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VOL XXII. NO. 55.
SENATOR SMITH MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
SENATOR SMITH IS
GREETED B! LARGE
Senator Praises Administra
tion’s Achievements and
Tells of His Own Service
• During War Period
BY KOGERS WINTER,
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 26. —That
the friends of Senator Hoke Smith
are justified in their confidence of his
carying Chatham county in the pres
» idential primary was abundantly
demonstrated last night by the size
of the audience that heard his ad
dress In the Savannah auditorium
and by the manneg in which they in
dorsed the reservations to the League
of Nations which he presented to
them as absolutely necessary to safe
guard American interests.
To say that Mayor Murray Stewart,
W. W. Osborn and the other friends
of Senator Smith were pleased with
the complete success of the meeting
would understate the facts. They
were more than pleased. Considering
the fact that they only started two
days ahead of time to advertise the
meeting, and the fact that Guy Bates
Post played here last night in “The
Masquerader,” for one performance
only, and the fact that hundreds of
prominent Savannah people had
bought their tickets in advance of
the announcement of Senator Smith’s
speaking. Messrs. Stewart and Os
born were not only pleased, but dis
tinctly surprised by the size of the
audience. Estimates ranged all the
way from two to four thousand, ac
cording to the enthusiasm of the par
ticular man who did the estimating.
Senator Smith confined his ad
dress almost entirely to the League
of Nations. His mention of the
presidential primary was only in
cidental, and was in accordance with
his announced intention to stick to
the League of Nations in view of the
fact that his engagement was ar
ranged prior to his entrance into the
presidential primary. In mentioning
the primary, he said he entered it
because he did not wish Georgia
Democrats to be forced by an unfair
choice to send to San Francisco a
delegation obligated to vote for the
league without reservations, when
such a platform in his opinion wpuld
mean disaster for the party.
Tribute to President Wilson
If Senator’s Smith's opponents ex
pected and hoped he would make an
attack upon President Wilson, they
certainly came away from the audi
torium disappointed. Though dif
fering with the president concerning
the nature of the obligations that
would be placed upon the United
States by ratification of the peace
treaty without reservations of the I
League of Nations covenant, Sena- .
tor Smith at the same time ex-I
pressed in the highest terms his ad-!
miration of the president's exalted I
idealism, his zeal for service in be-j
half of humanity, his great con
structive leadership in domestic leg
islation that will benefit the ccAintry
for all time to come. The senator’s
differences with the president were
parliamentary differences, not per
sonal differences. His criticisms of
the League of Nations covenant were
not an attack upon the president’s
motives or the objects sought in
such a covenant, but an honest dis-j
ference of opinion with the presi
dent concerning the position in which j
the United States would place itself!
by adopting exactly without reserva
tions the language of the covenant.
Senator Smith did not hesitate to
make it plain that he considers a few
of the reservations supported by him
tn the senate to be of such a nature
that they nullify the present provis
ions of the covenant at "which they
are aimed. He agreed with President
Wilson that the reservations do con
stitute a nullification of these pro
visions of the c venant, as the presi
dent has asserted, and precisely for
that reason he insists upon them and
never will vote to ratify the treaty
without them, for he frankly inform
ed his audience that the provisions
must be nullified before he will con
sent to the entrance of the United j
States into t!
Opposes Third Term
On one other point he was equally
plain, and that /was in regard to the
nomination of President Wilson as
the Democratic candidate for a third
term. He stated in language that
was Impossible of misinterpretation
that he will never vote for President
Wilson or any other mail to serve a
third consecutive term in the ‘ ’-’te
House.
> That the audience indorsed the
senator’s position on both of these
points— that is to say, upon his re
fusal to accept certain provisions of
the League of Nations without res
ervations, and upon his refusal to
support President Wilson or any
other man for a third consecutive
term—was made quite as plain by
them as a gathering of people can
make themselves plain. Senator
Smith presented his position in
perfect frankness and with perfect
clearness. They '-idorsed him with '
equal frankness and equal clearness, i
There -as not a major point in his I
whole adress that was not applaud
ed to the echo.
