Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-12
Underwood BOOM
IS FAST COLLAPS|NG
THROUGHOUT STATE
Reports From All Over Geor-
gia Say the Tide Has Turn
ed and That Wilson VIII
Sweep the State

The presidential boom of Congressman
Oscar w. Underwood, candidate to sue
coed himself in congress from the Ninth
Alabama district, is collapsing steadily
all throughout Georgia.
This is the burden of the reports
which are now reaching Woodrow VIII
son state headquarters in Atlanta. by
mail or by word of mouth, with increas-
ing frequency. ~
AS the latest strength of Mr.. Wilson
develops in Georgia, the opposition is
diminishing before it. The former has
the power of the people behind it, and the
latter is fast losing its advantage Of an
early start and a thorough organiza-
ton.
THE Underwood folks have brought
this down upon their own heads" declar-
ed one of the managers at Wilson head
quarters, Thursday morning. by their
reckless claims of everything and every
body in sight. and by their use in the
press Of all the trickery known to polit-
cal campaigning of a bygone day, theT
have caused the real sentiment bel1irsS
Mr.. Wilson to assert itself The Viii
son workers have taken the aggressive,
and they are driving everything before
them. If the Underwood folks had been
little more conservative in Their tactics.
their well-financed organization might
have given them some chance in Georgia
in spite of the best we could do. being
as we were practically without funds. But
they have pulled down their own little
house of cards. GeoFgia's vote belongs to
Mr.. Wilson right this minute. and il viii
draw interest every day between now and
May l."
WANTS MORE BUTTONS.
B. z. Thrasher. the WatkinsviIle. Oco-
nee county lawyer, writes to headquar-
tiers: Il have already. distributed the but
tons and want you to send me 200 more.
am sure can place them. Hurrah for
Woodrow Wilson, the next president of
these United States. Yours in the
faith
There is no doubt that the Under
wood boom is fast subsiding in this part
the country" writes Erie B. Askew, OF
Sheffield & Askew, lawyers, of Arlington,
Calhoun county. THE pendulum has be-
gun to swing in the opposite direction.
To the best of my information, there has
been the greatest change Nm this county
within the past three weeks. that I have
ever known. The tide has turned from
Underwood to Wilson, and we will car
ry this county overwhelmingly for Wilson
on May l."
A personal letter to Senator Harris
from one of the leading business men
of Dallas, Paulding county, declares. Il
am inclined to believe that Wilson will
carry this county The Hoke Smith
wing is for Wilson, and the anti-smith
people are for Underwood. However.
there is not much interest among the
Underwood supporters. The Wilson
men are at work"
GwINNETT FOR WILSON
A resident of. Gwinnett, among the
callers Thursday morning, did not want
his name used in the quotation, but de-
clared that he is confident of Gwinnett
county for Mr.. Wilson. In one of the
large districts Of the county, said he.
not a single Underwood man has ap-
peared. The Sugar Hill district. next
to the largest in the county, win go
heavily for Mr.. Wilson.
Here are some more extracts from
Thursdays mail:
81 am with you."-E. P. Story, mem
Der T. P. A. Carrollton, Carroll county.
II have the Wilson button at this
writing on my coat, where it win re-
main. 1 am for Wilson, and you can
look for my active support in this cam
paign. If at any time 1 can serve you
here, let me know."-E. o. Oetgen. Sa-
vannah, Chatham county.
Woodrow Wilson is my Choice
Frank Philips, member of the T. p A.
of Georgia, Columbus.
I'VE are getting up a carload OF good
Wilson Democrats to go and hear Mr..
Wilson speak in Macon I believe that
Crisp county will line up for him on
May /, and am sure that the whole
state of Georgia will be for him, but we
want Mr.. Wilson to clean up Under
wood in Georgia worse than he whipped
Clark in Wisconsin, so Underwood viii
not get a single county. Men are chang
- NHr1T
son. We Wilson men appreciate the
loyal support of The Atlanta Journal is
giving Wilson. 1 have a little Wood.
row Wilson at my house. He was born,
on February Is, and he shouts for WIZ
son."-Theodore Shaffer, Cordele.