Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-16
Can A. Mitchell Palmer Get
His Consent to Run, in
Georgia Under the Gag
Rule of Subcommittee?

Editor The Journal: have not the
pleasure Of a personal acquaintance
with the Hon. Mitchell Palmer.
From all accounts, however, he seems
to be gentleman of high standard.
But, what I wish to ask is: How
/ can a man Of such character get
his consent to so into a contest, with
the voters who desire to support
another, gagged and muzzIed by a
little coterie of "gangsters" who ac-
cidentally are in a position to do such
a job?
Certainly Mr.. Palmer is not him.
self a gang politician" If so 1t
matters not under what flag he
stands, the world has little use for
him. But I refuse to believe this.
On the contrary, 1 believe him to
be a man whom all Democrats could
cheerfully support, should he become
our standard bearer. In his Harris
burg speech on March Is he said:
ITO deny the, people their right to
selection would be q distinctly back
ward step which would be sorry to
see our party take"
With such views, how can he ap-
prove the present attitude of the
Georgia executive committee?
Will it be because he thinks Mr..
Hoover is not such Democrat as
Democrats could consistently vote
for in the presidential primary?
can understand how the reaction
airy politicians who masquerade as
Democrats can persuade themselves
| that Hoover is not q Democrat"
For Hoover himself has declared war
against them and warned the Amer
lean people Of the active efforts now
being made by them to place the
government under the domination of
capitalistic and reactionary interests
as we'll as Of the equally objection
able movement to obtain control by
the socialistic elements.
can understand how in Georgia
those characters, who have~for a
generation lowered like obscene vul-
lures over our state politics and
spread their black wings over every
meeting Of the legislature, in the
interest Of predatory corporations
and in opposition to every movement
IN behalf Of the people at large, and
who, like wolves in Sleeps clothing,
have wormed themselves into the
Democratic councils in order to bet
ter carry out the behests of their
masters, should say to Hoover:
what have to do with thee?7 And
make the air resound with the cry,
Hoover is not a, Democrat"
can understand how unstable men,
into whose ears. whispers as seductive
have been poured as ever Satan
poured into the ears Of Eve, have
yielded to certain sinister influences
and seek to excuse their pusilanimity
by crying Hoover is not a Demo.
crat!n
can understand how the hide
bound party Pharisees, and even hon
est, but uninformed, men, blindly fol-
lowing their lead, can unite in the
cry, Hoover is not a Democrat
But give Mr.. Palmer credit for
more intelligence and more mag
nanin1ity than to join in such a cry.
He goes before the country to vind!-
cate the achievements Of present So
ministration as basis for asking
that the party be continued in power.
Yet he will have to proclaim from
the housetops as one Of its. greatest,
If not it's greatest accomplishments,
the great undertaking Of supplying
the millions of troops across the
ocean with supplies promptly and eff