The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-10-22

the people Of this State in
my race for the United States Senate
against Thos. w. Hardwick, who
claims to be the nominee of the
Macon Convention. Hoke Smith
also claims to be the nominee of this
same convention-but how did they
secure the nomination?
Hoke Smith procured the support
of large number of the people Of
this State by promising them, among
other things, to see that our cotton
growers would be able to market
their cotton at II 1-2 cents per
pound. He left his duties in Wash
ington, journeyed to Macon to help
put Hardwick on the people of this
State to succeed Senator Bacon in the
Senate, and, in order to do this, the
Smith-HardWick combination turned
out thirty-nine legally accredited
delegates, and put in men they could
control in their place, in order to
fasten the czarism of Smith and
nominate Hardwick, against the will
of majority of the people of this
State.
This Macon Convention, controlled
by Smith and Hardwick, ran reck-
AO001y ONSA 0N0I UOuy, duu IL dl1y
man dared to protest against it, as I
did, he was threatened with mob vio-
lence, to be turned out of the conven-
ton hall. 1t was a riot from start
to finish, and responsibility for it
rested with the Smith Hardwick
crowd. 1t was disgrace to the
State, and no man, who is disposed
to be fair in any particular, can
afford to endorse it-and no man,
even though he voted in the primary,
is bound by such fraudulent proce-
dure.
Smith secured his nomination
through faithless promises, and
Hardwick was nominated by such
rank fraud that our people cannot
afford to be bound by it.
My candidacy is a protest against
this outrageous conduct, and l appeal
to the fair-minded people of this
State to rebuke this Smith, Hard
wick corruption, at the final election
on November 3rd.
Neither Smith nor Hardwick have
made any bona fide effort to relieve
the cotton situation in Georgia, and
the great and only Hoke is now in
Washington, spouting hot air,
through his press agent, and play
ing a film fam game, by lacking
tail onto the war-tax kite; still
thinking that he and Hardwick will
continue to be able to deceive the
people of Georgia.
The Wilson administration, includ-
ing the President and Secretary of
the Treasury, Mr. McAdoo, have
turned the back of their hands on
the people of Georgia, and said,
''Help yourselves, or die; we have
nothing to offer you" AS a Geor-
gian, with friends suffering all
around me, who are accorded such
treatment, ask, what allegiance do
I owe Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. McAdoo, or
the Hoke-Hardwick-W McAdoo
party?
Hardwick has not opposed the
Sub-treasury for whiskey trust or the
national bankers, but voted in favor
of both, though he could stand moth
ing like sub-treasury in the interest
of the farmers. He openly opposes
the Henry Bill, and l have letter
under date of October 9Th, 1914, in
which Hardwick says: II am OPP
posed to the Henry bill, and cannot
support it. 1t is not a proper func-
tion of the government to engage
in the business of either buying or
Ioaning money on any product" He
says further, eff the local banks can
not and will not loan money on cot
ton, / do not see how the Govern
ment can force them to do So" So