The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-08
HON. NAT E. HARRIS FORMAL
ANNOJNCEMENTFOR GOVERNOR

To the People OF georgia II ID
doubtless known to many OF you that
INV name has been mentioned in con-
nection with the race for governor
at the approaching primary. | have
received many warm concentrations
from persons living in most of the
counties of the state, and with the
,;gbts before me | have determined
TO enter the race.
II is surely high and laudable
ambition to aspire to be the chief
magistrate of this great common
wealth. To be givens the office is an
honor that cannot be surpassed by
anv that its people can confer. The
hone that at some time | might be
found worthy of this distinction has
always been in my heart since l en-
tered public life. I have kept advis-
cd of the progress of the states of
the development of its resources, of
it's political and industrial problems,
of the wants of it's people, OF the
demands that are made upon its gov
eminent.
While most of my life has been
spent in the center of the state, yet
the geographical argument, though
a strong one, is not controlling. l
would prefer to make the race for all
GeOrgia-not for any particular di-
vision of locality. | yield to no one
in nv love for South Georgia; it is
a growing empire, and Macon, my
home. claims to be a part of it. If
a line be drawn through the state
from east to west and from north to
south Macon will be found near the
crossing. She stands alike fer all
Georgia and that is what | would
prefer to stand for in a race like the
one in question. Dade or Charlton,
on the border, is as much entitled to
the protection and encouragement of
the executive as Fultonor Bib, near
the center.
Will Be Faithful to Trust.
If the people will honor me with
the office | will try to administer it
faithfully, honestly and efficiently.
/ believe in the honesty of the
people and l know they are entitled
to an honest and economical admin
istratior of their affairs. AS the is
sues of the campaign develop / shall
deal with each one as it comes to
the front, in fair and frank express
sion, that all the people may know
exactly where l stand.
/ have fought in the ranks, both in
war and peace, for the principles up
on which the party was founded. |
believe in the constitution of the
fathers. l am for justice, humanity
and equal rights. | stand for the
greatest good to the greatest num-
Der, for the protection of the weak
against the strong, for the equal dis
triibution of the privileges of the
government, without special advant-
ages to one over another. I am in
favor of the enforcement of law, of
respect for the courts, of giving aid
to the right and rebuking the wrong
no matter in what guise it appears.
1 believe in appeals to the people
based on principle, with full and
fair discussion-and no effort to mis-
lead.
The people are better than they
are represented, and honesty is the
best policy to follow in dealing with
them. So have been taught-so I
have always believed. The state is
so large and the inhabitants SO num-
erous that l cannot get to look all
of them in the face and talk to them
as l would wish to do, but my record
is before you. Whatever it is, wheth-
er it is much or little, it is written
in the history of your state.
put my case in your hands, peo-
pie of Georgia. If you honor me
with your suffrage, by giving me the
Office, will endeavor to be the gov
ernor of the whole state, and to carry
out your will as the platform dis
closes it to me-with honesty, deYo-
ton and an eye single at all times
to the best interests of the common
wealth, NAT E. HARRIS.
Macon, Ga.-adv.