But the senator’s serious and in
tense convictions regarding the sur-:
- render of American rights by unre
’ served acceptance of the language of
the. treaty were not presented to an
audience at the moment thinking
upon the subject for the first time.
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SMITH H DORSEY
CHIEF TOPICS AT
PALMER MEETING
Frank Divergence of Opin
ion Among Committeemen
Called to Further Attorney
General's Candidacy
BY HAEX.EEE BRANCH
(Staff Correspondent of tho Journal)
MACON, Ga., March 26. —About
fifteen members of the state execu
tive committee appointed by Chair
man Pleasant A. Stovall to direct the
campaign of A, Mitchell Palmer in
Georgia, met here today to discuss
what action should be taken in the
light of Senator Hoke Smith’s an
nounced candidacy and the probable
or possible oandidacy of Governor
Hugh M. Dorsey.
There was a frank divergence of
opinion among the Palmer commit
teemen as to what action should be
taken, when the meeting was called
to order in executive session. Some
of the Palmer men were frank to
state that they did not believe It
advisable to undertake to substitute
Governor Dorsey for Mr. Palmer at
this time. These men declared that
they doubted if the Palmer following
could be carried to Governor Dorsey,
as they did not see how he could
make the issue that had been made
by Mr. Palmer when he announced
that he .was running on an indorse
ment of every act and every phase
of the Wilson administration. On
the other hand there were members
of the committee who went into the
meeting convinced that the wise
course to pursue wa» to undertake
to get Attorney General Palmer to
withdraw and to back Governor Dor
sey. These men were of the opinion
that Governor Dorsey, as a native
son, could make a more formidable
race against Senator Smith than
could a candidate from Pennsylvania.
Dorsey May Decide Saturday
Governor Dorsey himself is repre
sented here by his friends as being
sincerely in doubt as to what course
he should pursue. It is learned that
the governor on Thursday afternoon
summoned a number of his political
friends to a conference In Vienna
with a view to finding out just what
support he might count on In the
event he entered the race. It is un
derstood that at this conference the
discussion also covered the question
of whether the Palmer and the Wil- j
son influence, which at the present j
time are one and the same thing, j
could be actively and forcefully '
thrown to Governor Dorsey.
It is understood that Governor Dor
sey will hold a further conference
with his political advisers in Macon
this evening, at which time he will be
informed of the sentiment among
the Palmef men, as it was developed
at today’s session of the Palmer ex
ecutive committee. It is generally ;
believed here that Governor Dorsey ’
will reach no decision before he re
turns to Atlanta on Saturday. Most
of his friends seem to believe that
no definite announcement will come
from him before Sunday morning.
Smith’s Entry "Upsets Plans
The meeting here today was called
by Chairman Stovall for the pur-,
pose of furthering the candidacy of
Mr. Palmer and before Senator Hoke
Smith had announced his candidacy, I
and before Governor Dorsey had
been discussed as a possibility. Ad- !
mittedly, the entrance of Senator !
Smith and the talk about Governor 1
Dorsey have upset the original plans
for the meeting. Until a definite at
titude is determined in reference to
the possible entrance of Governor
Dorsey, it is not likely that the Pal
mer organization can be further per
fected. Even the most enthusiastic
supporters of Attorney General Pal
mer admit that campaign pjans are
up in the air and must continue to
be up in the air until it is known
definitely whether Governor Dorsey
is to be in the race.
Some Palmer men are discussing
the “advisability” of ,the state ex
ecutive committee calling off the pri
mary and having the state send an
uninstructed delegation to San Fran
cisco. There are many, however,
who are outspoken against such ac
tion. These point out that the com
mittee has already got into bad odor
by its arbitrary action on the Hoov
er matter, and that, it cannot now
afford to cancel the primary, as It
would be left open to the charge
that it was playing politics in behalf
of some particular —>litical faction.
While the attendance upon the
Palmer executive committee is com
paratively small, so far as numbers
go, there happens to be in session
in Macon today three statewide con
ventions —the Georgia Educational
association; the County School Offi
cials’ association, and the Parent-
Teacher association. Every section
of the state is represented in these
conventions. Many of the delegates
and evincing an active interest in the
political developments here. This
is taken to mean that when they re
turn to their homes the presldentTal
campaign will be on in full blast,
and with people in every section of
the state keenly interested.
