Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
RACE NARROWS
TO SMITH AND
WATSON ISSUE

AS the senatorial campaign pro-
crosses and Senator Hoke Smith
makes satisfactory Roadway with the
detailed organization of his forces
throughout the state in his canvass
for reelection it is his purpose to
devote more and more time to stump
speaking. His visit to Conyers and
Covington Tuesday is in line with
this policy, and it may be stated that
his out-of-town appointments will be
increased as the date of the primary
draws near.
The Smith headquarters, in the
Piedmont hotel, have received scores
and scores of letters, suggesting
speeches by the senator. 1t will be
impossible for him to accept all these
invitations, but he expects to accept
as many of them as possible.
In addition to the speeches at Con-
yers and Covington Tuesday. Sen
ator Smith will deliver two other adj
dresses during the week. He will
speak at Vienna, Dooly county,
Crisp county, Thursday afternoon.
He will return to Atlanta Friday
morning and remain throughout the
remainder of the week in Atlanta:
Next Monday, August 16. Senator
county 5E AND AND she e nA@ @nd cuthb er
Dawson will be made at II o'clock
| in the morning; at 2:30 o'clock he
will speak at Shellman. and at 4:3O
o'clock in Cuthbert.
The evidence is abundantly cumu-
| lative that the senatorial campaign,
Notwithstanding the candidacy of
three aspirants, is in fact a race be-
tween Senator Smith and Mr.. Wat
son. In these circumstances, the
Smith leaders are gratified but not
surprised that Democrats all over
Georgia, without regard to past fac
tional affiliations, are aligning them
selves behind the candidacy of the
| senator. They point to mountains
of mail from practically every coun-
ty in the state in confirmation of
their analysis Of the situation.
There are scores and scores OF let
tiers and kilograms, strengthened by
word Of mouth reports, that the en-
trance Of Governor Dorsey has not
aroused the response that his advis-
ing to Smith headquarters, they have
received direct and first hand ad-
vices from hundreds Of Democrats
who supported Attorney General
Palmer in the presidential primary,
but who will vote and work for
paign. There have been as many, or
more, letters from men who hereto
fore have supported Governor Dor
sey who in the present race are not
disposed to follow him because they
realize that a vote for him is cal
culated only to help Mr.. Watson.
The Dorsey men, in many countles'
it appears from reports received by
the senator's leaders, have united
with the Smith men in order to- make
doubIy certain the redemption OF
the defeat of Mr.. Watson.
AS an evidence of the failure OF
Governor Dorsey's candidacy to
make Roadway, it is pointed out that
his formal announcement created
even less excitement than did the
preliminary announcement Of his
purpose to be a candidate.
1t was an open secret among mem
bers of the legislature yesterday and
again Tuesday that the governor s
platform had occasioned no comment
even among the men in the legisla-
ture counted as his closest friends
and most ardent supporters-nct
that these friends and supporters
were displeased with the platform,
| but rather that %hey have awakened
| to the fact that the governors can
| didacy is doomed to failure. They
have realized that the people
| throughout the state regard the gov
errors candidacy as calculated only
| to strengthen Democracy's ancient
| enemy-a realization resting on re-
| ports that have come to them from
| their homes. They deplore the situa-
tion, and many of them, it is stated,
| are privately hoping that Governor
| Dorsey will retire from the race.