Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
BOTH CANDIDATES
CLAIM VICTORY IN
GOVERNORS RACE
neither any Walker strength or
Walker enthusiasm"
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rneither any Walker strength or
Walker enthusiasm"
Jerome Jones, editor Of the
Journal OF Labor, was a caller at
HardWlck headquarters Saturday
morning. Mr.. Jones, who has been
in Rabun county for the past sew
eral weeks, reports Rabun county as
solid far Governor Hardwick.
"'I was in Clayton Friday when
Governor Hardwick spoke there,
said Mr.. Jones, and he certainly had
a wonderful reception. He was the
first governor who had ever visited
Rabun county. He made a great
speech and was enthusiastically re-
ceived. I have talked with great
many of the mountain people dur
ing the past week and find them
practically unanimous for Governor
HardWick. They are for him be-
cause they like a man of courage
and because he has made the state
such a splendid official"
L. J. Kilburn, another well known
Georgian, former president of the
Georgia Federation of Labor, was
also a visitor at headquarters. Mr..
Kilburn has been in a great many
sections Of the state recently and
reported that he found business
men, laboring men and farmers en-
thusiastic for the governor and he
felt sure that Mr.. HardWick would
be reelected by an enormous vote.
Walker Headquarters Statement
The statement issued by Walker
campaign headquarters was as fol
lows:
"Unmistakable evidence that Mr..
Walker will be elected is read in
the country papers and heard wher-
ever men and women gather to dis
cuss the political situation. This
impression has now become general
and the real situation is well under
stood throughout the state.
Gwen in the Third and Fourth
congressional districts, where it ap.
peared at first that the governor
might carry a few counties Joined
together, strong Walker organiza
tons have sprung UP and our
friends write us that they expect to
make successful fights in order that
their counties may be Joined with
the overwhelming majority of coun-
ties that are sure to be found in
the Walker column. A few other
counties we have anticipated having
a hard fight to carry are scattered.
"Never before has a campaign been
conducted on a higher, plane than
ours has been and hundreds of let
tiers, particularly from the women
of the state, have strongly com.
mended us for this.
I'm vain has the opposition sought
to arouse enthusiasm for the gov.
ernor by asserting that law and. or
der is the issue ....
Equally futile has been the eff.
forts to create the impression that
Cliff Walker is without character
or intelligence
Uncle Reuben and his wife know
Cliff Walker to be an outstanding
Christian gentleman, under whom
we will have a safe, sane, sound
government. They know that his
life is a guarantee that he will not
only discharge his whole duty in
his official capacity to enforce the
laws of the state, but that he will
use every power at his command to
encourage obedience to law and re-
spect for courts of the country,
Our friends advise US that small
audiences have gathered to hear the
governors speeches, the absence of
many women being particularly no.
tlceable, and they state he arouses
little enthusiasm. 1t has been fire.
quently pointed out to- us that even if
he continues to speak to as many
as two hundred people a day, he
will address less than six thousand
voters in all"