Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-20
A FIGHTING CANDIDATE.

luoSG WIZ tAou5AL Ihot "ihiAohA -
Harris was pacifist as candidate
have Teen treated to surprise.
Along with the surprise went jolt
for the politicians, and for the half
baked candidates who, with more
mouth than sense, have been ranting
over the state in vain effort to at
tract attention.
Mr.. Harris has consistently declined
to enter into any joint debates, for
the sufficient and satisfactory reason
that there is nothing to debate.
No amount of argument and verbal
pyrotechnics between any of the can
didates can alter the record that Hard
wick has made-a record for outrage
Gus Misrepresentation of constitu
ency that will stand for all time, so
far as Georgia is concerted, as the
high-tide mark of political shame and
perfdy.
No amount of adjectives, bombast
and professions of patriotism can
change the fact that W. ]. Harris was
The first man to beard the lion in his
den."
When Hardwick started on his ram
page last year, the only public man
Of this state with the temerity to de-
rounce him was W. J Harris
Mr.. Harris began his campaign
and he made it from the start a fiat,
defiant fight on and against Hardwick
- there was no other man mentioned
for the Senate. There was no other
man who, at that time, had the cour-
age to appear in opposition to Hard
wick, whose spurious loyalty he spec
iously presented to the people as the
only, genuine brand of patriotism.
And now Hardwick is licked, now
that the people have found him out,
thanks to such courageous methods of
Nv To- rNfc lf11ar
to adopt, there are a flock of two-by-
four candidates rushing for the spot
light, hoping that the public will for
get the service Mr.. Harris has rem
fcred the state. They are deceiving
no one, we doubt even if they are de-
ceiv.ng themselves, with their blatant
believing and noisy pretenElons.
In the meantime Mr.. Harris is pur-
81 ing an aggressive campaign, the
which, by the way, is as much of a
jolt as it is a surprise to the polite
ians They had lyingly said SO often
that Mr. Harris could not make a
public speech they had almost come to
believe it themselves, and now that he
haa taken to the stump and is Smelling
The woods with such force and fury
they are seeking trench shelter. The
Harris speech at Lafayette Saturday,
where he blistered the hide of Sly
Howard and then nailed it to a post
for all the world to see and sicken,
shows that he is a fighter and is not
afraid. and that, moreover, truth is on
his side.
Every development of the campaign
so fer has proven that the only real,
logical candidate in the race for the
United States Senate, and the only
one to whom the public is giving any
serious consideration, is William j.
Harris. That the other candidates
realize this is attested by the fact
that they are centering their pop-gun
fire on him, instead of attacking Hard
wick, the common foe. For it is al
ways evident in politics that the
small fry among the candidates go af-
ter the man they think is the strong
est, and it is a compliment to Mr..
Harris, aside from being confirmation
of his strength, that they are barking
at his heels, like a flee around a fast
running fox.
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