Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-20
ThePublic RecOrdOf Hooper Alexander
Candidate for Governor
What Is John NJ. SlatOn'S Record?
TO THE People OF GEORGIA:


Senator Slaton. Candidate for Cover
nor, has refused to discuss the issues
Of this Campaign. either in joint de-
bate. yor IN the .n-Tspapers. or IN any
public way, though he has. been chal-
lenged by HOOPER ALEXANDER and
his supporters time and time again.
The campaign about to close now is in
many ways one of the most remarza bic
in the history Of Georgia. Even his
own newspaper supporters have refus-
ed to discuss the issues of the cam
paignt except to. abuse and vilify
HOOPER ALEXANDER. They take
no notice whatever OF the Hon. Joe Hill
Hall: for the most part. they refuse 10
nublish the announcements OF HOOP
Err AI.EXANDER's speeches. and MADE
only seant mention OF the platform on
which he Is running for the Governor
shin OF Georgia. They refused to pub
E1ish any account of the speeches he
has made in which he is attempting &c
discuss the issues of the campaign De-
fore the people OF the State, but large
mart of the daily press has taken nc
stand whatever in the present guoer'
material race. The Savannah Press aho
the Macon News have given ALEAAN'
DER a square deal in their news COL
,,,nns The atlanta Journal is the
only paper in the state that has treat
ed him at all literally. This last nam
ed paper has at least been fair enough
70 publish his platform and public ad'
dresses.
But to be perfectly frank with tn'
neopIe. of Georgia, we counted on tNe
opposition of such papers as me Az
Ior+a Constitution. the Macon Ieie
oranb and the Savannah News, as
political asset in a campaign ike TINS
ON account of the prohibition issue th'
other CITY daflies have not seen NJ &c
Give HOOPER ALEXANDER their &C
t,,,s sunport. though it is known t0s'
D,apv of the men connected with tines
napers are heartily in accord with n''
views.
Mr.. slaton has continued to the we're
,ast week his "pussy-foot methoos e
campaigning, He absolutely refused e
come out an the open and discuss tins
issues of the campaign, hut he ha'
waited until the very last week ana mas
deluged the weekly. press Of the small
towns of Georgia with. eulogistic Hils
statements, in many cases occupying
as much as six columns Of these papers
| :, che hone that voters in the sinai
towns and in the rural districts WoNl'
ha deceived. Possessed Of enormous
v,ealtb. the expenditure of S4,OO0.OO -ol
5000 90 in this way means nothlny. u
senator slaton For i've OF SD
months. he has had force OF II OF u
stenoaraphers, writing letters to IN
ent,re list of voters as obtained iron
the reSistration lists of the various
counties. Many OF you have receives
a. ms,nv as Ave. or SIX of exactly th'
same KIND of letters. and You kno" !
TO be. trlIe that e NO 1sriH1s. hiss nc ye.
entered into 7anySSEinds- OF discussion a.
TO his views on the great pubic CUES
lions of the day. We do not Know
inst what will be contained III the col
,,r,ns of the weekly papers this week
| and II is too late for us to answer any
statements he may make, because ther'
viii he no other issue Of the weekly
papers or the stdle Until 49,
mary on August 21st. and the dairy
papers of the state, with the exception
of the papers above mentioned nave
refused 10 publish statements from
HOOPER ALEXANDER. except al
such rates per line as make 1t impossl-
| bic for him to address you in this way
Hooper Alexander has refused tS
pay out large sums of money % sn(
20 a,,,sr1oners because he believes thai
| the time has come that some protest
| should be made against reckless OK
penditure of money in political cam
1 paigns for newspaper space = th'
a,aeIrIv and daily papers Of the STATE
so that all we can do At this time Is u
present to you his public record.
/ HOOPER ALEXANDER'S RECORD.
AS the editor of a. county NEWSPAPER
the DeKalb New Era, he educated tht
nf