Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-03
HOKE SMITH TO OPEN
CAMPAIGN SATURDAY
At GAINESVILLE
Senator in Fine FettIe and
Plans Vigorous Reply to
Critics-WiII Discuss PAL
mer'S Record : .

Senator Hoke Smith will open his
campaign at Gainesville Saturday
morning with a speech replying to
some Of his critics, and dealing with
, the record Of Attorney General Pal
mer.
). At Hoke Smith campaign headquar-
ters in the Piedmont hotel the predic.
ton was made Friday by J. r. Smith,
H. Y. McCord and others that his
opening speech will ring throughout
the state. They have had from the
senator an indication of his line ST
attack and they are certain it will
put some real fire into the presiden-
tisl primary.
Senator Smith. it was said, will
make an aggressive beginning aud
continue his fight along that line
with ~neeches in every part of the
state. He will present some aspects
of Attorney General Paln1eCs record
that have not been discussed in Geor-
gia and are not well / He II
throw some interesting ~light upon
Il. p liner platform Of unqualified
endorsement of every phase of Pres
ident Wilson's administration. Sem
ator Smith has supported many
phases of the administration, but has
differed with the president in some
notable matters likhe the LeaGv" OF
Nations, the fixing of the price on
cotton, the veto of the bill requiring
immigrants, to be able to read and
write some language, and others.
Senator Smith was feeling fine Fri
day. He said he would like to speak
in Gainesville at once instead of
waiting until Saturday morning.
From Gainesville he will go to Com
merce and speak in the afternoon.
On hearing that the Hall cour!-- ri
mary was to be held Saturday. Sen
ator Smith suggested a change IA his
speaking date at Gainesville, but his
friends insisted that he come there
Saturday.
Next Monday morning Senator
Smith will speak at Dalton and Mon-
day night at Rome. Tuesday night
he will speak in the Macon audi
torium. Wednesday he will speak at
Americas and confer with his. friends
from adjoining counties. He may
ypeak Wednesday afternoon at Perry
Friends of Senator Smith are plan
ming to give him a great ovation
when he speaks next Thursday night
in the Atlanta Auditorium. Colonel
Walter P. Andrews is in charge OF
ARRANGEMENTS. He requests out-of-
own parties to communicate with
i'm for reservations. Beyond Thurs
Law night the senator has made no
engagements, but will have a num-
/ ,er in different parts Of the state.
n the last ten days of the campaign
here will be a corps of speakers
whose dates will be arranged by
speakers bureau in charge of Will
liam Schley Howard.
Attorney General Palmer's cam
paign will also get under way IN
earnest next week with his opening
speech to be delivered in Gainesville
Tuesday morning. He is reputed to
be a speaker of exceptional magnet
ism and power and his. campaign
committee expect him to have big
audiences everywhere he speaks. His
Gainesville speech will be followed
by a speech in the Atlanta Audito-
rum Tuesday Night. AS will be OBJ
served, Senator Smith precedes At
torney General Palmer at Gaines
Vile and follows him in Atlanta.
From Atlanta the attorney general
will go to Savannah for a speech next
Wednesday night. His campaign
headquarters are pleased with re-
ports from Chatham county. They
expect him to have a rousing recep-
ton there. He will go from Savan-
nah to Macon and speak in the Ma
con Auditorium Wednesday night.
Whether his duties. in Washington
will permit him to speak any more
in Georgia is not certain. His head
quarters hope he can make several
more speeches.
IT was reported in Atlanta Friday
that Senator John Sharp Williams
was dated for a Palmer speech al
Waycross on next Friday, April 3
Whether this speech was to be deliv-
cred under the auspices explicitly Of
the Palmer campaign committee was
not clear at Palmer headquarters, as
they had been advised of it only by
hearsay, they said.