Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-27
HARRIS FINISHES.
FIRST WEEKS TOUR.
THROUGH GEORGIA

EDISON, Ca, Aug. 26.-Governor
Nat E. Harris was concluding today
his first weeks tour of Georgia, his
last address being in Dawson tonight.
He expects to leave Monday for tour
in the border counties of north Geor
gia. He has visited fifteen counties
and made seventeen set speeches, and
everywhere he has won new friends
and welded the old ones to him.
Governor Harris is being assured at
every stop that he is gaining ground |
Visitors from other counties tell him
OF his increasing strength at their
homes. Travelling men come over to
shake hands with him on the trains
and to say that the Dorsey tide has
reached its crest and is receding while
the Harris wave is just coming up.
The Governor spoke today at Fort
Gaines, in Clay county. At one o'clock
he addressed the people of Edison AMI
later he spoke at Morgan His night
address was set for Dawson.
On Friday the Governor made five
addresses, speaking at Preston, Lump
kin and Cuthbert, and after that hard
"trip by automobile over some rough
roads accepted a late invitation to
speak at Shellman. Everywhere his
! friends have an automobile ready, and
the leading business and professional
men and the planters from the sur
rounding country hurry to greet him.
There has not been a hint of dis
courtesy srown him on his tour, and to
judge from the reception given him one
would not know there was an opposi-
ton supporter in any town he has Wis
tied
In his addresses today and yesterday
the Governor discussed the second
primary bill which he vetoed on the
last night of the General Assembly.
Danger Was Ahead.
Il vetoed it because it called for a
second primary, a system which sew
eral states have tried, found failure
and abandoned" he said. Il told its
supporters if they would abolish the
! convention by some other plan I
would sign the bill. But | could not
put my name to bill which would put
the burden of two state primaries on
the people. And under such a seystem
no candidate could stand the enormous
| expense unless he were a very wealthy
man or supported by an interest with
vast funds to spend and the efar of
danger ahead. 1t would enable big
interest to learn where its candidate
was weak and pour money into those
counties and corrupt certain classes of
voters.
In speaking of Dorsey's Wanted
standing fast" the Governor recalled
the crisis which faced the state before
the extra session, when he included
prohibition in the call.
Il indicted King Alcohol then" he
said. 4 tried him, l convicted him, !
put him to death"
The Governor was forced to decline
a dozen pressing invitations to speak
az nearby towns, as his schedule as it |
stands occupies almost every moment
OF his time His principal regret is !
that he has not several weeks more,
that he might visit more counties.
Big Imagination.
Another instance of the remarkable
imagination of the touring political ex-
pert of the Atlanta Constitution was
noted in Cuthbert, where Governor
Harris spoke yesterday
The Governor was told that the At
lanta paper described Dorsey's crowd
as packing the courtroom and over
flowing into the gallery, while ladies
and children occupied the portion us
ually set aside for negroes. In that
account Mr.. Dorsey was met at the