Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-08
is a bluff pure and simple.

ID DIuH pure ana simple.
1T means that the democrats will
increase their amjority in the next
House and that they will not lose a
single senator retaining the present
large majority in that body The sig
nificance of the New York elections is
of tremendous consequence as a afc-
tor in the national elections to take
place this fall. The one thing that
controlled the result in these four New
York districts will be the one thing
that will control the makeup of the
next House and the next Senate, and
that is the determination of the peo'
pei of all sections to back Woodrow
Wilson and to stand by the administra-
ton in the presentation of solid
front to back those of our boys who
are participating in the greatest OF
all world wars. The people of this
country are not in the habit of
swapping horses in the middle of q
stream Republican triumphs in the
New York elections would have been
construed as criticism of the adj
ministration. The people of those
four districts took no chances in let
ting the world know that they are back
OF Woodrow Wilson and his admin
istration. And they have declared in
advance the result of the national
elections to take place in November"
Chairman Harris also expressed his
great delight at the action of the gen
eral assembly of Wisconsin in de-
nouncing Senator La Toilette and
lining up with the war policies of the
administration
Wisconsin" said Chairman Harris,
"has perhaps a larger percentage OF
Germans in it than any other state
in the union. The friends of Senator
La Toilette did their best to prevent
expression of any kind antagonistic
to Senator La Toilette, but the public
sentiment of the state was irresistible
and the legislative reputation of the
senator who has so grossly misrepre-
sente his state, was brought about
By the same force that caused the
four congressional districts in New
York to go unequivocally on record
as standing by President Wilson and
the administration.
CAS- to the situation in Georgia"
continued Chairman Harris, Sub
stantially the same conditions prevail
as regards senatorial misrepresenta>
ton as those that have disgraced Wis
consin. The junior senator from this
state is appealing to the people on
his record 1 have challenged that
record as being discredit to the sena-
tor and disgrace to the state, unless
if is repudiated by the people of Geor-
gia just as LaFollette's record has
been repudiated by his state.
During my visit home l have heard
from every part of the state of Geor-
gia and my confidence in the result
has increased every day.
81 will be overwhelmingly nominal
ed for the senatorship and whatever
else may be said, L can, with becom-
ing modesty, say that when 1 take my
seat in the Senate I will never cast
q vote that will mortify my people or
shame my state. Should the time ev-
er come when I sould feel called upon
to defy the public sentiment of my
people I would place my commission
back into their hands.
"The senatorial election in Georgia.
concluded Chairman Harris, when
reduced to it's last analysis, is simply
a question as to whether or not the
people of this state are going to stand