The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-10-06
AN ECHO FROM THE CONVENTION

From all quarters comes the infor
mation that the so-called Clifford
| Walker convention held in Macon on
Wednesday, was very lady-like sort
of affair and that instead of a whole
lot Of hair raising ranting and a flow
of fiery eXpletives, the conventions
was quite proper and orderly and did
the very things it OF, ut to have done.
as it left undone the things it ought
not to have dcn!"
For instance, there was no effort
made to embarrass the Vareen com
mittee or toFefiect on it in any way
shape or form; everything was full of
harmony and good grace while the ad-
dress of acceptance of Hon. Clifford
Walker, the governor-elect, was said
TO be a fine one in which he showed.
after all, that he is some orator
Discussing the whole convention in
its usual interesting manner, The Ma
con Telegraph of yesterday says:
THE convention called by the We
reen Committee for October, 4 and
later postponed to October % by that
committee, met upon call of the nom
inee for Governor on the original date
set. And certainly the most thin
skinned and scrupulous partisan Of
the Hardwick forces could find moth
| ing in what was done by the conven-
| ton to which objection might be
made. While it is true that the Octo-
! Der convention might be best des-
cribed as full-dress rehearsal. at the
same time the appearances are that
nothing TRANSFERRED which will embar-
rass the Vereen Committee in exer-
cising its prerOgative in retaining CON
troll of the party machinery. conduct
ing the necessary primaries for Sen
ator and Pension Commissioner and
converting the regular Democratic
| Convention on October %, to make
| its report and be relieved of it's duties
| AS to the personnel of the conven-
ton, it was splendid body of Geor-
gians-fine Georgia men with
| sprinkling of ladies of unusual charm.
The moral sentiment of the State that
endeavored to express itself was the
finest thing about the gathering.
| Speech after speech emphasized the
fact that " ahadetheosmcy ,calling-sg
fact that "the day has come in Geor-
gia politics that a mans moral charac-
ter as we'll as his political character
must be above reproach." No other
sentiment was SO repeatedly express
ed and no other sentiment received so
much applause.
1t was generally known that Mr..
Walkers friends, previous to the cleo
ton, voiced this sentiment more than
any other one thing as their reason
why Mr.. Walker should be Governor
But one had to attend the convention
to see how thoroughly this sentiment
had crystalized into a political slogan.
AS admirable as this is, without which
democracy would be a failure, the
thing to always be guarded in is that
it shall not be capitalized in terms of
Pharisaism and demagoguery.
| Mr.. Walkers speech was a good
speech. He was gracious in manner,
conciliatory in tone and was fired by
! moral idealism. The positive program
that he announced, that of making it
so hot for the lobbyists that they will
get out and stay out, WAS effectively
ANNOUNCED, and called forth the enthu.
4 siasm that itsdeserved His. bold at.
tack upon the changes made in the
:, Highway Department whereby that or
i ganization was converted overnight
into potential political machine, also