Americus times-recorder., 1918-05-30
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.

This Is not surprising.
1t must be apparent t. both men that
they have not the slightest chance in
the world Of election, and they are
bound to tire of the effort and the ex-
rense that the campaiga involves.
The explosion of the staggering
charge against Howard, blow from
which he has never recovered, that he
! deliberately broke his promise TO the
president of the United States. el;min-
atea him at the outser, and If anything
| more remained to send him tunibliug
| down the toboggan that, too, WAS fur
! nished last Saturday when his use of
whisky in a previous election and his
subsequent avoidance fhonest debt.
were exposed
Howard has been revealed to the
people of the state n such light that
he is now a pitiable spectacle. Not
even his mouthings about the state can
conceal the facts about him nor over
come the unfavorabie impression
which the people have of him. The
people are aware, besides, that his loud
talk is merely smoke screen camou-
fiage. behind which are hiding his poll
itical projectors. who happen to be
chiefly Atlanta professional politicians
and contracting profiteers.
AS for Mr. Dean, the few who give
him any consideration at all merely
wonder who he is, and why he is run
ming. Except in inner political cr-
cles, among the men who have con-
trolled the conventions for years, Dean
is not known, and even with them now
it does not appear that he has a.
degree Of strength. The fact that Mr..
Dean has an ambition is not discredit-
able, and the further fact that he is
sufficiently wealthy to finance his cam
palgn can provoke no criticism; but
what he is criticized for is that he in
jects himself into a campaign where
he himself must perceive he has no
part and seeks to reduce TO personal
basis a race that involves a great and
paramount issue like loyalty and
loyalty
This leaves Emmett Shaw and john
R. Cooper as the remaining "candi
dates" Mr. Shaw is applying his zeal
and energy in wrong direction. There
is no possible hope for him. If he
carries two counties, he will be going
his limit, and there are some who be-
lieve that his success will be limited
entirely to his home county of Clay.
Mr.. Shaw is a conspicuous example of
mis-drected aspiration and effort.
AS for Cooper, he is political non
entity who will not carry militia dis
trict in Georgia. He is merely advertis-
ing his law practice under the pretenseI
of being a senatorial candidate.
This leaves the race to Harris and
we started to say, Hardwick How
ever, Hardwick is no longer in the
race, to all intents and purposes. There
is not county in Georgia that Hard
wick can consistently claim There is
not newspaper, nor public man in
the state who will concede a single
county to the senator who has been
branded by the people with the shame
full stigma of disloyalty He has sim
ply been obliterated as political fac
tor in Georgia.
AS The Times-Recorder views the
situation, therefore, Hon W. ]. Harris
unquestionably looms large on the pol
itical horizon of Georgia, completely
overshadowing all other candidates He
was the first in the field. He was
first to attack Hardwickism. He was
the first to make loyalty the issue. He
was first to secure the confidence of
the people, and their respect, and he
has retained both to the fullest ex-
tent He is really the only candidate
whom the majority of the people Sc
riously consider, and in whom they are
manifesting any interest.