The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-26
Graves and Watson Will Make
 Tour of the State
REPUBLICANS. ARE ACTIVE
Very Few Speakers Are in the Field For Either Side and Democrats Feel Sure That the Usual
 Majority Will Result.

Georgia's democratic strength.
 The coming on October 27 of Hon.
 John Temple Graves, vice presidential
 aspirant of the independence party.
 accompanied by former Congressman
 M H. Howard vice chairman ot the
 national committed, has been an-
 nounced. and between that date and
 the election on November 3. it is their
 purpose to visit and speak in as many
 of the large cities of the state as pos
 sible. The points which they will
 visit have not yet been announced.
 In his determination to capture the
 Georgia electoral vote if possible,
 Thomas E. Watson, the populst presi
 dental candidate has called in the
 assistance of Gen. J. S Coxey of
 Coxey's army fame. General Coxey
 will begin his assault on the democracy
 at Ashburn, Turner county. on Mon
 day. October 26, and in regular order
 daily thereafter will appear at the fol- lowing places: Gainesville, Griffin, Newman, Winder, Hartwell Canon,
 Bowman, Elberton, and on Monday, November 2. at-Villa Rica in the morn
  1 Watson also has speech making dates
 at other points for every day between
 now and the election and some days
 will make two or three speeches. In
 addition to this Mir. Watson has se
 cured the services of a populist stump orator in each congressional district in the state, and to each of these has daf al Of
 week. Tn erefore between now and the
 election approximately 150 populist speeches will be made at as many diff ferent points in Gorgia. Mir. Watson has already made something like 100
 speeches in the state during the cam
 paign, and he is counting on those 250 speeches to turn the trick for him.
 There are wide and varied estimates
 as to what Watson's vote in Georgia him from 10000 to 15,OOO; democrats who are friendly except far poli tics is concerned, put his vote at 20,000 to 25,000 some of the Farmers union ; leaders who have been over the state
 and talked with their people. think l Watson's vote will reach 35,000. But this is about as far as MT. Watsons best friends will go. Of course MT 1 Watson and his immediate entourage
 are predicting a much larger vote, whether they feel that he will get it l or not.
 In the meantime the republicans have not been altogether idle. They have maintained campaign headquar- | ters in Macon, in charge of Chairman | Clark Grief, former postmaster at Dublin, who has been succeeded by his l wife, and who has sent out large 1 quantities of campaign literature to all sections of the state. Considerable re- publican literature has gone out under congressional frank, free of postage, which has subjected the republican mana cement to severe criticism. Postal i cards attacking Bryan, and bearing the | congressional frank of Congressman | H. L. Loudenslager of New Jersey have
 been scattered broadcast over the state | free of cost. The republican machine
 has also been diligent in collecting
 campaign funds from federal office 1 holders in Georgia particularly from 1 the Georgia postmasters who, Chair
 man Grier has said, would be placed l on the ''honor roll" if they came up | promptly with their sub scriptions. | Col Robert J. Lowry, president of the | Lowry National bank of this city, and l the head of the republican electoral | ticket, will preside at a republican rally to be held in Atlanta next Tues l day night at the Lyceum tn eatre, a brass band having been engaged for | the occas sion. It is the first republican | rally of it's kind held in Atlanta in
 many years. This is distincttvely | rally of the white republicans, the so- l called better element" of the republi- | can party in Georgia It is expected | to have Hon. John Hays Hammond of 1 New York, chairman of the republican l league clubs. here as the orator of the l occasion. In addition speeches are to | be made by Harry Stillwell Edwards of Macon, Col. c. P. Goodyear of Brunswick. Fulton Colville of Atlanta | and H. Clay Evans of Tennessee. The l republicans here are making a play 1 to the business and financial vote, | some of which will not vote the dem l ocartic ticket, alth ough they have been 1 life long democrats.
 There are very few speakers in the l field for the democrats and practically
 
 l Smith made speech in Atlanta some I time ago and one recently in Macon and several Georgia congressman cam | paigned a little before the state elec- | tion But most of these are now on | the stump in the doubtful states in behalf of the national ticket.
 ] Everybody appears to feel there is 1 no doubt of Georgia furnishing the | usual democratic majority and with the | exception of Gov.-elect Jospeh M l Brown there are no speakers of note l now canvassing the state. While Mir. | Brown makes no pretensions as 1 speaker. he is delivering talks where l ever he goes, and with them is giving 1 some strong and sound democratic doc 1 Urine.
 It is figured out here, Judging by re-. ] suits in past elections, coupled with | present conditions and all the political | signs. that Georgia's vote in the na- | tional election this year will be about | I 75 900. divided as follows: Bryan, 100.- 1 GOO; Watson. 2o.000; Taft, 10000; scat | tering, 10000; thus giving Bryan 25.0O0 1 majority over all the candidates. Park | CTS majority four years ago and Bry- | ans majority eight years ago were in the neigh hborhood of 10000.
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