The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-11-09

development Of our state. Our stepa
must stiIl be forward.
Ninth: The restoration Of the coun-
" unit as the permanent basis for
choosing delegates to the Democratic
state conventions, thus maintaining
the distributioR Of power throughout
the entire state instead Of ccncentrat-
Ing ii Ia few pOpulous centers.
Tenth: The modification Of our pub
liz utility laws to the extent that
strictly local concerns be left % the
control OF local tribunals The Dem
ocratic people Of Georgia do not need
to import from states much farther
north Hamiltonian methods which
supplant local self-goyernment With
control by centralized power which
cannot keep in touch with purely lo'
cal conditions and needs.
Eleventh The general assembly
aaving established the bureau Of com
.nerce and labor called for In my
platform III 1908. ! pledge my hearty
cooperation with the commissioner
% be elected in so executing the law
as will secure to labor Its just dues.
Believes In Sovereignty o. People
10 the principle Of the sovereignty
il the people | uncompromisingly adj
here; and ! call upon the white
voters who embody that sovereignty
to SO exert their power as TO hold
it from the grasp Of oligarchy, cliqu-
ism or autocracy. have full faith
In the integrity, the intelligence, the
sense OF responsibility and the patriot
ism of the white voters OF Georgia.
In conclusion, let me repeat that
{ stand for the enforcement Of the
avs which protect society, which en-.
ure their proper rights to capital
nd labor, which conduce to the up.
uilding OF the material resources Of
he state. Every law upon the statute
ooks should be honestly enforced.
rhe mere fact that it has been placed
here by the constitutional powers
carries with the highest obligation
hat 1t be enforced.
/ stand for constructive policy,
or conservatism and orderly methods;
or peace and federation; for sincerity
nd honor; for freedom from specious
promises which cannot or win not
,e fulfilled; and from feigned issues
which can be likened only to hobby
horses whereon to attempt to ride
into office.
Let the People Rule.
stand for an executive who will
hey in spirit and In letter, the man.
iates OF the constitutions for legis
ature which will enact the ascertain
I'd viii Of the people; for a judiciary
Which will administer justice careful
~, completely, impartialy, and whose
nembers win not even by inference
Use their high and almost sacred Of
ice as coercive power to force liti
gants to yield them their support in
contests into which they have enter
ID for other offices in our state gov
srnment.
stand for the self-assertive rule
81 the people. If they be kept ad
sised Of the truth they will do the
fight. 1t is through their co-opera
tive workings that this great state
aas been built up; that its laws are
enacted and its institutions founded
Upon intelligence, integrity and relig
GUS verify: and 1t is their undoubted
viii that Justice shall prevail; and
that honor guide the counsels Of all
whom they exalt by their confidence
Guided by this knowledge. let us
hold ever in mind that this govern
ment OF the people should be admin
istered for the people and BY the peo-
pie; that the state Is greater than
the strongest of it's units, and the in.
terests Of the people are supreme
over the asserted claims of factions
or parties And, linked with this
knowledge, let us treasure the thought
that cooperation is essential to up
building, that 1t is more pleasure
to commend than to denounce, and
that he who persuades to good is
greater than he who drives from evil
Peace is at all times preferable to
war; and amicable adjustment Of diff
ferences, however radical, leaves
lasting results more noble than the
Victories Of force.
Your fellow-citizen,
IOSEPH M. BROWN.