Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
POLITICAL POLITICAL. ADVERTISEMENT

1.I sS3l ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT
It has been said that "one NAV. ,.,,
state that the construction of tbo
nal will do more for the devslon.u
of trade, for the industries =,
country than any public enternriso our
ton" as ma
We are spending $500. oooooo
build II. The cost OF majntsj,,VuV 10
and the responsibilities of ite ' n.g i
ton rest upon us. believe s,,d Ilolee-
Gifts as may be derived to onr u oen-
wise shipping should be stin, U9as'-
and fostered by free toll II suaeo
canal, we have built IL. We ba,,o our
for 1t. As I understand If no opald
has. ever by treaty relations foptnnuty
IT'S control over its coastwise troS.
II VIII be Just to ourselves and que 3,ig.
10 other countries, and we will doys,'.
more or the great benefits thai rg
now from its construction. VI"
FaVors Good Roads,
favor good roads. The irter...
and enthusiasm manifested in ~.
construction of good roads thropo,,.a'
the entire country Is one of tba ~.
marked evidences of progress avs
civilization, and will relate Direct.
to our material development
The census of 1890 showed tbo. >,
per cent Of our people lived ~ - ~
cities, in 300 there were 40 'ner cen e
and 1910 46 per cent an incree a. ~
10 per cent in city population as 80 go W
pared with rural population in twar
W years. | am frank to saw that i,
my. opinion this is an unhealthy Gov
ultlon; but, on the other hand Il Nh
not stop until our roads are irnnro,,ai
and school and mail facilities are he.
tered. 81 YET
We have in the United States a.
| proximately 100000 miles Of n,,SiI.
roads. On grand scale of constr, r,,O
ton of interstate lines-and fhe No
tlonal Government should hecome ~
| terested so that in the course of q fa,v
decades all the States of This TTnio,
will be connected by a system of NH NH
nc roads which will become the won.
der of the world.
Would Help Education.
am profoundly interested IN III.
cause of elementary and higher edu-
cation. There has been much enthu.
siasm in Georgia along educational
| lines for many years, and to-day orr
institutions of higher learning and
| our common school system are among
| the best of any of the States OF onr
| country. The cause of education
| technical, classical and elementary
| all forms of education-will ALWAYS
| have a friend in me.
| A writer recently said: while wa
are striving to utilize the material
! resources Of the South to turn all rs
! coal and iron and timber and water
| power into wealth creating factors II
| Is even more important that the vast
undeveloped, unutilized resources OF
| the unframed and uneducated bows
and girls of this section should be
utilized, and by fitting them by edu-
| cation and by the training of work
and the education that fits them for
the responsibilities Of life to become
| greater factors in the worlds affairs
than all the coal and iron and timber
and cotton of this or any other sec
ton"
Betterment of Humanity.
If elected to the United States Sen
ate, / will pledge you my answering
support of all measures that look to
the betterment of humanity. l will
champion all measures that will tend
to improve the moral condition Of our
people and promote the best interests
of society.
A mattershere in Georgia I am in
terested in,sand that is the changing
of our laws and improvement of con
ditionS that surround our convicts.
Among these changes is the abandon
ment of the barbarous practice of us
ing the lash. You and l can not con-
ceive hardly of human skin being
torn and human flesh lacerated by
the Tnerciless hand of the irresponsi-
BILE whipping boss. Our civilization is
too far advanced to permit such con-
ditions.
If elected to the United States Sen
ate, l will always try to be jast TO
both labor and capital. Capital con-
trolls the resources put here by the
Almighty. and largely receives the
benefits by their possession labor
utilities them and makes their pos
session of value 1t is labor that
builds the railroads, tills our soil
constructs buildings and carries on
the thousand and one industrial en-
terprses that produce our industra
life and our splendid civilization. MY
ideas at times may be wrong, but my
purposes at all times will be TO dC
justice and right.
The Homes the Thing.
But, gentlemen. back of our mate
rial resources and our industrial ad-
vancement. great as they are; bacl
OF our strong navy and our large
arm; back of all the moral forces
that drive in splendor the progress o
man-back OF all these things, and TN
republic itself is the individual, OH
daily life the even tenor Of his way
Just so pure and earnest Is the III
of the individual, just so clean an,
forceful is the government and its Ell
ficiency in the mission Of its usetul
ness. How beautiful is the languae
and how true the thought taken iron
one OF Henry Grady's great speeches
Let us make our homes temples .
liberty, and teach our sons that az
honest conscience is every mans nls
political law; that his sovereign.
rests beneath his hat, and that Nv
splendor can rob him and no loTc
justify the surrender of the sinp'es
right of a free and Independent GU
zen"
NV friends, the people Of thes
United States are the best people
earth. We have the most steluu
manhood. brave, intelligent, and Us
ually righteous in their purposes u
/ t,grs VArf