The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12

Will uSlN6T GHS illuminating Sp66Cn
for Mr., Hardwick, as the guberna-
torial nominee.
Judge E. w. Jordan, prominent
Sandersville lawyer, will be named
as secretary of the new state com
mittee, which position is held on the
present committee by Hiram L. Gard
ner, of Eatonton.
d. F. McClatchy, secretary of
the state senate, and Bismark Moore,
clerk of the house of representatives,
will be elected secretaries of the
state convention.
But outside of him there are not
likely to be many remnants of the
old crowd left. The Indications are
that the Macon convention composed
of an overwhelming majority of
Hardwick delegates will begin at the
top and go to the bottom of the state
committee and name a new roster.
Will Reduce Committee.
The number of the new state COM
mittee will be reduced from seventy
two to thirty-six. The committee at
present is composed of four mem
bers~ from each of the twelve con-
Egressional districts and twenty-four
members from>the state at large. The
fnew committee will be cut to two
members from each district and
twelve from the state at large.
William J. Vereen, who was Sc
lected by the Atlanta convention to
represent Georgia on the democratic
national committee, will be the chair
man of the new state committee. j.
D. Weaver, of Dawson, is likely to
be a member of it. Other likely pros
poets are Joseph E. Pottle, Milledge-
vile; w. w. Banks, Atlanta; Samuel
l.. Olive, Augusta; 2. Vance Pea
cock, Hawkinsville; R. L. Mckinney,
Macon; Bowdre Phinizy, Augusta
Alex Lawrence, Savannah; j. S.
Halves, cambridge; D. B. Blalock,
Fayetteville.
The fact that Judge G. H. How
ard of Columbus, who managed Mr..
Hardwick's campaign, will not re-
ceive official recognition at the Ma
con convention is due solely to the
desire of Judge Howard himself.
Judge Howard has declined spe-
officially to serve in any official ca
pacitv at the convention" said the
governor-elect. "He might have had
any office he desired, but he wants
nothing. He is satisfied with the re-
suit of the primary, and proposes to
resume his law practice at the earll-
est possible time. | share with my
| friends a feeling of the deepest graf
itude for his faithful and efficient
service"
Hardwiek Supporters.
The new state committee will be
composed of men who have been con
spicuous supporters of Mr.. Hardwlck
conspicuous supporters of Mr.. Wat
son, and conspicuous supporters OF
Senator Smith In the past campaigns
of Georgia there has usually been g
similarity of following between Mr.
Hardwick and Senator Smith. That
is to say. many of the men who have
been active supporters of the one are
also active supporters Of the other
Governor-elect Hardwick says
that he has given no thought to the
personnel of the state committee to
/ be chosen by the Macon convention
"but, | can assure the public that il
will not be a handpicked body of
men. The members will be elected
| by the convention on the recon-
mendation of the delegates from the
several congressional districts, and
am confident it will be fairly and
truly representative of the democra
cy of the state"
| Concerning the reelection of del
egates to the convention, Mr.. Hard
wick declared they are being named
in accordance with the custom that
heretofore has prevailed
Friends Will Choose Delegates.
at is obviously impossible for me
to designate to the county chalrmen
of the counties l carried in the prl-
mary the names of the men pre-
fer to act as my delegates he said.
me.
"In these circumstances | am del
egating to my friends in the several
counties the responsibility Of acting
for me, and informing the county
chairmen that these friends have
been vested with authority to act for
Governor-elect Hardwick's mail is
unusually heavy. He has received
hundreds and hundreds of letters and
kilograms from all over the state,
and from friends throughout the
country congratulating him upon his
splendid victory. These are receiving
attention along with the details OF
the state convention.
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