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Hardwick Squarely in the Race For the Senate
AUGUSTA. RICHMOND COUNTY AND THE TENTH
TO HO FOR THHS. HARDWICK BT 616 MAJORITY
Brilliant Representative Could
Have Been Conqressman As
Lona As He Desired the Posi
tion
HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED
MUCH FOR THIS CITY
Secured SIBO,OOO Appropria
tion to Rip Rap River Banks,
$325,000 For Postoffice and
Rendered Other Splendid
Service.
Ttir for mu I ar»noiinr*m*f»t of Con-
Rnwinan ThoitikN \V. Hardwick for
the l T nlto<l Htat«i *«»n*t + to suwerd
ttir la I** Kfiuitor A. O. Bacon uppwir*
In another column of The Herald to*
da\ Mr. Hardwick'* utatemcnt of hi*
i andhlacy will rt«Mihtl»Hn he ri*ad with
ireinendou* IntereNt. The announc*-
imnt Hhn heen awaited eagerly ever
alnee It waa Intimated that he might
run.
Unquestionably, Mr. Hardwick will
carry ftichinond county liy a large ma
jority no matter who hi* opponent la
It |k hlko tail lev«d that le will carry i
the t.utli datrlct with even greater
« m* than he tutm carried it in hi* va*
tiouH race* for the houae of rtpre
#*enti4tivia.
Mr Hardwick has been in congrean
for I j yearn and haa made the 'tenth
dtatrict an aide rcprem-ntatlve. Hie
record h»* been ho clean that no one
haa ever been able to attack it »uc- ■
ceanfutly, and. Judging from the num- j
her of favorable eipremalon* hoard «»n
the at reel* regarding hi* candidacy (
for the tenatc, he should aweep Au
gut-fa and the rtleitr|c*t.
Mr. Hardwick haa done much for
thi* city during hia term* lit con* |
greae. He haa aecured appropriation*
of 91*9,000 for lhe rip-rapping work
on the r*ver hank, which ha* aided
greatly In the carrying out of the city'*
flood |»r deetlon plan. lie pill now J
make a determined fight In congreaa j
to get a large appropriation to a**lst i
In building the levee, or, specifically, |
to pave the levee on the aide next to .
tii.» r»\« r Hi whi aak for SSOO 000
for thla purpi ac and he la confident !
that he c n get it.
Got $325,000 for Po.toffico.
Mr. Hardwick flrat aocured an ap
propriation of 9250,000 with which to
hull I u poMtofflcp In Auguata. When
it vaa dlm ovpred that a poatofflce of
Uecrgla marble could not he built with
a quarter of a million dollars. Mr
Hardwick at once went to work and
n‘curod an additional 975.000 appro
priation and work 1* about to atari now
cm the magnificent $325,000 federal
building in front of the union depot
Mr. Hardwick'* standing in Wash*
\ inglnn la well known and any Augus
tan* who have hud any doubt* con
I ernlng their representative's position
A* with the big men of the nation need
ed only to go to Washington to he
convinced.
The tentli congreuaionul diatrh t cun
111 afford to lo*c Mr. Hardwick and ;
there I* a great deal of regret because
r»f hi* detennlnatton to relinquish th» |
office to enter the senatorial race. !
Hovever, the tentli dtatrict, a* well an
i , the entire state, will be ably served j
If he i* elected to the senate. Mr
Hardwick could have unquestionably I
been returned to Washington a* con
grcsNinan a* many time* a* he de
wired the honor, for there in no dispute
over his great strength In this dis
trict.
‘'(Hudson I* a man whose distin
guishing trait I* self-approval."
"I understand now* why everybody
says he is easy to please."—Birming
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“Will Stand on My Own Record,
Hoe My Own Row, Tote My Own
Skillet,” Saysjhos. W.,Hardwick
Bays His Candidacy Doesn’t Afford Reason or Excuse For
Revival of Bitter Factionalism Among Georgia Democrats.
Will Cling to No Man’s Coat-Tails.
