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Vol. 38 THE APPARENT RESULTS OF THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORCIA Those of our readers who remember the Presidential Primary will recall clearly that The Sentinel pointed out at the time, the dis¬ astrous consequences which would follow the bolt of the Palmer men. It seemed to me then, as clearly as it does now, that every intelligent man could see the political consequences of trying to impose an autocracy of one-third of our citizeus upon a democracy composed of two-tliirds. The peutinel warned the Palmer bosses that in their efforts to reverse the principles of democracy, and to establish the rule of a minority, there would certainly be a revolt, at the ballot box. The very thing which The Sentinel pre¬ dicted and endeavored to prevent, has hap¬ pened. In the May Convention we publicly pro posed to let the Palmer meu have their one third proportion of delegates to the National Convention, based upon the popular support. The leaders of the Palmer faction re¬ fused this perfectly fair offer, and went to the extreme limits of extemporizing a small THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE WORLD. In making his appeal to the banks for the You would have to keep an actual account to tell which developed the faster—new na¬ tional debts or new wars. Franca has negotiated a new loan of one hundred million dollars in new bonds through that Historic old Bobber-House J. P. Morgan & Co. Every time that a French debt falls due the French Government pays it by issuing ad¬ ditional bonds. The English Government is in the same predicament. ■■The Italian Government Is in- the same morass. Treasurer Houston, of the IT. S., is ask¬ ing for a loan of four hundred million dollars to be based on Treasury certificates, bearing from 5 1-2 to 6 per cent interest. It is frankly admitted by Treasurer Hous¬ ton that a part of this immense sum of money is needed to pay the current expenses of the Government. CAMPAIGN NOTES ON THE GEORGIA SITUATION. Human memory, charged with so many things, day by day, rarely remembers much of what has taken place in the recent past. Most of us, however, can recall that in the Presidential preferential primary, Senator Smith, without any apparent cause, entered in to the race. Apparently, liis purpose was to increase his diminishing strength by sweeping the State against President Wilson. The urgency with which he insisted that Senator Reed retire in his favor would seem to prove that Senator Smith desired to show his power, to crush the President’s candidate, Attorney-General Palmer. Having secured the withdrawal of Senator Reed from the race, what else did he expect but a straight fight with the administration? Senator Smith’s expectation was that he would have no opposition in Georgia, other than Palmer. Fix this thought well in your mind ami you can realize the unparallelled kept audacity him manifested in his statement, that I from endorsing the administration. His purpose could not have been other wise than to slam the administration, else he would have supported Palmer, the choice of the administration. He waited until the last chance he got to speak to the people of Atlanta, and he then said that those who intended to vote for Watson ‘‘were too good to give their support to a man who sought to undermine the peo people’s confidence in their government;” and yet it was but a few hours earlier that he had denounced the AYatsonites as rag-tag, holi-tail illiterates. One of these gentlemen made it a per¬ sonal matter with Senator Smith and told him that if he did not retract that statement he would slap Smith’s face. m m m i 1 -- h \ Price $2.00 Per Year meeting of their own, which was never or ganized and un-authorized, but which by its own wilfulness appointed delegates to repre¬ sent the entire State of Georgia at San Fran¬ cisco. During the campaign which has just, closed that great piece of injustice utterly violative of popular self-government—-the out¬ rage perpetrated at San Francisco .naturally became a topic of discussion throughout (lie State. This issue together with that of the League of Nations and compulsory military training were the three strop iss- es that nat¬ urally drifted “the real democranj of Geor¬ gia" into the AA'atson column. In a general way, Governor Dorsey stood where Palmer stood in April. Of course my position remained the same that it had been in May. Senator Smith’s position became more and more mysterious and unsatisfactory to the ordinary voter, therefore, his strength gradually fell away. Surface indications would seem to money necessary to the operation of our Gov eminent, the Treasurer says: “The letter explains that Treas¬ ury certificates to the amount, of $640, 000,000 will mature September 15, and about $160,000,000 additional will ma hire October 15, making a total of $800,000,000. ‘ Plie greater part of these $800,000,000 maturing certifi¬ cates will be covered by the install¬ ment of income and profits taxes payable September 15,” the letter points out. “In order to provide for *• the balance and meet the current re¬ quirements of the government up to October 15, the Treasury lias decided to offer Treasury certificates in the amount of $400,000,000, or therea¬ bouts.” ls it not a strange thing that the greatest Government on earth is compelled to beg its bankers for the privilege of living? Smith lost no time in saying to this gen¬ tlemen, “I retract that part of my remarks.” The truth of the business is, that Smith loves Wilson as much as I do, and Wilson loves Smith as much as lie loves me. From the standpoint of an administration man. Hoke Smith, by reason of his official po¬ sition, has been able to cross the path of the President much oftener than I have done. During the April campaign, Smith was a straddler: dpring this campaign, he has been a straddler, and so long as lie lives he will be a straddler, simply because lie was always va¬ cillating and he has now become incapable of taking a righteous stand on any big measure between Capital and Labor. As to Constitutional Law and the great fundamental principles of Democracy, he is simply ignorant. about this late hour What he says me at is doubly bitter because of his consciousness of the fact that his own blunders brought about his troubles. It will be a great