Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-06-29
Senatorial Candidates
Explain Action
Hon. Eugene Talmadge Withdraws
His Consent and Committee Free
To Rescind Action

Mr.. Talnadge suggests, rescinded and
the entire district given an opportunity
to vote for their preference, of course,
combining the candidates to citizens
from Telfair county, which is unques-
tionably Conceded the right to furnish
the senator this term.
We call attention to our readers to
rule of the committee, which itself
shows that the committee realized
that their action would probably be al
matter Of criticism and hasten to fore
stall it,
McRae, Ga, June 70, 1922
To the Citizens of Ben Hill and Irwin
Counties:
have just read some extracts from
the Fitzgerald Herald and the Fitzger-
/ aid Leader in reference to the action
of the Senatorial Executive Committee
of the Forty Fifth Senatorial District
IN combining the election of our next
Senator for this district to Telfair
County. AS am one of the candidates
and personally requested the members
OF the committee to limit the race to
Telfair County, I think that a state
men from me-is due the people of the;l
district
did not arrive in Fitzgerald until
about noon, as we had tough time
In the muddy swamp at Abbewille.
When I reached the office of Mr.. Gran
than, where the committee were de-
liberating, was informed that all of
the members of the committee from
Ben Hill and Irwin Counties wished
the candidates to be required to run
over the entire district, and was fur
Their informed that my opponent MIR.
F A. Smith had requested the commit
tee to confine the race to Telfair
County. l acquiesced in this request
end the committee did not take any
action on the matter until both of
the prospective candidates made this
request. My reason for making the
request was simply this. The office of
Senator pays only Three Hundred and
Fifty dollars year, and I knew that
1t would be much more expensive toi
run over the entire district than it
would be. to run in one County l al |
70 4 Eat practically every other
Sena, ,,,ruistrict in the state limits
me e. h1Etllof the County whose time
z i the rotation system. do
sit Z 3sSelieVe that any other motive ac-
s~s any member of the Committee
orl.EF than the request of my opponent
and myself in restricting the election
- Telfair County has not furnished a
Senator in the past twelve years, and
by no reasoning. can it be said that it
lis not her time now,
IA The committeeman from Telfair
County are w. H. Williams and J. M.
s Cook, l know both of them. No ele-
nent, liquor or otherwise dominate
these two men.
| had never met one of the members
OF the committee from Ben Hill and
Irwin counties prior to their meeting
last wednesday. L. certainly do not
wish for them to suffer the criticism
ct their people from granting any re-
quest made by me. And in the inter-
est OF harmony in the district and be-
cause just want to come over to see
you and talk to The people that | am
endeavoring to represent in the SEN
ate, l am going to withdraw my re-
Nuest to the committee that the race
be restricted Telfair Couny Nav
be IT wont cost me as much to travel
around among you good people as l
thought it would, And then you would
have an pportunity of seeing Just
what sort of man wanted to be your
Senator.
In conclusion, I would like to state
that my mother has never seen my
name published as favorfng any LIQUOR
element. If she had seen such thing
she would have come down from For-
syth and whipped me; even if i am
thirty-seven years old.
Your friend,
Eugene Talmadge
N McRae, Ga, June 20, 1922
Mr.. Smiths Letter
Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise;
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Some OF your people seem to have
TIE wrong conception of the action of
~ Senatorial Executive Committee
The committee was divided on the
question as to whether or not Telfair
county should be allowed tognominate
the Senator or whether he should be
voted for. in all the counties. -
he Committeeman, Hon. ]. M. Cook
and Hon. w. H. Williams from Telfair
contended for the old rule and the
rule which prevails in most of the dis
tricts OF the State, that is that the nom
nation should be left to Telfair coun-
ss'ty, on the other hand Judge ]. b.
Clements and Hon. Marcus Fletcher
Ct irwin County and Hon. i'm. VIII
hams and Hon Jesse Grantham of
Ben Hill County contended for the
new rule that was put in force at the
Ell election. at the request of Ben
NIL County; That is that he nomi1a-
ion be left with all the counties.
Al those from Telfair County who
took any interest in the matter, togeth-
erAwith all the 1.1own prospective can
. dds requeste that the race be con-
, fined to Telfasr County, after much
Argument the committeeman from Ir-
z u Ben Hill Counties very re-
ID sdy deferred to the wishes of
Tx I Coubty
ii personally know that the commit
teement fran Ben Hill and Irwin
Counties desired that the race be run
81 over the district and any statement
ID M suggestion that the committees or
either of them from Irwin and Ben
Hill county wished to leave it to Telfair
Cohnty does them an injustice.
In order that the people of your
GQRnty may know the facts would be
CAD for you to publish this.
Yours very truly,
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