Complex sentence: Both candidates were looking to find ways to disenfranchise black voters because they felt that the black vote could throw the election to the other candidate.Josh Smith was a former publisher of the "Atlanta Journal" and Clark Howell was the editor of the "Atlanta Constitution".
Split into simpler sentences: Both candidates were looking to find ways to disenfranchise black voters because they felt that the black vote could throw the election to the other candidate. Hoke Smith was a former publisher of the "Atlanta Journal" and Clark Howell was the editor of the "Atlanta Constitution".