Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-10
SENATORIAL RACE
GROWS HOTTER.

ATLANTA, Oct. 10 (Specia)-
The senatorial race is still hot de
spite the retirement Of Judge Gus
Hayward, i'll favor Of Judge George.
Governor Hardwick, Seaborn
Wright and John Z. BoifeuilIet are
all of the opinion that the quitting
IF the campaign by Judge Howard
will not have any effect on the ulti
mat3 outcome for the reason that
they believe that Judge Howard did
not have much chance to begin with.
It is conceded that Governor-elect
Walker will center his support on
Judge George, now that Judge How
ard is out of the race. Politicians
arc dubious about expressing an
opinion as to the final outcome, but
those who will talk, point out that
Governor Hardwick has the best
chance for the reason that many
people will support him for senator
who would not vote for him for gov
ernor, and that he has his old or
ganization in each county which will
see to it that the polls are opened
On election day and that the Hard
wick men turn out and vote.
Seab0rn Wright, the last entry in
the campaign, will make four or five
speeches in different sections of the
state this week. As is well known,
he is without peer as an orator
and generally sweeps by storm the
audiences to whom he speaks. Mr..
Vi right will open in Atlanta Wednes-
G;y night. Thursday night he viii
speak in Augusta. Friday night he
is to speak at Macon, and Saturday
morning in Valdosta. On Saturday
night he speaks at Waycross; on
Monday night at Athens. Mr.. Wright
stated today that his speech in Ma
con would not be for the purpose of
attempting to carry Bibb county,
where his good friends Boifeuillet,
who is also candidate lives, but
for the purpose of getting his mes
sage scattered through the section OF
which Macon is the center.
John Boifeuillett will probably
make several speeches, as will Gov
ernor Hardwick John R. Cooper
will speak several times 4 DAY, if he
can make the engagements, he says.
The primary is just a week away.
Whether there will be a run-of can
not be determined, owing to the
popularity and prominence of the
four leading candidates. In the event
of a turnover, it will be held TAGS
day, October %. The samea dele
gates who composed the recent Wal
ker caucus last week will be at the
Macon conyenti6n October %. -
The political turmoil in ATLANTA
Monday night is worse, if anything,
than it was in Macon the night of the
recent convention.
Withdrawal from the race Of
Judge Howard in favor of Judge
George, and the latter's platform de-
claring against the Versailles treaty
plan and the League of Nations; the
well verified report that Howard is to
manage the Vienna iurist's cam
paign; chat Judge Georges campaign
is to be run on the basis that he and
Judge Howard stand for identically
the same thing in their platforms;
that the trade male by which Judge
Howard withdrew from the race eX-
tends not only to the present sena-
torial situation, but involves the
whole political alignment "two years
from now" both state and national;
that part of the trade carries with
it an agreement to bring about "a
complete reorganization of the state
highway department" all of these
points have served to stir up ket-
tie of political fish in which there is
more star chamber political gambling
than the state has experienced in
many years.