Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-27
HARRIS CHANCES Grow
BETTER, MANAGER Says
DR.. Ledbetter Claims Howard
Is Practically Out of
the Race

DR.. L. s. Ledbetter. campaign man
] ager for William ]. Harris. candidate
| for United States senator, Saturday
/ reference to the progress of the cam
Gpzign:
/ The situation. from our viewpoint. is
hgrowing more satisfactory from day to
day and from week to week. The state
ment which 1 made last week to the
/ eject that the people of Georgia are
hSettling upon MIR. Harris the loyal
candidate to defeat Senator Hardwick,
lis being borne out more and more in the
hundreds of letters we are resolving
from all parts Of the state These let
tiers show that voters who have been
undecided, have now, il the light of de-
velopments, made up their minds to
support Mr. Harris and through him,
the administration Of President Wilson.
Congressman Howard is practically
out OF the race. His methods, which
are those of a clown and mountebank,
have helped toward his elimination. His
false statements, disprOyen on every
side, have acted as a boomerang
against him. He may easily be dis
missed.
The only real fight in Georgia. as
we have before pointed out, is between
loyalty on the one side as represented
in the person of Mr.. Harris, and the
absence of loyalty as represented in the
candidacy of Senator Hardwick. Mr..
Hardwick's claim of loyalty is repud-
lated by his own record. The people of
Georgia nave made up their minds that
no matter what happens, the defeat
of Hardwtck whose attitude has been
to encourage the beast Of Berlin who
is aiming for world dominion, must be
accomplished.
'sRealinzing this situation, the loyal
people of Georgia are not going to let
division in their ranks make possible
the election of the candidate whose
record is distasteful to the admins
tration and which has stood in the
way of the successful prosecution of
the war.
with a strength throughout the
state which spells victory, Mr.. Harris
campaign is growing in force ana Vlgor
every day. He spoke Thursday at Cor
dele. to the largest crowd assembled In
Crisp county for political meeting IN
the past several years. He spoke FIJI
dav in Vienna and Unadilla to large
and appreciative audiences and was sim
ilarly wen received in HawklnsVllIe on
Saturday.
s.Everywhere Mr.. Harris goes, the
,aopla are flocling to him as the rep
resentative Of loyalty and service ana
the candidate in whom there Is the
greatest hope for the wel-oeAng ana
safety Of cur soldier and sailor. boys
across the water. We are confident Oh
the victory which will be ours when
the ballots are counted September IL.
aIndicatiye of the way the situation
Looks now is the following telegram
from Moultrie, like many we are re
ceiving from other sections OF Ihe
state. ..
.aThis telegram, dated August %,
saws: Straw vote in the city OF Moui-
trie this morning gives Harris lOl'
EIar5vick 81 Howard 80. Shaw 2, Coop
or l. 1t is signed by S. p. TurnoeiL
As TO Polk County
s.Tba ridiculous camouhage OF the
Howard headquarters concerning FOLK
county the home of Mr.. Harris, may
bavp deceived some people who do not
know the facts. 1t is quite unnecessary
To secure a certificate OF character Ol
bin of health for Mr.. Harris among ms
own neople. but to inform any who may
80 hen misled we are giving here
yritb telegram received at our head
quarters Saturday, which needs no com
ment: MI,
1.-The undersigned citizens OF POLK
eountv take great pleasure in assuring
the public once more that the nome
county Of William J Harris Is over
xheluntng for him for United states
senator. In our opinion, the Harris vote
win far exceed the combined votes OF
hig onnonents. 1t is conservatively es-
timated that Harris votes will be at
least three times that of Hardwick, with
Howard generally recognized as very
much weaker than Hardwick.' (Signed)
w. w. Crawford, ordinary; 7. p. Lyon,
sheriff; W. S. Hightower, chairman
board of county commissioners John b
Lacey, chairman county Democratic
committee; F. d. Noble, mayor OF Ce-
dartown; ]. ]. Cooper, representative
~ Poll, county; William w. Mundy, SEN
ator Thirty-eighth district; c. Van
Wood. county physician; J. w. Good,
CITY physician Cedartown; z. B. Rus
sell editor of Cedartown Standard;
Charles r. Brumby, Jr., superintendent
Standard cotton mills and Cook Duck
mills.
mayor of Roclmart, Polk County
POLK county is sure to give w. ].
Harris majority of it's votes.
CSigned) ''E. r. MORGAN.
Mayor of Rockmart.
Howard q Small Factor
. Howard is a small factor all over
Georgia, except to divide the loyal vote,
thus giving Hardwick a chance to carry
several counties by a mere plurality.
His only strength is in the Fifth con-
yressional district For instance, when
be spoke at Thomson, McDufhe county
there were only qtwenty-three people in
the courthouse; in Millen, Jenkins coun-
ty. there were only forty-four; in
waynesboro Burke county, only seven
ty-five All over Georgia such small
audiences show his utter lack of general
strength which shows that there is no
interest in his race or confidence In
his ability to win. The fight is between
Harris and Hardwick, loyalty and dis
loyalty. for President Wilson or against
the president, for our country to win
against the brutal Germans"