Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-11-23
BROWN and GUERRY DISCUSSED
issues OF RACE With voters
Before Large And Attentive
Audience

Hon. j. Pope Brown, the first guber-
patorial candidate to appear person
ally or by representation before the
people of Americus and Sumter county
in public address, spoke for some
| time yesterday before noon at the OPP
era House to a large and attentive au-
dience He was followed by Mr. Du-
lpont Guerry, who also addressed the
voters on the issues of the guberna-
torlal campaign Both speakers crit
icized sharply both the opposing can
didates.
! Mr.. Brown was introduced to the
audience by Mr.. E. A. Nisbet. as South
| IGeorgias candidate for the governship
and as a man altogether worthy Cf
being placed in the gubernatorial chair
In his happily phrased introduction,
Mr. Nisbet spoke of Mr.. Brown rs q
farmer and as one who in asking for
the suffrage of the people of Georgia
as wCll IS the masses of the people.
In recognition of Sumter COUNTS
lpre-eminent position among the coun-
lties of the state as regards good ro.. Il
Mr. Brown paid merited tribute q
the roads OF this section, adding that
he favored good roads for every sec
ltion of Georgia, among many oihe?
Improvements that must come t. the
state it is to maintain its general
Supremacy owe cite states OF this
section and the aa,;on
In this regard Mr.. Brown pronoun-
ced himslf a progressive democrat"
he believes in progress along every
line, the details of which he went into
Iby naming the salient planks in his
platform as originally announced, in
cluding the promotion of good will be-
tween capital and labor, more rail
roads and better regulated railroads,
the extension of the Western Atlantic
railroad to the sea, and other mat
ters familiar to the public from M.
Browns original announcement.
ITO these principles of my plat
FORM" said he, ~ wish to add two
amendments, one of which is the abol-
ition of the court of appeals. l would
abolish the court of appeals as an
economic measure, because it has re-
Gently been thoroughly demonstrated
| by one member of that court that we
have no need of It. BY doing away
with this court the state may be,
saved the sum of $25, 600 per year"
Relative to the prohibition issue, Mr.
Brown said Judge Russell raised
the issue, l met the issue and Joe
Brown Is lodging the issue. AS for
myself, have always favored prohi-
bition and have always fought for
prohibition when the opportunity Of
fered. | voted for the prohibition bin
when it was before the Legislature,
In his speech introducing Mr.. Guer-
ry, the other speaker on the program,
Mr.. ]. f. Sheppard referred to the fact
| LuhI VA. bucllS Odu pESh DOAn aA@-
reared in Americus and was univer-
sally esteemed by the people of this
section. He also referred to Mr.. Guer-
ry as one who is yet to be governor
of Georgia, having blazed the way I'm
his campaign a few years ago for the
present candidacy OF Mr.. Brown as
champion of reform and prohibition.
Mr.. Guerry also referred to the fact
in the beginning of his speech, when
he had been defeated for governor he
adyocatd the very principles. which,
since that time, have been crystallised
into law Mr.. Brown, said he, is the
logical champion to-day of these prin-
ciples and measures up to the full
stature of the ideal gubernatorial can
didate.