The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-15
BROWN ISSUES A CARD
WRITES OF CAMPAIGN FOR sen
TOR AND ISSUES INVOLVED.
Accepts the Results Gracefully, and
Wishes the People of Georgia
Happiness and Prosperity.

hdppnleSS anu EfOSpCf1Ly'
| ATLANTA, Ga.-FOrmer Govern
or Joseph M. Brown sent copies of
the following statement to a newspa-
per friend shortly after the recent
primary. The newspaper man being
absent from Atlanta the letter from
| the governor miscarried, hence the
delay in making the statement here
with given.
Immediately after the primary
Governor Brown went to his farm
in Cherokee for stay of some time.
The statement, thus delayed, is pre-
sented herewith:
To the People of Georgia: When
at the call of thousands of white vot-
| ers | entered the recent campaign
for the senate it was primarily for
the purpose of drawing your atten-
ton to the encroaching issue as to
whether or not the laws of Georgia
and the United States should be i'm
partially and firmly enforced for the
protection and benefit of all the peo-
pie or whether certain classes should
be allowed to fiaunt those laws and
damage the interests of the general
public for their own selfish benefits.
1t is we'll known that the cam
paign was Unexpectedly interrupted
by the general war in Europe, with
the probability of it's extension into
Asia, etc. The colossal scope of the
threatened calamity to our COM
merce and it may be our peace
brought a dumb dread into every
county of our state.
In this hour of apprehension Sen
ator HOke Smith came forward with
practical suggestion to have con-
gress enact legislation which will
keep the price of our great staple,
cotton, up to II Y cents per pound
and with assurance that hundreds
of millions of dollars would soon be
available for loans on farm lands.
With the average man these prom
Uses, if fulfilled, mean the difference
between penury and plenty, and the
people have turned to him and given
him their confidence and their votes.
Permit me to say that if Senator
Hoke Smith makes his guarantee
good he will merit the heartfelt
plaudits of the people, in which |
will cheerfully join.
For Equal Protection.
But regardless of whether l do
or do not occupy public office l shall
continue to stand openly and for
equal protection by the laws to all
and equal obedience to the laws by
all.
On this issue those differing with
me have profited by the Obtrusion
into the campaign of the overpower
| ing cause above shown and received
the benefit of but a transitory tri-
umph, for beyond dsubt victory gain
ed at the expense of the basic princi-
pies of law is but the precursor of
ultimate defeat. t..
Let US remember that in the days
of Elijah the seven thousand who
remained faithful to the law were
the human leaven through whom
God restored His worship in Isreal.
| We have left with us in Georgia ten
times that number who have refused
| to be shaken from their faith in or
derby government based upon DELHI
crate reason.
The mere fact that counties
which in the past four elections have
! been impregnable strOnghOlds
, against Senator Smith and his poll
cies have now given him sweeping
majorities is one of the most cOnclu
sive proofs that this election was
decided by the unprecedented cause
l have named instead of being an
endorsement of Senator HOke Smith
and his we'll known policies.
| I cannot doubt, therefore, that, as
! the needle of the compass, though at
times rudely shaken, returns its
point ever to the north, so the people
of Georgia will ere long make clear
their will that the impartial enforce
ment of the laws oVe- all classes
shall be the supreme rule Of action
in this state.
In conclusion l desire to thank my
| friends in every county who have
generously given me the endorse
ment of their votes, and many of
them by self-sacrificing offering of
arduous acts of personal devotion.
| AS long as life lasts | shall cherish
their affection and their loyalty to
the ideals of purest patriotism.
May the future be replete with
happiness and prosperity for all our
people, with all classse vieing in the
protection of lives and common
rights. JOS. NJ. BROWN.
Marietta, Ga.