The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-07-15
TROUBLE WITH HARDwIck.

The main trouble with Hardwick.
is Hardwick He cannot get away
from himself. One who has observ-
ed his course in the past, cannot es-
cape the concession that the conduct
of the Junior Senator from Georgia
in the United States senate, has been
perfectly natural and in keeping with
the man; with his personality and his
character.
Mr.. Hardwick is small in stature
and likewise small in other attributes,
in personality, in judgment, in char
acter alike.
We do not mean to say that he is
lacking in personality. Such as it is,
his personality is vigorous; but it is
of the Lilliputian stamp.
Nor, would we say that he is medi-
OGRE in mentality. His friends say
that he is smart. This is probably true,
the trouble being that he is too
smart. He has brightness without
sound judgment; without wisdom; an
exaggerated estimate of the import
ance of things as related to himself
always a sure sign of decadence.
He takes himself too seriously. 1t
is said that the late Ebert Hubbard
had erected temple at the shop of
the Roycrofters dedicated to freedom
of thought and philosophy, and imme-
diately over the lecturne, conspicuous
to the eye of everyone who entered,
speaker and hearer alike, was this
motto: Don't take yourself too
damned seriously" If this is true, it
would be worth his while for Senator
Hardwick to make a pilgrimage all
the way to East Aurora, just to see,
and maybe appropriate the sense of
this laconic motto
No more would we say that the
senator is lacking in character. But
that which goes to making the real
essence of the man seems to be infini
tesimal and contemptibly little. With
his morals we have nothing to do at
this time, but speaks only Of the man
as he has disclosed himself through
his public acts. There is no breadth,
nc depth, no exaltation. Just the con
duct and acts of little fellow.
Ard yet, this man is in the United
States Senate, the most august DELHI
erative body on earth. He has been
there for two years, and he has on
occasions shown the monslrous little
ness Of mis- makeup, the good people
of Georgia have, no doubt, found them.
selves cringing, as if from a blow. But
latterly this apprehension has given
place to deep and insufferable
shame. Our people who did not al
9eady know, have learned that Game
Cock" methods beget only Game
Cock" accomplishments. and neither is
nor can be well suited to the dignity
and worth of the United States Sen.
ate, or to the credit and honor of this
great state.
But the broadminded honorable and
noble citizenry of Georgia may at
least be consoled, though not salts
fed, with the assurance that it did
not put him in the responsible posi-
tion which he now holds. A manipulate
ed convention travelled terribly and,
behold! a mouse was born.
The Macon convention of 1914 will
not soon be forgotten by the people OF
Georgia. 1t must recur to memory as
often as Hardwick is seen, or thought
Of, or heard from. His presence
whether in thought, or in propria per
soma, suggest always the political
obortion which brought him forth
The odor of the pole-cat never wears
out; you must bury the object which
holds the stencil. $50 let ii be with
Caesar"