The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-23

sorry TO Q1H6r with THIS Cr1t1-
c1sm, and beg that you will pardon
me for few observations on the
subject.
First of all, desire to say that
my natural inclinations are such that
/ feel more kindly disposed towards
the people outside Of the cities and
in the country, and if anybody has
a political advantage, l think it
ought to be the farmers and country
people, who are our main producers,
and who labor from early morn
till dewy eve, and by so doing, feed
and clothe themselves and families,
and besides this, feed and clothe
the world. They are the great bur-
den bearers Of our government, and
they have had practically little con
sideration at the hands of most Of
our legislation. While great pro-
LESSONS are made in their interest,
the people of the country have re-
ceived very little substantial benefit,
except in a few instances, such as
the Parcels Post, and rural mail de-
livery, and very few other things.
These people in the country are not
subject to be bought and sold; they
practically furnish the independence
and stability of our government, and
by reason of their stable qualities,
as citizens, are competent and
worthy.
1 favor the County Unit Plan for
all State wide Offices, leaving the
judicial circuits, senatorial districts,
and counties to be governed by plu-
rality vote; that is, for these later
Offices, whoever gets the most votes
to receive the nomination. I favor
the County Unit Plan for State wide
Offices because it prevents the large
cities from absolutely controlling
the politics Of the State, and thus
running over the country people and
the country counties.
I will now proceed to give you
few figures: Take the election, in
which Governor Brown, and the
Hon. Pope Brown and Judge Rus
sell were candidates for governor.
In that election, Fulton County cast
8,270 votes, HARRISON County cast
GA votes, so that we see Fulton
County cast more than twelve times
as many votes as HARRISON did, con-
Sequently, on the plurality plan,
would have had twelve times as
much power in the final count.
Whereas, under the County Unit
Plan, HARRISON County had two
votes in the convention, Fulton
County only six, which gave Fulton
County only three times as much
power as HARRISON had, as against
twelve times as much under the
other plan.
In that election Fulton County
cast eleven times as many votes as
Appling, 40 times as much as Ba-
ker, rs times as much as Bryan, 10
times as much as Burke, 20 times as
much as Banks, Is times as much
as Campbell, 80 times as much as
Chattahoochee, Fl times as much as
Crawford, 1 times as much as Clay
ton, As times as much as Catoosa,
80 times as much as Clay, so times
as much as Charlton, 35 times as
much sCamden, 80 times as much
as Columbia, 80 times as much as
Clinch, so times as much as Dade,
so times as much as Dawson, 20
times as much as Early, SO times as
much as Echols, 40 times as much as
Fannan, 20 times as much as Lee,
rs times as much as Liberty, 40
times as much as Lumpkin, 70 times
as much as Mcintosh, 25 times as
much as Murray, 25 times as much
as Miller, so times as much as
Union, 60 times as much as Web
ster.
Whereas, under the County Unit
Plan all those country counties, in
place of having from 1-5 to $50
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