Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-12
ELECTION TO BE-
HELD OCTOBER II
Opposed to Daugherty Injunction Use
Also Foreign Alliance

NloW He reasonably we'll. My name
has been more or less connected with
every reform in Georgia since l enter
ed the. Legislature at the age of Il.
Strange as it may seem, these reforms
now the laws Of Georgia, becaue l
fought for them when they were I'M
popular, tainted me with radicalism
that was always repugnant to my ma
ture. am not a radical. Neither am
l conservative. l will have no part
with the vast horde Of law breaking TN
American radicals swarming larger
and larger into the republic
Opposes Injunction Use
AT the same time l would oppose
to the limit of my power any effort
similar to the Daugherty injunction
denying to any map or organization
OF men, rights guaranteed to all men
under the constitution.
Il have no love for that class at the
top who Roosevelt called the criminal
rich Because of their intelligence, their
power, their utter want of principle.
these are the men who are the real
anarchists in this country, who will
destroy the republic if not checked
III their insane passion for money.
II stand with Henry George when
he said in his famous speech in. New
York: | am not the friend of the
rich man! an not the friend of the
poor man, but | stand for justice and
the equal rights to all men,
AS | see it, the only hope for the
future is that the millions of toiling
men i'll this country will spew out of
their organizations the radical anar-
chlsts which infest them that the hon.
, est rich, the honest business men, the
heads of our great industries will real
lze that they too, must drive out of
their ranks the criminal and anarchists
which infest it. The ship of state is
forging ahead between the rocks on
either side. 1t is no time for shifty
politicians at the wheel. If ever fear
lessness and honesty are needed in poll
itics, it is now. I
Whatever men, even my enemies,
may think of my ideas on public ques-
tons, whether with me or against me,
they do know that / have never been
afraid to do the things l thought to
be right.
Plans No Canvass
My intention is to make no canvass
OF the state. | am not going to open
headquarters in Atlanta or elsewhere.
any communications from my friends
can be addressed to my son, Barry
Wright and Graham Wright, in Rome.
; Il am going to enter and close my
campaign with this platform, trusting
that the spirit of fairness in the press
will give it publicity.
This statment in conclusion a
statement that will provoke a smile in
the faces of all, save the men and wo-
men who know me. Personally | do
not care whether | am elected or de-
feated. am happy in my home on top
OF Lookout mountain, in my gardens
and flowers, playing with my grand
children. | would not be happy in the
senate vault in Washington.
Il paid my entrance fee of $3.50 for
an opportunity to make a protest
against political methods I know are
demoralizing and corrupting the voters
of Georgia, and to turn the faces of
the people to the fact that there are
questions of great moment before the
congress which the candidate nominat-
ed will Immediately face"
"The immediate question before the
American congress is the question of
bonus to the soldiers of tn great war
My position, broadly speaking is this
81 favor bonus to the soldiers of
the great war-but in the manner of
its giving. l would oppose any bill
which by vicious system of indirect
taxation would place the burden upon
the shoulders of the masses who re-
ceived it. l would not stand for any
jugglery whereby a horde of hungry
shylocks could stop the gift before il
reached the hands of the men who
earned it.
Opposes Alliance
| stand with Washington for friend
ly relations with European and all
foreign countries, but against entang-
ling alliances with any, which would
destroy or impair the complete sover-
eighty of the United States, and with
the trainers of the constitution, stand
for complete separation of church and
state, freedom of speech, of the press,
and the peaceable assemblage of the
people.
"The question of immigration, while
not Immediately before the American
congress is at this time of such inn
portance that the position of candidates
should be plainly stated. believe that
all labor troubles come directly from
Our loose immigration laws. Foreign
immigration should be absolutely
stopped until there is a job for every
laboring man and woman in America
at living wages.