Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-09-21
T.WATSON MAKES.
DEMANDS ABOUT
WILSON WORDS

Is Hugh M. Dorsey, democratic COVER
nor-elect of Georgia, confronted with a
demand from Thomas e. Watson that
the platform adopted by the Macon
convention, which meets next Tuesday,
shall contain no Endorsement of Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson or of the demo-
cratic administration in Washington,
but he is confronted with the further
demand that the democratic state con-
vention in Macon shall actually con.
denim the president and the democratic
congress
Perhaps, never before in the history
OF the democratic party in Georgia has
such situation presented itself. Here
is democratic goyernor-elect, nomi-
mated by democrats in a democratic
primary, about to be formally nominat-
ed by democratic convention, com
n,anded by the arch enemy of his party
in Georgia to condemn the party's ma
tional leader and the party's admins
tration of the affairs of the national
government
Condemnation of Wilson, condemna-
tion of the democratic congress, is
what Watson demands. If he can't get
that, he demands that the Macon con-
vention, at the very least, shall in
clude no Endorsement of Wilson or of
the democratic congress in its plat
form. Such thing as an affirmative
Endorsement of Wilson, or of congress,
is absolutely out of the question, 50
far as Watson is concerned. His
wrath would know no bounds if the
democratic convention should dare to
violate his orders to that extent, judg-
ing by the language of his editorials
on the subject in the latest issue of
his paper.
What will Dorsey do?
What will his friends do?
There is Albert Howell, Jr., some
times known as Little Albert" law
partner of Hugh Dorsey, and brains of
his campaign. Mr.. Howell's brother.
Clark Howell, is national democratic
committeeman from Georgia. The At
lanta Constitution, of which Clark
Howell is editor and Albert Howell
president, has supported Woodrow Will
son consistently. Certain it is, there
fore, that Albert Howell will not con-
sent to a refusal to indorse Wilson,
much less to condemnation of his ad
ministration.
There is J. R. Smith, of Atlanta
president of the Fulton County Hugh
Dorsey club, prospective chairman of
the resolutions and platform commit
tee of the Macon convention, as strong
supporter of Woodrow Wilson as
there is in the state. Mr.. Smith was
one of the original Wilson men in
Georgia four years ago. He supported
him in the preferential primary, ac-
lively and ardently supported him i'll
the presidential election Certain it Is
that ]. R. Smith will not consent to
slapping Woodrow Wilson in the face.
Yet Watsons orders are clear, un-
mistakable, emphatic and peremptory.
He asserts that the governor-elect was
not democratic candidate, that the
primary was not democratic primary,
that the convention will not be dem
ccratic convention, that the nomination
to be conferred by the convention will
not be democratic nomination.
Republicans, progressives, socialists,
every stripe and color, except ne
groes, participated in the primary, as
serts Watson, "and therefore it would
be ungrateful. indecent and even bru-
tai to slap those men in the face with
Wilson Endorsement. which has 70
business in this (the Macon) conven-
ion"
THL. ONT :