Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-09
GOV. BROWNS CARD IS
EAGERLY AWAITED
Friends Believe He viii Fur
nish Campaign Material.
Speaking Dates

The following "speakings'' In the inter
est of Governor Browns candidacy for
reelection have been arranged.
Senator Grifith, of HARRISON, in Cobb
county, all this week. He will speak in
every militia district.
Enoch Galloway, Of Augusta, at Daw-
son, Terrell county, on August 49, and at
Ocilla, Irwin county, on August II.
Local Manager Olin Stamps, of the
Brown campaign committee, announced
Monday morning that no rally or torch
light procession in the interest of the
governors candidacy In Fulton county
had been arranged for this week.
I'VE are too busy attending to our local
clubs and the details of the campaign TO
give thought to such matters now" said
Mr.. Stamps. I'VE are we'll pleased with
the conditions of the governors campaign
locally, and are as confident as ever of
success in Fulton"
MADDOX RETURNS.
State Manager Ed Maddox spent Sun
day In Rome. and returned to Atlanta
Monday, ready to resume work on the
governors cause in the state at large
Besides announcing Judge Callaway's
speaking appointments and expressing
satisfaction with conditions he found in
Floyd county, despite Hoke Smiths
speech there on Saturday" Mr. Maddox
had no comment to make on the situa-
ton.
Governor Browns friends contemplate
with enthusiasm the card to the people of
Georgia he IL preparing and expects to
issue within the next day or two They
are confident that it will furnish hns
campaign material-better they think.
than anything that has yet been devel-
oped
The governors friends look for him 20
satisfy the people about the dog tax, so
objectionable to many farmers.
These same supporters are confident
that he will exploit his proposed bond
issue as means for paying the school
teachers, and riddle the arguments that
have been advanced against borrowing
money to meet current expenses.
Governor Browns forces are sure that
he will defend the wisdom of his recon-
mendation that the state take of the
bride OF railroad regulation insofar as
the present law relates to the issuance
of bonds.
THE 16 Ia CENT COTTON.
The Brown people are assured that the
governor will convince the farmers that
his administration is responsible for the
Is 1-2 cents cotton in Georgia, as we'll as
in Texas and other cotton-producing
states.
Friends of the governor are contemplat-
ing with pleasure the picture he will pre-
sent of prosperity prospecting" and they
expect much campaign material along
this line.
Concerning the Western and Atlantic
terminals, which he never
bought, the governors leaders are re-
joiced in the belief that he will satisfy
the people on this score in his card
The Durham mine incident, the Brown
folks believe, will also form a subject of
by the governor. 1t is believed
he will elaborate his message to the leg
islature, and explain more in detail about
the hoarse deputy sheriff and the pleas
ant voice at Chattanooga.
The Brown following processes to be
not at all disturbed over the fact that
the governor will issue a card, explaining
his stewardship in detail, although he
at the beginning of the cam
paIgn that he would be governed by the
exigencies of the case. At that time the
governor, like some OF his friends, did
not believe that the exigencies warranted
an explanation, and the fact that more
recent developments have caused a
change OF mind is really welcomed by
the governors friendx they say