In hi* formal announcement for the
l’. K. senate Mr. Ilir>l«l<k says:
”1 uin a candidate for the United
HlHtoi HfnHlc, to bihtccol the late
Mermtnr Karon, auhjeet to Hip primary
election of the democratic party our
present senior senator, the Honorable
Hoke Hmitb, comes from the northern
part nf the atate, realdlna at Atlanta
It aeema that there la a strong and
general aentlment throughout the state
that, other things being equal, our oth
er senator ahould come from aome oth
er part of the atate. Since I waa born
In the county of Thomas. In the ex
treme Moutherti end of the atate. and
have lived practically all of my life In
'the county of WaahlnKton, in the very
j heart of middle Georgia. It would aeein
[that from the atandpolnt of birth and
residence, my candidacy might be ae
-1 I eptable. I do not wlah, however, to
be mlaunderatoed on thla queation I
neither lielleve nor contend that resi
dence In any particular aectlon in and
of Itaelf, oiiaht to have supreme and
I ontrolling Influence In the selection of
| a aenator Of vnatly greater Import
ance la the character and capacity of
each candidate, hla training. exper
ience and fitness for the service lie
would tie called upon to render In the
aenate, and the charactcer of the ser
vice he propoaca to perform in that
body. Part ml frlenda In almoat every
section of our state have been hi kind
aa to suggest Hint an experience of
twelve years In the House of Repre
sentatives, a clone acquaintance with
the areat ’ national queatlons thut are
now pressing upon congress for ho
lutlon. and a lon* and Intimate as
sociation with the men who must solve
them, Klve me some qualifications for
the office, and Justify an aspiration on
my part to be elected to the senate of
the hope that 1 may render and
effective service to the slate of Geor
gia, our country, and the democratic
party That question most he con
sidered and decided hy the people of
Georgia
Attitude on Public Questions.
“There arc other and even more Im
portant considerations that must met
Jo. overlooked. Whoever may he the
candidates for this high office, wlicrc
,-\.i they may reside, whatever quali
fications thev may possess for the per
formance of Its functions, before the
pc,q4c of Georgia bestow upon any
one of them the highest and most Im
portant office In their gift, the public
POSTOFFICE POLITICS BEGINNING
TO WARM UP [N EARNEST HERE
In Three Months Time Postmaster Murphy’s Time Will Ex
pire—Some of the Active Candidates, and Then Some
That Arc Not So Active—Who Will Get the Place a Ques
tion No One Can Answer N ow.
Postoffice publics In \ugusta will
no doubt begin to warm up pretty
soon On the 10th of next June Post
master Thomas l). Murphy’s four
jaerx term will expire anil it Is under
stood that a successor will be named
now and that time.
While every appointee of ex-Presl
dent Taft In the principal cities of
Georgia has been out of the post
mastership for many months, still
there has been no attempt to disturb
Mr. Murphy, who secured his appoint
ment from the then president ou an
entirely personal basis There was
no demand lor Ills removal and he
will serve his term out.
Mr Murphy and Ills friends have
been given to understand that he
vi.i not be re-appointed, although!
**" have hopes of his landing
the position again. They point to IPs
~. tuoi.l record ss postmaster and j
also to the fact that he was given the
appointment, not as a Republican,
but as a Democrat and that Mr. Taft
disregarded the wishes of the tenth
district Republican organisation when
he appointed him. It is nlso pointed
out that Mr Murphy Is endorsed for
re-appointment by some of the most
Influential Augusta people
Assuming, for the sake of argil
ment. that Mr Murphy Is to he sup
planted. the Interesting question Is.
who will get the plum?
There are several active candidates
for the position and some that are
not so active
Mr. E. B. Pilcher.
Probably the man who has worked
harder than any other Is Mr. K B.
Pilcher, superintendent of the county
home, who was'for years superinten
dent of malls at the local postofflec.
Mr Pilcher has n large number of
endorsements. He is a member vt
I’ost E. T P A,, being for years a
traveling salesman, and the drum
mers are strong supporters of his
candidacy. Then, too, Mr. Pilcher
has strong endorsements from i rom
incut Augusta business men, and
also from prominent people through
the tenth district.
Another active candidate Is Sheriff
John W t’lark, a close political an.i
personal friend of Congressman llari
should know ths attitude of ea< h ran*
dtdate upon thi* groat national ques
tion* with which our wenator* must
deal, to the end that the dmnocrat* of
Georgia may Mttd to the senate not
only a competent and effective sena
tor. but one who truly interpret* and
wtll faithfully execute their will in
that body. It I*. I take It, almost need
le** for me to assure the people that T
have settled opinions and deep con
viction* on theee great public ques
tions, and a fixed und definite policy,
that I shall pursue if elected to the
senate Otherwise, I should not as
pire to that office. Space will not per
mit me to go Into these question* now,
but it is my purpose to do so fully dur
ing the campaign, and if the demo
crat* of Georgia agree with me on the*
questions,. I shall expect them to sup
port tny candidacy; otherwise, 1 shall
neither expect It nor desire it.
