Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-12


best, to the war lords Of either Eu-
rope or Asia.
Eyes, the sentiment of this state,
as we'll as the entire nation, is now
crystallized and solidified into unal-
terable opposition to foreign entan-
clements, into wise and firm adher-
ence to the foreign policy Of the
great Washington, and congratu-
late you and all Georgia today that
no candidate for the senate takes or
dare to take a contrary position.
''Where Were They"
But let me ask you, when the
mighty battle of 1920 was being
fought in Georgia to form and solidi-
fly this sentiment, when 1 stood on
the firing line wherever the fight
was the hottest, one Of your two
leaders in that great strl lie, fight
ing then for what I stand for now,
prosecuted and villif1ed, abused and
slandered, maligned aid misrepre-
sented--wi-ere were then my dis
tinguished opponents Where was
Judge George? Where was Mr..
Boifeuillet? Where was Mr..
Wright? II one way or another,
they are all now proclaiming their
present unalterable opposition to
the League of Nations. True, Mr..
George was then filling with dis
tinguished credit a place on the SUI
preme court bench Of Georgia. True,
ordinary political activities would
have been improper on his part
while he held that position; but on
a great issue of foreign policy, so
fundamental that it went to the very
roots of Americanism, 80 momen-
tous that it involved the very blood
and bone of future generations,
surely a dignified and forceful state
ment to help lead Alright the people
who had honored him SO highly,
would not have been aniss from
Judge George, who now informs us
that he has always opposed the
League Of Nations, but who in that
campaign, unless l am entirely mis-
informed, voted for Mitchell Pal
mer for president, and for Hugh M.
Dorsey for senator. Surely sim
pie declaration of his faith at that
crucial and critical time, coming
from so high a source, would have
been of incalculabye benefit to us
while the real battle was being
fought. When he saw two lone men
leading it, with the support of only
one daily newspaper in Georgia out
of twenty, supported by less than
a dozen weekly newspapers out of
200, abused and prosecuted, fighting
hammer and tongs, day and night,
exhausting their vitality to the ex-
tent that it finally cost one of them
his life, how could Judge George re-
frain from giving the people just
one expression of the deep faith that
he now says was in him then?
Where then was the Eagle of Floyd,
the brilliai Wright? Where then
was the knightly Boifeuillet? I chal-
lenge them all, collectively and sep
arately, to give a single instance of
any public expression fr- L any one
of them while the real battle was
being fought, Of the steadfast faith
that they now proclaim; Of their
stalwart opposition to the League of
Nations. A blast then from the
splendid bugle of any one of them
would have been worth many times
a thousand men; but we ut no
blasts, no, not one!
"Copied My Platform
"Since they have copied my plat
form and embraced my views,
have only one other question to ask
of them on this paramount and all-cor-
trolling issue. My position through
out this stormy period was knoWG
of all men. What about theirs? Ev-
erybody in Georgia knows and has
been explicitly informed by me how
voted in these contests. What
about the position of each one of
these candidates? The public does
not know, but it is entitled to know,
and it is entitled to know before the
election and not after the election.
For whom did Mr.. George vote in
the presidential primary of 1920?
For whom did he vote in the 1920
senatorial campaign? For whom did
Mr. Boifeuillet vote in each of these
campaigns? For whom did MIR.
Wright vote in these campaigns?
Mr.. Cooper has already voluntarily
told us for whom he voted. Next.
how about you, Mr.. George? How
about you, Mr.. Boifeuillet? How
about you, Mf. Wright? Answer, all
at once, if you like, but be sure tt
let the people know how you voted,
before they vote.
THOMAS w. HARDWICK.
ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 10, 1922"