Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-30

president valuable service. The dele
cation from no other state is more
highly esteemed by the pesident and
treir colleagues and the state has
every reason to be proud of their re-
cord
Georgia Press Loyal to Party.
The Georgia newspapers which for
rnerly supported Mr.. Underwood have
supported President Wilson just as
loyal as those which originally fay
ored his nomination. The democrats
of Georgia who supported Mr.. Under
| wood in the primary have since shown
their loyalty to President Wilson in
| many ways. 1t is a well known fact
that many thousands of those who op-
posed Senator Hoke Smith in his for
mer campaigns rallied to his support
~ SiCStlOh " lllC S6HdIe because
he was loyal to President Wilson in
carrying out the pledges of the demo-
cratic platform.
Il hope l may be pardoned for
personal reference. When was made
chairman of the state committee, the
two factions in Georgia had become
almost bitter and were widely apart.
l considered this an injury to the state
and as chairman l did everything in
my power to allay this bitter feeling
by recognizing both factions. 1t is
gratifying to me to know that I made
some progress in healing the old polit-
ical wounds.
Distribution of Federal Jobs.
with the exception of postmasters,
who were named by the congressman,
and the local patronage controlled by
the senators, practically all appoint
ments of Georgians to federal posi-
tons were made by me as director of
the census | Disseminated against
10 democrat on account of the part he
took in the presidential primary. I
| ignored old factional lines and it was
a genuine pleasure to reward many
Supporters of both factions. If by do
ing so have brought about a better
feeling among Georgia democrats l am
deeply gratifed.
Mr. Underwood, Speaker Clark and
their friends are standing Loyalty BY
the president, and for any one now to
make the former support of either of
these men an issue in the election of
dlegates to the next national demo-
cratic convention would tend to create
friction in the party when harmony is
SO essential.
All Wilson Democrats Now.
There are no longer any Under
wood men, Clark men, or Wilson men
II the sense referred to above. We
are all Wilson democrats and are loy-
ally supporting the president. There is
glory enough for all democrats in the
record of this administration under
the wise leadership of President Will
son and the cooperation of the demo-
cratic congress. This is not the time
to make any distinction as between
democrats in the selection of delegates
to the national convention. | sincere
ly hope in the naming of delegates to
represent Georgia there may be no
issue of this kind, and | am firmly
convinced that the original friends of
Mir. Wilson in Georgia will be the
last to do so, but on the other hand
will be only too glad to recognize that
this is an administration of which all
democrats can justly be proud and
urite in supporting.
Select Delegates BY Primary.
If l were member of the state
committee, should vote to select the
delegates to tn national convention
by primary, allowing the people of
each congressional district to name
their own delegates. This could be
done with practically no expense by
having the delegates voted upon in
the different counties when the pri-
lNaries are held to name the county
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