"One other matter; simply because
I have been and a>m now on term* of
friendship with the President of the
United State* and with Senator Smith,
and simply because I have at different
times In the past actively and earnest
ly supported the candidacies of these
two great democrats, I do not claim
the support of every Georgia democrat
wit > has supported either of both of
them. Nor, on the other hand, do T
believe that simply because of my po
sition in these matters. I ought to he
opposed by those Georgia democrats
who did not support these gentlemen.
Clinging to No Coat-Tail.
"If I absolutely knew that I could
go to the senate simply by clinging to
the coat-tails of any man in Georgia,
or outside of it. I would not have it at
such a price, or in such a way. As I
view it, my candidacy doe* not afford
either reason or excuse for a revival of
hitter factionalism among Georgia
democrats. If I thought so, I would
forego It. 1 only ask. from every Geor
gia democrat a fair an impar
tial hearing, and finally a decision on
the issues made. Surely, my long and
faithful service to our party entitles
me to that much, and surely the fair
minded democracy of Georgia will
neither begrudge nor deny me that. I
shall present my own views, in my
own way, stand on my own record, hoe
my own row. and tote any own skil
let."
THOMAS W. HARDWICK.
Washington, D. 0.. March 7, 1914.
wick. Mr. ('lark Is also a very strong
friend of Senator Hoke Smith. He
has some strong endorsements, so it
is said, for the position Mr. ('lark
has Intimated that he would not of
fer for sheriff again and his reason
for announcing his retirement may be
that he has had some assurances that
he will be the postmaster at Augusta.
Mr. ('lark has been well known In
Augusta all his life and for the past
twelve years has been sheriff of
Richmond County.
Dr. Littleton Spoken of.
Pr, J. R Littleton has been spoken
of In connection with the appoint
ment of postmaster It Is believed
j that he would be a strong candidate
shoul I he go out for the position.
(However, It is not known what his
; attitude would lie. Hr, Littleton has
i been spoken of also in connection
i with the congressional race, but just
i what he expects to do cannot bo as-
I certain.
it is generally thought that Or. Lit
| tleton has had a determination all
1 along to offer for mayor again in
1915 and some say that neither the
t chance to he postmaster nor to rep
| resent ids district in congress would
I cause him to swerve from the plan
! to run for mayor.
| Still another gentleman spoken ot
las a possibility is former councilman
i\V P Bell, of the Fourth Ward. Mr.
Bell lias been a staunch supporter of
! Congressman Hardwick for a number
jof years Mr. Bell, like Pr, Little
-1 ton. has made no efforts to land the
position ft Is possible, however,
that his friends, at the proper time,
will urge his appointment
Mr B. F. Walker, the 100 a 1 hook
and mngar.ine dealer, is a candidate
Tor postmaster and he Is understood
to have some good endorsements.
'Mr Walker has been very active
Mr. R. J. Edenfield.
Another gentleman spoken of In
connection with the office is Mr R
.t, Kdenfleld, who for many years has
beeen one of the leaders of a local
political party that has supported Mr.
Hardwick in each of his rani, aigns.
It is admitted that Mr. HMetifleld hiw
a strong claim on the position, but
| as to whether he will push his claim
fH£ AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
’ ..-T ' -vV *-
The brainy congressman from the Tenth District of
Georgia, who announces this morning for the Senate. Mr.
Hardwick has had a splendid career of public service al
ready. Beginning in the Georgia legislature, when almost
a lad, he has climbed upward with wonderful rapidity, and
now, after serving his home district with distinguished
ability for a dozen years in the lower House of Congress,
he is seeking the endorsement of the entire citizens of
Georgia so that he may represent the Empire State of the
South in the American House of Lorda. If elected, the
transition from House to Senate will not cause the Tenth
District and the State to lose the services of this ac
complished orator and statesman, only his field will be
broader. v
PLANNING RETURN
TO JULY PRIMARY
Councilman H. A. Woodward,
of Fifth Ward. Has Ordinance
Prepared to Go Before Coun
cil Tomorrow Niqht
CLAIM THAT JULY IS
BETTER THAN OCTOBER
Last Year Change Was Made.
