Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-18
HARRIS PLEASED
WITH RECEPTIONS
ON WEEKS TRIP
Senatorial Candidate Scores
HardwiCk in Address to Vot-
erS of BuIIoCh County at
StateSboro Saturday

STATESBORO, Ca, June 15.-Hon.
William J. Harris addressed the voters
Of BuIloch county here today and was
given a cordial reception by his friends.
He came here from Sylvania and eX-
pressed himself as well pleased at the
reception he had been getting on this
weeks trip.
A crowd of several hundred people
heard Mr.. Harris. VINO spoke for about
fifty minutes He was introduced by
j. F. Brannen, president of the Harris
club here.
Among his audience were a number
of people from the adjoining counties.
and between dozen and fifteen citi-
zens as a delegation came through with
him from his last STOP. Mr.. Harris says
the same thing happened on the trip
from Millen to Sylvania.
In his speech here which appeared to
be along the same lines as others de-
livered this week, Mr.. Harris went after
the record of Senator HardWick severe
ly, declaring the present junior senator
has not cast one vote in the senate since
the declaration of state of war with
Germany other than the kaiser himself
would have had him vote.
This fight" said Harris, "is one or
national honor one of protection of the
clean line of Georgia's historic record
of all times-the wiping clean of that
blot which has been put on our pages
by the present junior senator"
President Lugged In
IT did not bring the president into the
race" said Mr.. Harris, and his name
should never have been in it, President
Wilson has on his shoulders all he can
possibly attend to, as big a man as he
is, without being burdened with Geor-
gia politics. My purpose in entering
the race was to relieve him of one of
his obstacles in the person of Georgia's
present misrepresentation, one of the
senators. One of my opponents, though,
has sought to work on prejudice by lug
ging in Mr.. Wilson's name and much to
my natural delight, he has found and
is still finding that it has acted as a
boomerang"
Mr.. Harris again dealt with the war
situation, emphasizing the absolute need
in the further prosecution of the war,
which he earnestly hopes will soon be
brought to a successful conclusion, of
every ounce of harmonious and united
support the president can get not only
throughout the nation but particularly
in the halls of the national assembly.
This he has not had in the upper cham
occupied, in representation from this
state, as at present.
Certain of First District
Mr.. Harris, in a statement upon the
conclusion of his trip through a part
of the First district, said:
W nile L was certain of the First con-
gressional district all the while, | am
absolutely positive now my majority III
that district will be two to one or bet
ter for the district as a whole. Ia
some of the counties it is going to Ne
stronger even than that. Not one coun-
ty in which l spoke or passed through
this week is a weak one.
II felt all along that Bulioch was a
strong Harris county. Mayor Rour.
tree ana others tell me the majority
there, over all. will be better than n
thousand. Jenkins is almost solid and
my visit to Millen was a real inspira
tion-one that would crafty any ma l.
SylVanll gave me a great reception, ami
the people came in from over the county
lines. In fact, without further emu
meratlon of them, ! am willing to pc
quoted as saying that there isn't the
slightest possibility of a doubtful cour-
~ in the entire district. Before the
campaign is over two-thirds of the other
districts are going to be sending in
substantially the same report.
THE fight is going right on until tn :
day of the election, but / am confident
we have it won now"