Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-10
81 COUNTIES FOR HOWARD
IS SMITHS PREDICTION
Manager Declares His ESti-
mate on Senatorial Race
Is Conservative

!. r. Smith in charge of the cam
jaign headquarters of Congressman viii
liam Schley Howard, candidate for the
United States senate 10 succeed Thomas
w Hardwick. Saturday gave. out the
following statement:
My prediction of last Sunday that
William Schley Howard would carry s.
counties with 202 county unit votes, and
that there would De no second primary,
was rock bottom, conservatively made
on unimpeachable figures and informa
ton. In this prediction of 81 counties
want to let our friends know that only
One six vote county was included, and
that was the county of Fuit- ~ which
Mr. Howard will carry ten - one over
his opponents. Since tnat time our
friends are confidently claiming four
other six vote counties and innumerablt
four and two-vote counties.
THE truth of the matter is that both
the Harris and Hardwick people realize
that William Schley Howard is to be
nomina ted because the confidential re
ports received by them from every sec
ton of the state Indicate most clearly
that people are changing from both Har-
ris and Hardwick to Howard by the
thousands. Mr.. Towards campaign has
appealed to the imagination OF the PEG
pie. he has won their admiration, their
respect and their confidence, and he
will get their votes Never in the his
tory of politics, certainly never in the
history OF Georgia politics, has so game
and gallant a fight been put up by a
candidate.
Opposed by practically all of the lit
tie town politicians, and the editors OF
the daily newspapers and by a majority
of the editors of the weekly newspapers,
he has carried his message Directly TO
the voters themselves. He has fought
back when attacked, but has not struck
a blow below the belt. and the people
have taken this campaign into thei.
own hands in every county in the state.
Letters by the hundreds, kilograms by
the score, long distance telephone com
munications, enthusiastic callers from
all sections of Georgia, indicate only too
clearly that our previous prediction OF
SO counties is far too conservative. Mr..
Towards friends claim that he will car
ry not less than 1O2 counties.
Our friends are thoroughly prepared
for the fake poll of the state to be pub
lished in the Atlanta Constitution, whose
correspondents are in practically every
instance the editors or reporters OF pa
pers that are opposing Mr.. Howard. This
is one campaign where the people are
doing their own thinking and their own
voting, regardless of would-be political
dictators, be they town politicians or
editors.
THE Harris people are absolutely dis
pirited and feel in their bones the I'M
pending blow. The Hardwick people
also see the handwriting on the wall.
The Howard people are confident en-
tbusia stic iubilant and hard at work.
They will win the victory for the can
didate who has been the most intrepid
and gallant friend that woodrow VIII
son ever had, the man who took his po
Iitical life into his hands to advocate
his measures and who on the stump mas
exposed the administration anu
Uar record of Thomas w. Hardwick and
the lack of record of William j. Harris,
Friends of William Schley Howard
in Georgia, we salute you! You are
backing a winner