The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-29
CONSIDERED 1T ASSAULT ON HIS
POLICIES THAT COULD NOT
GO UNCHALLENGED.
CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH PLANE

Governors Attack ON Present Regis
tratiOn Law and Recommendation
That the Railroad Commission Be
Reduced to Its Former Number of
Three Members Said to Have In
fiuenced MIR. Smith to Get in the
Race. Will Issue Formal State
ment Soon.
A.-Ex-Governor Smith,
yielding to the pressure of friends
from all sections of the state, an
nounced today that he is in the race
for governor
Delegations called on him at his
office, and kilograms and letters were
received from all parts of the state
urging Mr.. Smith to reconsider his
determination not to be a candidate.
He told them that he did not want
to run, but they responded that it
was their bounden duty to make
fight against Governor Brown and all
that he represented, and that it was
Smiths duty to lead them, because
he was their only logical leader fully
identified personally for the reforms
which they desired.
1t is said that Governor Browns
message openly attacking the re-
forms inaugurated by Mr.. Smith
when he was governor, and urging
that they be repudiated was the final
straw that precipitated the announce
ment.
The Issues of the Campaign.
Mr. Smith will wage his campaign
on the failure of Governor Brown to
buy the state road terminal at Chat
tanooga, the alleged bogus balance
sheet of the state" and the sending
of the troops to the English mines
at Durham.
The ex-governor will not renew
the tactics of two years ago and
hold Governor Brown up to ridi-
cule because of his personal appear
ance. He will urge that the admin
istratiOn has done nothing that is
creditable, and that the effort to re-
duce the size of the railroad commits
sion and change the registration law
is contrary to the wishes of the peo-
pie.
It is stated that he proposes to rec
Ommend certain changes in the reg
istratiOn law, chief of which is to
make registration perpetual; that is,
a voter who registers once is regis
tered for all time as long as he pays
his taxes and complies with the law.
This, he considers, will remove much
of the objection to the present meas
ure.
A Quiet Campaign.
The campaign promises to be a
very quiet one, so far as oratory is
concerned.
Mr.. Smith says he will get out of
Atlanta very little. He will increase
his office room in the Peters build
ing, and will conduct his campaign
largely through correspondence. His
friends say the campaign will be
waged on a very high plane. There
will be no personalities and no mud
singing
Mr.. Smith, it is stated, will give
out no interviews or statements ex-
cept such as he prepares himself,
furnishing typewriter copies over
his own signature to the press. But
he proposes, as he has informed his
friends, to discuss public questions
through such statements as he sees
mt to give out for publication
Prohibition promises to cut no fig.
ure in the campaign. Both candi.
dates agree that this is not politi-
cal issue of 1910.
The ex-governor sent many tele-
grams to friends all over the state
yesterday announcing himself in the
race, and has received many replies
with the tender of support.
He will formally open his cam
paign with a speech in Atlanta one
night next week.