Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09

that telephone message from Chattanoo-
ga was not empty of results.
Right here 1 want to tell you some
thing about that strike on the Georgia
railroad. An attempt has been made to
distort facts in that case also. did
nothing but obey the law. When the
president Of the road became unduiy ex-
cited 1 used the telephone. 1 talked to
that splendid sheriff of Richmond coun-
ty, that gallant old Confederate soldier,
John Clarke. and that one-armed hero,
Mayor Dunbar. 1 told them 1t was the
duty of the civil authorities 10 preserve
the law and not under those circuIn-
stances the duty of the governor to send
troops. And finally that intense excite
ment which only a racial difficulty in the
south can produce passed away without
loss of life and without the injury Of
single piece of property. loud acclama-
| tions.)
WHAT OF THE FUTURE
What of the future? Instead Of per-
hitting your registration laws to be mu-
tilated in the interests of fraud ut the
ballot box, the Progressive Dem ocracy
proposes to guard and protect ard pre-
serve them, always to have in view the
purity of the ballot box, the elevation
and not the degradation of the status Of
the voters of Georgia. AS to the railroad
augurated by Governor HugheH They
say it has run money out of Geo rgia, but
/ has 1t run any money out of New York?
| Instead of running money out of either
state 1t has been beneficial, for no man
now wants to invest in a commercial en-
, terprise in a state where ne does not
have the protection of a strong railroad
commission.
I'VE propose to perfect it, though 1t is
! a good law now, and I think it will stand,
and above all, we will not allow the
names of Hillyer and Gambler to be
stricken from the board. The banking
laws of the state and insurance laws can
be improved, too, and the general bust
ness of the state can be strengthened. I
! love Georgia and her people. 1 would sea
her increase in wealth, but / would have
that wealth not accumulated In the hands
of the few, but fairly and justly distribu-
ted among the great body of the people.
Let us not throw away our birthright for
! a mess of pottage.
Let us get all the investments pos
sible, but let's get them under circum-
stances that will not take more out of
the state than they produce in IL.
Blu the greatest work of all in build
ing up the Georgia of the future is the
education of our boys and girls" To IL
lustrate the sterling quality of the Geor-
/ gia youth the speaker told a stirring and
dramatic story of the young color bear
er. Dingler, of Spalding county, who was
found dead on the field of battle with
Ia bayonet wounds piercing him through
and through and two fragments Of the
! Confederate flag cl'Itched in his rigid
hands
with that kind of boys" said Mr..
Smith, will you permit anyone Of them
to grow up starved for lack of mental.
moral and spiritual training? We must
build more school houses Every one Of
these boys and girls, blood OF our blood
and bone Of our bone, must be given an
opportunity to prepare themselves for the
battle of life. II is the greatest works
in which we can engage. II we do cur
duty by the rising generation, there is
no danger that as the state grows its
prosperity will not be shared by all this
people"
125,OoO WITH HIM.
At this juncture Mr. Smith read a mess
sage from his headquarters telling him
that $4,000 Georgians stood by him two
years ago and assuring him that 125.oM
would be with him this 23d of August.
Long and continued applause greeted the
statement Said Mr.. Smith in conelu-
sion:
For tho past four weeks I have been
receiving splendid assurances of support
from every militia district in Georgia. I
haven't heard that any of the ring poll
ticians have changed. They are welded
to their flesh pots But I do hear that
many sturdy farmers, mechanics and
business men are going to help us this
year who didn't help us two years ago.
1.-The primary is only two weeks dis
tant You can afford to give your time
from now on to the fight We want no
hired workers. The law does not allow
it and we have none. When that question
was brought up at our headquarters we
turned down the idea of putting paid can%
yassers on the street. The men who are
working for us have no dollars FOR theif
Influence in their pockets. Some OF the
men working on the other side you had
well as mine, and II you feel that II Is
your fight, then I want you to do your
better not commit on that subject.
Fellow citizens, this is your fight as
Individual duties. Put your time In II
and stick to the guns until the last vots
is counted.
"As TO the rules that this machine ex-
ecutive committee has put on the state.
prorating the counties. etc, 1 dom like
them. and when / accept the nomina-
ton for governor this fall I expect IL to
be on a platform that repudiates those
rules"
Mr.. Smith concluded his speech amidst
n veritable tumult of enthusiasm. The ac-
clamation again became thunderous and
when he managed to make himself heard
above the shouts to say that he wanted to
conclude the melting by taking hand
primary to see what proportion OF the
audience was with him, ii seemed that the
gigantic gathering arose as one man to
pledge their votes and their support