Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-05
"The WIritten Lines of
The Record" C0mmented
On bySmith HeadquarterJ

the record, he would have printed all
of the resolution and not simply the
part that suited his purpose. The
Palmer leaders did not want the
Smith delegates to indorse the ad-
Ininistration, otherwise they would
have presented the first half of this
resolution alone, and the Palmer del
egate would not have run to Watson
to get him to adjourn the convention,
when Senator Smiths delegates were
trying to get before the convention
a resolution indorsing tho achieve
lneuts OF the Democratic party.
The resolution, sent to the conven-
ton by Senator Smith with the re-
quest that it be adopted, and the
adoption of which Mr.. Watson, In
conspiracy with the Palmer delegates
according to his own paper-de-
feated by adjournment, was as fol-
"we indorse the splendid
achievements of the Democratic
congress and administration, and
confidently predict overwhelming
Democratic victory in the fall"
The day after the convention ad-
formed, Senator Smith gave out an
interview in which he expressed re-
great that the convention did not in
dorse ratification of the peace treaty
and League of Nations with proper
1t is silly for Holloman to print
an alleged statement by Senator
Smith that "he was not in favor of
the League of Nations with any kind
of reservations, but against the
whole ID thing" Senator Smith
Those who have known him for years
know that he uses no such language.
The Mansion Conference
And another recent event concern
ing which the record seems in dan
of hannrooincr ic tho
ference held last Saturday at the
governors mansion to decide the
question whether Governor Dorsey
should run for the senate.
that conference have been written by
Mr. Hollomon. One was the record
appearing Sunday in the Atlanta
Constitution, declaring that the con-
ference was unanimous" in desir-
ing Governor Dorsey to make the
race. The other is the record ap
pearing Tuesday in the Atlanta Con-
stitution, admitting that the vote
was considerably dfvided-77 for and
rs against his entering the race.
lished in the Constitution Sunday,
August 1, used the following Ian
guage:
It was the unanimous verdict
that the Democracy Of Geor-
gia desired, above all things
SASSy 'he'1 FoNe1A-SG AoAS~S
This record was corrected Mon
day by DR.. c. B. Bush, legislative
representative from Mitchell coun-
ty, who was present at the confer
ence and advised the governor, as
did many others, not to enter the
race and divide the opposition to
Thomas e. Watson. In his correc-
ton DR.. Bush said:
This rec c ,-NcofiinncerT up
nnnfaTanHa ahnnf 100 of
. the governors friends was held
at the mansion Saturday.
would not refer to It, but 1t has
already been given out, and the
ton that the action of the co.,
ference, soliciting the governor
to run, was unanimous. This
publication does not state the
Facts. The action Of the con-
FER Of those present expressed
the opinion that the governor
could not carry their coun5ies.
DR.. Bush's correction of Mr.. Hol-
iomon's record of the governors
mansion conference brought forth
the second and different account of
what transpired, and in this account
Mr.. Hollomon says:
When the vote was put to re-
quest Governor Dorsey to make
seeod df r. % ss the eioseas v per
soma! friends he has in the
world, men as near to aim al
most as his brothers, voting
among the IS. Therefore, itcwas
in fact-and write this only, be-
cause a friend of the governors
has made, by an erroneous state
nlent, the publication of the
actual facts neccssary-a vote
of n to IS On a motion "request-
ing" the governor to run, and
not IS against the governor
entering Che race.