Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11
AUGUSTA LEADERS
WANT HOOVER ON
|. DEMOCRATIC TICKET
All Shades of Political 0pin-
ion Unite in Belief That
Georgia Democrats Can
Do Their Own Choosing
by ROGERS wINTER

(Staff Correspondent OF The Journa4.)
AUGUSTA, Ga, March. 10.-Plenty
of Hoover sentiment exists here IN
Augusta and plenty of disapproVal
is expressed concerning the action OF
the subcommittee in shutting MIN
out Of the preferential primary be-
cause of his unwillingness to commit
himself to Underlined partisansh1p.
And these expressions Of disap-
prevail are not by any means con-
fined to supporters of Hoover, as Inc
Journal correspondent very soon dis"
covered on inquiry among business
men, lawyers and others. Some act
i've work is being done here Tor
Palmer by his supporters, notably
Judge William II. Dunbar, former
mayor of the city, whose son, Glenn
ent E. Dunbar, is connected with the
alien property custodian's ONCE IN
Washington, formerly headed by the
attorney general. Likewise, McAdoo
has supporters here, notable among
them being Editor Bowdre Phinizy,
of the Augusta Herald. But among
the Palmer men and the McAdoo men,
as well as among the Hoover men,
and practically as outspoken as
among the Hoover men, the SUBJ
COMMITTEES action has not met with
favor.
Among the business men with
whom The Journal correspondent dis
cussed presidential politics were
Howard H. Stafford, prominent
manufacturer, and Captain 2. Fl. R1ce'
a. prominent merchant. They, like
many other business men over the
state, are exceedingly anxious to have
a business administration Of the ma
tional government divorced from poll
tics. Hoover's magnificent record Of
achievement has impressed them
most favorably.
AS they expressed it, they have not
positively made up their minds for
whom they are going to vote In the
presidential primary, but it is not
at all unlikely that they might de-
eide to cast their ballots for Hoover.
and in that event where would they
be? The answer, of course, as mat
ters now stand. is that they would
be disfranchised, or else would be
Obliged to cast their ballot for a
second choice
William M. Howard, formerly con-
gresham from the Eighth district,
now a leading lawyer OF Augusta
and recognized over the country as
one of the ablest men that ever serv-
ed in the national house from any
state, was interviewed by The Jour"
nal correspondent.
Mr.. Howard is not in politics mere
aid nothing is further from ms IN
tentions than getting in politics.
Nevertheless he is close student or
national affairs and is watching with
| interest the trend of events In both
| parties.
Palmer Won't Last
eff Hoover were a candidate" re-
marked Mr.. Howard "he would De
| running like a house afire. 1t Is OIL
| ten difficult for American polltlcal
opinion to function for man VINO is
| not actively seeking support. we
are not accustomed to having the OIL
| flee seek the men. That is one OF the
things that makes the Hoover senti-
| ment so remarka ble-the fact that 1t
has come up from the people. NO
hody knows how the convention at
San Franciso will wind up. Bryan
NAV sweep it off it's feet with his
platitudinous eloquence, and in that
| event the result is likely to be a
platform composed of equal parts OF
prohibition and socialism. Then the
conversion of the Democratic party
| to O. labor party will be complete.
The finishing touches of it's trans
| formation will be put on. l do not
expect Palmer to last long in the
| San Francisco convention. In fact,
L anticipate that he will wither up,
| if you will pardon the expression,
! like feather in hell"
Presidential politics are being dis
| cussed here from numerous and in
| teresting political angles. Prior to
his sale of the Augusta Chronicle to
| a company of which Thomas ]. Ham
ilton, is president; Thomas w. 10y
| less, the, former editor and owner, ex-
pressed himself in favor of General
| Leonard Wood as the Republican
nominee, upon the idea that he would
| like to see the Republicans nominate
a good man in view of the impending
probability of it's success in the COM
| ing election. This gave rise to much
| Wood talk among Democrats. Not
! that they are going to leave their
own party and vote the Republican
| ticket, but the general personally is
well thought of here, having visited
| frequently in Augusta anG being
credited with something to do with
the location of Camp Hancock here.
| Then there is much interest in
what Mr.. Taft has to say with re-
gard to the presidential election, he
: being another Republican who has
! a. host of personal friends who got
acquainted with him when he VIM
/ tered here several seasons on "The
| Hill'' while he was president.
~4 Cox's Visit
! And Governor Cox, of Ohio, was q
visitor in the same suburb last week,
! and numerous Augusta Democrats
| with characteristic hospitality called
| to pay him their respects, and more
than one of them magnanimously Of
! fered to get up a petition signed by
! the requisite 100 names to place him:
on the ballot of the Georgia presi-
Dental primary. Governor Cox told
them he thought we would have
Ienough candidates in Georgia without
/ his horning into the contest, but
| thanked them heartily for the COM
pliment. William NJ. Howard, men
toned above, who used to serve with
! Governor Cox in congress, chatfingly
asked him il he thought he was going
to run anywhere except in Ohio and
| the governor replied that he believed