Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1910 — NOMINA TE SMITH; SUCCEEDS BROWN [ARTICLE]

NOMINA TE SMITH; SUCCEEDS BROWN

Georgia Democrats Also Indorse 1 Him For U. S. President STEAM ROLLER TACTICS USED Browne Delegates Leave Convention Hall in Ugly Mood and Threaten to Put Up Independent to Oppose the Nominee. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2. —Ex-Gov. Hoke Smith has been nominated to succeed Gov. Joseph M. Brown, by whom Smith was "defeated two years ago and also endorsed him for president of the United States in 1912, the concluding paragraph of the platform declaring him eminently fitted for the duties of that high office. The Georgia Democracy is pledged to use its best efforts to secure the Democratic presidential nomination for Smith in 1912. The platform- is extremely progressive. It endorses all of the reform measures secured by Smith during his administration as governor and demands further restriction on corporations, and especially as to curbing their activities in politics A demand is made on the railroad commission to radically reduce railway rates from Georgia ports to interior points in the state. After a strong demand for stringent regulations of- public service corporations the platform says:

“We deny the charge that has sometimes been made, recklessly and without regard to truth, that the people of Georgia are unfriendly to corporations. We recognize them as the most potential factors in the upbuilding of the country, and we pledge them the fullest protection and the .widest latitude for the legitimate conduct of their business, consistent with a reasonable and wise regulation by the proper authorities of the state.”

There were some 5,000 Democrats In the convention Of 368 votes, 233 were -for Smith and for Brown. The Smith men used the steam roller and gave the minority no recognition. Representative Joseph Hill Hall, a Brown leader, was hooted out of the hall when he tried to ask for a minority representation on the platform committee and Senator Griffith was also hooted from the hall when he tried to place Brown in nomination. Nearly all the BroWn leaders left the hall and on roll call half of the Brown counties refused to vote. The entire party machinery was taken over by the Smith men, not a Brown supporter being left on the executive committee. Ex-Gov. Smith in his speech of acceptance was conciliatory, but stood firmly for progressive Democracy. He would not again seek the governorship. but intimated he would stand for the United States Senate at the close of his term. The Brown faction is in an ugly mood and there is some talk of an independent to oppose Smith, but it is not taken seriously.