Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-17
DECLARES RUMOR Z
HAS BEEN SPREAD
He IS 4 CATHOLIC.
Withdrawal at Last Minute
Is Final Sensation Of Bit
ter Campaign for Senator
WatSon's Place

The last minute retirement OF
John T. Boifeuillet from the race FOR
United States senate which will be
decided at the Georgia polls today,
was the final sensation in bitter
and heated campaign.
Mr.. Boifeuillet, in announcing his
withdrawal, said his action was due
to sundry persons who have sought
to array religious prejudices against
him by circulating the report that he
is Catholic.
This and the fact that he is finan.
cially unable to join with the other
candidates in obligating himself TO
pay $4,000 to help defray the ex.
penses of the primary are the salient
features in a statement issued by
Mr.. Boifeuillet
The five candidates in the contest
fer the late Senator Thomas E., Wat
sons place in the United States sem
ate announced "ready" Monday for
the primary.
The campaign has been short and
snappy, and has been featured large
~ by sharp newspaper exchanges
between the candidates. Expressions
OF confidence in the outcome came
in final statements from the several
campaign headquarters.
The official ballot, sent out by
! William j. Vereen, chairman of the
state Democratic executive commit.
tee, and Secretary E. w. Jordan,
contains the names of Judge G. II.
HoWar dand John II. Boifeuillet,
who withdrew from the race after
the official ballots were printed.
Both names will be eliminated from
the list by the managers of the va
rious precincts.
Precincts May Not Open ,-
Due to the lack of funds WITH
which to hold the special primary,
fear was expressed by several of the
candidates that a great number Of
polling places in the country districts
would not be opened. Chairman Ve4
reen and Secretary Jordan were at
work on proposition which they
hoped would lead to the opening OF
all polling places, and the candidates
likewise were appealing to their
friends in each county to see tina
every person qualified to vote was
given that opportunity.
From various parts of the state
the several campaign headquarters
have been advised that friends of
the candidates, in spirit of patriots
ism, would offer to serve as election
managers without charge!
Chairman Vereen was communi1
eating with members of his state
committee to ascertain what they
thought about engaging election of.
ficials everywhere at the regular
rate and giving them due bills, with
| the stipulation that they could be
, paid if the next legislature appro
PIRATES the amount necessary to de.
fray the expenses, approximately
$4,000.
Pension Commission Race
The fiVe-cornered race for state
pension commissioner to succeed tho
late Commissioner J. w. Lindsey
also will be decided in Tuesdays
special primary.
On the official ballot appear the
names of the following candidates.
! for Junior senator from Georgia.
/ John r. Cooper Walter F. George,
Thomas w. Hardwick, Seaborn
| Wright. Also appear the names of
Judge G. H. Howard, and joint.
Boifeuillet which will be erased. y
For state pension commissioners.
the following candidates are quail.
fled: John c. Butt, John w. Clark
j. L. Dent, = C. E. McGregor and
John E. Stone.
Captain w. H. H. Phelps, of At
lanta, who was mentioned promi-
nently as a candidate for the pen
| sion office, is not on the official
ballot. He wrote Governor Hard
wick last week, requesting that his
name be entered as a candidate in
the general election to be held No
| vember 7.