Thos. E. Watson Will
Run, Says Blackbum
B. M. Blackburn announced Friday
afternoon that Thomas E. Watson
had requested him over long dis
tance telephone Friday morning to
ask that his name be put on the
ticket in the preferential presi
dential primary.
Mr. Blackburn said that he had
telephoned the information to J. J.
Flynt, chairman of the state Demo
cratic executive committee, and that
Mr. Flynt had told him that he
would notify other members of the
committee. Mr. Blackburn said that
he would telephone Secretary Hiram
Gardner during the afternoon asking
that Mr. "Watson’s name be placed
on the ticket.
REPUfII IH HOOSE
LEBIWm
PEAGEJESDLUTION
Senator Lodge Is Under
stood to Have Given Sanc
t\>n to Move to Declare
War at an End
WASHINGTON, March 26.—Re
publican house leaders, in their ef
forts to have congress speedily de
clare peace between the United
States and Germany, had completed
today a tentative peace resolution,
which they believe will be constitu
tional and effective.
Present plans, which have been
approved by Senator Lodge and oth
er senate leaders, are to ask action
on it In the house next week. Rep
resentative Porter, of Pennsylva
nia, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, stated he expects to in
troduce the resolution Saturday or
Monday, although some changes may
be made in the meantime.
Assurances have been given by
Democratic Leader Kitchin that he
believes the majority of the house
Democrats will support a straight
out peace resolution, which would
not affect the status quo of the peace
treaty situation. Some Democrats
are very anxious to obtain the view
of the president on the peace reso
lution and are considering the send
ing of an emissary to the White
House for that purpose. Republic
ans are virtually solid for action or
an effective peace resolution.
As outlined by Republican Leader
Mondell today, the tentative resolu
tion declares the state of war pro
claimed in the resolution of April 6
1917, has ceased to exist, just as the
war resolution proclaimed, a state of
war existed. Such action, Mr. Mon
dell said, is constitutional and would
be effective beyond doubt. If the
president refused to sign, an over
riding of the veto would make it ef
fective, he said. Other constitution
al experts disagree with this, how
ever.
The declaration of peace is the first
part of the resolution. The second
part provides a pivotal date for the
ending of all war legislation. This
probably would be the date of final
approval of th® resolution. The third
part of the resolution declares Ger
many must accept * s e terms of tb-’i
Versailles peace treaty.
FIGHTING GOES ON
FOR INESELJOWNS, j
PRISONERyUHMED
PARIS, March 26. —The German
cabinet headed by Premier Gustav
Bauer, has resigned, according to a
message received here from Berlin
today.
REDS CLAIM CAPTURE
OF TOWNS, PRISONERS
LONDON, March 26.—Workers’
forces entrenched along the Lippe
river, south and southeast of the city
of Wesel. threaten, if they fail to
capture Wesel, to destroy all fac
tories and mines In western Ger
many, says a dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph company filed in
Berlin this morning. The Reds have
established great headquarters simi
lar to that of the old German army
and are issuing official statements.
In last night’s communique tne
Reds claimed to have captured sev
eral villages and to have taken more
than 200 prisoners during ft day.
They say the government troops 'in
western Germany are not taking any
action, pending orders from Berlin.
Telegrams from Muenster, fljed
last night, report severe engage
ments between gove"nment a- om
munist troops on the line from
Hamm south to Hagen, x urther
south in the direction of Cologne
and Dusseldorf, there has b ' -
:ng ,and serious conflicts have oc
curred at Wesel, Ruckllnghaus and
near Muenster, as well as along the
Lippe river.
Treatment of men arrested on ac
cusations of complicity in the revo
lutionary movement by military au
thorltles at Halle has greatly ex
cited German -workers, rendering the
situation more critical, it Is reported,
PLUNKETT SAYS
GERMANY WON
JUTLAND FIGHT
WASHINGTON, March 26.—The
Germans, by their superior gunnery,
“turned the British on their heads,”
at the battle of Jutland, Rear Admir
al Plunkett declared today before the
senate committee investigating the
navy’s conduct of the war.
