Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-13
The Election Result.

For the weII-nigh unanimous vote by which
they defeated Senator Hardwick in Wednesdays
election the people of Georgia due heartiest
.congratulation. AS The Journal confidently pre-
dicted from the outset, they have repudiated the
junior Senator's course Overwhelmingly, and have
affirmed just as decsively their belief in the poll
cies which he combated. their confidence in the
administration which he opposed. The tide of bal
lots that swept Senator Hardwick to defeat pro-
claimed Georgia's singIe-minded and whoehearted
devotion to the work of winning the war. There
was never a reasonable doubt to the sentiment
of this Commonwealth on that supreme issue, but
in condemning Senator Hardwick's official record
so overpoweringly the people have given renewed
and especial evidence of the faith that is in them
They have attested their belief in the Selective
Service law and in every other essential war meas
ure for which the Administrator has asked, and
have reafhrmed their loyalty to the President
himself.
The accomplishment OF this end the prime
and all important object Of the vast majority of
the voters. whether they cast their ballots for
William j. Harris or William Schley Howard, or
for either of the other anti-Hardwick candidates
Every vote against the junior Senator was a vote
in support of the President and for the vigorous
prosecution of the war. This likewise was the all
important object of each Of the candidates who
opposed the junior Senator. Equally loyal to the
cOuntrys cause and to the Administration, they
conferred their campaigns upon the defeat of Mr.
Hardwick and the result speaks for itself.
Particularly notable in this connection was the
campaign of William Schley Howard That he
fought intensely and effectively against Mr.. Hard
wfcks reelection, not even the bitterest partisan
opposing him deny. Carrying the war straight
and swift into what were feared to be Hardwick
strongholds he championed the cause of militant
AmeFicanism of ratio
championed them with stirring logic and through
his own loyal record as a Congressman; cham
pioned them irresistibly that almost the last
vestige of the obstructiOnist candidates support
was swept away. Mr.. Howard and his friends have
to be proud of his contribution to the cleo
ton result. Significantly enough, it was from
those who had known him longest and best that
he received his largest of support In the
Fifth Congressional district, one of the most
zealousIy loyal in all the United States and one of
the stanchest in allegiance to President Wilson,
Mr.. Howard carried every county by towering ma
iorities. That is = tribute of which any Georgian
might well be proud, and one that William SchIey
Howard abundantly deserved. The Journal, while
refraining from taking stand as between equally
loyal candidates the Senatorial race in its news
columns gave Mr.. Towards candidacy full Justice
along with the other opponents of Senator Hard
wick; and the fact that we're one of the very
few newspapers In the State to grant this measure
OF fair play simply heghtens our qualification at
having done
To the winning candidate. Mr. William j. Har-
ris. The Journal offers its best wishes for useful
and distinguished service in the great trust which
has been committed to him AS the Presidents per
sonaI choice. Mr.. Harris election in a time like
this is self-explanatory He had previously re-
eeived marked evidences of the Administration s
confidence. AS director of the federal census bu-
reau and a member of the federal trade commits
sion both of which Offices he held by Executive APP
pointment Mr.. Harris retained and increased Presi-
dent Wilson's regard for him. Pitching his Sena-
torisI candidacy upon the broad issue of loyalty
TO the Wilson Administration and to the winning
of the war he conducted an earnest and as the
outcome witnesses, eminently successful cam
paign He will go the Senate with the loyalty of
united Georgia behind his every effort to the
peoples interests and to magnify the name of the
State and the Nation; for the election being over
there is no division in the ranks of this patriotic
Commonwealth.
The man who wears last years overcoat may
console himself thought that he is patriotic