The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-11-01
Let The
People
Rule
Georgians Under
No Obligation
To Support
Wilson

~NO-A ~OSSAN W. NJ AS Cd W.
it states a number of good reas-
ons why we lould not support
Wilson.
We have had many inquiries
from all parts of Georgia from
good citizens who have become
tired of the old Democratic Party
and especially the ga ne of poll
ties played at Baltimore which
brought about the nomination of
Prof. Wilson. They state that
they could not and would not
vote fer DR.. Wilson an6 felt that
they were breaking no honorable
pledge or promise by voting the
Progressive ticket headed by
Theodore Roosevelt. And they
give the following reasons:
| LIST. Prof. Wilson bolted the
Democratic nominee in 1896 and
voted n independent ticket
headed by Palmer and Buckner.
End. Mr.. Bryan came to Balti-
more pledged by primary vote of
his own state which Champ
Clark carried) to vote for Clark
first, last and all time and he.
MIR. Bryan, was the first man to
bolt his primary and instructions
and vote for Prof. Wilson.
Sd. Prof. Wilson is not and
was not the choice of the rank
and file of the Democratic party.
Champ Clark his leading oppon-
ent, beat him in the primaries
before the people over 100000
votes and secured delegate votes
at Baltimore of 25 more than a
majority of the whole yet, not
withstandjng all this, the bosses
including Messrs. Sullivan, Tag
CART, Murphy and Ryan and Co.,
so arranged or connived to cheat
the will of the people and place
or make Prof. Wilson the nomi-
nee of the bosses and not the
people.
4th. A word as to the rule of
the so-called Democratic execu-
tive committee nominated by At
lanta politicians and political
bosses. This honorable body has
constituted to itself the right to
lash the white men in Georgia
into line nationally as they have
been trying to do locally by the
So-called RULE that any one
voting other than their dictations
will be read out Of the party two
years hence. Now, Mr.. Voter.
this white primary in Georgia is
strictly a local white mans
agreement for state and county
officers and cannot be considered
to have any effect on national
elections. We intend to vote our
honest convictions as there will
be new, clean, white mans
Progressive Party in the field for
state and county officers 2 years
hence.
5th. At the time that the
democrats had their primary in
Georgia there was nothing to in
dictate that there would be a new
Progressive Party launched in
the South therefore, the condi-
tions are such taking all and all
into consideration that any white
man in Georgia can honorably
support the Progressive Party
and vote for Theodore Roosevelt
on Nov. 9Th.
9th. DR.. Wilson in his speech
of acceptance, with one foot on
the platform and one off, made
the positive statement that the
platform was not program to
90 by. Now, Mr.. Voter, it is not
a. program and covenant with the
people, it is lying promise to
catch votes.
LEST YOU FORGET = You
tried Free Trade 16 years ago
under Cleveland. a Democrat.
and you got A cents cotton in ex-
change. The Wilson Democratic
Free Trade Bill then caused your
farm land to reduce one-half in
value. Prof. Wilson stands for
tariff for revenue only, which is
the basis of Free Trade and is
the same platform that caused
misery and Hard Times in 1896
and 81.