Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-16
ORGANIZATION
FOR PALMER IS
ssspe 49,
LAUNCHED HERE

The candidacy of A Mitchell Pal
mer, attorney general of the United
States, for the Democratic presiden-
tia1 nomination was launched in At
lanta yesterday morning at an eX-
ecutive conference of his supporters
at the Kimball House.
Charles c.. Carlin, of Alexandria,
Va, ex-member of congress. and Mr.
Palmers campaign manager, was
present and addressed the meeting
Alex c. King, solicitor general Of
the United States, and Mr.. Palmers
associate in the department of JUS
tice, also, was present, and delivered
an address.
While the conference had to do
chiefly with Mr.. Palmer's candidacy
in the Georgia preferential primary
as the representative of the Wilson
administration, Mr.. Carlin explained
prior to the. meeting that it was in
fact the formal launching of the at
'torney generals campaign in the
United States.
Mr.. Carlin added that he stopped
in Atlanta en- route to Florida, where
he is going for a vacation, and that
his interest in the success of Mr..
Palmer's candidacy impelled him to
attend the meeLlnS.
After several speeches in addition
to those Of Messrs. Carlin and King,
it was the resolve of the confer
ence to appoint an organization COM
mittee to handle Mr.. Palmer's can
didacy in the Georgia campaign. This
committee is to. consist of three
members from each of the twelve
congressional districts and twelve
members from the state at large,
one from each congressional dis
trict.
Pleasant A. Stovall, editor Of the
Savannah Press, and former minis
ter to Switzerland, presided as chair
man of the conference, and will be
chairman of the organization COM
mittee, which he is to appoint and
which will be announced subse-
quently. P. c. McDuffie, of Atlanta,
served as secretary of the confer
ence, and will continue in a like ca
pacity for the organization forces.
The meeting was attended by up
ward of fifty &c ORGANS, in answer to
a letter sent to all parts of the state
ealing for conference of the
Palmer forces in Geor4s. Il. After as
sa:ol.lirg, il was decided to eXt luce
from the room all PES lns not in
sympathy with the candidacy of Mr..
Palmer, ard when this motion Wa
Lut by f.. H. Dean, Of Gainesville.
and carried, three or four persons re-
tired, so that the announced unanim-
ity and harmony of the conference
came as no surprise at its conclu-
sion.
The conference, according to re-
ports, proceeded on the theory that
Senator Reed of Missouri, who Is
not a candidate for the Democratic
nomination in his own state, is or
may become a candidate in Georgia.
wherefore a compact and formidable
organization in the interest of Mr..
Palmer is necessary to his success in
the Georgia primary.
The action of the subcommittee OF
the state Democratic executive COM
mittee in refusing to permit the name
Of Herbert Hoover to appear on the
ballot in Georgia was not discussed.
according to report, although Nation
al Committeeman Clark Howell Is
credited with having asserted that
Mr.. Hoover does not meet the re-
quirements as a Democratic cand1-
date. Otherwise, Mr.. Howell remark
ed that Mr.. Hoover was an excellent
gentleman with a fine record OF
faithful and efficient public service.
After the meeting it was noised
about the Kinball house that Cover
nor Edward l. Edwards, of New Jer-
sey, had withdrawn his name as
candidate in the Georgia primary,
and the Palmer supporters agreed
among themselves that this news left
the field exclusively to their favorite.
Among those present at the NETT
ing were:
Alex c. King, solicitor general of
the United States and associate of
Mr.. Palmer.
John w. Bennett, of Waycross,
United States district attorney for
south Georgia, under Mr.. Palmer.
Joe Davis, of Albany, United
States marshal for south Georgia.
under Mr.. Palmer.
Claude Bond. of ,TOccOa United