Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-19
NO ABUSE FOR
HOLDER'SRLVALS
Candidate For Governor
Opens Campaign With
Cordele Speech

j N. IlOAQEI bpGAACNl Ll-7 lam pa
for governor of Georgia here Satui
dav when he delivered his first
speech of the race. Mr.. Holder re
Trained from abusing either OF ms
two opponents, and conferred himself
almost entirely with pointing out the
reasons why he was the most avail
able man of the three for the office
He said in part:
1.-THE people of Georgia, who are
ENJOYING prosperity the like OF
which they have never had before
it seems to me ought to wish the
Democratic party to remain IN pow
err. Under Republican rule our
country was in financial and lndus-
trial bondage Now under the
Democratic administration we nave
been made free, and instead OF be
ing humble suppliants at the feet
of Wall Street, the South has be-
come so prosperous that we are now
fully able to finance our own AFFAIRS
ain this contest for governor lhave
two opponents. For them | entertain
no sentiment of i'll will whatever. In
making your decision as to the gov
ernorship, | trust you will consider
nv merits if 1 have any.
''Mr. Walker held office, accord
ing to his own statement, for TWEEN
tv wears. The last office he held was
one of the best in the state. 1t pays
az O0O per annum. / consider this
one of the very best offices In the
oift of the people Mr.. Walker r.
signed this office recently. This
would indicate that he was tired or
holding this office. He has been IN
office now continuously for twenty
wears and I am not surprised that
he is tired Since he is in that con
dition. would earnestly urge that
YOU let him rest
"No Platform"
"Mr. Walker has issued no plat
form of principles, and has not stat
ed how he stands on a single state
or national issue.
81 have been of member of the
General Assembly of Georgia for
nineteen sessions, not quite so long
as Mr.. Walker has held office, but
during this time I have received the
sum of less than $500 year for my
service. Until last year members OF
the General Assembly received only
four dollars per day, and you know
If is impossible for am an to save
ANYTHING out of this paltry compen-
sation.
"Gentlemen. the Speakership of the
House is in line with the governor
shin. After the speakership, then, II
I have shown myself to be qualified
and worthy. the next advancement
Is the Covernorship of Georgia; and
if YOU think I have made an ettlclent
painstaking. capable officer OF the
state, and if you will put me IN the
Governorship of Georgia, | Will car
nv with me there the same industry
the same application to duty, the
same courteous treatment to every
man and the same determination to
be efficient. that have shown IN the
positions to which I have been chos-
en- in the past. m
'Mv other opponent, Hon. Thos
w. Hardwick. who has been U. 5.
Senator from Georgia is now asplr-
ing to be governor. If he is seeking
vindication. he should run for the of
fee he held when he and the people
of Georgia had their disagreement
two wears ago As far as Mr.. Hard
wick's representing Martens. the al
legged Soviet of Russia, in Washing
ton. do not think that | would have
represented him. However. | am not
a LAWYER and I am only looking at
it from the standpoint of PLAIN
citizen and a layman. But, as
stated. 7 do not think I would have
represented Martens. a man who ad-
II J ST n
terprise3, the destruction of our
institutions and the dragging of wo-
man from her sublime and holy
heights to dismal and degraded
depths.
"Critizes Party"
'Tn the next place, while the DIS
tinguished ex-senator is asking for
the suffrage of the people on ma
tional questions only, he does not
glory in the achievement of the
Democratic party, but on the other
hand critics it severely. In all the
history of our country there has
never been an administration that
has done more constructive work for
the great masses of the people than
hsa been done by the Democratic
administration during the last sew
en- years.
"Mr. Hardwick shows himself to
be most inconsistent when he refus-
es to endorse the Democratic plat
form, and, yet, says that he will vote
for the nominee of the same conven-
ton that made the platform. He
severely criticises many of the Demo
cratic leaders of the nation. So far
as l am concerned | am opposed to
the domination of the Catholic
church or any other church in our
country. I have always favored the
complete separation of church and
state, but l am opposed to any other
religious sect endeavoring to control
our country as l would be the Cath
Ole church.
"The distinguished ex-senator
criticizes the man who has been the
chief executive of this common
wealth for the past seven years.
Gentlemen, while l have differed
with some of the presidents views,
God forbid that I should anathema-
tie the man who is at the head of
the greatest government on the face
of the earth, the man who has helped
To write on the pages of history the