Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-02

JOURNAL, ATLANTA, ga.
51.O0O votes to poll in Georgia the
vote which the administration of Wood
row Wilson by every right should poll
Il determined in my own heart and
mind that Georgia should not be misrep-
resented longer or unrepresented
through the next six years. said Mr..
Howard. II entered the race"
Attacks Hardwick
Mr. Howard then launched into a de-
tailed attack on the record of Senator
Hardwick, beginning with his own vote
against the MCLemore resolution, which
the sneaker described as the most COW
ardly ever conceived or written down by
the hand of an American citizen"
When President Wilson sent his great
declaration of war message to congress,
Mr.. Howard said that both he and Sena-
tor Hardwick, speaking at almost iden-
tically the same time, the one on the
floor of the house and the other on the
floor of the senate, voiced their unani-
nous approval of war to the teeth
against Germany.
He quoted Senator Hardwicll as say
ing. Senators. you will find the sons of
Dixie in the front rank of the republics
far-flung battle line."
He quoted from his own speech in sup
port of the presidents message: Mister
Speaker, let us adopt no weakened pol
lev toward the enemy. Let this nation
draw the sword in defense of peace and
l can assure you that Georgia, the en-
pire state of the south, will consecrate
her patriotic services to the nation"
But" said Mr.. Howard, what hap
pened when the first real test of courage
and craftsmanship arose a few days
later?"
The selective service low was intro
duced, he said. a law which was demo-
cratic to the core. which sent the rich
man and the poor man alike to the front,
which has placed 100000 Americans
standing like stone wall on the west
ern front, the bravest, the best equip
ped and the most courageous soldiers
that ever stepped upon a battle field"
Hardwick's "Cowardly Amendment"
when that law was about to pass"
said Mr. Howard, the Junior senator
from Georgia introduced the most cow
| ardly amendment ever offered in the
American senate! 1t was an amend
ment that would have forced the Unit
ed States to stand by and twiddle its
| thumbs while the Hun devoured the
world"
Mr.. Howard drew a grewsome picture
I
tor Hardwicks amendment been adopt
ed and no Americans had been sent
abroad unless they volunteered speci-
| fically to go. He showed how Germany
would have ravaged France, destroyed
| England and come sailing across the At
! lantic with thousands of battleships and
transports, to land in Canada and Mex
leo and crush the United States in the
| wise of Prussianism.
II know that l represented as patri-
otto a constituency as any man in the
country, a constituency that will pur-
sue it's enemy 10 the ends of the earth,
demand restitution, get it or crush
them" he declared.
Senator Hardwick seeks to give the
! impression in his adroit and spccious
advertisements that in England, Cana
da and Australia volunteer systems sue
ceeded. Why, in England pretty wom-
en- patrolled the streets, sticking Stacker
! signs and the white feather on able
bodied young men! Call that volun-
tary? There isn't a red-blooded man in
Georgia that wouldn't rather crawl into
the mouth of a forty-two-centimeter gun
1 and, as the niger said, be 'bodacious-
| ly' fired out, than to let a beautiful
| Georgia woman pin the white feather on
his coat!'
The crowd went wild with applause.
| linen, Sdlu MI f1OWdTus am Bldu,
as an ex-volunteer soldier, knowing the
| iniquities and mistakes of the system,
that l had the privilege of voting for
this splendid piece of legislation
Mr.. Howard showed how Senator
Hardwick opposed the food control bill,
government control of railroads, and,
lastly, the espionage bill.
| Il could never understand" declared
! MIR. Howard, how the junior senator
i -.
hands with James A. Reed, of Missouri,
whose constituency is 20 per cent Ger
man, or of German parentage, to cast
his vote against bill designed to throt-
tie the German spies in this nation, the
flannel-mouthed scoundrels who were go
ing about preaching sedition, dislUyalty,
! blowing up of railroad bridges, opposi-
tion to the government, disloyalty to our
great and beloved president, refusal to
buy Liberty Bonds. When the death rat
tie was in the throat of our allies. when
we came to rescue them and make the
world safe for democracy, the junior
senator took a stand with the enemies
| Of his country! He may be able to ex-
plain tin Missouri"
The crowd roared with enthusiasm.
"Since our great president has no
body else TO defend him here" continued
Mr.. Howard, II will attempt to defend
him against the statement made by the
Junior senator in trying to excite race
| prejudice"
He then went on to show that the
| Wilson administration had brought
about, for the first time in thirty-five
! years, no negro recorder of deeds in the
! District of Columbia, for the first time
in twenty-eight years, not a single negro
assistant attorney general in the depart
ment of justice, and for the first time
in the history Of the government since
! the Civil war the races in the depart
mental services in Washington are sepa-
| rated in working hours.
! when we needed the power in force
and men, the junior senator denied them
| to u.s." declared Mr.. Howard. When
we needed the power in food, he denied
it to US. When we needed the power in
| fuel he denied it to us. When we need
ed the power in transportation, he de-
MED it to us. When we needed the
/ power in the protection of the
/ espionage law, he left US impotent"'
That Other Candidate
Mr.. Howard paused. Then, with a
wry expression on his face. he said
| within sicallv There is another man t.