Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-09
IS UNFAIR,
DECLARESE. s. AULT,
VOTING D|SAPPROVAL


state Democratic executive commit
| tee, is polling the whole state com
| mittee by letter in an effort to Sc.
| cure the approval of the committee
to the action of the subcommittee Of
seven in ruling Herbert Hoover's
name off of the Georgia Democratic
| primary ballot, became known Sat
urday when members Of the com
| mittee made public Chairman Flynt's
| letter and their answers in which
| they disapproved Of the subcommit.
| tees arbitrary action.
E. S. Ault, a prominent attorney OF
| Cedartown and member of the state
| committee from the Seventh district
Mr.. lizzie Bashinski, of Dublin
representing the Twelfth district or
the committee, and John M. Vandi-
yer, of Rome, have written. Chair
man Flynt repudiating the action OF
| the sub committee and making plain
| the reasons for their disapproval.
George R. Jones, well-knoWn
business man of Decatur, president
of Jones, Ramspeck & Co., real
estate, insurance and building, who
| is a member of the state commit
tee from DeKalb county, has received
| Chairman Flynt's QUESTIONABLE and
expects to reply at once, casting
his vot against the action of the sub
committee. Discussing the matter
Saturday Mr.. Jones declared: Il do
not know whether l will vote for
Mr.. Hoover, but 1 am convinced that
the Democrats of Georgia have a
right to vote for him, If they want
to. shall so inform Chairman
Flynt in my reply to his letter.,
Yudca EIvnt,s Nuest{on
In taking a vote by letter, Judge
Flynt propounds the question as fol-
lows:
eff you approve please write YES
in the blank at the bottom of this
letter.
eff you do not approve the action
Of the Subcommittee, and IL you
think the primary ballot for Demo
ocratic primary nomination should be
open to Republicans, Progressfves
and whatnots, all of whom have Their
own organization then you will
please write mo" on the blank be-
low indicating your disapproval of
the action of the subcommittee.
1.-THE sub committee took this &C.
ton by unanimous vote in the be-
lief that we owe something to the
party organization of the state.
I'VE believe we are right, and want
to get an expression from each mem
Der OF the committee"
In his reply to Chairman Flynt,
Mr.. Ault tells the chairman that he
has not fairly stated the question in
his letter, since he has insisted upon
giving his own meaning Of a vote
disappearing the action of the sub
committee. So unfairly did the chair
man state his question, in the opln-
ion Of Mr.. Ault, that he felt COM
PEELED to write a letter of explana-
ton in casting his vote against the
action Of the subcommittee.
ct know Of no rule or custom au-
thoriztng the subcommittee, or even
the whole committee" wrote MI
Ault, 'to constitute itself as a self
appointed jury to pick out any par
ticuIar man whose name is suggest
ed for high Office, and settle tho
question Of his democracy or quaH,i-
cations. [ think the white Democratic
voters of Georgia have the right to
act as jurors in the trial of this or
any other mans democracy"
Mr.. Ault further called attention
in his letter to a statement contain
ed in the circular letter sent out by
the subcommittee on February 10.
This statement read:
It Is earnestly desired that
this presidential primary be held
in every county in Georgia and
express the will Of the entire
people. We trust that every DEM
ocratic white voter In Georgia
will vote in this primary, and
to that end urge the county COM
1nittee to do it's utmost.
"In my opinion" wrote Mr.. Ault'
"this primary will not express the
will of the entire people. if the SUB
committee adheres to the position u
has taken, ard I sincerely trust that
it will recede theretrom Tor the
good of the party
Mr.. Bashinski's Reply
Mr.. Bashinski, in replying to
Chairman Flynt, declared: 81 think
that the committee of seven take a
great responsibility when they deny
the right of the white Democra' &C
voters to cast their votes for 4 man
who has been handling great mat
tiers under a Democratic admlnlStra-
ton. You might say that the presl-
dent had no right to appoint Mr
Colby because ne formerly belonged
to the Republican PARTY. L think
that the decision Of your commit
tee is entirely wrong and should
b. changeu."
John M. Vandiver, of Rome, eX-
ecutive committeeman from tne
Seventh district, has mailed the 1ol-
lowing reply to the letter OF Chalr-
man Flynt .
INV Dear Sir I have your letter
as chairman of the Democratic eA-
ecutiye committee of Georgia neo II
inr cate Of Ria, CHI the fourth. 40
not propose to reply to your letter
as you suggest by answering yes OF
no, as indicated by the blank 1T ire
end Of your letter. 1 have no nclln-
.tion to reflect uron the srbcommil-
tee or upon their views, giving 10
tt en- the same credit 1 take 20 NY
self.
In absolute sincerity, however, L
am in favor of the name of any m
dividual Endorsed by one hundred
Georgia Democrats being placed up
on the ballot n the coming presi-
dental primary election. Believing as
I do in the true democracy of the
people of Georgia, I feel sure that
they will only be in favor of the
nomination of a Democrat"
Mr.. Ault's reply to Chairman
Flynt, and Chairman Fiynt's letter
to him, follow in full:
MIR. Ault's Letter
March 6, 1920.
Hon. J. ]. Flynt, Chairman
State Democratic Executive Com
mittee, Griffin, Ga.
My Dear Judge: I acknowledge re-
ceipt Of your circular letter of the
4th instant asking for my views as
member of the state executive COM
mittee in regard to the action of the