudiates the
doctrine OF Progress, it has been con-
tent to ask the destruction of the
wise legislation you obtained and to
seek to check the development of
your VIZ & A r. r. property. In
stead of handling wisely the finances
of tie state, it sought to bring shame
upon. the people of Georgia by claim
ing that your treasury was bank
"upt and it has utterly failed to at
tend even to the small responsible
ties resting upon the governors Of
flee, fer it has neglected to issue
commissions to county officers, JUS
tices of the peace, and notaries pub
TIC when they were entitled to them,
and 1t has even been careless with
the issue of acquisitions to such an
extent that criminals have been dis
charged trCm arrest because the dut-
les of administration were not pro-
perry conducted in the governors Of
fee.
They have given you fourteen
months Of literal emptiness, devoid
OF any service. Their course has
simply tefn reactionary. with an ef-
tort TIC tear to pieces what progress
has already brought and Offering
rothing in its place. Whatever
prosperity has done in Georgia has
come with the legislation of the pro-
presslye democracy unrepealed.
Let US turn to the future with
hope. Let us determine that in every
| me of endeavor the people of Geor
gla shall have a fair opportunity. Let
us furnish every legitimate opportu-
nifty for the devopment of the re-
sources OF the state and especially
Tor the growth of our citizenry.
we have it in our power to build
the greatest state of the Union with
the argest amount of wealth dfstri-
buted among the largest number of
citizens.
i wish 10 express to you my abso-
iute confidence in the result of the
election to be held next Tuesday.
me Illegal vote cast two years ago
Will re excluded. The people are no
longer fooed by the story that pro-
gressive legislation in Georgia crea-
ted a panic worldwide They under.
stand that Georgia Jared better IN
der the panic of 1907 than any state
In The Union except Texas, that the
railroads Of Georgia suffered from the
panic only rs as much as the aver
age railroads Of the United tates.
They cannot be fooled with the silly
sttry that the administration of the
reactlonists put up the price of cot
ton In Texas any more that it pro-
n linn 4.