Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-04
The Pervas;ve and Dominant
Idea on the Senatorial Race
THERE is a vast deal Of significance
in the unanimity with which the

THERE is a vast deal Of significance
in the unanimity with which the
non-factional elements of the Geor-
gia press are hammering home the IDEA
that this is no time for doubtful expert
ments with the States Senatorial interests.
Too much is involved, they insist, to dis
pense with an able and experienced public
servant and turn over the matters which
he can handle so we'll either to an unsklll-
ed tyro or to headlong radical A typl-
cal view among the multitudes to this ef-
feet is that of the Jesup Sentinel. Regard
ing the situation with an eye single to the
public good, that well poised paper declares:
"It is not a question of honoring
Senator Hoke Smith, in returning him
to the senate this time, but of show
ing that Georgians regard the welfare
of their state and nation too highly to
risk any but their ablest man in that
place where the greatest and most
complex problems in the history of our
nation must be worked out i'll the next
five years. At this time, while we are
living in the period Of reconstruction,
when new and important laws are
necessary to be enacted which
laws will control the business and agri-
culture interest of this state and the
south for the next twenty-five years,
due to great changes which the recent
war has brought about in the very
fabric of our civilization-we
need an experienced man more than
ever before in the history OF our state
and one who will be able and capa-
BILE of working out great problems, as
our senator.
GAS for Senator Hoke Smith, his
Judgment is of high order; his untiring
energy and his persistence is proven
bal in Washington-and the results he
has obtained while there stand out to
attest his ability and efficiency a
1awmaker."
ic ho of pOc
and practical patriotism. 1t is the judg-
ment of minds that see more Importance
in safeguarding the States essential and
urgent interests than in rafting the dead
bones of factionism. It is the attitude OF
citizens who think it of greater moment tC
conserve the bases Of agriculture and bust
ness and promote as far as possible the
common sources of prosperity, than tc
plunge into adventures Of petty or destruc'
tive politics.
It is vastly significant, we say, when ar
idea springs up spontaneously in mind at
ter mind, takes hold of calm thinkers by
hundreds and thousands, and spreads with
the quiet yet irresistible power of the
mornings light. Nothing but truth has this
high potency. While the feudists shout their
appeals to passion and prejudice, the rank
and file of reasoning voters are consider.
ing far different, far soberer themes. They
are asking who of the three candidates is
best qualified by virtue of ability, expe.
rience and established Senatorial influence
to serve the State and the nation? AnG
looking fair-mindedly into the records Of
the three they find but one answer. They
see the proved serviceableness of Senator
Smith contrastd on the one hand with Gov
ernor Dorsey's inexperience and lack o.
achievement, and on the other with Mr.
Watson's dangerous radicalism. Is it to bt
wondered in these circumstances that the
verdict of thoughtful press and {
thoughtful citizenry grows more and more
nearly unanimous?