The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-30
MERCER Tells FOR WHAT HE STANDS

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themselves are piling up enormous and /
swollen fortunes, We realize that che
menace from the special inierestg -
great. That they should maintain Hobbies
and seek to control the law making bodies
Of the country is peril that should be
handled with severity and dispatch.
DANGERS or INTEMPlRAScE.
am in favor Of ali laws that tend TO
suppress and restrict intempeFance inthe
use Of alcoholic liquors and deleterioua
narcotics. lust how TO handle the pro-
blem 10 as 10 secure the desired results y
a matter for the serious consideration Of
all good citizens ] am well aware that
IA many cases 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 intemperanee and what
ever will impress upon communities the
immense importance Of regulating The
traffic and holding II 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 intern
perance impressed upon the youth OF our
land, and Ibelieve that our schools should
teach as far a. possible what these dan
gers are and what they mean % the fu-
/ 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.
Opposgs stIooPHoE.Eh LAWS.
/ strenuously oppose laws that are
framed with .sjokers' 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 il an example OF what l
mean. Exempted from the provisionsof
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
i class and should see that It'll done. An
other example of the Hloop-hole' law is
the framing of law against unlawful
business dealsrand then leaving to some
court the Interpretation Of such terms a.
unreasonable restraint OF trade.
! favor strong Department Of Labor,
to be maintained separately from the De-
lpartment 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 class
would, | believe, 20 far toward strength
Lening the bonds between the government
and labor. It would not only bel nleried
recognition Of this great element Of our
national population, but sure method
of securing desirable and friendly Co
operation,
Six YEAR TERN For PRESIDENT.
! / favor an amendment to the Constitu-
ton fixing the term of the President ct {
yeas and making him ineligible to re-
election for the succeeding term. The
examinations and recrilninations 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 spectacle imSfu-
ture contests for the highest office OF 9tlae
greatest government on earth.
The foregoing are the main features oi
the platform OH which / ask your sup.
port. / believe these to be the tenetsi'oi
the true political faith, and for them; il
elected / shall stand firmly. If you
honor me with election promise no gTeat
or sweeping revolution. no visionary re-
FORMS can and do pledgeto you, how
ever, fair, honest and conscientiousdis-
charge of every duty connected with the
high Office of your representative inCon-
gress. believe in theapplication of con
servative and sensible business methods
to the duties Of the Office 1t is a great
honor to represent such constituency
and if you should bestow it upon me
shall esteem it sacred trust, and employ
my very best endeavor to serxe you &c
ceptably and i'm such amanner asto merit
your fullest appreciation.
Is Nor 4 POLITICIANS
AS to the methods am using in my
race may say this word? ] am not fol
lowing the tactics Of the average politicians
am a plain man and am content to run
my race in plain way Because of bat
roads, press of work and bad weather
have thus far travelled the district but lit
J tie
am not sending out circular letter il
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 Ihavs
( never met and whose name is known tc
t me only through hist paid for at 50 much
. per name.
As to stump speeches, think the PEG.
pie are weary of them shall not inHict
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 o.
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 (Terrel) or not.
AN 0LD-FAsHIoN DENocRAT.
shall not form clubs, as l do not
believe in this threadbare old trick of get
ting unsuspecting voters to coinmit them
selnes before the election. l. am old fas-
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