The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-05

DattlehelQS OF france.
y on are not here today to hear me
speak, and you shall not, but | am
proud to be an American citizen, a
Georgian, and live in Fitzgerald, ga
and Ben Hill county.
we have with us today four OF
Georgia's 'rcd-blooded' sons; they
have the spirit Of the times in their
souls; they are anxious to get to You
and l am wild to let the gap down
and when | do, may the Lord have
mercy on your soul. They are too
old to fight, too ugly to stay with
their wives, and too mean to live
IN their home towns, SO they have
come down to see how we do it il,
Fitzgerald" Mr.. Griner then intro
duced Mr.. John r. Cooper, who made
the opening address, speaking freely
OF his opponents.
He declared in the beginning that
all candidates present were loyal and
that no candidate had any corner on
loyalty to the administration or the
to the late Sen. Tillman and said that
the senate needed a new man to hi
the important place and that he be-
iiCNCo liz IOulQ 10 II.
Cooper denounced the press Of the
state as bought, saying that Harris
had bought practically every news
paper III the state, by buying them
he explained he meant that they pur-
chased the advertising space and that
the EDITORS good VIII and influence
went with it. Harris, he said, had d
corner on the newspapers OF Geor-
gia. He further accused Harris OF
running for office on another man
coat tail, while for himself he was
running on his own record. He cali
ed Harris a plumb id fool for
quitting good job for an uncertain
ty.
Cooper laid down the issues of the
campaign as honesty and competency
Claiming those virtues for himsel1
ana assalllng both qualities in his OPP
ponents.
11ardWick is dead" he declared in
his opening guns on that candidate,
and | am here to preach his political
funeral sermon" tie attacked his
stand on conscription and charged
HIM with baSest dlSloyalty. In COM
menting on Deans absence he assert
ed tnal rtowrad had put him to bed.
Chairman Griner next INTRODUCED
the lion. VIM. ochley Howard. Mr..
Howard stated that 1t had not been
his purpose in coming here to speak
III the interests of his personal ag-
grandlzement, but rather to discuss
the political issues of the day.
Towards principal plea was that
he stands on his pubic record and
that no candidate mas been able 10
attack it successfully.
he last speaker introduced by
Chairman Grlner was the Hon En-
nett X. Shaw. He declared that it
was unnecessary for him to make a
war speech or point out to the people
their duty, Tor they had performed
1t. Shaw also declared that he stands
on his record and furthermore he was
the only candidate who had printed
a definite platform. He attacked the
press as unfair and as closed to d
candidate who had not the money to
buy space. He said that the press
was trying to set up political dcs-
potlsm and repeated Cooper's charge
that Harris has cornered newspaper
publicity i'll Georgia
Shaw attacked the records of Hard
wick and Harris. Hardwick, he said,
had opposed the parcels post, the adj
mlnistratlon ship bill purposed to re-
llcve the cotton depression in 1914,
and conscription. lie attacked Har-
rlS first from a personal view, saying
that Harris had played false to him,
his friend by entering the race after
Shaw had declared his candidacy