Admiral Plunkett was testifying J
as to the need for keeping the navy I
! personnel at full strength so men |
i might be adequately trained. He did ■
I not go into details as to the Jutland j
I battle and was asked no questions re- ,
i garding it by the committee.
I The admiral, who commanded the !
great naval battery of 14-inch guns !
on the western front, was the fourth!
witness in the investigation of Rear
Admiral Sims’ charges that the
navy department failed to co-operate
fully with the allies early in the
war and all of his testimony was
devoted to the matter of personnel.
He told the committee that the
navy was without sufficient men
when the war- began.
“If we had been up against Ger
many at the outbreak of the war,” he
said, "we would have been paying
indemnity today, and all because we
did not have the trained men.”
Charges that the navy department
took steps to prevent reports reach
ing the public regarding a shortage !
of personnel in the navy before the I
United States entered the war were !
made before the senate naval inves- I
tigating committee by Captain I
Joseph K. Taussig of the naval war
college at Newport, R. I. |
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920.
KI WED YOUTH
IS DISCOVERED IN
HOTELBATH ROOM
Paul Little Telephones for
Help After Father Had
Agreed to Pay Ransom for
Him
LHXINGTON, Ky., March 26.
Paul Little, twelve-year-old, kidnap
ed here two ays ago, was found lock
ed in a bathroom on the sixth floor
of the Phoenix hotel here today.
After the kidnaper of hla son, had
refused to take the demanded ran
a j, E. R. Little, Lexington capital
ist, had sought other means to have
his son returned.
The father placed In a garbage
can money supposed to be >415,000 at
7:30 o’clock last night. Returning
alone about half an hour later Mr.
Little found the money had been un
touched. A note received Wednesday
night shortly after the boy’s disap
pearance with an unidentified man,
is said to have demanded ransom or
the boy would be killed.
It Is believed that the kidnaper
failed t ( o call for the ransom because
of a fear that Mr. Little might have
“double-crossed” him by having of
ficers nearby to arrest him. Mr. Lit
tle, however, carried out all condi
tions prescribed by the abductor.
The boy was unharmed. He him
self made a telephone call which re
sulted in his rescue.
The kidnappers escaped, one of two
men whom the boy said had held him
prisoner for two days, escaping down
one elevators as the mother and a
number of friends came up another
elevator.
The Little telephone rang early to
day. Mrs. Little answered.
“This is Paul. I’m In the Phoe
nix hotel,” he said. The mother did
not wait for details. With her oth
er son, Keller, she dashed out of the
house, followed by her husband.
They hailed an automobile and were
rushed to the hotel.
"Is my boy here?” she cried a®
she entered the lobby.
No one had seen the child. In
qury at the telephone switchboard
showed a message had been sent on
the room phone from No. 651.
Friends had gathered In the labby.
A party started for the sixth floor
in one of the elevators. As the cage
reached the sixth floor another ele
vator started down. A lone man was
the occupant of the car, believed to
have been one of the abductors.
Room 651 was locked but was
opened without difficulty, and Paul
rushed into his mother’s arms.
The boy said he had been held in
the room ever since he had left the
Lexington postoffice with one of the
kidnappers Wednesday. A large part
of the time, he said, he was locked
in the bathroom. ■>
Paul said he was guarded by two
men. Hotel records show the room
was occupied on Sunday by a man
who registered as J. p. Cox, Cincin
nati, Ohio.
ROYALPALM’S
ENGINEER AND
FIREMAN KILLED
MACON, Ga., March 26.—Eli Bond
and H. E. Tidwell, engineer and fire
man of Southern passenger train No.
12, the Royal Palm Limited, north
bound, were killed when the engine
of this train ran into an open switch
at Adams Park, ten miles south of
Macon, Friday morning at 2:30 o’clock
and turned over. Three cars of the
train were derailed, but no one else
was injured. Both the engineer and
fireman lived in Macon.
