Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-02
SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW

We reproduce in the adjoining column this page an article
from the Atlanta Constitution of last Saturday Ausu0t 20
ed bv lanes Hoomon who has been aPty referred TO y W
AI Herald as Ceorgias political muck aker The
L. t oard for what Mr. Holomon writes because ne has
It reoard for the truth and would attention 10 ms
niue IL we're # not for the fact that silence nigh be
construed by Americu who do not Kno"
plea of guilty the charges insinuahons and mSSta'e una
he puts forth. r. DIr cave Sen.
r smith measure of support the April primary had nohhg
whatsoever with its finally declaring tor hun IN TINS
They were and its action IN each case was
ned bv survey candidates the merits OF issues ~
unbiased calculations of the best interests OF the state ana
Av statement contrary this false and nslnuaon
is sanderous IL a. Aa.a
Constitution land therefore having viewpoint OF PuDhc adS
difficult the Constitution to comPrehend) an insuGon no
private organ the personal interests or desires OF an M
da Il owned and controlled by three not one as the
;on states and two of residents of Amecus and
actively in charge of the business of editing and publishing Its day
editions giving all this business The third MEMBER
of the firm Arthur Lucas of Atlanta president OF the
Recorder Company who sole until November IT,
GENERATING amusement houses all the South devotes all OF his
time to the amusement and of to the business either
editing directing this newspaper although ne taxes d"
and pride in his connection with it.
Nebe Of the three of the stock of the Times Record
r company alone controlling interest attempts alone to
exercise control Therefore the when speaks does
so as the combined sentiment OF views o "
Nbe The Recorder nor Mr. Arthur Lucas need defense
at the hands of any Their records clean they can and DO
tell truth and resort to asehoods or worse
to gain point personal political fight 1t IS true ha M
Lucas Of Senator Smith campaign managers IN April ne
had heen
ust been friend of Governor Dorsey and he
asked the him He the floor OF the May
Smith delegate and served on the resolutions
tee one OF Senator ornlth Representative 3 D I -
Mr. Lucas did something which the amer people nave
widely proclaimed he agreed to support the much herado
Randolph by the Palmer people enthusiastically
endorsing the Wilson administration condition that be Paat
ed from the section carrying the League OF NATIONS
lust as brought back from Versailles This he did knowing that Sen
ator Smith position called for ratification only with important res
(Which the Times Recorder tar back as the day a
the Jackson dinner without consulting Mr. Lucas declared
favor of accepting order to obtain ratification at alb But the
Palmer people having framed this resolution as trick refused
the although they bore on dnterent SUBJECTS
properly called consideration separately leaving only thing
Smith people do which they did the Randolph
luton down and plan another tack of their own
1t Mr. Lucas either alone together with others who sen
Smith that the convention had failed to endorse th
administration as should do Senator Smith was not on the conVen
ton the hail. he should have been FAC
which the meRecorder (agan without consulting Mr. Lucas)
v criticised after the convention But the fact remained that III
there but the Piedmont hotel some blocks
What happened? The down and drafted
resolution of endorsement of President Wilson's
desired passed and which would have forced the Paine
people join the Smith delegates had it to vote lh
Palmer people program H. H. Dean of Gaines
vile prominent Palmer leader promptly informed Tom Watson
who his floor marshal and the latter quickly adjourned thu
convention Palmer placed the gun the hand
which he committed the foul deed against the
which has been charged by them to Senator Smith
this merely wild statement of opnon MIR Watson himsel
with Smiths charged he had DEAL fur
nes the evidence the first of his The Columbia Sen
ne following the convention which he goas what he
able accomplish with the aid of Palmer delegate because Senate
Smiths arrived too late Says the Sentinel:
ton admitted off, wee had secured the os san
had had
manned only call of the counties for the three candd
We had gained substantially all that we had gone fora straight
condemnation Of the League. straight defeat
Suddenly Adjourn the
Smith is sending orders to his delegates to endorse the admins
This will force with the Smith delegates,
already accomplished con-
While the secretary was adding @ his e" an h pas
which went against MIR Albert Howell motioned to KeIv S