Six Candidates Already An
nounced For City Council, One
in Each Ward of the City.
Councilman H. A. Woodward, of the
Fifth Ward, is the author of an ordi
nance which will be presented for
the consideration of city council to
morrow night, changing the dates of
registration for city white primary
hack to the former dates. Last year
an orlluance was passed fixing the
time of registration In September,
which caused the primary election to
be held late in October The ordi
nance which will be presented tomor
row night calls for tile registration
books to open on the iirst Monday in :
June and close on the last Saturday. I
I’nder the present ordinance tlie reg- j
istry books open on the first Monday
in September and close on the last
Saturday.
I If the ordinance Is adopted it will
I mean that Augusta is to go back to
•luiy primaries, which has been the
custom long ; rdor to lasi year.
Mr. Woodwartl wus asked why lie
had prepared the ordinance and lie
stated that he did so at the request
of the' white primary committee.
Chairman Julian M. Smith, of that
committee, is out of the cit no
statement conld he obtained from
him.
However, it Is generally understood
that the reason for the proposed
i change is that it is a King rac-> to run
from January. February or March to
, October and the candidates are anx
ious to get the election over with as
'quickly as possible
There has been a candidate for
council to announce in every ward in
the city as follows:
I First Ward. ('. ('.onion iatmbaok.
Second Ward. J Wilbur Boswell.
Thirl Ward, C.eo T Horne.
I Fourth Ward. L. S. Davis.
Fifth Ward James \l Koon.
Sixth Ward. S. A Fortson.
or not is unknown
The report is gen >ra! that Congress
-1 man Hardwick Is going to call a "cab
| inct rectlng" of his friends here and
, decide who shall be postmaster. Ao
cording to the story that is current,
there is a enteric of about a half
j dozen which holds that postoffice ap
pointment within its grasp. If that
half dozen decides that a particular
candidate should have the place Mr
“Hardwick will bow before it The
report is also current that this cote
rie is spilt up on the question of
1 who shall be the man.
There are ail sorts of possibilities
i tn this postoffice situation and there
: is no tolling who will got the appoint
jment. Tint.' alone will tell.
HON. THOMAS W. HARDWICK
SPECIAL MEET
CITY COUNCIL
I
Will Elect Registry Clerks For
Bond Election When $550,-
000 Issue Will Be Decided.
There will be a special meeting of the
city council of Augusta tomorrow night
when registry clerks will be chosen for
the bon<l election. Registration places
will he opened In enrh of the six wards
of thA city and the citizens of the city
may Tjualify to vote in the forthcoming
election when the question of having a
bond issue of $750,000 to finish the levee
will be determined.
City council will also take up other
important matters at the meetng to
morrow right.
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All is Quiet and Serene in
Richmond County Politics
Will Be Lively Race For Sheriff Between Messrs. Plunket and
Sturges—No Opposition to Present Incumbents Developed
So Far.
Although the year 19H haß**nin
through January, February and « por
tion of March, still very little la
Heard of county politics. Indeed, the
only race which la opening up at all
la the one for kherlff between Mesara
Thotnati Plunkett and Guy Sturge.t,
who expect to offer for the loeltion,
aa the present Incumbent, Sherlft
Jno W. Clark will not run again, so
it Is stated. There may be others
in the race for sheriff, but so far the
onlv two active candidates are
Messrs. Plunket and Sturges.
As for the other county officers
not a word is heard of opposition to
them. Ordinary Walton does nota
have to seek re-election but once
every four years and he has two years
more after this to serve.
Clerk of Court Daniel Kerr will
have to offer for the place again this
year, but not an intimation of prob
able opposition has been heard.
Treasurer Walter A. Clark, Tax
Collector C. S. Bohler and Tax Re
ceiver C. A. Steed will be candidates
Hon. J. S. Reynolds Makes
First Formal Announcement
Is in the Race For Congress to Succeed Mr. Hardwick.
Other Announcements May Come Soon. Some of Those
Talked About in Connection With the Race.
Hon. Joseph S. Reynolds is the first
candidate to announce formally con
gress from the tenth congressional
district of Georgia to succeed Hon.
