The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-10

advised that he be returned to Con-
gress where he was making so SPLEEN
| did record that he might be expect
cd TO become speaker OF the House
as was his brilliant father.
Returning to discussion CT the war
Mr.. Harris declared that so efficient
was the presidents prosecution OF the
preparedness program that America
| lad done more in one year than any
81 the Allies had done in two. He
dropped his convincing matter OF fact
zone and became brilliantly orator.
cal when he spoke OF the wonderful
hcro;sm with which the Jew hundred
American engineers had stopped the
| great German drive after it had broll-
en- the British lines and semod about
10 sweep over France in an irresistible
| wave. He declared confidently that
when America had reached France in
force that they would help whip the
| Germans TO Htandstll in 4 years
time.
Harris strongly attacked Hardwick's
unpatriotc stand in opposing the ad-
| ministration, both before and after
| the declaration Of war After Hard
wick had voted with the rest of Con-
gress for his nation to go to war he
deliberately turned around and tried
to tie his nations hands with his bill
to prevent selectmen from going
across unless they volunteered. and
his bill to discharge all members OF
the national army when they reach
ed thirty-one. Harris went back in
to the history of the war of 1872 and
| the Mexican war to prove the DANCE
of such laws to the success of the war
| Hardwick had introduced these
measures and opposed the entire mil
itary program of the administration
for purely political reasons, declared
| the speaker, and a man who will play
politics when the world is on fire de-
serves the united condemnation of all
men," Harris dwelt briefly on Hard
wick's opposition of the nitrate plants.
] o. the aircraft bill, and before the
war OF the Federal Reserve Act. and
the Parcels Post and other measures,
as examples of his lack Of wisdom.
"Woodrow Wilson is not only a
man, not only civilian leader, but
he is commandments of our arm
les and he who opposes him opposes
the best interests of our soldier boys
declared the speaker.
Vote for the man who has the
confidence of everybody" was Har-
ris' appeal 81 enjoy the utmost con
tidence of all from the President or
down. All the ministers of the state
are favoring my candidacy for senate
and | would rather have the support
of the Christian people than of al
the political ring.
! Howard. he declared, was the can
didate of the Atlanta political gang
which is-trying to rule or ruin" the
state. Atlanta has nearly all the big
state officers and the ring means tC
see that she gets the rest. Harris de
nounced the slick talker" in politics
He said that politics was the only
place where the slick talker had d
chance The business man, the farm
er, and the banker demand something
more than slick talk in business but in
politics they give the slick talking
demagogues free hand Harris adj
mitted that he was no oily tongued
speaker but insisted that it took
something else to make good con
gresham. Crisp is no great orator.
he reminded his hearers. but has more
influence in congress than any OF the
big talking demagogucs.
Harris then went on to outline his
record with which most citizens are
by this time familiar. He has put
through bills that cut down graft to
minimum in state departments; he
put cinder dehectors on railway
coaches; he passed the Blue Sky law
to keep the people of Georgia pro-
tected from swindling corporations
as chairman of the Democratic eXecu-
tive committee he rolled up the big
gest majority for President Wilson
that Georgia has ever given candi-
date. causing his Republican home
district to go democratic for the first
two times in its history. AS census
director, among other things, he cor
rected the cotton reports to keep the
cotton production from being over
estimated and keeping cotton prices
down; he opened up census offices to
Confederate veterans. He has done
more for the Confederate veterans
than any other man in public Office
but also has won the support of all
the Federal veterans by his fair treat
ment of them His list of appoint
ments by the president is an imposing
one and proves the esteem in which
he is held by the first citizen of the