The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-01-09
HARMON IS MAN
FOROEMOCRATs
TO NOMINATE
PROMINENT sAVANNAtiAN TALKS
INTERESTINGLY OF THE
APPROACHING ELECTION. /
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Thought to the Subject 10 of the
Opinion That harmon shculd BE

Hon. Neyle Colquitt OF Savannah.
was in the city yesterday ON a bus
mess trip and paid The News an ap-
preciated call. Mr.. Colquitt ia ONO
of the best posted men ON national
politics in the South and just now
he is giving some serious thought to
the great theme which is engaging
the attention Of the entire country
the nomination of the democratic can
didate for the presidency. He is of
the opinion that Governor Judson Har-
mon of Ohio, is the only man with
whom the democrats can win and he
believes it to be a certainty that the
OHIO governor can defeat any MAJ
the republicans nominate.
Discussing the subject with a News
representative Mr.. Colquit said q re-
gard Governor Harmon as the ablest
and the strongest man in the party
and the work he has done in Ohio
alone should commend him to the
consideration of the democratic con-
vention and to democratic voters later
on. He has turned a rock-rih bed re-
publican state, which gave Roosevelt
100000 majority, into a democratic
one by practically 100000 majority.
The three great cities of Ohio-Cin-
cinnati, Columbus and Cleveland-ail
elected democratic mayors, and one
of these is the home Of President
Taft"
Going little farther it is found
by consulting our election statistics,
OF 1908 that the democratic candidate
for president received in Ohio 502, tai
votes, while John Harmon, democra-
tic candidate for governor at the same
election, received 552,569 votess, an
excess Of almost $4,000. Looking a
little farther at the 1910 vote we hnd
that the majority received by the
democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor, himself very strong and
popular man, lacked $4,000 of being
the majority that Mr.. Harmon re-
cefVed. While the democratic candf-
date for lieutenant governor carried
48 counties, the democratic candidate
for governor carried 67 out of the So
counties.
ut is also to be observed in the
1910 vote that, while the democratic
candidates for congress carried Is
out of the 81 districts OF Ohio, Mr.
Harmon at the same election carried
20 of these 81 districts.
There are more democratic office
holders in Ohio at the present time
than at any time in the history of the
party. Our party holds a majority of
the clerks Of the courts of common
pleas, sheriffs, treassurers, recorders,
surveyors, prosecuting attorneys, in
firmdry directors and county commits
sioners, in number at least one-third
greater than our party had in the
period of 1896, 81 and SO. The years.
1896 and 1904 were both presidential
elections; 1910 was not"
I am more than pleased" continI
ued Mr.. Colquit, ito observe that
Congressman Brantley of your city,
Is supporting the candidacy OF Mr..
Harmon, and believe me, few men in
public life are better qualified to pass
upon such a question. | am hoping
that the Georgia democracy will line
up Tor Harmon for, according to my
way Of thinking, he is the strongest
personality now before the American
people"
Mr.. Colquitt was struck with the
progress Brunswick has made in the
last few years and was warmly re-
ceivcd by many friends. He was ae-
companied by Mrs. Colquitt, who lived
in his city as girl and she, too,
was pleased with the growth Of the
city.