Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-05
A NEW BATTLE.

things which may come in conflict
with their ideas.
The editor has received a letter
from Mr.. W. E. Sirmans, of Waycross.
a member of the state committee, and
who was also member of the com
mittee on resolutions. In the course
of his communication he says:
From the press reports you would
judge that this was a harmonious
meeting The meeting of the Com
mittee itself was harmonious, but the
meeting of the Committee on Resolu-
tons, which l was member, was any
thing but harmonious.
The facts of the case is this: Upon
my arrival in Atlanta on Saturday
morning, | heard rumors OF the usual
Atlanta frame-up. l understood from
tie best information that l could get
that several of the Atlanta politicians
had gotten together on Friday, and
Friday night had prepared a resolu-
ton which would give this bunch of
Atlanta politicians the naming of the
Georgia delegation to St. Louis, and
in naming the Georgia delegation
they would re-elect Mr. Clark Howell
as a member of the National Commit
tee from Georgia and elect Mr.. Jas. R.
Gray, editor of the Atlanta Journal,
chairman of the Georgia delegation.
AS soon as the committee met, Mr..
West of McDuffie, introduced the res
o!ution that had been prepared. Mr.
Howell then made motion that a
committee on resolutions be appoint
ed by the chair, and that this commit
tee report back to the committee as a
whole the resolutions that they
thought proper and should be passed
by them"
Mr.. Sirmans continues and says that
the resolutions reported back provid-
ed that If after thirty days no candi-
date qualified other than President
Wilson then he should be named the
nominee Of the Georgia delegation
and be would name the twenty-eight
delegates to the st. Louis convention.
According to MIR. Sirmans, This, of
course. did not give the Democrats of
Georgia any say so as to who should
be the delegates. Any one with a
thimbleful of brains knows that
President Wilson would not have
named the delegates-that Mr.. Howell
as national committeeman and Mr..
Gray as editor of one of the largest
papers in Georgia. and the two U. S.
senators would have only selected del
esateS who would agree to vote for
Mr.. Howell as national committeeman
and Mr.. Gray as chairman of the ma
tional delegation
All of this is interesting, intensely
SO. 1t reads like true tales of trials,
troubles and tribulations from the old
time political arena. Truly it seems
as if there is a fight on.
The Ware county end of the story is
that John w Bennett, of Waycross. is
candidate for the place on the ma
'tional committee held by Mr.. Howell.
There's where some of the fight comes
from.
But out of all this disturbance, COM
ing from Mr.. Sirmans, Editor L. Vol
ney Williams, of the Waycross Journ-
al-Herald and others-not a word is
3reathed about Editor Gray as chair
man of the Georgia delegation. Pos
sibly, the brethren in Ware do not OBJ
ject to Mr.. Gray-because it appears
to us in searching some old archieves
that he comes from their political
faith.
II the ground is we'll taken against
the entire Atlanta crowd, bundle Ed
itor Gray UP with Editor Howell and
feed them the same dose, If the Way
cross purifiers are right-let's sweep
clean.
Mr, Bennett is the candidate against
Mr.. Howell Now who is your man
against Mr. Gray?
and still there were rumors Of peace