The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-26
"ourRAeEousLY sLANDERED."

time the Hoke Smith steam roller
came into existence as political
weapon. The Smith Hardwick forces
have used him often whenever they
desired and in whatsoever manner
they chose, but he has never had a
higher honor politically than chair
man of the state democratic conven-
ton. This same man helped Smith
and Hardwick swallop up poor Tom
Fielder in the 1914 senatorial contest
and then permitted them to kick his
own fellow townsman out into the
cold when il came to distributing
patronage in Washington. Men who
know have to admit that this is a bit
CT sorry political history
Now comes Judge Miller in one of
his Characteristic, ironical defense8,
pathetic in its like Of sincerely, for
Senator Hardwick, and claims this
| man has been outrageGusly slandered
| by those who would accomplish his
political defeat This man whom Judge
| Miller says is as patriotic as any man
| who walks the earth, has done more
| Georgian in the past hundred years.
He has slandered the people Of Geor-
| gia, and traduced the good name Of
| this great common wealth hundred
| times during the time that has elapsed
since this country found il necessary
TO defend itself against German aggres-
sion. He has brought the blush Of
shame upon the loyal, patriotic citiz-
enship of Georgia as often az die has
had opportunity to show his lack Of
uatriotism and lack OF democratic
sympathy with President Wilson and
the democratic administration he went
to Washington as a Georgian to up
hold and support,
THE ablest man in the senate from
the SOUTH" Bosh! does Judge Miller
dare think anybody in Georgia be-
lieyes that? Tom Hardwick's home
people would bitterly dispute it, In
deed they are already at it with vigor
Judge Millers home people will dis
pute it for him and show him that
they mean it in the election. He
doesn't believe that himself and he
need not hope to start the ball of
sympathy rolling for. Hardwick by
pitting out suclr language.
Georgians will remember Tom
Hardwick's very lack of loyalty to
the day when, it becomes their duty
TO express their disapproval of it
Most of them will remember that he
lid net go to Washington by the voice
Of the people that Hoke Smith, with
crowd of faithful lieutenants like
Judge Miller boldly robbed another
man in order to carry Hardwick in as
senator and from that sorry day both
Hardwick and Smith have done what
ever they could to block every notable
administration measure that has been
up,
Talk about loyalty! Talk about
ability! Even before he had sorely
offended every man, woman, and child
in Georgia with his bold designs for
delaying plans for fighting in Europe
he was not the popular choice Now
that he has so traduced his state, bro
ken faith with his people and conduct
! I'd himself in Washington so as to
very nearly require the government
to consider him as national enemy
does any one suppose Georgians have
cause to put faith in the statement
of Judge Miller that Hardwick is the
ablest senator from the south?
How could any man regard Hard
! wick's return to the senate matter
of the highest importance when the
man has by his very attitude toward
the administration made il impossible
to render any KIND of further useful
service? The senate has no respect
for him nor regard for his opinion
The president would Thousand
times, We imagine, rather see Hard
wick's seat vacant than filled as i
has been OF late. How shall his pres
ence in the senate be of priceless.
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