Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-02-22
The Republican Convention

lice that & Repubilcan convention
" as held on the 9th. inst. and so
FIR as can be learned it is the first
mtimation concerning the fact, and
II is a fact that such a convention
Nsas hetd X
There are about four hundred
Of the white PEOPLE of this Coun-
rv who are Republicans from prln-
c;oaI: there are not fifty negroes
qualified to vote, which Is less than
one eight of the voters, yet seven
ninths of this convention were ne
5roes We ask in the name OF all
sbat IS reasonable and right, II th's
convention f two white men (both
Federal oficials) and seven negroes
cen be a repr sentative body? And
especially when such met after dark
IN darky school house without
0av notice whatever to and OF the
four hundred white voters? And
in behalf % The majority OF thc
four hundred white Republican vol
e,s we protest. This is now the
~ actice of this Republican Political
machine of the South, ard has been
since our first observation of them
This machine is composed of FEEDER
nj officials who are in politics. IL
Revenue only. They say VINO sinai
be { h e delegates the Republican
N ltioDal Coay .ntion and they con-
stituted about one third Of the
National Convention, and OF course
vote s0lidly for the administration
20 be continued in power, for the r
lob depends on the continuance IN
power of the administration, and 1t
is by these Star Chamber COnVec-
tons that the will Of the people IS
Glmpled upon.
BE we men and suffer these
thines?" Shall we remain silent and
inactive while few greedy machine
politicians meet in secret conclave
and to dictate as to who shall repre-
sent us or who. shall miSrepresent
lis, as they wish?
We are GID to learn that the Ke-
publicans of the South are beginning
to look into This matter and these
Star Chamber proceedings must tie
over thrown, and we suggest that a
convention of the Republican. people
Of the County be called to meet at
some suitable place to consider and
discuss these matters and at sleas
protest against these sclandestine
conventions.
There has never been a public
notice for Republican Convention
in Ben Hill County.
The machine with few negroes
in or out q the machine haa mani
pulated in clandestine manner
what should have been done by the
people of the party as a whole.
This machine levies a tax on all
Post Masters and other officials, pos
sibly mail carriers for campaign
fund. Every one who thinks knows
that there.is no Republican, Cam
paign in Georgia.
A few years ago a black man dis
pensed the federal Offices of this
district and it was reported that by
some means he become possessed OF
a fine farm. He was deposed and
a white man is now said to be the
dispenser OF the federal patronage.
1t is still the same corrupt machine
now for revenue only. We have no
Republican paper through which to
airssour grievance, hence, we appeal
to our Old friend, the Enterprise, who
is, and always has been democrat
of the most stalwart brand, yet al,
ways'ready and wiliingsto open its
columns even to it's political enc
mics, when in distress. In dittress;
Yea, verify, distressed with the ooi
am of cundoning a corrupt machine
This is written in behalf of the
four hundred.
One of Them.