Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-05

Hoke Smith headquarters in the
Piedmont hotel Tuesday Issued the
following statement:
Inasmuch as "the written lines OF
the record that look Hoke Smith
straight in the eye' are being en-
phasized with such earnestness and
JUNCTION by that eminent political ex-
pert and record keeper, Mr.. James A
Hollomn, 1T is well to bear in
those portions which Mr.. Hollomor
is quoting for the purposes of his
column.
Mr.. Hollomon makes much of the
Atlanta convention on May IS. The
point he tries to make is that Sen.
ator Smith aided Thomas E. Watson
in defeating a resolution indorsine
the Democratic administration. He
summons Mr.. Watson to corroborate
him. But he summons only one OF
Mr. Watson's records. Mr.. Watson
transpired In the Atlanta convention
The hrst was written May "a, six
days after the convention, in the
nrst issue of his paper, the Columbia
sentinel following. the convention
candidate for the senate. This record
shows that he prevented the Hoke
smith delegates from passing a reso-
luton ENDORSING the administration
delegate. This record is not used in
Mr.. Hollomon's review of the writ
ten lines Of the record" 1t reads
rs follows:
We had obtained the best set
OF resolutions the complicated
situation admitted of; we had Sc
cured the best possible deIega-
lion TO San Francisco; we had
mad absolute control of the con-
Vention; there remained only a
eau of the counties for the
maltty.
We had gained substantially
al that we had gone for-a
ssrAghtout condemnation of the
league, and a straight defeat
Of Endorsement Of wilson. and
straight condemnation of his
monstrous usurpations of power,
suddenly q Palmer delegate
whispered to me: Adjourn the
convention!
"Sraith is sending orders to his
oeIegsGes to indorse the admins
trauon. This will force us to
vote with the Smith delegates.
ana you Will be overwhelmed"
kor the traction of two or
~ seconds, was suspicious
VI trap, but a quick survey of
All That we had Accomplished
convinced me there was no tran.
put a sincere warning against
4O4 play.
a,n While the secretary was ad-
olng up his figures on the last
vote, which went AGAINST NTr
ALBERT Howell, motioned TO
h1e4y, who skipped from the
p.as1orn 70 my seat, and took a
message from me to HardwicE
ana they conferred rnoment
ana then nodded to me.
soon as Chairman Olive had
announced s[5 the result of the yea
io1rn nay a3,, V9te' I moved to ad-
1ae messenger from the Pied.
earlier. a1TaVeo
Since writing that record. which
was q part of a general sunmarv ~
the happenings and doings Of The A. -
ianta convention, entitled 'HThe Aves
seem to Have It." Mr.. Watson 5eS
written another and different record
OF what transpired, and this second
record written after he became q
candidate for the senate). is tha ono
upon which the record keeper. Mr.
Aollomon, dwells so enphatica11v
Inc second Watson record reads as
follows: (''
my cards are upon the table.
Let senator Smith declare where
he stands. T deny MS statement
Ghat I prevented him from III
dorsing Wilson'S league and vii
SOUS ad1nln1stration. Ills dele
s3tSS voted for the resolution
adopted by tho convention. Will
he now repudiats the action of
his own delegates? Following
tho convention, Senator Smith
atated that we have whipped
HEM whom did they whip?
VIII Senator Smith tell how?"
Another Omission
Despite the righteous" Mr.. Hollo-
mons protestation that he believes
i'll publishing the written and spok-
en- record of public official correct
ly, and without the changing of one
jot or title" he proceeds to say that
the Smith delegates refused to ap-
prove the Randolph resolution in
dorsing the administration, but in
his fairness" he fails, or refuses, to
add that the reason this was not in
dorsed was because the Second para
graph of this resolution contained an
Endorsement of the League of Ma
tions with only explanatory reserva-
lions. The first half, the Smith dele
gates would have supported, but the
Palmer leaders, although urged to do
sp, refused to divide the resolution
and submit each part separately.
Tad Ho1lornaO doSirad to really nriOt