Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-27
STATEMENT ON
CONVENTION IS
ISSUEDBY Harris
1.-THE Atlanta Journal News Bureau)
623 Riggs Building.
NV TYEOnnRE FILLER

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Urging
Georgia Democrats to lay aside their
differences and save their, criticisms
to be used against the Republican
party, Senator William J. Harris is
sued a statement late today regard
ing the approaching state convention
in Atlanta on May 18.
Senator Harris expressed the hope
that Georgia never will have another
campaign as bitter as that through
which the state recently passed.
He urges also that the state con-
vention indorse the League of Ma
ticns with SUCH reservations as were
approved by the bipartisan confer
ence committee OF the senate and that
it also indorse the Wilson administra-
ton. Senator Harris further advises
that the convention ought not 70
condemn any Democrat who has dlf-
fered with the administration on any
question, and that the time has come
for party harmony in Georgia.
Text of Statement
The statement issued by Senator
Harris reads as follows:
THE Democrats of Georgia have
signified their preference as to the
presidential candidates. Let us Aope
that we never will again have so
much bitterness in campaign. L
sincerely hope that the Georgia Dem
ocratic convention, which meets May
is. will not condemn any Democrats
who has differed with the administra-
ton on any question. Any such pol
icy would be detrimental for the
party in our state and the nation, and
it is time that all Democrats lay
aside their differences and save their
criticism for the Republican party.
1.-The Georgia convention will elect
the delegates to the national conven-
ton, which will adopt the platform
and name the candidates to make the
race against the Republican nominees
on the platform adopted by the Re
publican convention.
1.-THE Democratic platform will in
dorse the record of a Democratic
president and a Democratic house and
senate; will criticize the record of a
| 'do-nothing' Republican congress;
will indorse the League of Nations
with reservations which were apoc
proved by bipartisan committee Of
Republicans and Democrats who
really favored the treaty, and these
| reservations were supported by all
Democratic senators except Senators
| Reed. Shields and Gore.
1.-THE Republican platform will crit
| icize the Democratic record; Will try
| to explain their utter failure to ac-
complish anything for the people
since they have been in control OF
| both houses of congress-; will MAKE
many false promises; will 1ndorse
| the Lodge reservations to the treaty,
which were supported Dy pracIlcaliY
all the Republican senators. Inc
record already has been made on the
| treaty by both parties. The Demo-
Gratis who voted for the Lodge res
ervations did so in most instances
not as an original preference, but
only after having voted for the res
ervations which nearly all the Demo-
| Gratis supported.
! "The people of Georgia and the
south owe their present prosperity
largely to the high price of cotton.
Had a Republican administrators
been in power the price of cotton
would have been fixed at about 10
cents a pounds and the farmers
| Georgia and all of the people would
have been in no better financial con-
dition than they were under the Re-
publican administration.
| "I have no apologies to offer Tor
urging the county Democratic eXecu-
| tive committee of Georgia to select
| good Democrats from among the
| friends of the successful presidentlal
| candidate in their county, to attend
| the state Democratic convention to
pass resolutions on the Der" "ratic
party and the Democratic adm1nlstra-
| ton, and elect delegates to national
| Democratic convention to adopt
platform and name candidates on
| which the Democratic party will go
| to the country in November to defeat
| the Republican party"