Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-20
SENATOR SMITH WILL
CONSIDER REQUEST TO RUN
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER

|
WASHINGTON, Mrch 19.-RepIy-
ing Friday to Felix Jackson, of
Gainesville, who telegraphed him
| last night that Hall county Demo-
| Gratis had put his name on the presi-
Dental primary ballot, Senator Hoke
! Smith said he would take the mat
| ter under serious consideration and
soon announce a decision regarding
| his plans. This decision, he indi-
| Gated, would be based on his duty to
fellow Democrats in Georgia and the
| interests Of the party.
Senator Smiths telegram to Mr..
Jackson read:
Your telegram reached me last
night on the floor of the senate,
where 1 was busily engaged
seeking to pass reservations
which I hoped would help obtain
immediate ratification of the
peace treaty. I appreciate deep
ly the compliment you and those
joining you have paid me- I had
hoped not to be involved in any
way in the presidential primary
and certainly had hoped not to
be involved as a candidate
still hope that developments may
be such that it will be unneces-
sary, but I realize fully the i'm
portance to the Democratic par
ty of the situation you present.
Will take the subject under
consideration and be governed by
my conclusions as to what is my
duty to my fellow Democrats in
Georgia and to our party, the
success Of which in the coming
election is 80 important to the
nation and to my constituents.
The Georgia Lineup.
The above telegram is known here
to fully reflect the views of Sena-
tor Smith. For some time he has
been aware that his name was be-
being suggested as a presidential
candidate in Georgia, but the senior
senator hoped that the situation
would not become so involved that he
would be put forward
Withdrawal of various Democratic
candidates whose names were on the
Georgia ballot. such as William G.
McAdoo, Champ Clark, Governor Ed
! wards and Vice President Marshall,
will leave the voters Of Georgia only
one or two candidates to vote for.
Refusal of the state committee
to permit the use of Herbert Hoo =
er's name further narrowed the
field, until the Georgia primary APP
pears, as it now stands, to be run
between an extreme anti-administra-
/ ton candidate and an extreme pro-
administration candidate, respective.
1y Senator Reed and Attorney Gen
| eraI Palmer Mr. Reed has not vet
entered the race, but anti-administr?-
ton forces in Georgia keep insisting
that he get in.
In his telegram, notifying Senator
Smith of the action of Georgia Dem
ocra;s at Gainesville who filed Sena-
tor Smiths name as candidate, Mi
jackson SAID that the subcommit.
tee Of the stae1 Democratic comrl.
tee was going to d'sfrSnchtse thou"
sands of Georgia Democrats in the
i coming pre1erer tial primary" H.
added that the subcommittee APP
| parent object was to make Georgia
Democrats vote for either Mr.. Pal
mer or Mr.. Reed, the former declar-
ing he stood for every act of the
Wilson administration, while Sena
tor Reed has opposed practically ev-
cry phas eof it.
Neither of these extreme views IN
our Judgment" said Mr.. Jackson
represents the real opinion Of thou
sands of progressive, forward-look-
ing Democrats"
Palmer Can't win
| Therefore, said Mr.. Jackson, Sena-
tor Hoke Smiths name had been fl