value to us to have all subscrip¬ tions sent to THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL, Thomson Office, Thomson, Ga. - P. O. Box 393. Have money orders made out in this way, and much time will be saved in booking your subs. Harlem, Ga., IWamiay, September 13, 1920. ; that great sums of money were spent for newspaper space, by Smith and Dorsey. None was spent by their opponent. The sum of $200 was placed in the hands of an Atlanta friend for postal and clerical expenses, and a small sum was spent, here at Thomson, for the same purpose. With the above exceptions, my traveling expenses constituted my entire expense. A cleaner fight was never made anywhere, at any time, by any body. The people won their own great battle, and the victory which means so much to American principles is due to the fact that our people believe that the original Anglo-Saxon and American liberties were worth saving. If is too soon yet to estimate the value of the triumph of September 8th. The attention of the national headquarters of both the great political parties was fixed upon Georgia, and all the powers that could be placed behind Senator AY. J. Harris, f.w > years ago, and Rebind Attorney-General Palm¬ er last April, were put behind Governor Dor Upon what is based the notes of the bankers? The answer of course is, upon the Bonds and the taxing power of the (’. S. Such being undeniably the case, it must he apparent to every one who thinks, that the financial ability of the Government to pay its debts and . its operating . expenses, has been abdicated in favor of the banks. During the last fiscal year, there were, in round numbers, 80,000 National Banks: the net income of those banks was a thousand millimj - (jollars. „ ...... ■ u „, Had the Government issued the notes which the banks issued, the Government would not have been a beggar in Wall St red, and the people would have saved a sum so great that it would stagger human comprehension. The spectacle of our Government kneeling to Wall Street Bankers, periodically, is bil¬ miliating to a proud people. On all sides is asked the question: If the Government can issue five dollar bonds di- SEVEN REASONS WHY WE WON IN GEORGIA. (1) Because we were straight out for American Independence, and against any sort of League of Nations. (2) Because we were against conscrip¬ tion, and against all meddling with foreign wars. (3) Because we are in favor of free speech, free press, and free assembly; and separation of Church and State, trial by jury, and election of Federal Judges by the people. (I) Because we are in favor of a gener ous bonus to the ex-soldiers of the late Great AA’ar, (5) Because we are in favor of State rights, individual rights, and the right of the people to be free from unwarranted search or seizure of their person, their effects, or their houses. (fi) Because we stand for old time De¬ mocracy, as measured by Washington and Jef¬ ferson, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States, and not as measured by a secret conclave ot young officers who seek to set, up a, military issued Weekly Air. Palmer did uot enjoy the advantage of being a native born Georgian: he did not enjoy the vast advantage of ... filing the offi ce of Governor of this State while 1 was a candidate for another office. Governor Dorsey had to file fullest extent the influence of several of our strongest daily papers and ol more than one hundred weekly papers, yet the election return ••-how that he lost his home county, and that he lost every . county ui vliicli lie made a speech during the latter davs of tl"> campaign. 1 no point that 1 stress, hbwever, is this: that the leaders who upuortod Palmer and M‘J! > upported Dorsey have created a Troup and Crawford feud, just, as I told Clark How¬ ell lie would. There was no necessity whatever for the creation ol this tend. because everv man of even one of the three factions was a democrat, and every candidal voted for the National ticket. I myself did so, and it is only fair to as¬ sume that the other two did likewise. l-ect to (ho people, why cannot it issue five dollar greenbacks to the people.’ W h> couldn't the Government, relieve the entire financial situation by permitting the banks to issue not rs based upon- the Liberty Bonds, and bearing the same interest that the bond does? Even body knows what Wall Streets game is. AVt have never had a war in modern times where the Government did not assist the great .International Bankers in reaping Jnis profits ■ wlieu' '• hflkafc 1 'Idler sJua&Jjip Mood* The Liberty Bonds distributed among 20,000,000 of our people have inflicted a co¬ lossal loss upon the patriots who bought the bonds on the faith of the Government. The National Banks intend to contract the currency, continue to bear down the market, value of the bonds and then at length cause the Government to lake them all up at par with a new issue which at fi percent interest, can be fold for par. dictatorship over the civilian s of this conn try. (7) Because we are bitterly and eter¬ nally opposed to one-man power, either in Chun’h or State, and are determined to up¬ hold the right of the people to- make their own laws and to administer them. Most, sincerely and profoundly, I thank every person who gave me legal or moral sup¬ port, during the great fight that has just ended, but 1 know full well—and it should always be so—that the devotion to the creed was the real cause of the victory. WATSON DENIED MAN AT POLLS (From The Atlanta Georgian.) Supporters of Thomas E. AVatson were refused representation at the polls at Buena ; n Marion Countv, AVeduesdav morning according to a telegram from Leroy Hirsch bnrg to The Georgian. Mr. Hirschburg’s telegram follows: Buena Arista, Ga., Sept. 8, Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga. Just after polls opened I personally asked the Justice holding election to let us have a Watson representative, and he re¬ fused. Watson and Hardwick voters are challenged and demanded to pledge them¬ selves to the National nominee. An open threat is made to throw out every scratch¬ ed ticket. L n roy Hirschburg. Marion County went overwhelmingly for Watson in the April primary when the vote was AVatson 135, Palmer 66, Smith 63. Mr. Hirsoburg is the veteran editor of the Marion County Patriot, and is one of the best known newspaper men in the State. Kg.
