The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-08-08

swollen fortunes, we realize that the
menace from the special interests is
great. That they should maintain Hobbies
ana seek to control the law-making bodies
OF the country is q peril that should be
handled with severity and dispatch.
DANGERS OF INTEMpLRANcE.
am in favor Of all laws that tend to
suppress and restrict incompetence in the
use OF alcoholic liquors and deleterious
narcotlcs. lust how to handle the pro-
Diem so as to secure the desired results is
matter for the serious consideration of
All good citizens | am well aware that
IN many cases a strict legal prohibition
OF the sale of spirituous LIQUORS has the
effect of adding to the evils which it was
designed to remove. Whatever will teach
the dangers OF intemperance and what
ever will impress upon communities the
immense Importance OF regulating the
traffic and holding it in stern check ought
to be made part Of our code. | am in
favor OF having the truth concerning the
dangers of alcoholism and other intem-
perance impressed upon the youth of our
land, and believe that our schools should
teach as far as possible what these dam
gers are and what they mean to the flu
ture OF the race. favor the legislation
already enacted looking to the safe
guarding OF the shipment of liquors from
other states into prohibition commune
ties.
OPPOSES "LooPHoLE" LAWS.
| strenuouslY oppose laws that are
framed with "jokers' or loopholes for the
purpose OF defeating or offsetting the very
result which the law itself, or the spirit
OF the law, was designed to secure. The
child labor law is an example of what /
mean. Exempted from the provisions of
this law are children who have no parents
or disabled parents. Such children are
the very ones who should be provided
with an education in order that they may
be enabled to maintain themselves and
become useful citizens. The government
is able to provide an education for this
class and should see that it is done. An
other example Of the loop hole law is
the framing Of law against unlawful
business deals and then leaving to some
court the Interpretation of such terms as
unreasonable restraint Of trade. =
| favor strong Department of Labor,
to be maintained separately 'front.' De-
partment of Commerce. / believe that
the man who fills the cabinet office of
Secretary of Labor should come from the
ranks of the laboring people. The en-
phasis that such an appointment would
lay upon democratic freedom from 'tclass'
would, believe, go far toward strength
ening the bonds between the government
and labor. It would not only bea meried
recognition of this great element Of our
national population, but a sure method
of securing a desirable and friendly CO.
operation.
Six YEAR TERM For PRESIDENT.
favor an amendment to the Constitll-
ton fixing the term of the President at 6
yeas and making him ineligible to re-
election for the succeeding term. The
ordinations and recriminations INDUCED
by the candidates and their advocates in
the present race by both the great parties
| regard as regretable by all good men.
This amendment will serve to preclude
the probability of such q spectacle in flu
ture contests for the highest Office Of the
greatest government on earth.
The foregoing are the main features of
the platform on which ask your sup
port believe these to be the tenets Of
the true political faith, and for them, if
elected, shall stand firmly. If you
honor me with election promise no great
or sweeping revolution, no visionary re-
forms. | can and do pledge to you, how
ever, fair, honest and conscientious dis
charge of every duty connected with the
high Office of your representative in Con-
gress | believe in the application Of con-
sentative and sensible business methods
to the duties of the office. It is a great
honor to represent such constituency,
and if you should bestow it upon me /
shall esteem it a sacred trust, and employ
my very best endeavor to serxe you ac-
ceptably and in such amanner as to merit
your fullest appreciation.
Is Nor 4 PoLrTIcIAN.
AS to the methods / am using in my
race may say this word? am not fol-
lowing the tactics OF the average politician,
| am plain man and am content to run
my race in plain way. Because of bad
roads, press of work and bad weather /
have thus far travelled the district but lit
tie
I am not sending out circular letter in
the hope Of making the people think /
am writing to them personally. / donot
like the idea. 1t strikes me as rather bad
taste to thus address man whom / have
never met and whose name is known to
me only through list paid for tso much
per name.
AS to stump speeches, think the peo-
bic are weary of them. shall notinf1ict
upon the district series Of oratorical fire.
works and long talks. want to reach
them with the least possible loss Of mo-
ton, thus saving their time and mine.
| am not in favor Of hiring managers
to conduct my campaign for me, paying
them either in money or in promises of
appointment to office after election. The
only statement have made in regard TO
appointments is this: That | viii ap-
point, if elected, my secretary from the
county in the district that gives me the
largest majority of votes, by per centage,
regardless of whether it is my own coun-
ty (Terrell) or not.
An OLD-FAsHIoN DEMOCRAT.
l shall not form "clubs,v as do not
believe in this threadbare old trick of get
ting unsuspecting voters to commit them
selues before the election. / am old fas-
bionably democratic enough to believe
that every voter should wait until the day
Of election and then express his own con-
yictions at the ballot box, regardless of
heelers, fixers and so-calied leaders.