The train wrecked was the fast
train of the Southern running be
tween Jacksonville and Cincinnati
and due in Atlanta at 5:15 Friday
morning. Th® train, it was stated,
could not have been operating at
high speed at the time of the wreck
since the engine only turned over
and there were no injuries to the
passengers in the three sleepers de
railed.
Officials are investigating to de
termine the exact cause of the
wreck. The tracks were torn up for
a considerable distance, but damage
was repaired and traffic resumed at
11 o’clock this morning.
Another Irish Mayor
Gets “Death Letter”
WATERFORD, Ireland, March 26.
The lord mayor of Waterford has re
ceived a letter warning him to “pre
pare for death.” The letter, it was
said, was similar to the one sent
Lord Mayor Mac Curtain, of Cork,
before he was assassinated.
Lower Clohting Prices
Mr. James D. Bell, head of the
Pell Tailors, r prominent colthing
manufacturers, Adams at Green
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Senator Borah Charges Cor
ruption to Wood and Low
den —Says Wilson Would
Beat Wood
WASHINGTON, March 26.—Charg
ing that “war profiteers” had com
bined to control the Republican and
Democratic natioial conventions, Sen
ator Borah, Republican, Idaho, told
the senate today that the pre-conven
tion expenditure® of some presiden
tial candidates presented a "shame
less situation promising a saturnalia
of corruption unless congress called a
halt.”
Senator Borah's charges, which
were made in presenting his bill for
limitation of pre-conventlen expendi
tures, started a political debate In
which senator® on both sides of the
chamber joined and which gave an
airing to many of the pre-conventlon
issues of the two great parties.
Reading a published story that
‘‘testimonials” Indorsing Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood were being pur
chased in Indiana at the rat® of $2.50
apiece, Senator Borah said h® had
been advised that “plenty of affi
davit® to the same effect were on file
in a neighboring state.”
“If these men who have supposed
that you can purchase the nomination
ax’e beginning by paying $2.50 for
testimonials," Senator Borah asked,
"what will they pay for votes?”
“General Wood’s managers state
that the managers for Governor Low
den are spending more money than
they are. That is their defense. I
am inclined to think that that is true.
There are some evidences of it.
<“Here is the shameless situation.
Certain candidates are charged with
having made enormous expenditures
and they apparently have turned
themselves over to a coterie of men
of vast wealth and are permitting
those men to conduct their campaign.
To the man in the street it has every
appearance of an attempt to deliber
ately control with money the national
convention.
“If these gentlemen will frankly
tell us where the money is coming
from, I would willingly accept their
explanation. But when they remain
silent, there 1® only one inference to
be drawn and taht is that the charges
are true.”
Third Term Possibility
Senators Thomas, Colorado, and
Ashurst, Arizona, Democrats, asked
Senator Borah to give the names of
Democrat® who were spending large
sums of money and the speaker said
he would do so at the proper time.
“If I knew any Democrat who was
spending money excessively," said
Senator Ashurst, “I should feel it
my duty to see that he didn’t get
some delegates he might otherwise
get. And if I thought any Demo
crat was trying to get a third term,
I would not hesitate to tell the peo
ple that that was wrong.”
“If the senator doesn’t know that
a Democrat is seeking a third term,”
rejoined Senator Borah, “then he is
blessed with an innocence of which I
would not suspect him. I think the
President is entitled to a third term,
for who else would lead the fight
for the treaty?”
“Doesn’t the senator mean a third
nomination?” asked Senator Moses,
Republican, New Hampshire, who is
manager of General Wood’s Wash-
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Senator Smith’s
Announcement
For Presidency
TO My Fellow Democrats of Georgia:
I have authorized the use of my name In the preferential
primary for president April 20. This action was taken in
response to the urgent request of Democrats in every part of Georgia
and after careful consideration on my part.
The most vital question before the Democratic party today
and one that will affect its fortunes for fifty years is what attitude
shall the national convention take with regard to the League of Na
tions.
