Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-04
PARTY LOYALTY URGED
BY COUNTY COMMITTEE
Democrats AdmoniShed to
Maintain Primary'S Integrity
by Supporting Nominees

The duty of every Democrat to sup
port the nominees of the recent state
and county primary which nominees
were certified by tie state convention,
was the Keynote of Monday morning.
meeting of the Fulton County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee
.> address of Hon. j. r. Maddox.
who was reelected chairman without
opposition, was an admonition to the
Democrats to go to the polls on We'd
nesday and fix the stamp of cOndemna-
tion upon the efforts of Thomas Z.
Watson and certain disgruntled poll
ticians to foster an independent move
ment which has for its object the re-
pudietion and destruction of the white
primary.
A committee consisting of Albert
Howell, Jr., ]. +. Maddox and c. l..
Branan. was appointed TO draft an adj
dress to the Democrats OF Fulton coun-
~ and the state of Georgia. this ad-
dress to be in the nature of a warning
and an urgent suggestion that every
Democrat fulfill his duty by voting in
the general election for the party
nominees.
r. Y. Brent, Jr. a former supporter
of Governor Brown. resigned as COM
mitteeman from the Tenth ward He
gave as his reason that he would not
support the nominees of the primary.
Albert Howell, Jr., made a strong
Speech in which he declared IL was the
binding duty of every person who par
ticipated in the primary to support the
nominees of that primary. He said the
pledge taken by those who so particl-
pated was sacred and an obligation
which could not be lightly cast aside.
Mr.. Howell argued that the Democrats
IL sv,Nn q
of their primary.
J. o. Cochran, who was elected to fill
the vacancy from the Tenth ward, was
unanimously elected secretary of the
committee to succeed W. T. Winn, who
declined to stand for reelection.
w. NJ. Campbell VS. elected to repre-
sent the Blackhall district on the COM
mittee. This district failed to put out a
candidate for the executive committee
in the recent primary.
The speech Of Chairman Maddox, VIII o
has headed the committee for four con-
secutive years, follows:
October Ord. 1910.
Gentlemen: We have confronting US
a very serious and very peculiar condi-
ton.
Let 1t be understood in advance that
we are not called upon to make choice
OF GOVERNOR out are now
called upon to ratify the selection of
candidates made in a recent primary in
which nearly 100000 of Georgia's true and
tried citizens selected the standard bear
er for us.
II is now our duty to ratify the Selec-
ton thus made, and every citizen who
participated selecting and naming
the candidate is in duty bound to insure
his final election as governor of Georgia.
In the primary there were supporters of
Brown and Smith, as there were two
candidates, but in the election ahead of
US there are no Brown and Smith men,
but we are all Democrats whose duty it
is to insure the selection OF the candi-
date i'm the primary election.
IL we live up to our obligations our
Democratic candidate VIII receive one of
the largest votes ever given for Office
in this state for many years past.
There is only one dark cloud upon the
horizon. and in that we see the face OF
the political Don Quixote from McDuf-
fie county who participated in the re-
cent primary. Following his usual. tao
tics Of deceit and falsehood. he is now
trying to stir up opposition and to multi
fy the action of the primary.
This man who has proven traitor to
every man who was his friend, whom
he could not use i'm his efforts to control
the politics OF this state, is a self-ap-
pointed leader that would undo the action
of our party. 1t is his ambition TO ar