Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-06
SMITHS SIDE

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ATLANTA, Sept. 6. - Senator
Hoke Smiths headquarters today au.
thorized the following.
The widest CONSERVATION even
known IN a political campaign in
Georgia was created Sunday in the
Dorsey campaign headquarters by
the announcement that supporters OF
the governor had thrown MIN over
board in Wilkes county and consoli-
dated with the Hoke Smith forces to
insure the defeat of Thomas Z. Wat
son.
The announcement exploded like a
dynamite bomb in the Dorsey head
quarters and the fragments are still
falling in the vicinity of the Kimball
house. Frantic efforts were put
forth Sunday to camouflage the facts
and conceal the disaster. Support
ers of Governor Dorsey in Wilkes
county were desperately uregd by
long distance telephone and telegraph
to give out statements repudiating
the agreement. Roy Dorsey, a
younger brother of the governor,
who was recently elected solicitor OF
the City Court of Atlanta, went to
Washington post-haste to rally the
Dorsey forces.
The Atlanta Constitution ransack-
ed its racks for the biggest. black
est type it had in stock Tor q front
page exposure of "dastardly con.
splraey." The exposure consisted OF
heart rending walls and gnasning OF
teeth. Mr.. Hollomon wrote a column
and a half of the most violent hys-
terra to accompany the exposure.
Give Out Facts"
And now that Dorsey headquarters
has attempted to welch on the Wilkes
county agreement and attempted to
make the Dorsey leaders in Wilkes
county party to the welching, the
Hoke Smith leaders in Wilkes county
have given out the facts, feeling
released from any further obliga-
ton to gloss them over. They are as
follows;
On Saturday, August %, the Dor
sey and Smith forces of Wilkes coun-
ty came together in joint mass
meeting in the court house in Wash
ington for the publicly announced
purpose of launching a competitive
canvass of Wilkes county voters to
ascertain whether the governor or
the senator was the leading opponent
of Thos. f. Watson The meeting
was held at the institution of the
Dorsey leaders. Two separate can
vassing committees were organized
under two separate ehairmen, Two
separate petitions were drawn up for
circulation among the county, one
being for Dorsey and the other for
Smith. The caption of the petition
pledged the signers to support which
ever candidate won the canvass.
Petitions Compared.
On last Saturday, September 4, the
petitions were brought back to the
Wilkes county court house and placed
in the hands of a joint subcommittee
representing both sides. The Hoke
Smith representatives were George
NJ. DuBose, Grey Harwell, Charles |,
Reynolds, Emmett Grenade, H. A
Brooks and H. S. Johns. Governor
Dorseys' Representatives were /. T
Irving, Jr., R. C. Barksdale, E. w
Adams and A. S. Quinn. This joint
committee checked the rival petitions
consolidated the result, and founc
that Hoke Smith had 365 signers
ers.
Pursuant to the agreement anc
like good sports who were willing tt
take their medicine, Messrs. l. I
Irwin, Jr., R. C. Barksdale, M. E
Church, w. A. Slaton and Rev. G. S
Fraser, pastor of the First Methods
church, made speeches saying the.
would support Hoke Smith and urg'
the Dorsey supporters Throughout
the conuty to do the same. Thel
the Hoke Smith representatives fran
ed telegram to Hoke Smith head
quarters announcing the result of tn
joint mass meeting. The Telegram
was submitted to the Dorsey repre-
sentatives and approved by them.
These are the facts, and no amour
of weeping, wailing or gnashing 0
teeth can expunge them from tn
record.