Editorial Sanctorum, and unlimbered
your biggest gun and forthwith pro
ceeded to shell the woods. Oh, what
a brave soldier you are! You try to
make it appear that because Watson
did not support Smith was the reason
Smith was defeated. But Smith said
(or the Atlanta Journal said for him)
very soon after his election that he
could have done equally as well —or
better —without Watson’s or the Pop
ulists’ help. Again, Smith said in
the last race:
“I don’t care anything about Tim
Watson, I have won all his following,
and shall bury Watson so deep this
time that yon won’t hear of him
again.” So now, Mr. Editor, you see
you give Hoke the half truth ev
ery time you say Watson bad any
thing to do with Hoke’s defeat,
and now, Mr. Editor, before I forget
it. I will give you some of the
reasons why Joe Brown beat Hoke
Smith for Governor in this,
Brooks, county. The social equality
circular that was circulated by the
Hokeites, did the work, had it not
been for that dirty work Hoke would
have carried this county, and it is
generally conceded that it had its
effect all over the State. That circular
coupled to such political thieves as
Boykin Wright, and Hoke’s strong
desire for self aggrandizement w’as
too big a load for your Bullgine to
pull over the red hills of North and
middle Georgia, to say nothing of our
South Georgia sands. Your dirty
flings at Tom Watson only tend to
carry you deeper into the cesspool of
political treachery. You say it was
Mr. Watson who took the back track
and not Hoke Smith. You forget that
one hundred and ten thousand Geor
gians said to the contrary. You for
got that the whole truth is against
you. You have forgotten that once
upon a time you were courting Popu
list help to elevate you to the honored
place of representative of this county,
and that a large per cent of the Old
Pops supported you. 