The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-22
AFTER OLD GEORGIA
REPUBs MAKING PLANS TO CAPT.
 TURF STATE.
4 Lily Waite Electoral Ticket With Lowry And Hanson At Head, Speech By Taft In Att Ianta, Are Part of
 Hfmnm.

Augusta, July 2l--A special to The Chronicle from Atlanta says: A lily white electoral ticket, with Col. Robert ]. Lowry Of Atlanta. and Mayor J. r. Hanson, of Macon, at its head: . speech in Atlanta by William H. Taft; many speeches throughout the state by prominent white republicans, both of the North and South--such are some of the immature plans of leading Geor- gia Republicans for the coming na- ttonal campaign.
 For the first time in many years. the Republicans believe it to be within their power to land Georgia in their party's column this year. No pains will be spared, no stone left unturned, so they declare, to take advantage of the opportunities. An active fight 10 to be made on behalf of their candi- date.
 No Republican electoral ticket has been named. It was left in the hands of the state central committee by the recent state convention. The commit tee is headed by Col. Waiter H. Jehn- son, of Atlanta. A meeting will he called within the next few weeks for the purpose Of selecting the proposed electors and for planning an active campaign. &
 If Colonel Lowry ana Masor Hanson will consent .Ifoo heading tlss asiseserai ticket aa the es4di idates from the state at large they wfu 'be n6nlinated. 1t is stated that the aistFiet electors will in each case be the strongest white Re- publicans of the district presented. The name of not single negro will be placed on the ticket so that racial pretudlce may not prevent anyone vet ing with the party,
 we could ,vqtS 4o.oee negroes toasy." said prominent state Republican leader Saturday, More than that many have 4naiified, and the number of registered ts negro voters will be doubled before Affection day. A coloreA vote of between 75.o00 and 100000 should be .pollsds Add to this the crats who wilf vote with us. and, con. sidering the, usual small comparative vote of the other side it will be seen that to carry this state for Taft is not impossible"
 Leaders aIso declare thst the natienal campaign committee Is ready te assist them in Georgia. Speakers will be sent here to canvass the state if such is decided to be advisabie. An invita. tion will perhaps be extended to Judge Taft to come to Atlanta during tbe campaign and deliver an address.
 They declare that an organized move ment towards registering the full strength of the party will be inausu- rateo. ConSeTYatiYe leaders and oF~ ganizers will be sent over the state for the purpose of urging Republicans to get busy.
 The disfranchisement, which they have in reality little hopa of defeating. will be used as an incentive to get negroes to register. They will be told that upon registering depends their political life. If they get them regis tered then by the same methods they will be prevailed upon to vote in the national election.
 One great difficulty threatens them. It Is that the disfranchisement law may be put into effect immediately after the Georgia election. This would play havoc, not only with the Republi. cans but would embarrass the Democrat ie and popuiist parties It would be irn- possible to get tho machinery of the law in working order within a month
 Another difficulty that Is likely to cause embarrassment Is the Georgia statute requiring electors to receive a plurality were received by Taft the legislature which is wholly democratic. would not he likely to chose Repuhli- can electors. If they were contrary to the expression of the greatest aura- ber of voters. a contest would result.
 Col Robert Lowry. who Is spoken of as one of tho two Republican cleo, tors from the state at large has al. ready begun active support of Taft. In a card to the Atlanta papers Sun day. he urged the voters of Georgia to support the Republican ticket.