Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-16

l.ATURE BUT GOVERNOR BROWN
AND THE I.EACTIONARlES WHO
DEFEATED The WILL OF THE LEG
ISI.ATURE IN PROTECTING THE w.
& A. RAILROAD PROPERTY.
IAN anti-lobbying bill was passed re-
Gently by the house of representatives
II reached the senate. and q majority OF
that body was ready to pass IT. 1t was
necessary for the. bill to- have second
reading on Tuesday So that 1t could De
passed on Wednesday. ELEVEN
BROWN MEN JOINED TOGETHER
AND by FILIBUSTERING PREVENT
ED THE PASSAGE OF -AIS BILL.
with this record, by what more APP
propriats name. can we distinguish the
leaders who support Governor Brown
and direct the policies, OF his admins
tration? This is a part % the record
upon which they present Governor
Brown to the state r-re-eiection. With
this line of conduct upon their part IN
the past, you may well determine what
YOU can expect from them and Governor
Brown in the future.
I'm the business administration of the
affairs Of the state, they have done no
better They began Immediately after
l retired as governor in the fall OF 1909
to rnisrepresent the X condition of the
treasury. During 1909, under the pro-
honor to represent as governor, every
claim against the state was met before
the close of the year. In spite of the fact
that we had Increased the pay to our
public schools s50O.O00.- Governor Brown
called in an expert to Investigate the
condition OF the treasury and when that
expert reported to him that upon bal
ance being made, acreditif1s the state with
cash on hand and unsolicited taxes Tor
10 M. FnVNri a
lions for 1909 there would be a surplus
I'm the treasury of over 100000, GOV
ERNOR BROWN SURPASSED THIS
REPORT. THOUGH III WAS READ IN
THE PRES ENCE' OF COMPTROLLER
GENERAL WRIGHT AND TREASU-
RFR POPE BROWN. At his instance,
the expert got up an estimate OF the
cash that would be in the treasury on
January l. 1910, and GOVERNOR
BROWN PUBLISHED IL THE WORLD
THAT THE TREASURY WOULD BE
s7oo. 600 SHORT, WITH NO CASH ON
HAND TO MEET THE LIABILITIES
ON JANUARY /. 1910. 30"
This misrepresentation of the treas
ury was presented to the public as
criticism of the management of the
finances of the state by the progressive
Democracy. 1t was charged that the
revenue and appropriations for 1908 and
1909 were met under legislation passed
at the instance of the progressive De-
mocracy, and the deficit in the treasury.
was heralded to the world to discredit
the progressive Democracy. -
TREASURY sLANDERED.
Instead of the statements which they
published bein gtrue, there was money
in the treasury during the last of 1903,
with which to meet every liability in
Ill 1tto 70
still at the close of the year the treas
ury had on hand S424.0O0.
NOW THEY SEEK TO CLAIM
CREDIT FOR PAYING THE SALARIES
OF THE TEACHERS IN 1909, AL
THOUGH THEY THEMSELVES DIS
CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY DUR
ING THE LATTER HALF OF THAT
YEAR WHEN THEY WERE FALSE
LY CLAIMING THAT THE STATE
WAS PRACTICALLY BANKRUPT.
This is the business administration
which helped bring prosperity to Georgia.
They are issuing sheets and spreading
them broadcast over the state in an eff
fort to mislead the people under the claim
that they have done something to pro-
duce prosperity.
THE panic of 1907 was worldwide,
GEORGIA STOOD THE PANIC BET
TER THAN AN STATE IN Ihh ON-
ION EXCEPT TEXAS. The railroad
companies Of Georgia stood the panic bet
ter than the railroads in other states.
The report Of the interstate. commerce
commission shows that the railroads of
the other states of the union suffered dur
ing the year of the panic five times as
much as the railroads of Georgia suffer
ed" ..
The people in 1908 were simply deceived
by false Misrepresentation, but the re-
dictionaries still claim. that they had
something to do with bringing prosperi-
ty, and HAVE EVEN TRIED TO MAKE
THE FARMERS BELIEVE THAT
THEY HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE HIGH PRICES OF COT
TON DURING THE PAST YEAR.
CLAIM REPUDIATED.
1t is gratifying to see that leading farm
crs all over the state and especially Of
ficers of the Farmers union repudiate
this misleading claim.
The political leaders of the reactionaries
in their effort to force again upon the