Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-13
HARDWICK HITS
LYING PAPERS
Bitterly Scores His Ac-
cusers in Speech at
Buena Vista

BUENA VISTA, July 13-Deelar-
ing that. although both he and Thorn
as E. Watson have publicly announc-
ed their support for Gov. JONES Cox
as Democratic presidential nominee,
the Atlanta Constitution, under dl-
rection of Clark Howell, followed by
"Me Too" Anderson of the Macon
Telegraph, are continuing to print
stories that "Hardwick and Watson"
have bolted, former Senator Hard
wick yesterday pronounced such con-
duct as ''plain, low-down lying.
''It is not ignorance of what Is
happening in Georgia that leads these
men to adopt such tactics he sand
here before an unusually enthusiastic
crowd. "They knew last Tuesday that
The Georgian carried my statement
that would support Cox and IN near
Nv every issue of the papers snlce that
time they continue to cry bolt at
us"
Mr.. Hardwick said that no later
than Monday morning the Constltu-
ton printed several columns Of COM
ment from some of its lesser satel-
lites. all of it purporting to mean that
Watson and Hardwick have bolted.
Tom Watson does not need me TO
defend him, but, speaking for myself
/ don't believe any such policy on the
part of those lying newspapers VIII
nreyent the people of Georgia from
taking back their control of the Den.
ocratic party in this state IN the pr,
maries in September" he SAID, ana
the crowd cheered heartily.
Tells of San Francisco
Mr.. Hardwick gave an elaborate re-
MORT of how Clark Howell and NE
Foon Anderson had lied about the
good people of Georgia" at San fran
@Tbev haven't the courage to say
here in Georgia that the 1O0,O0O Dem
ocrats who voted in Georgia
aeainst the League of Nations treaty
afe holshevists, anarchists, reds and |;
" WIS vet that is what they, sald
while they were paradlng around oan
Francisco, purporting TO represent
the people of Georgia" ne SAID;
Mr.. Hardwick was particularly ple
tor in his references to ME Too An
Serson- editor of the Macon Iele-
erranh He said he had grown usea 70
he fact that Clark Howell was tne
aanest and littlest politician IN
Georgia. but he said Anderson seems
~ he the only man in the state VINO
can be "meaner and hitter 1haii
Clark Howell. No. o,;t;
callv in the Constitution, abominaDie
little old Anderson yens OUT IN me
Toov' and puts it into his once repu-
table but now contemplate ne"spa-
ner. But we will let him yeh' Me
too till his eyeballs pop out ana an l1
iii all the red leaves his nose next Iali
end then we will show him what the
real white people of Georgia think Oh
his cowardly tactics" he said.
Mr.. Hardwick said there IS no eX,
cnse for Clark Howell or ME TOO
Anderson ever printing anything TO
4he effect that he is $50 per cent for
the league of nations.
.sIf either of them had the deeency
70 listen to a speech ! made they
would find out where l stand lhey
know | am against the league treaty
100 per cent and have told that to
Ii. 900 Georgians this week: In
couple of more weeks will tell 1t
to more than the combined circula-
ton of the little lying newspapers
and then the people themselves will
see Just how they go about their mis-
representations.
Denounces League
Mr.. Hardwick then plunged into a
strong denunciation of the league
treaty, of the manner in which a few
politicians sought to put Georgia be-
fore the world as being for the treaty
and predicted that Governor Cox
would come out for strong and bind
ing reservations to the treaty before
he would ever support it.
Both the Democratic and Repub-
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