The menace., 1914-09-12

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American sentiment carried the
day With the adoption Of the fol.
lowing strong and significant
plank;
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To those who have battled for
years 10 check the arrogance Of
popery and papist activity in
American politics. the action Of
the Georgia patriots who com.
posed that convention is most
welcome. Hats OF 10 the gentle
men Of Georgia. May their fear.
less example inspire others OF
every political persuasion, and
hasten the day when trucking.
side-stepping. and kow-towing 90
the toe kissers will no longer be
popular.
And the men Of the tenth dis
triet did not stop with a declara.
ton; but. consistent Herewith
named a congressional candidate
fully a. suitable 10 the situation.
A report from the Sparta conven-
ton says; "L. ID. McGregor, to- !
day. in seconding the nomination
Of Judge Vinson, paid a glowing
tribute 10 the eongresman-elect. |
He said that though IL had been |
jocularly said that Judge Vinson |
had slipped into the race like a
rabbit through a crack in the |
fence, IL had been shown that the |
hounds in Richmond County and /
In Washington County could not |
run him down or drive him into |
a hole. He said that when the |
pope at Rome had heard of Judge |
Wilson's election on the platform |
on which he ran he had fallen |
over dead. He complimented /
Judge Vinson on his separation Of |
church and state stand and on
other positions taken by him in |
his platform when he appeared
before the people of the district"
We do not know how Judge
Vinson may stand on other ques- !
tions, but IL is evident that on
the paramount issue he is o. X. |
and is running on at least one .
plank that is solid as a rock. III
the good people of his district |
don't elect Judge Vinson they
will miss a glorious opportunity
to do a good thing and promote
a righteous cause.
or course there will be wall.
ing and gnashing Of teeth by the
papes. Their bluff has been so
good for so long that TO have il
called with so little ceremony is
bound 10 be distressing. The edi.
Tor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chron.
iele, evidently a papist, lets out
the first whoop with a double.
column jeremiade that rattles like
a chronic case Of ague.
The joyless editor says that the
quoted plank contains nothing
not consonant with good democ- /
raey and good citizenship; but
then-ah! There is something
grievously the matter. Yes. there
is the awful suspicion that il was
writ by Watson-Tom Watson.
he of the Jeffersonian who has
done more to upset the devils
work in Georgia than any two
men between the Savannah and
Chattahoochee. And be il said,
both to the credit of Thos. f.
Watson and TO that Of the plat