Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-14
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PROHIBITION AND PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY :"

or fiat.
But the question is, where shall he
stand at this time? So far as he is
he has no convictions, ex-
presses none, and says he will leave il
to the people. Upon the surface this
proposition seems to be fair, but upon
analysis it simply means an appeal
from the decision that is laid down
upon our statute books for another
trial. The prohibitionists already have
the law. II is their intention to keep
It and perfect it and enforce il. 1t is
the prohibitionists~ of the state object.
II is an appeal by the whisky crowd
for a new trial. The proposition comes
direct from the camp OF the
enemy. IL is as though a man
would say he would run me a foot
race for my hat. He puts up nothing
and / put up the hat which / already
own. Or in case man should be tried
for his life and acquitted by a jury
he would be foolish to consent to an
appeal from their decision to another
jury. 1t is the man who loses who
appeals for new trial 1t remains for
those who are dissatisfied with the
present prohibition law to appeal 10 a
new tribunal 1t is only advocated in
the beginning by the enemies of pro-
hibition. 1t is claimed by Ex-Governor
Brown that ii is the only way to settle
the question. 1 will inform him That
so far as that is concerned the question
will never be settled. There will AL
ways be those who will contend for the
trafiic in liquor, and always those who
oppose it. There are those who claim
they win support Ex-Governor Brown
because they think he stands for pro
hlpltlon. There are those who win
support him because they think he
STANDS for anti-prohibltion
WANT PEACE.
II has been claimed by ex-
Governor Brown md his Friends
that they wanted peace and A cessa tion
Of factiona1 strife. Yet in his ,rst
announcement he makes an appeal for
votes based entirely upon an old Rrudge
and to faction strife.
rms Is the sum and substance and
foundation OF his candidacy.
JUDGE RUSsELL's POSITION
NOW as to the position of Judge Rus
sell. He Is appealing to the peopIe a.
Che name Of local option and democracy
VI course he cannot call 1t whisky for
no man has ever been able to make
speech In favor Of the whisky traffic.
put IN It's last analysis tnIs local option
ttusseh brand Of Democracy means whis
ny pure and simple. 1t will have the
same effect even with a high soundino
me Judge Russell claims that he Is
not a whisky man, but he has had i
circular sent out all over the state with
cartoon. On the cartoon II SAYS. 'sVota
TOT DICK Russell and remedy this There
Is large tree with many limbs On one
On the trunk etaoinshrdl uetao etaois
iimo OF the tree, is a lonesome looking
IeHoW who Is called the tax collector.
Tie children. On the trunk of the tree is
the word Georgia" AT the foot of the
trse mere are many whisky barrels.
ana the man up the tree saws. s.If 7
could collect the tax on that stiIfY tbesa
KIDS might have free school books ana
teaoners could be more promptly paid
In other words Judge Russell saws
can furnish you free school books for
your CHILDREN If YOU will go back into
the whisky business" Be It said To tba.
honor and integrity of every school
teacner In Georgia, 1 don't believe there
Is one of them who viii bite at the bait.
me state of Georgia can and will edu-
cate her children without going into the
whisky business. When first looked
upon this cartoon and saw the fellow nm
ene tree | thought it was Russell: in
Iact, II Favored him. was very glad
10 see that ne had been located knew
tnat ne was up a whisky tree somewhere
ana had been jumping about from limb
70 limb. l thought he had at last locat
ca, but found that I was mistaken
unless he intends to run for tax collect
or. he IS stu up this WHISKY tree some
where, on what limb cannot determine
The two little children present sad
sight I am sorry for them. / am sorry
Tor their mothers, and / am sorry for
their Fathers. They are the children OF
drunkards, and Judge Russell would
make more of them In Georgia. / be-
heve It is safe to say that there is not
father in Georgia who is honest, indus
trious and able bodied who would not be
able 10 buy school books for his children
except for this stuff which Judge Rus
sell would continue to have sold There
Is another man about this tree some
where The last we heard of him he was
In that neighbdrhood, but he cannot be
seen on any limb of the tree We must
conclude that it is a hollow tree and
that he is on the inside of ii and cannot
De seen nor heard I refer to the Hon.
Joseph NJ Brown.
NY POSITION.
In my home county of Pulaski have
always fought the whisky traffic in every
way shape and form in which it has
showed its head. whether in bar rooms.
dispensaries. beer saloons or blind Ii
gers l am opposed to the legalized sale
OF liquor In Georgia. 1 am opposed to
enS VPti dNiVh OF DDnO tigers under
licensed system. When a judge of the
court imposes a. fine from time to time
upon the violators of prohibition law If
amounts TO nothing more nor less than
license; when the jurors have done their
duty and the judges have sentenced the
keeper of blind tiger to the Changing.
and the governor eommutes the Nentence
to a fine he annuls the verdict of the
court, destroys their authority, and en-
courages the operation OF blind tigers un-
der a licensed system
ENFORCE LAW.
] am in favor of the enforcement OF
the law not only in the country districts
but in the large cities. Not only the
enforcement OF the prohibition law but
every other law. The power of the state
should be supreme. The law should be
recognized and obeyed In every locality
and by every Individual To allow any
individual or locality to disregard any Law
breeds contempt for all laws and finally.
II not suppressed, would bring about a
condition of anarchy and there would be
no protection to life and property The at
titude of Judge Russell at this time pre-
sents a spectacle 20 the people of Geor-
gia unparalleled in the history of the
state As anaofficer of the law, sworn
to protect il and uphold It. he goes about
over the state denouncing the law, and he
is Endorsed by those who stand out in
open viola ton Of the law because he in