Thomas \V. Hardwick, who announ
ces today that his hat Is the ring for
senator. Mr. Reynolds came put with
a statement some months ago to the
effect that he would offer for congress
an<f yesterday afternoon made hls for
mal declaration of Intention.
The announcement Is a very simple
one and to the point, and Mr. Rey
nolds gives no platform and lays down
no declaration of principles, choosing
to say w hatever he has to say alogn
these lines at a later date. Here is the
formal announcement:
To the Voters of the Tenth District.
J hereby announce my candidacy for
the democratic nomination for con
gress from the Tenth Georgia district
at the approaching primary election,
subject to the rules of the democratic
executive committee of the district,
and respectfully solicit your support.
JOS. S REYNOLDS.
Mr. Reynolds was solicitor general
of the Augusta circuit so many years
and made a nable officer. He Is very
popular personally and has a great
many f riends over the district.
Mr. Reynolds was at one time pres
ident of the Augusta Chamber of
Commerce and worked very hard in
the interests of that organization. He
is also prominent in church affairs,
being one of the officers of the Reid
Memorial Presbyterian church on the
Hill.
The announcement of Mr. Reynolds
will probably be followed by other for
mal announcements.
Hon. Carl Vinson, of Baldwin coun
ty, the baby member of the Tenth dis
trict, is said to be desirous of suc
ceeding Congressman Hardwich, and
announced some time ago that he
would be in the race.
Mr. Hardeman.
Hon. Robert Hardeman, of Jefferson
county, seems to be In a quandary as
he has not been able to decide wheth
er to offer for congress or for the
judgeship of the Middle Circuit, to suc
ceed Judge Rawlings, or either of
them.
Judge Rawlings, it is rumored, may
offer for congress himself. He is from
Washington county, the same county
that Congressman Hardwick hails
from. He will not run again for the
judgeship.
There lias been talk of Hon. O. R.
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to succeed themselves but there haa
been no opposition developed.
The terms of Messrs. Q. H. Nixon,
A. H. Rooks and E. F. Verdery. as
members of the county commission,
will expire this year.
It Is understood that Messrs.
Nixon and Rooks will offer to
succeed themselves and that Mr
Verddry will not offer to succee#
himself, he having so stated yestefc
day.
It Is not believed that there wtll
be any opposition to Judge Henry
C. Hammond.
There has been talk of Mr. I. a
Peebles getting In the race, but no
announcement has been made by Mr.
Peebles.
Judge Eve and Solicitor Black, of
the cltv court, bave Berved less than
half of sour-yeas terms and they will
not have to go befora the people for
two more years.
Eve offering for congress again, al
though it is not thought that Mr. Eve
has decided the question as yet. He
may make A_formal announcment la
ter.
The talk of Dr. J. R. Littleton offer
ing for congress is persistent. Dr. Lit
tleton was in the state legislature one
term and made a splendid record. Ha
will make no statement at this time
as to hls intentions. Talk on the
streets has connected Dr. Littleton's
name with the appointment as post
master, congress and the mayoralty of
Augusta. Just what he will do is not
known.
Digressing a little from the possible
candidates whose names have been
connected with the race for congress.
It may be s tated just here that a num
ber of other very prominent gentle
men of the tenth district have been
talked of quietly and some of them
have been urged by their close friends
to make the race.
One of them is Hon. John T. West,
of Augusta and Thomson, one of Mr.
Hardwick's strongest supporters.
However, Mr. West has persistently
refused to run.
Mr. Fogarty.
Hon. D. G. Fogarty, of Augusta, who
managed Mr. Hardwick's campaign in
this county, has also been spoken of,
but h e will not consider running.
Judge Henry C. Hamnv>nd has been
importuned to run and he would no
doubt make a strong race. It is be
lle/ed, however, that the judge pre
fers the superior court bench and no
amount of insistence could induce him
to offer for congress.
The Crawfordville Advocate Demo
crat, the Columbia Sentinel and the
Gibson Record have printed very com
complimentary notices recently re
garding Hon. I. S. Peebles, of this city,
suggesting that he would be a good
man to run for congress. However, it
is not believed that Mr. Peebles will
even consider such a step.
The time for the primary will prob
ably be in August, und there may be
a field full of candidates by that time.
There are lots of possibilities in this
congressional situation and a dark
horse, one not reckoned with at all up
to the present, may come in and imake
things extremely interesting.
The developments of the next few
months will be watched with tremen
dous interest.
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