Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
ENATOR HARDWICK AN OBSTRUC.
ZIONIST AIDING THE ENEMY.

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member of the lower house of Congress
and as United States Senator shows
clearly that he is an obstructionist by
nature or that he finds pleasure in
playing cheap politics.
He was not elected to the United
States Senate by the people of the state
Of Georgia, but by the steam roller
process of the Hoke Smith political
machine in Georgia. Right here it
might be said that, since Senator Smith
has begun to hear from home" it
seems that he has repenred for this
act of his machine, and we are likely
to hear more of this repentance than
Senator Smith published in his letter
of explanation in The New York Times
OF July 2Sth, where he appeals to his
record to show that he is not disloy-
al to the people of the state and gov
eminent Senator Hardwick.
Is it possible that the fact that Mr..
Hardwick knows that he was not elect
led to the office which he now holds
by the people of the state, and that they
will never elect him, or permit him
to be elected by any method in the fu-
ture, causes him to think he is at lib
erty to disregard the wishes of the
people of this state, as he is doing, but
he should remember that such conduct
is not consistent with his oath of Of
flee, and is in violation of his duty to
the people of the great State of Geor-
gia, Notwithstanding the method by
which he was elected. The people of
Georgia are loyal Americans and in
their hearts they are supporting the adj
rlinistration, the conduct of Mr.. Hard
wick Notwithstanding.
If Mr.. Hardwick is as pro-German
as his record in the United States SEP
ate indicates he should resign his Of
flee, and many people in Georgia
think he should renounce his citizen
ship and become a citizen of Germany.
Il he is simply natural obstruction
list, he should for once, at least, let
enough patriotism into his heart to in
spire loyalty to his country in this try
ing hour of great war If he is sim
ply piqued because President Wilson
lis too great, too democratic, and too
loyal to duty to play cheap politics as
to the federal patronage in Georgia
IT, please Senator Hardwick, then the
senator is little demagogue who mer-
tied the want of confidence and the
disrespect the people of Georgia now
have for him.
Senator Hardwick is not so destitute
.of ordinary intelligence that he does
mot know that our government is a
democracy where a majority rule, and
that when a measure becomes a law
by vote of the majority the minor
Iity must yield He knows full well
that the government of the United
States has adopted certain policies to
defend opr people against the agrees
sive crime of German autocracy. and
he knows fully as well that it is the
duty as a citizen and as United States
Senator to support these policies after
they have been enacted into law. He
not only knows what these laws are,
but he knows also that Germany is
striking at the very freedom of the
American people, and the life of our
republic, and that the best way to
bring this awful war to a speedy end
is for every citizen to do what he can
towards making tive policies of the
government speedily effective. He
knows on the other hand that his OBJ
structive methods encourage the en-
envy and hinder the government, and
] that such methods will prolong the war
/ at the expense of many lives, But, Mr..
Hardwick has disagreed with the ad-
ministration and it seems that he is
willing to employ obstructive methods
to satisfy personal pique, though it
may cost thousands Of the lives of not