Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-02
POPULAR VOTE Is
ON TRIAL IN THE
PRIMARY OF MAY I"


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cad no vote in II, and It is because
the state committee has referred the
matter 10 the people at the ballot box
that the schemers are angry and are
denouncfng the state committee in I'M
measured terms OF undeserved abuse.
CHOOSE YOUR MAN.
"No fairer provision was ever made
for an election There are four Demo
cratic candidates prominently before
the country. and they are all good men.
ana the question is which one OF them
do the people of Georgia want, and
which one do we believe win make the
best fight against the stand-pat Repub-
ncans. And the committee has order
ed that all four names shall be printed
on the ballot in alphabetical order,
Clark first, then Harmon. then Under
wood and Wilson last, so that you can
scratch on all but one and vote for
the one you want And If you want to
vote for Marshall, OF Indiana. or Bryan,
of Nebraska. or anybody else in the
United States. there viii be blank line
where you can write the name Of your
choice. and scratch out all four OF the
printed names
the votes are TO be counted. and the
man who gets the most votes in Georgia
is 70 be the choice Of Georgia. and Geor-
a,fass % votes in the Baltimore con-
ventfon are TO be cast for him; and not
because some set OF juggling politicians
have SO agreed in secret caucus. but
because the free voice Of the people OF
Georgia, spoken under Gods free sky
and in His open sunlight. has so ordered
at the ballot box. II any man can de-
wise a fafrer system than that I'd like
to know what IL is. and tell you now
that those who say that this Is not
fair order, say SO either because they
don't believe the voice Of the majority
at the ballot box should control. OF else
because they don't want any balloting
at all. but want to 80 hack instead 10
the old system OF juggling and trading
where the people had no voice at all
in the matter.
and now. my friends. having pre-
pared the ground. so TO speak. by max
Ing the fact clear that on May 1 the
plain people Of Georgia. for the first
time in their history and the first time
in America. are TO speak their own will.
plainly and fairly at the ballot box,
and there TO nominate a Democratic
candidate for president, undisturbed by
juggling politicians, ana unafraid. let's
ask ourselves fairly and candidly and in
good temper and moderate language.
whom do we want for our candidate
and whom VIII IL be wisest for US TO
select2
DEGREES ATTACKS.
Let's counsel together about our can
didate. repeat. without passion. fairly,
temporarily and justly. It is deeply to
be regretted that so much bitterness
has cropped out in this discussion II is
so unwfse. II Governor Wilson is not
our choice. or II he Is not the most
available man. let's not nominate him
But surely IL is unwfse to denounce and
abuse him as his opponents in Geor-
gia are doing. He is a Democrat. and
as far as appearances now indicate. he
is the choice OF the party. Certainly
more OF the delegates thus far selected
are for him than for any other candi-
date. Perhaps there are thus far more
for him than for all the other caudi-
dates combined II he should be nomi-
mated. as now looks probable, think how
the Republicans viii try to quote
against him the very words OF criti-
cism that the Constitution and the Tel
egraph are heaping on him. / say. my
friends. that IL is not a wise or a pa
triotfc thing those papers are doing.
Let's not follow their example. Let's
examine the several candidates and
their availability, not in the ugly tenn
per in which those papers treat Gov
ernor Wilson. but sanely. temperately
and justly as is deserved BY such Eplen-
did Democrats as Clark and Underwood
and Harmon.
Il thank God. for my part. that 1
come to the discussion OF this question
with no animosity toward any OF the
candidates. no personal ends to seek at
the cost OF Democratic interests. no mo-
tive TO serve but the welfare OF my par
~. and. through my party. OF my cOun-
try. In this spirit / invited you to JOIN
ne in the Inquiry what is best for the
party.
There are four Democratic candi-
dates prominently before the country.
and. fortunately for US. all of them are
good men and true
WHO IS WHO.
First. there is Judson Harmon. gov
eruor OF Ohio. a lifelong Democrat, a
member OF Cleveland's cabinet. popular
in Ohio. believed BY many people TO
be the strongest man We can put for
ward against Taft he overcame a Re
publican majority in Ohio. redeemed
that state for Democracy and has caus-
ed to be written on its statute books
many wise and progressive laws in the
interest OF the people. Whether he is
nominated or Wilson his name and in
fluence will be a tower OF strength for
Democracy in Ohio.
Next cones Champ Clark OF Mis-
souri,. another life long Democrat. II
IS true that Missouri has OF late years