Unless I enter the Georgia primary, I am assured that the
voters of thia state will be limited in their choice on this great
question to two candidates. One of these represents the extreme
view that the league should have been ratified without any reser
vations and qhould have been rejected if substantial reservations
ayere insisted upon. The other candidate represents the equally ex
treme view that the entire treaty should have been rejected with or
without substantial reservations.
I do not believe either view represents the public sentiment
of our state. lam convinced either would be injurious to our coun
try. I do not believe the Democratic party, if committed at San
Francisco to either view, could hope to return to power at this
election, or at any time within a generation.
The great question to come before the San Francisco conven
tion is, shall the Democratic party commit itself to a national
campaign on the proposition that the League of Nations should
have been ratified without the dotting of an "1” or the crossing of
a “t.” I am unalterably opposed to its taking such a position. For
reasons that I will discuss fully before the people of the state, the
treaty, without substantial 'reservations, was so inconsistent with
American Interests, American institutions and American ideals that
it could not and should not be forced upon an unwilling country.
With proper reservations, substantially those that the senate
adopted on vital points, the league could have been a great instru
ment for good and should have been accepted.
The wise course for the Democratic party is to base it® cam
paign on the great achievements of the Deomcratic administration
and the Democratic congress, and not to blindly Indorse “every
phase’’ of the administration's record. ■
On this principle I announce my candidacy. Georgia is the first
state to act in a primary on this subject. Its action will largely
influence the action of other states. Indeed, its position is such
that it may be the controlling factor. Regardless of any. question
of personal politics and regardless of any effect it may have on
my personal fortunes, I would be derelict in my duty If I failed to
make a fight for these principles in the coming primary.
I would infinitely prefer to make the fight without myself be
coming a candidate and it was only when it became apparent that
the issue would not be presented in any other way that I con
sented to enter my name.
Democrats from all over Georgia tell me that the present situ
ation prevents a real expression of public opinion and practically
disfranchises thousands of voters.
The issue is one of principle and of principle alone. If the
position I support meets with the approval of the voters on April 20—-
and I am convinced that it does represent the views of ths over
whelming majority of the Democrats—the delegation to San Fran
cisco, from this state, will be one committed to thia view.
I would greatly appreciate the Indorsement of my state and
would not seek to hold the delegation pledged, to me should a sit
uation develop which, in their opinion, made it advisable for them
to vote for someone else. I would, in that event, release them from
any obligation to me and enable them to freely choose in connec
tion with other delegates that candidate who was considered most
available on the principles announced and who most truly repre
sented the fundamental doctrines on which the Democratic party
has rested since its foundation. '''
I would, in no sense, seek or wish to control their choice.
It is my purpose to spend as much time as possible in the
state and to discuss the issues in all parts of Georgia, so far as time
permits. I regard the matter that I have presented as of such over
shadowing importance that I deem it unnecessary at present to
discuss any other questions. Should such other questions arise from
time to time, they can then be considered.
HOKE SMITH.
ington headquarters.
“Well, if the candidate of the sen- ■
ator of New Hampshire keeps up his I
practices and is nominated, it will i
be a third term,” Senator Borah re-j
plied.
Senator Borah quoted a newspaper'
■ report that the Democratic national
committee was raising a ten million
I dollar campaign fund, and added
' that there were evidences of a like
■ situation in the Republican organlza
-1 tion.
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Governor Dorsey on Pal
mer Campaign Discussed
in Political Circles
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Wtth tae formal announcMnant
Senator Sfoke Smith, entering tb®'
Georgia presidential primary, th®
fight for th® Democratic nomination
in Georgia became intensely Intereat
ing Thursday. Senator Smith reach
ed hi® decision to allow the us® of
his name in the primary on Wednes
day, and his formal statement was
given to the press Thursday morn
ing, having been prepared by him
Wednesday evening before he left
for Savannah, where he spoke
Thursday night.
In his announcement Senator
Smith declares that “the most vital
question before the Democratic pariv
today snd one that will affect it<
fortunes for fifty years is “What at*
titude shall th® national convention
take with regard to the League of
Nations?"
