Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-31
ELDERS OUTLINES PLATFORM
IN RACE FOR GOVERNORSHIP

to be furnished at once, and to be
printed by the state as soon as we
are financially able to do this.
The county board of education
should be elected by the people, for
they now have taX-levying powers.
The county should the only
unit of education, and every indie
pendent system should be abolished,
and there should be at least one
high school in every county in Geor-
Sia.
Public Roads-By next year we
will be getting Eight million dollars
for building and maintaining our
public roads, ami the increase of 20
per cent a year on our motor vehicle
license tax and our gas tax, which
has been proven by the last years
increase, will place in the hands Of
the highway board within the next
ten wears one hundred million dol
lars without any bond issue, and
that is enough TO be spent in that
time.
al am opposed to any bond issue
for any purpose until GeOr9ia's tax
laws are reformed.
"In road building we must pay as
we 90 and build permanent roads,
and waste no money as we build.
Three Courts
"Courts-There9 should not be but
three classes of courts: Justice
courts, superior courts and the SUI
preme court. We must enlarge the
Jurisdiction of our justice courts,
abolish our city and county courts,
and combine the court of appeals
with the supreme court, and have q
civil and criminal division of the SUI
preme court.
"Other Questions The Confeder.
ate soldiers must be paid in full, and
this can be only done by reform
of orr tax laws as set out above.
"The antitrust laws of this state
must be enforced to prevent monop'
olies. from imposing on our people.
Il will not sign any appropriation
hills until | have approved the tax
acts. then [ will not sign the tax acts
unless thew afford relief to our sut-
fering people.
II will stand for the rigid enforce
ment of all our Jaws by the solemn
judgments of orderly courts, ana not
otherwise must any one attempt to
execute the laws.
mo sect, faction, clique, or clan
should run the governor ONCE ~
elected to that high office, IL Will
know how to say yes to my enemies
when they are right and no to my
friends when they are wrong.
"Freedom of speech and of the
press. and the right Of the people 10
assemble and criticise, shall be main
tanned at any cost
"The spirit of civic Righteousness
must be brought into our pOlltlcs
and into the affairs of our state III
an effort to approach the spirit OF
divine righteousness as lived by our
Christian citizens.
mo political leader, ring politician
or live beat need call on me 1of
help. for [ am a poor man. ana
will not obligate myself to crook
for the governors office.
at favor putting county officers on
a salary in the large city countess
but not in the rural counties.
eff elected 1 would not make q
political trade or a compromise OF
NV principles, to be reelected gov
ernor, A man with brains and back
bone is never afraid of the people.
"In order for the above principles
to win. I call upon the white voters
to elect a house and senate that will
stand with me for the above pro-
gram. >.
The wise politicians say that it
now takes twenty-five thousand dol
lars to be elected governor. If this
be true [ will be defeated. l must
leave my fight to the good people of
Georgia who want to see the state
saved
This announcement is made sub
iect to our white primary to be held
on the second Wednesday in next
September.
''Yours to serve,
II. Fl. ELDERS,
"Reidsville, Ga, July %, 1924"