The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-07-28
COOPER SCORES EN- ALL
CANDIDATE FOR q. S. SENATOR
SPOKE IN DAWSON SATURDAY.
Paid His Respects to All of His OpDO-
nents, and Kept Crowd in a Good
HumOr From Start to Finish.

nents, and Kept Crowd in Good
HumOr From Start to Finish.
Hon. John r. Cooper, of Macon,
standing at the first entrance of the
court house, addressed three or four
hundred Terrell county people Satur-
day morning in the interest of his
candidacy for the United States SEN
ate. He was introduced by Judge NJ
C. Edwards, chairman of the county
democratic executive committee and
who was with Mr.. Cooper at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Mr.. Cooper began his speech by
paying a tribute to the late Congress
man Griggs, whose monument stood
in full view of the speaker.
Mr.. Cooper used his lambaster on
the newspapers of the state and said
there were only three or four that
had not been influenced in this cam
paign, mentioning them by name,
and spoke in scathing terms of his
Slaton, Fielder and Hard
wick.
He criticised Governor Slaton's
record as a legislator severely, and
charged him with spending money
lavishly in having his picture and
campaign literature inserted in the
newspapers.
Candidate Hutchens, he declared,
was not in the running, and all he
would get would be a few scattering
votes by Tom Watson's help, adding:
81 have nothing against Watson, nor
he against me. I hope he will keep
off me until after the election"
Referring to Mr.. Hardwick, he al
legged that gentleman was an enemy
to the farmers because of his opposi-
ton to the parcel post, which he de-
clared, next to rural mail delivery,
the biggest thing the government has
ever done for the men who till the
soil. He claims to have made a
national reputation" said the speak
err, "but he has not convinced the
people of it, and if do not do more
in Washington in six months than he
has done in twelve years I will re-
sign and come home"
Mr.. Fielder, he said, was a cold
and Indifferent man, and had not
shown proper appreciation of great
favors that had been done him.
The speaker made a special plea
for the votes of his hearers, declar-
ing that he was closer to the COM
mon people than any of the other
candidates and that he had done
more for the poor and oppressed than
any other candidate in the race.
More than once, he declared, he had
gone down in his own pockets to car
ry the case of a client to the highest
court in the land. He said that is
more than his opponents have done.
He pointed to his record of twenty
years as a criminal lawyer, declaring
he had made good and adding that it
is man who has made good and can
think on his feet that is needed to
represent the state in the senate.
"If my opponents can't meet corn
field lawyer in debate don't know
what is going to become of them If
one of them should happen to be
elected and should have occasion to
face Underwood, Tillman or any of
the other men of ability in debate.
on one of the great national ques-
TONS He promised to be ever
found battling for the people of all
classes if elected to the great office
to which he aspires.
Mr.. Cooper's speech was good ma
tured and we'll received. He kept
the audience in good humor through
out it's delivery.