Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-08
Palmer's Savannah
Followers Hit Hard
By Michigan Result

(staff Correspondent Of The JouxhaD
SAVANNAH, Ga, April deep,
tmpenetrable gloom has settled down
on the camp Of the Palmer support
ers in Savannah. The tidings from
the Democratic primary in Michigan,
showing that the attorney general
trailed the ticket behind Hoover,
Bryan, Edwards and McAdoo, have
brought on an acute attack of mel
ancholfa.
There is no joy in Midwife,
mighty Casey has struck out"
Gall and NORWOOD were mild as
compared to the dose that has been
swallowed perforceNby the Palmer
adherents in Chatham, and their po-
litical dispositions show the effects.
Naturally, the supporters of Sen
ator Smith are not wasting sympathy
on the camp of the opposition. While
they are justifiably gratified at the
turn Of events, they are leaving no
stone unturned to make the senator's
victory in Chatham county and the
First congressional district all the
moro Overwhelming.
Just a littl emore than forty-eight
hours ago steps were taken to or
ganize an executive committee to
handle the Smith campaign in Chat
ham county. Today, there are more
than 600 members of the organization
and by Saturday night it Is planned
to enroll at least 1000 voters. The
enrolment will continue during the
remainder Of the campaign. They
| don't call it Smith club. It's all
executive committee, for on aneeaSc-
utive committee every nlember 5ac-
lively works. That's just what the
| members of Senator Smiths eXecu-
| tive committee in Chatham county
are doing.
! Despite the bitter opposition of
| both the local daily papers, the sem
ator's friends are getting their ar
| guments before the people through
| the columns Of the two publications.
Barred from the news columns. they
| are inserting paid advertisements
presenting the issues involved in the
campaign and refusing the baseless
| charges brought against Senator
Smith. A local independent SEMI
weekly paper came out Wednesday
afternoon with big black headlines
characterizing the attorney general
as injunction Palmer The &C
companying article described, for the
| benefit of the members of organized
| labor, Mr.. Palmer's action in secur-
| ing injunctions against certain strlk-
ing labor unions in Pennsylvania.
The Palmer leaders were very
much disappointed over the inability
of the attorney general to fill his
speaking engagement here Wednes-
day night. They feel that their cam
paign has suffered a severe setback,
which, taken in conjunction with the
result Of the Michigan primary, will
be disastrous. And the supporters
/ of Senator Smith are also regretful
| that Mr.. Palmer was prevented by
illness from making a visit to the
county seat of Chatham. They
| wanted NJ. Palmer to get his posi-
ton definitely, clearly and unmistak-
ably before the people of this sec
ton, feeling that if this were done,
Senator Smiths campaign would be
given added impetus and that his
Supporters would multiply rapidly.
Mayor Murray Stewart, one of the
senior senator's strongest adherents
ator Smith will not. only carry Chat
ham county, but the entire First dis
trict.
II do not believe that the people
of Savannah are going to repudiate
Senator Smith in the face of his I'M
4 firing efforts in behalf of our har-
bor," said Mayor Stewart, discussing
the situation. "SaVannahians know
that Senator Smith has done more
to get harbor appropriations for this
city than any other man GeorGis
has sent to Washington. They know
he can accomplish things in this
line, and those promised the Savan
nah river are not merely advantag.
eous to the people Of this city. The
harbor is the property of the state
and the entire southeast. Every ap
preparation Senator Smith has Sc
cured for our harbor has meant
much to Georgia and the south.
know that our people at this time
Will show their appreciation for what
he has done for us. Savannah is moi
a city of ingrates."
Likewise Robert J. Travis, one o
the foremost members of the Chat
ham county bar, holds firmly to tn
opinion that Senator Smiths cam
1 paign is in excellent shape and tina