Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-05

Yet whole crews of negro mail agents
traverse the Tenth district and | am
Informed that the larger proportion arc
negroes. If Mr.. Hardwick had any in
fuence it would seem that during his
twelve years in Washington he might
hive prevented this.$ Now when he de-
clares what he is going to accomplish,
he condemns President Wilson, dis
credits Senator Smith, Senator Bacon,
Senator Vardaman, and all the other
democratic senator's.
The truth is Mr.. Hardwick makes his
race every two years on promises, and
after the election, quietly folds his
platform and saves it for the mex
race.
Had opposed tax equalization, Mr.
IIardwick could have attacked me for
favoring inequality and befIiending the
tax dodger.
In 1899, Mr.. Hardwick introduced an
other tax equalization bill, which he
did not pass. In 1900, he introduced
another tax equalization bill, which did
not pass.
1t seems that the connection of his
name with any legislation means
death to it, for he never passed any
thing of importance, either in the Geor-
gia legislature or in congress.
These tax equalization bills intro
duced by him, however, were the Sc
verest and most drastic ever offered to
legislative assembly.
Now, when the treasury is deprived
of the income from convicts; when
bonds of the state must be sold; when
payment to the teachers is delayed;
when the state borrows to pay current
bligations; when old Confederate sold
iers are dying before receiving their
pensions, and when / favor and urge
a tax equalization act, and what IS
more, aided in having it passed, Mr..
Hardwick, in order to gain few votes,
tacks the very law which he approved
in spirit when he was member fl
the Georgia legislature.
Mr.. Hardwick gives as an excuse that
in those days there was no consti-
tuticnal tax limit. This is a mere
evasion, and a thoroughly discredita-
BILE one. When there was no tax Limit, |
all appropriations could be met an
nually by levying the tax rate sufi-
cient to pay them. How much more
essential is it that equalization be es-
tablished when the tax rate is limited
and it is necessary to pay the corn
mon schools and pensions, which con-
sumed 2-3 mills out of the mills in
1913, and A IL mills out of the e4-
fira Wills IN 1Q1A
Mr.. Hardwick says l voted against
the disfranchisement bill which he in
troduced. So did everybody else.
When later, however, bill was in
troduced in proper shape, and my vote
as speaker was needed to give the re-
quisite two-thirds majority, | voted for
the bill. This bill received 122 votes.
See House Journal 1908, P. 4S5.) Mr..
Hardwick should keep this record
straight.
When the announcement came Of
NCb' bttSOA u6dlu, lulIu6uIdl6ly L6iS~
graphed the family in Washington and
in Macon, offering the capitol as al
resting place for the dead senator,
where loving thousands might vieS
him for the last time. AS governor, / |
assumed responsibility for the cerc-
monies and no more magnificent trib-
ute has ever been rendered son Of
Georgia than was rendered to Senator
Bacon on that occasion. The brigadier
general of the army, with his regiment
and state troops, the senator's o,ll
Confederate comrades, the state, coun-
ty and municipal officials, were all in
line and the people along the streets Of
Atlanta by the thousands barred their
heads as the hearse passed them.