The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-29
PAGE SIX
A NEW EDITOR WHO is BEGIN
MING WRONG.

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a ietter that l wrote to the editor
of The Douglas County Sentinel,
(Mr. J. A. Bagwell), asking him to
give the people of Douglas county
some reason for his silence on the
question Of electing our United
States senators by popular vote;
which he refused to publish. You
will also find enclosed his letter to
NE giving his reasons for not pub
fishing my letter. which he marked
confidential Gas you will see) and
then struck it out. Mr.. Bagwell is
a new man in Our town, and seems
to be a good, clever fellow, but | do
not think it right to refuse one of
his subscribers a lite. space, and
God knows space is all there is in
the Douglas County Sentinel, just be-
cause he does not agree with me on
the question Of a primary to elect a
United States senator to fill out the
uneXpired term Of the late Hon. A.
S. Clay. | am taxed to keep up the
Douglas County Sentinel, and feel
that | should be treated with enough
consideration to have my letters pub
lished, whether they conincide with
the EDITORS views or not. Mr.. Wat
son, | would like for you to publish
the enclosed letters, in your weekly
JeffersCnian, if you can spare the
space and see proper. [ want the
people Of Douglas county to know,
some way, that the columns of the
Douglas County Sentinel are closed
to the right Of its subscribers eX-
pressing their opinions, unless they
coincide with the views of the editor.
Yours C"u1y,
w. l. DORRIS.
DougIasyilIe, Ga, June s, 1911.
Editor Of The Sentinel.
Dear Sir: Why is it that our
county organ (The Douglas County
SentineD is silent on the question
Of electing our United States Sena-
tors by a direct vote Of the people?
| am q subscriber to the Sentinel, and
would like for our county paper to
give Us some reason for it's silence
on public issues that concern the
people Of our little county. I be
HeVe that large majority of our
people favor the election Of our u.
S. Senators by a popular vote. l
do, and SO does most all the people
with whom l have talked on the sub
ject. The right of the people to
rule has been advocated, very en-
phaticall indeed, by some Of our lead
ing politicians, on the stump and
through the press, in the last two
cOmpaigns; and to such a policy they
owe their election. If they were
sincere in advocating the election of
our United States Senators by a di-
rect vote Of the people then why are
they as silent as mummies now? If
they still believe in the right of the
people to rule, why can't they come
out and say SO? 1t is of far more
importance to the people to elect
.. S. Senator to fill out the unex-
PRED term Of the late Hon. Stephen
Clay than it is to elect a governor
of the state. The governor of the
state only serves two years, and is
only an executive officer, while our
L. S. Senator will have to serve four
years, and has the power to make
laws for the people to live under.
Let us contend for primary
whether we get it or not. We can
show our hand by making an effort,
or we can submit to ring rule by
remaining silent. Let every voter
in the county who favors the cleo
ton Of our United States Senators
by q direct vote Of the people, write
me a card at once, and l will have
his name published in the Doug