Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-26
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT
ANSWERED BY HOWARD
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| They know that his conduct has been
/ exactly the antithesis Of the conduct OF
l Thomas w. Hardwick. And more than
| that they do not propose to so out of
the Democratic party into an attempt
TO set up new party to be known as
/ the Harris party in Georgia. They are
not going to take orders from the Har-
ris marching bosses. felt confident
! that Mr.. Howard would carry this coun-
| ty before he came, and now | am more
! so than ever since hearing his speech
| and observing the splendid impression
he made on his audience. in which were
| representative men from every militia
| district in the county
Replies to Hardw1ck
| In his speech today Mr.. Howard re-
! piled to the attacks that Senator Hard
wick is making on President Wilson on
the ground of alleged negro appointees
! 1t came toward the close of his discus
/ sion of Senator Hardwick's record. in
( touching on the negro matter. ne salu:
There is one more point and then l
am through with Senator Hardwlck. IN
asmuch as Mr. Harris the priest or pa
triotism, has neither the ability nor
seemingly the inclination to defend
President Wilson from this demagogic
and false attack being made upon him
by thejunior senator. / shall do so my
self. He is telling the people that his
first breach came with the president
over the question of the appointment OF
a negro to a position in Washington.
Now what are the facts? He knows
what they are as well as ] do Yet in
spite Of his knowledge he is stopping to
an attempt to arouse bad feeling be-
tween the races in a time of war and ma
tional peril when they are getting on
peaceably together. The facts are these:
hat under the Democratic administra-
ton of, President Wilson the races were
separated in the government depart
ments for the first time in thirty-nNe
years, when previous to that separation
they were using the same rest rooms
and towels and working together SIDE
by side For the first time in thirty
FIVE years a white man is recorder OF
deeds in the District of Columbia by
presidential appointment. For the first
time in thirty-five years the attorney
generals office is rid of a negro assist
ant attorney general. You may remem-
Der that when a delegation of negroes
called on President Wilson in the White
House TO make protest against these
appointments and this separation OF the
races, their insolent language gave Of
Tense to our great president and he Vir-
tually ordered them out of the White
House President Wilson is a southern
man, born in the south and raised in the
south and Senator Hardwick knows as
well as any man in Washington that
there has never been a single thing in
President Wilson's administration to
give offense to southern people in con-
nection with the race question"
This statement of facts by Mr.. How
ard was received with very close atten-
ton and applause by the audience, which
seemed to be very much satisfied to
have their minds disabused of the false
impression which the junior senator is
seeking to put out in his campaign
speeches.
Ten Minutes to Harris
Mr.. Towards arraignment of the rec
ord of Senator Hardwick occupied about
an hour of his speech, which lasted an
hour and thirty-five minutes, while his
mention of William j. Harris took up
about ten minutes, and the other TWEEN
, ty-fiVe minutes was devoted to answer
, ing the attacks made on Mr.. Howard by
. the Macon Telegraph, the Americas
, Times Recorder, the Savannah Morning
News and the Albany Herald.
, He spoke with unusual power in deal
; ing with Senator Hardwicks record,
, showing that he voted for the declara-
; tion of war and voted for the issuance
of bonds for the financing of the war,
. but then INSTRUCTED the prosecution of
war by opposing the selective service
. law, which was strongly desired by
President Wilson; opposing the aviation
program by offering an amendment pro-
hibiting the use of any selectmen as
aviators, which was tantamount to build
> ing airplanes and then depriving them
! of aviators; opposing the food control
law, which has prevented the rich from
o boarding the nations food supply, pro-
. tected the poor from starvation and in
; sured a steady flow of provisions to
! our boys in France; opposing the fuel
: control law, which has done the same
! with coal that the food law did with
food; opposing the war finance bill
g which enabled the great concerns max
ing munitions and war supplies to go
forward rapidly and efficiently with their
! financial arrangements; opposing the
railway control bills, which enabled the
3 government to disentangle the hopeless
2 congestion in the great ports and trunk
line terminals of the country, which was
almost paralyZing our war program.
9 In conclusion of this portion of his
speech, Mr.. Howard delivered a terrific
arraignment of Senator Hardwick's vote
against the sedition bill.
a THAT was a bill" said he, intended
to stretch the necks of German spies
and secret propa gandists who were go
ing over this country melting the peo-
pie to violence, encouraging the I. w
I w, destroying wheat in the fields, blow
ing up railroad bridges and munition
! plants, exploding bombs in the nations
{ capitol and plotting attempts to take the
o life of our great president. When l was
: a solicitor general l could never com
prehend how a man would desert his
1 wife and children, and now / cannot un
n derstand how Senator Hardwick could
v ioin with Senator Reed, who comes from
a state almost S5 per cent German, ir
: voting agains the sedition bill. Thai
: vote alone is enough to damn him for
e ever in the eyes of patriotic GeorgianS
throughout the state"
= Prolonged applause greeted this clos
y ing arraignment of Senator Hardwick's
: record and Mr.. Howard then INDUCED
o in good-natured discussion for a few
n minutes of the candidacy of William
J. j. Harris.
5 He declared that Mr.. Harris whisper
e ed it around Washington that the peo
II pie of Georgia were disloyal, and there
! was going to be terrific contest to de
feat Senator Hardwick, and then CAV,
. J out interviews to the porthern paper:
. that he had decided to come back L
Georgia and lead his people back int
( the fold of patriotism
1.-THE Priest of Patriotism
Now he is here said Mr.. Howard
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