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

1s lSAl AOS lt1lH.1IiSEMENT
1t has been said that lone NAV fa,,,.
state that the construction Of the %
nal will do more for the develonmo,.
of trade, for the industries NJ ~
country, than any public enternri,o ut ~
the history OF our country as a ma
ton" ma
We are spending $500. 1000 ooo =.
build 1t. The cost of maintaInine y.
and the responsibilities of its nrofao ~
ton rest upon US. ! believe such he.
efits as may be derived to our coest
wise shipping should be stinnuistas
and fostered by free toll. II is or-
canal, we have built 1t, we have n.J5
for 1t. AS | understand II. no count-,.
has ever by treaty relations forfsjtss
its control over Its coastwise +ra5s
IT will be just to ourselves and 4uS,
to other countries. and we will derive
more OF the great benefits that viii
flow from its construction.
FaVors Good Roads
I favor good roads. The ir+srss.
and enthusiasm manifested in +bo
construction Of good roads througbou.
the entire country is one of the most
marked evidences of progress ana
civilization, and will relate directly
to our material development.
The census of 1890 showed tina. "a
per cent of our people lived in ths
cities; in 1900 there were 40 per cent
and 1910 As per cent, an increase AZ
10 per cent in city population as com
pared with rural population in TWEEN
fX Il
my opinion this is an unhealthy CON
dition; but, on the other hand. II win
not stop until our roads are improves
and school and mail facilities are be,-
tered.
We have in the United States an
proximately 100000 miles Of public
roads. On a grand scale of construc-
ton OF interstate lines-and the ma
tional Government should become IN
terested 90 that In the course of few
decades all the States Of this Union
will be connected by a system of pub
lie roads which will become the won
der of the world.
Would Help Education.
am profoundly interested in The
cause of elementary and higher edu-
| cation. There has been much enthu-
siasm in Georgia along educational
lines for many years, and to-day our
institutions of higher learning and
our common school system are among
| the best of any Of the States of our
country. The cause of education
| technical. classical and elementary
all forms of education-will ALWAYS
have friend in me.
A writer recently said: while we
are striving to utilize the material
| resources Of the South, to turn all It's
| coal and iron and timber and water
| power into wealth creating factors, it
is even more important that the vast
undeveloped, unutilized resources of
| the unframed and uneducated boys
| and girls of this section should be
J 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. I will
champion all measures that will tend
to improve the moral condition of our
people and promote the best interests
| of society.
A matter here in. Georgia 1 am in
terested in, and 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 can not con-
ceive hardly of human skin being
torn and human flesh lacerated by
the merciless 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. I will always try to be just 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-
terprises that produce our industrial
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; back
of our strong navy and our large
arm; back OF all the moral forces
that drive in splendor the progress oil
hanback, OF all these things. and the
republic itself is the individual his
daily life, the even tenor Of his way
Just so pure and earnest Is the life
of the individual, just so clean ano
forceful is the government and its Ell
ficiency in the mission Of its useful
ness. How beautiful is the Language
and how true the thought taken from
one of Henry Grady's great speeches
Let US make our homes temples OF
liberty, and teach our sons that ar
honest conscience is every mans firs'
political law; that his sovereignty
rests beneath his hat, and that nc
splendor can rob him and no force
justify the surrender Of the simplest
right Of free and independent citi'
zen"
My friends, the people of these
United States are the best people or
earth. We have the most sterlinl
manhood, brave, intelligent, and us
ually righteous in their purposes, II