Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-22

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election abundantIy justified the fore
| casts and predictions of The Atlanta
, Georgian.
And The Georgian by the way, is
the only newspaper in the state that
ventured a detailed and specific pre-
diction in the governorship race.
on Tuesday, The Georgian said,
through its corps of state correspond
ents. that Slaton would carry not less
! than 1Sl counties, that Alexander might
! get dozen. and Hall half as many as
Alexander,
| In setting forth that Anal forecast,
! The Georgian's correspondents went
| the governor to- be eleven counties bet
ter than his own claim-he predicted
! for himself 100 counties.
| The Georgian said that Alexander and
Hall together would get hardly half
! the popular vote accorded Slaton. Sla-
/ ton seems to have run well over $4,000
! ahead of his opponents combined
Going back to the beginning The
Georgian. some two weeks after the
| collapse of the Hudson boom used this
| expression; The goverorship race
! seems to have developed into a run
away for Slaton."
| That sentence was quoted from one
! end of the state to the other, and by
some of The Georgian's contemporaries
was thought to be rather broad and
| confident
But il was true-absoluteIy true.
| From the very day of the Hudson down
! fall. the race WAS a runaway for Sla-
ton.
The Georgian had no other interest
gently and fairly the honest news of
the gubernatorial campaign as it de-
veloped from time to time.
! As newspaper. The Georgian was
| due that much to its constituency-the
state of Georgia as a whole, and with
out particular regard to factions or sec
| lions.
| In its endeavor to be fair to all and
partial to none, The Georgian was sub
jected by one of the candidates to a
sweeping indictment of unfair play and
! lack of intent or desire to give all the
| candidates "a square deal"
| BY its conduct rather than in specific
denial The Georgian pleaded not gull
/ ty" to that indictment-and the re-
turns of yesterday vindicate The Geor-
gian's plea sufficiently and with approx
! innate conclusiveness.
The Georgian gave Mr.. Alexander q
great deal of space, when Mr.. Alexan-
der seemed to deserve it from the
standpoint of news
When he made his spectacular en-
trance into the gubernatoral contest
| The Georgian spread the news Of that
from one end of Georgia to the other
/ Before that The Georgian had ac-
corded MI Alexander a large measure
OF praise for certain fights he had made
on the floor of the house for the pas
sage of pending legislation in which he
seemed sincerely and deeply interested
When he announced for governor. he
Immediately became ultimate topic OF
comment and a source of news.
The Georgian shirked nothing by way
of honest news endeavor, so far as Mr
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sort, The Georgian saw, early in Mr.
AieXahdefS hSht. that MS cause was
hopeless ana It's hnsh dehnltey sure.
Inc Georgian fe'ecteo' NOT unNihoIy
but truthfuiiy' that state OF things.
1t required ITS correSp ondents to senc
IN. with cafetul attention 20 accuracy
unbiased reports OF what likely Woulc
happen IN lhelf various communities or
election DAY
Their answer was Not less than IL
counties for SIaton.
The Georgian printed their opinions
assembled IN one stfalShtorWard news
story.
Mt Alexander promptly characterized
that story as 'DIuSter ana repeated
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