The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-05-21

ATLANTA, May 20.-Hon. Jos. E.
Pottle, of Milledgeville, solicitor gen
eral of the Ocmulgee circuit, in At
lanta today on his return from the
meeting of the Sons of Veterans in
Birmingham. announced he would be
a candidate for governor. Mr.. Pottle
will tender his resignation as solici-
| tor general at once to take effect July
| l, in the meantime his court work
has been practically concluded. He
will open his campaign with a speech
at Warrentown, near which place he
was born, sometime in the next ten
| days. Mr.. Pottle proposes to make
| a vigorous campaign of the entire
state. His announcement in full fol-
lows:
ITO the People of Georgia: l have
| determined to be a candidate for gov
ernor of our state. | am fully aware
that no citizen should seek election
to this exalted and honorable office
without serious reflection upon the
gravity of it's responsibilities. This
reflection I have undertaken to make
and after conference with as many
of my friends as l have been fortunate
enough to see and after carefully con-
sidering the many communications re-
ceived from them from various parts
of the state, | believe that it is my
| duty to make this race.
81 was born in 1865 in Warren
| county. in the heart of middle Geor.
| gia, and while | have held for several
years the office of solicitor general
! of the Ocmulgee circuit, have never
held or sought a political office and
my activity in the political affairs of
| the state has been confined to the
service of my friends, which / have
rendered with pleasure and to the ut
| most of my ability.
"In the peculiar and unprecedented
political situation now existing in this
state, by friends have advised me
that it is my duty to make this race
and yielding to their opinion, shall
enter at once upon the campaign
"This being my purpose, the peo-
pie of Georgia, whose suffrage l shall
! solicit, are entitled to know the posi-
| ton which I occupy upon the ques-
| tions which engage the public mind.
No man is entitled to ask for the
votes of the people for this high office
who is not openly, avowedly and con-
| slstently in favor of obedience to the
law and enforcement of the law.
| mean obedience to and enforcement
OF all the laws, all the time, and ev-
| eryWhere, by and against every man,
rich or poor, high or low great or
small. If the arm of the law were par
| alyzed for thirty days, universal an
archy would prevail and the lives,
happiness and prosperity of all the
people would be in jeopardy. While
| know full well that after all is said
and done, the law must look for it's en-
forcement to the jurors and the
courts, it is the bounded duty of the
executive to use the power of his
office to the full and legal limit for
this great end, and this, if | am
elected, will be my first and fore
most purpose.
Among the material assets of this
state, the Western & Atlantic railroad
is easily its best. Around it has
| grown up sentiment which reaches
back to antebellum days. 1t is a
rich heritage and grows in value every
day. In my opinion this great asset
of our state should be preserved for
our children and our children's chill
dren, and | shall, if elected, put my
self fully, unreservedly and aggres-
| sively against its sale or spoilation.
Railroads are vital necessity to the
comfort and prosperity of our people
and | shall be as ready as any man
to accord them all their rights under
the law, but no railroad interests must
be permitted for one moment to set on
foot or instigate, much less accom-.
plish, any scheme or desire which
threatens the value or integrity of
this great property. In my judgment,
the situation relative to the Western
& Atlantic railroad is the gravest now
Immediately confronting the people.
If the l.. & N, railroad, or any other
railroad corporation is permitted to
build road from Atlanta to the state
line, paralleling the Western & Allan.
tic, and within its natural territory,