Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-23
HOKE SMITH HOSTS
WILL MEET TONIGHT
IN MONSTER PARADE
Friends of Smith and Progress
sive Democracy Will Give
Great Demonstration When
Candidate Arrives
MEET AT UNION STATION
PROMPTLY AT 7 O'CLOCK

Hoke Smith and the friends of progress
sive Democracy will undertake to de-
monstrate their loyalty, their size and
their enthusiasm to their candidate on
his arrival at the Union depot tonight
at 7:45 over the Seaboard Air Line rail-
road.
That the demonstration which will be
precipitated when Mr.. Smith steps from
the train will surpass anything that
Georgia has ever seen before is the con-
fident expectation of those who have the
plans for the gathering and parade in
charge.
All friends of Hoke Smith are invited
to come out, and take their stand near
the Union station at o'clock this even
ing Those who desire to be at close
range when Mr.. Smith arrives are urged
to come prompetly, for the crowd is ex-
pected to be so immense that 1t viii
stretch far back into the streets leading
to the station. When the former gov
ernor has Joined his waiting hosts the
big procession will form and proceed on
the line of march mapped out for 1t,
winding up at the home of Mr.. Smith on
West Peachtree street where the cand1-
closing speech of the campaign.
The following statement was given out
by Hoke Smith headquarters in regard
to tonight's demonstration, and shows
how the Smith men feel about their
strength in Fulton county:
DETAILS OF PARADE.
''All the signs point to the greatest POI
litical demonstration ever seen in At
lanta or in the south tonight when the
Fulton County Hoke Smith club greets
their leader.
Hoke Smith has made one of the most
spectacular whirlwind campaigns ever
known. Leaving Atlanta Thursday after
noon last. he spoke at Columbus Thurs
day night Valdosta, Waycross and Jesup
Friday, Statesboro and Savannah Satur-
day, Lawrenceville today. All along this
circle of the state, at every station, he
was met by cheering crowds and was
able to make short speeches to them as
the train stopped. He returns tonight to
Atlanta, his home city, where he has
lived since early manhood, and his own
people will turn out by the thousands TO
cheer him and escort him home, while the
bands play Hail to the Chief and See
the Conquering Hero Comes.
GRAND IN NAME ONLY.
The Hoke Smith adherents are anxious
for the comparison to be made with the
the fact that Hoke Smith filed the great
auditorium to overlooking, while the
Brown committee, although it had secur-
ed the auditorium for tonight, did not
dare to invite the comparison between
the two gatherings in the same building.
They point also to the fact that the
grand rally at the Grand opera house
had nothing grand about ii except the
name of the building. The seating ca
A. DO Of fnn nd ia
S11, of the second floor 73S. There were
30 vacant seats on the lower floor. There
were perhaps a hundred people on the
stage Everybody who was present knows
that out of the 73S people in the gallery
700 were for Hoke Smith. The crowds
that lined the lower floor. standing, were
nearly all for Hoke Smith. The widest
claimant for the Brown forces could not
make out 1880 people for Governor Brown.
1t is a conservative estimate to say that
there were 1000 voters in the building
for Governor Brown.
MEET AT Z O'CLOCK.
The friends of Hoke Smith. whether
they are enrolled in the Hoke Smith club
or not, are asked to meet on the streets
adjacent to the Union station by o'clock
at the latest. Those who come as late
as 7:30 p. IN. will not be able to get very
near the station. The procession viii
leave Union SIdllOn dS SOOn DIS the pea
board train, due at 7:45, comes in, with
Hoke Smith at the head of the line ~
march The procession will march up
Pryor street to Decatur street, one block
through Decatur street to Peachtree,
along Peachtree street for several blocks
to Linden, down Linden to West Peach
tree and along West Peachtree to Hoke
Smiths home.
PARADES WILL NOT CLASH.
vent any crossing of the line of march
between the Hoke Smith procession and
the Brown parade.
And the Hoke Smith parade can cheer
as they march, raising the swelling
chorus of victory as soon as the ranks
are formed" as did CromwelFs soldiers
of old 1T will be a hot time in the old
town tonight" to drop from the classical
to the language of the street. This well
come home meeting was planned and
the application for. a street parade filed
while the Brown committee was deliber-
ating the question whether to use the
auditorium for a meeting tonight. 1t
was not planned as a rival demonstration
to the Brown parade. 1t will not be "a
rival demonstration. 1t will be Hoke
Smith first, and the field nowhere.
Atlanta and Fulton county and the
state are for Hoke Smith this time. The
welcome to Governor Smith will be the
signal of victory tomorrow, not only in
Fulton, but throughout the state. Hoke
Smiths home people are proud of him
and they mean to show their pride and
their affection in th-.- greeting tonight.
1t is all over but the shouting, any way,
and the shouting tonight will be only pre-
paratory to the celebration on the even
ing of the sd. Let everybody that is
for HOke Smith join in his triumphal
march tonight. And let everybody who is
doubtful watch the procession
Working Men to Meet