“Unless I enter the Georgia pri
mary,” Senator Smith declared in his
announcement, "I am assured that
the voters of thia state will be lim
ited tn their oho lea on this great ..
question to two candidates. One of
thee® represent® th® extreme view
that th® league should have been rat
ified without any reservation - and
should have been rejected if substan
tial reservations were insisted upon.
Th® other candidate represents
equally extreme view that the entire
treaty should have been rejected
with er without reservations.
"I do not believe either view rep
rea®ata th® publlo sentiment of our
stat®. I am convinced either would
be injurious to the country. Ido not
believe the Democratic party, if com
mitted at Bon Francisco to either
view, <mtM hope to return to power
at title election or at any time within
a generation.”
Benet w Smith asserts further in
hla etatement That the wise course
for the Democratic party is to bass
its campaign on the great achieve
ments of the Democratic administra
tion and the Democratic congress,
and not to blindly endorse ’every
pha*®* of th® administration’s rec
ord*
"I wooM infinitely prefer to make
th® fight without myself becoming
a candidate,** th® senator declares
“and it Jo only when It became ap
parent that th® Issue would npt be
presented in any other way. that 1
consented to enter my name. Dem
ocrats from all over Georgia tell me
that th® present situation prevents r\
real expression of public opinion and
practically disfranchises thousands
of voters.”
his statement, Senator Smith
makes it plain that while he would
appreciate th® indorsement of his
state, h® would not seek to hold the
delegation pledged to him should a
situation develop which in their opin
ion made It advisable for them to
vote for some one else. In that event,
he would release them from any obli
gation and enable them to freely
choose in connection with other dele
gates that candidate who was con
sidered most available on the prin
ciples announced, and who most
truly represented the fundamental
doctrines on which the Democratic
party has rested since its founda
tion. Tn no sense, he declares, would
he seek or wish to control their
choice.
The publication Wednesday of
Senator Smith’s decision to enter the
Georgia primary brought from Gov
ernor Hugh M. Dorsey, who was in
Macon, the statement that he was
conisderlng allowing th£ use of his
name. An interview with the Gov
ernor in which he said z he would
“sleep over the matter,” was given
prominent display Thursday morn
ing and was carried in Associated
Press reports. Thursday Governor
Dorsey left Macon for Perry, Ga.,
and up to this hour no further state
ment had been received from him.
Along with the announcement that
Governor Dorsey might enter the
presidential primary, a story wa®
printed here under a Washing
ton date, indicating that pressure
was being brought to bear upon Gov
ernor Edwards, of New Jersey, to
allow the use of his name in Geor-_
gia, although previously Governor
Edwards had notified the secretary
of the Georgia Democratic executive
committee not to place his name
upon the ballot in the Georgia) pri
mary. Similar notification was
given by Governor Edwards to Dem
ocratic committees in other states
where his name had been proposed
as a presidential candidate. _
The publication in reference to
Governor Dorsey as a possible can
didate in the Georgia primary was
discussed with much interest Thurs
day in political circles. There was
considerable speculation about the
effect of Governor Dorsey’s candi
dacy ftpon that of Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer. Many were of
the opinion that Governoi - Dorsey’s
entrance into the primary would nec
essarily mean the abandonment of
Attorney General Palmer by the
very elements who had induced him
to allow the use of his name in
Georgia. It was not deemed credi
ble that both the attorney gengjxjJ
and Governor Dorsey would make the*”
race in view of the fact that much
of Mr. Palmer’s support, part/cularls
by the press, would be alienated tb
Governor Dorsey.
As the situation stands Friday,
there are three candidates definitely
in the race in Georgia—Attorney
General Palmer, who has announced
as his platform an indorsement et
“every phase” of the Wilson admin
istration; Senator James A. Reed,
who has been known as a “bitter
ender,” opposed to the League of Na
tions in any form, and against the
administration in practically “evei'SK
phase;” and Senator Hoke Smith,
who favors the ratification of the
League of Nations with substantial
reservations that clarify and Ameri
canize -it. With these three candi
dates in the race, and Governor Dor
sey considering allowing the use of
his name, Georgia voters are con
fronted with one of the most inter
estin gpolitical contest® _n the his
tory of the state.