The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-09-01
H0KE'S FRIENDS
MEETING IN
ATLANTA
Not Less Than a Thousand viii Par
ticiPate in the Ceremony Which
VIII Make Hoke Smith, the Lead.
er of Progressive Democracy, the
: Nominee For Governor of the State

will be the Mecca Thursday of prom
inent men from every nook and corner
of the state who will be here too at
tend the state democratic convention
Oelegaes, over a thousand in number,
will be seated in the auditoriumar
nory for the purpoes of nOminatin :
a governor and state house officers
and adopting platform of princi-
ples. i The convention promises to
be one of the largest ever held in
<he state.
AS previous reports have indicated
xhe platform which will be adopted by
the convention will follow closely af-
ter the Macon platform adopted w'he1 4
Mr. Smith was first elected governor
IN 1906. Here are some of the things
as the advance stories have indicated,
that will be embodied in the plat
form:
Endorsement of port rates.
Passage of an anti-Lobbying bill
will be recommended
Continued supervision and regu-
tation of railroad corporations and
other public utility corporations will
be urged.
Legitimate investment of foreign
csapital will be invited
New registration law will be. en-,
dorsed and the enactment of laws
which will throw stronger restrict
ions around the ballot box will be
recommended.
According to reports Judge Thomas
G. Lawson will be elected tempora
ry chairman, and Col W. c. Wright,
q prominent attorney Of Newman,
will be elected permanent secretary
Aside from the adoption of a
platform the body will nominate a
governor and state house. officers and
select new executive committee. The
convention will open at 10 a. m. and
will probably be in session through
out the day, possibly HAVING might
session.
There is no doubt but that Hoop
er Alexander, representative from
DeKalb county, will make the speech
on the floor of the state Democratic
convention tomorrow morning, nom
mating Hon. Hoke Smith for governor
of the state Georgia.
The covention will be called %
order by editor Charles r. Pendleton,
last years chairman, after which
Judge Thomas G. Lawson viii be made
temporary chairman. The permanent
craftsmanship will be given to Hon.
W. G. Wright.
The city hotels are already filled
to overfiowing with delegations from
the different counties, and the scene
when the convention is calld to or
DIR tomorrow morning the scene viii
be a stirring one. The auditorium,
which has a seating capacity of over
5000, has been decorated with fses
and bunting for the occasion, and VIII
be we'll filled. The delegates alCne
will number well over 1000. The
counties have not adhered strictly to
the plan of sending delegates fer
each electoral vote Indeed many
counties that have only two to four
votes will be represented by 25 TO
so delegates.
The feature of the convention will
be Hok Smiths speech of acceptance,
for in it will probaly be embodied the
principles and lines of action which
he intends to fillow for the two years
of his administration.
The convention will be made nota-
BILE by the attendance of many Geor-
gians prominent in the political life
of the state, among them United
States Senator Clay, of Marietta. and
Congressman Thomas Hardwick of
the 10th district.
In addition to naming a governor,
the convention will adopt "a party
platform, will cosolidate the votes
of last Tuesdays primary, will select
a new state executive committee, and
will nominate the other state house
officers as we'll as Superior court
judges and solicitors. Il
In addition to the nomination~ot
Hoke Smith for Governor, the follow
ing state house officers will be named:
Thomas S. Fielder, Of Macon. for
attorney general 10 succeed Hon Hew-
lett Hall, Of Newman.
W. J. Speer, of Atlanta, for sta te
treasurer, to succeed treasurer J