Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
A Sane, Nom-Fact,ona1 V;ew
On the Senatorial Race

HEN q Democrat and Georgian Of
M Editor Henry McIntosh's cahbre
speaks out on matter Of moment
to the State we shall all do we'll to lis
tea. A keen observer, a careful thinker, a
veteran in service to the Commonwealth, he
has earned the respect and inalienahle good
will Of all camps and schools Of Georgia
politics. He has made his paper, the Albany
Herald, q power in public opinion as well
az In civic enterprise, leader Of thought
as well as builder Of prosperity. This he
has done, not by furious drives against
those with whom he found himself at is
sue, nor by extravagant claims for those
with whom he was allied: but by clear
sighted, fair-minded, earnest discussion. He
has the rare virtue Of tolerance for ideas
opposed to his own, and Of holding fast
to convictions without bigotry or bitter
ness. He has the excellent habit OF meas
uring men by their worth to the peoples COM
mon interests rather than by personal or
factional bias. So it is that In the heat Of
political contests his judgment has been
peculiarly influential, not alone with his
immediate readers but with all sections Of
the State press that value disinterested
and patriotic thinking. ,.: -
Mr.. Mcintosh now speaks out on the
Georgia Senatorial race, with his usual de-
Hberateness and insight. 1.-THE Herald" he
writes in recent issue Of his paper, "has
not always been a supporter OF Senator
Smith, and has more than once differed
with him. but this paper has never per-
mitted these differences, nor differences it
has had with other public men, to embit-
ter it or lead it into factionalism." Re-
calling that in the Presidential preference
primary last spring, the Albany Herald
Enormously opposed" the senior Senator,
Editor Mcintosh remarks: 1--WE INDUCED In
no personal vituperation. We therefore have
no occasion now for making retractions,
nor is it necessary that we should offer
an apology for supporting him in his can
didacy for another term in the United
States Senate" Then comes this cogent
statement of the case as reduced to its ele-
ments Of serious public concern:
Viewing the situation and the issues
present and prospective, from a sane and
patriotic standpoint, without any other
object or purpose than to serve our
States best interests, we can see no rea-/
son for wanting to retire Senator Smith
from the senate in favor of any other
man now in the race. In point of ability
and real craftsmanship he towers above
them all, and Georgia hasn't a man to-
day who could measurably fill his place
In the Senate He has originated and
been directly and actively connected with
more constructive legislation than any.
man Georgia has had in the senate since
the Civil War and Is recognized as one
OF the biggest men the south has had,
in the senate during the present genera
ton. To retire such q man from the
senate in this crucial time of the worlds
history would be worse than political
folly. y.
These are not the words Of a factionist
they are not the words Of partisan; they
are the deliberately formed conviction OF q
cool, clear mind whose deepest concern IL
for the welfare of Georgia and her peo-
ple Because Of Senator Smiths ability and
experience and serviceableness because OF
ali that he has done and all that he yet
can do for the Commonwealth, because OF
MS incompatible fitness for the tasks and
hazards that loom ahead, he should be re.
tanned at his present post Of usefulness
SUCH Is Editor Mc1ntosh's argument, and
an argument 1t is that cannot fail to strike
home to thinking Cenroians