Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-20
HOOVER 5 TOT
FAVORlTE OVER /
PALMER IN WARE
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Smith would consent to make our
fight for US, T am not informed.
But I do know that he recently is
sued a strong statement declaring it
to be the right of Georgia Temo-
Gratis to vote a free ballot in their
own primary, we Hoover supporters
could vote for him with the under
standing that vote for him was a
Il vote for Mr.. Hoover. I am salts
fled he would sweep the state. There
is no Palmer enthusiasm here or
anywhere else that I have heard of.
1 do not believe Senator Reed will
consent to the use Of his name. |
believe the Reed agitation is emanat-
ing mainly fin the Palmer organs
who realize that the only chance on
earth to force the state in line for
rrr. Palmer is to offer Senator Reed
as the only alternative. Senator
Smith may be willing to go on the
ballot and make our fight for us. /
hope he will.
$50 far as Mr.. Hoover =; con-
cerned, I am for him because 1 con-
slider him the most available man
we could nominate. So far a pre-
ference is concerned, / naturally
would prefer to give the nomination
to some 'old-line' Democrat, as we
say. But where is one who can get
the Independent vote and cut into the
Republican vote. We haven't got
o. that anybody knows of. Mr.. Hoo
yer undoubtedly would swing the
bulk Of the independent vote, and
believe he would cut into the Repab-
lican vote quite heavily. That is why
I want the Democratic party to nom
mate him as it's candidate for pres
ident."
Dr.. Walkers views
The Journal correspondent had a
talk with DR.. J. l.. Walker, president
Of the First National Bank OF way
cross and one Of the most prominent
physicians and citizens in this part
of the state
N"Trnderstand me-" said he. MY
first choice for the Democratic nomr
nation, an for the presidency, is
Governor Edwards Of New Jersey.
would like to vote for him on the
platform he advocates. After him
, my second choice is Herbert Hoover
Everything Mr.. Hoover has done
he has done weel He has made no
failures and no mistakes. His finest
and greatest work was done as a
lieutenant of President Wilson. He
i yerywhere regarded as an Ameri-
can of the finest type.
eff we nominate Mr.. Hoover, we
will win. I am sure of that. I want
us to win---therefore, I am for Mr.
Hoover. If we nominate Mr.. Palmer
Or Mr.. NIcAdoo, we will lose.
eff cannot vote for Mr.. Hoover in
the residential primary. then [ am
ready to vote for some Georgian who
will go into the primary and repre-
I.sent our viewpoint, making our fight
for us and carrying Hoover delega-
ton to IAN Francisco"
Calvin T.. Parker, formerly Ware
eounty's representative in the legis-
lature, one of the prominent business
men of Waycross, said to The Jour
T correspondent:
IT have not decided who is my
choice in the presidential primary
but L believe in fair play, and il
seems grossly unfair to shut out OF
the primary a large element of the
party in Georgia who wish to vote
f Mr.. Hoover"
w. e. Sirmans' Views
! w. E. Sirmans, a prominent real
estate man and member of the Dem
| ocratio state executive committee, is
| a strong Hoover supporter and an
outspoken critic of the action of the
subcommittee in shutting him out of
the primary. He is one Of those who
refused to be bound by Chairman
Flynt's argumentative and unfair
statement of the question on the So
called referendum sent out to mem
berS Of the state committee.
my opinion is that the state exec
utive committee would request Chair
man Flynt to call meeting in At
lanta,' said he, eff the matter were
presented to them. And if they met
there and heard from representative
Democrats from all parts of the state
who demand the right to vote for Mr..
Hoover in the primary, believe they
would pass resolution directing the
subcommittee to place his name on
the ballot.
Everybody understands that the
subcommittee action is piece of
political trickery. Most men believe
in fair play, and I believe the state
executive committee would demand
fair play for the Hoover supporters il
they met and considered the question
in the proper light. Chairman Flynt' S
referendum was not referendum. 1t
was an argument, an unfair state
ment of the question, trick on a par
with the trick of changing the rule
after the Hoover supporters had COM
piled with it,