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


election abundantly 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 detailed and specific pre-
diction in the governorship race.
on Tuesday. The Georgian said,
| through its corps of state CORES pond
ents, that Slaton would carry not less
than 131 counties. that Alexander might
get a dozen, and Hall half as many as
ALEXANDER.
In setting forth that final forecast,
The Georgian's correspondents went
the governor to- be eleven counties bet
ter than his own Claim-he predicted
for himself 1870 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 governorship 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
J was thought to be rather broad and
| confident
But it was bsolutely true.
From the very day of the Hudson down
fall. the race WAS a runaway for Sla-
| ton.
| The Georgian had no other interest
! in the matter than to set forth intelli-
| gently and fairly the honest news of
the gubernatorial campaign as it de2
veloped from time to time.
As a newspaper. The Georgian was
Tdue that much to it's constituency-the
state of Georgia as a whole. and with
out particular regard 20 factions or sec
tons.
In it's 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 it's conduct rather than in specific
denial The Georgian pleaded not gull
ty' TO that indictment-and. the re-
turns of yesterday vindicate The Geor-
gians plea sufficiently and with approx
innate conclusiveness
The Georgian gave Mr. Alexander a
great deal of space, when Mr.. Alexan-
der seemed to deserve ii from the
standpoint of news.
When he made his spectacular en-
trance into the gubernatorial contest
The Georgian spread the news of that
from one end of Georgia to the other
| Before that The Georgian had ac-
/ corded Mr.. Alexander a large measure
Of praise for certain fights he had made
on the floor Of the house for the pas
Usage of pending legislation in which he
seemed sincerely and deeply interested
When he announced for governor. he
Immediately became a lgitimate topic OF
comment and a source of news.
The Georgian shirked nothing by way
of honest news endeavor. so far as Mi
ALEXANDER was concerned 1t gave him
as it was giving Mr.. Slaton and Mr.
Hall, "a square DEAL
Through its various sources of infor-
nation of an authentic and dependable
sort, The Georgian saw. early in Mr.
Aexander's fight. that his cause was
hopeless and its finish definitely sure.
The Georgian reflected, not unkindly
but truthfully, that state of things
1t required its correspondents to senc
in. with careful attention to accuracy
unbiased reports of what likely woulc
happen in their various communities or
election day.
Their answer was, Not less than Isl
counties for Slaton."
The Georgian printed their opinions
assembled in one straightforward new:
story.
Mr.. Alexander promptly characterized
that story as "buster," and repeated
his charge Of unfairness and lack of {
desire to give him square deal"
That sounded little like whining u
The Georgian but The Georgian let i
1
suits justify The Georgians CORE
spondents, and show that they faith
fully followed The Georgian's instruc
lions to send in truthful reports anc
that only.
Mr. Hall received square deal a
The Georgians hands-and never once
did he complain that he wasn't getting
just that.
He stood straight up fought in tn
open. never "hollered" if the new
seemed not to come his Way-indeed, h,
never seemed to notice particularly tina
, it wasn't coming his way-and to tn,
last ditch he was the same brave "OlC
Joe" The Macon Telegraph has loved t
talk about.
He ran second and not third. too. il
the final lap-thus, in way. reyersinE
one of The Georgian's forecasts. for TIL,
Georgian had thought that Hall woult