Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-20

There is evidently a considerable
I-eyulsion of feeling among Southern
|papers. a turning toward Governor
Harmon as the most available candi-
date for the Democracy 10 nominate
next year. There is no doubt that for
/ a Few months there was a decided drift
toward Gov Wilson, or New Jersey. 4
|d-ltr assisted by we'll organized efforts
to create q hurrah throughout the
South and sweep it into the Wilson
column. In several states we'll known
newspapers seem TO have been selected
by the Wilson organizers as the med
.um for creating public sentiment and
-hro.e1 such agencies the daily and
weekly newspapers have been bonn
larded with Wilson publications. Prob
ably net q Georgia newspaper office,
TO- instance. that does not receive
daily from the Atlanta Georgian mat
ter pertaining to Wilson's candidacy.
But despite these persistent efforts
the turning Of the tide toward Harmon
is becoming apparent The truth OF
The matter is that Gov Wilson has
been trife too much in evidence.
There has been such an apparent
1ryaining after publiy APPROVAL, such an
eager yea1ning not to be overlooked
for a moment. that the public has al
ready begun to display signs of Will
son WEAKNESS. His snatching at every
ism that has appeared reminds the
Democratic masses too strongly Of
Organism in the past. AS a result
there is a tendency TO halt and calmly
consider the situation. The South is
hardly apt to be swept off its feet by a
Wilson wave now that the people have
begun to think over the party pros
Eects and calmly sum up the condi-
tons that confront it. The initiative,
referendum, recall ct al, are not suf-
ficiently strong in this section to make
them winning battle cries on the part
of Wilson or any other Candida.
What we want down here is tariff re-
form and economy in governmental cx-
peEditures, and on those lines Gov
Harmon stands far more prominently
as a leader than the new apostle in
New Jersey.
Gov. Harmon has been a fighter for
the cardinal principles of Democracy
for quarter Of a century. Gov. Wilson
is a new conner on the platform His
career fo~ a couple of years has been
spectacular, but th9 steady, persever-
ing, triumphant democracy of Harmon
over a period that embraces SO many
hard fought battles for the people
makes him a more distinctive figure
than Wilson.
The latest poll Of Congress, which
was taken by the Chicago Tribune
shows that Governor Harmon, of Ohio
is the first choice of the Democratic
members for President; Speaker Clarl
is second and Governor Wilson i
third. This poll was taken since tina
of the New York World, which gave
different result There was a mucl
larger vote in the Tribune poll, man.
who were nOn-commital when tn
World poll was taken going over t
Harmon.
The Democrats of the Senate an
House voted as follows:
For Harmon, "a; Clark 81; Wilson
81; Folk, 10; Underwood, s; Carte
Harrison, q Governor Foss, |; Dix,
non-commital So,
1t will be seen that Governor Har
mon has the vote of the entire Demo
cratic congressional delegation from
Ohio. The governors revision G.
Ohio tax laws, and his success in re
placing an iniquitous system of taxa
ton with one that will reduce the tax
es Of farmers and home owners 2:
per cent annually and cause a shift il
tax payments of $6OO0,OOO annual
from the individual property owner f
the corporate property holder, ha
made him inyincible in Ohio. And tn,
corporations apparently are satisfied
for all classes have been equitaJl,
treated and there is no litigation
! Governor Harmon appeals to New
Workers, apparently, for of the 13 vote
cast by congressman from that stat,
! Governor Harmon obtained an,
Speaker Clark ). The only votes cas-
in Pennsylvania were for Harmon ant
Clark, while two New Jersey congress
men, Townsend and Mccoy, voted fen
the Ohio Governor.
Wilson is the man of the hour" saws