Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-13
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platform? A story is out to the
effect that it has been lost in the
mails-somewhere between Atlanta
and Washington. Or between Wash
ington and Atlanta, if you prefer to
look at it that way.
True, the story about the loss of
! Kliff's platform comes from Atlanta;
and, of course, you can't believe eV-
erything that emanates from that
source.
So, we are not undertaking to
vouch for the story; we are only Civ
ing a little publicity-in the hope of
helping Kliff to find his platform.
As the story goes-but we don't
pretend to say that even this part
of it is absolutely true-Kliff wrote
out his platform for his gubernatorial
rare, and sent it to Washington.
| (Maybe, to be copyrighted, or some
thlng.) And he has never got it back.
And, naturally enough, he is wo'
ried about it. The more SO, because,
as the story goes, Kliff doesn't know
for certain whether or not the party
| to whom it was sent ever received it.
| (There has been so much ''bronchi-
tis' and one thing and another
around Washington, that you never
know if your friend up there is on
his feet and receiving his mail, or
not.)
1t is said that Kliff, or somebody
acting for him, has sent lot of tele-
grams, besides writing-and, maybe,
telephoning, for all we know-trying
to locate his platform, and to find
| out what the party to whom it was
sent thinks of it, if anything, but,
so far, "all is quiet along the Po-
tomac."
And, Of course, the fact that there
were no Fourth of July fireworks at
Gainesville the other day, makes the
silence seem all the more ominous !
more especially to a man who has his
ear glued to the ground waiting for
the faintest whisper, or football, or
however you would have it.
Did you ever have to wait for days,
and sometimes weeks, for letter
that never came; going to the post
| office, or meeting the postman at
the gate, every morning and evening
and never a word from her or him?
Then you know how Kliff must feel.
And that, too, with some ten or
twelve trains running between Wash
ington and Atlanta every day.
But, then, there's another way to
look at it: If man has bronchitis
particularly, if it is a kind of
chronic bronchitis-and is laid up in
bed, or even on sofa, with it from
time to time, and has had to move
out of Washington and into the
country, where he can enjoy his
bronchitis unmolested, why, of
course, he can't always look after
This mail-or express, or however plat
| forms are sent-and, so, that may
be the way it happened.
! Nevertheless and not outstanding,
something is going to have to he
done about it, and that right away.
For this gubernatorial campaign is
| getting along; at least, the days are
passing, and every candidate ought
to have his platform in shape and
duly approved by whoever has to APP
prove 1t before some fool people be-
gin to ask embarrassing questions.
So, we say, if it is true that klift
sent his platform to Washington, just
to see what certain members of the
Georgia delegation might think of 1t,
and, maybe, make few changes II
necessary-though, mind you, we
still say we don't know whether 1t
is true or not; though it sounds reas-
onable-then, they, or he, as the case
may be, ought to send it back to
Kliff without further delay, or feli
him the reason why.
For, under no circumstances, is
this long-maybe even studied =
silence excusable; particularly when
fellow doesn't exactly know HIM
self where he stands until he can
hear from his friends. Such stu
alton is wearing" on candidate
we can tell yqA it is.
Just suppose, for instance, he new
err gets back his platform; suppose
who ever opened the mail up there
in Washington thought it was an in
fernal machiner of some sort, ormay-
be, that somebody down here in
Georgia was "grinning" at him
through the mails, or something like
that, and had the platform taken out
in the yard and burned, or broken
up with sledge hammer, before any
one even knew what was in it
But the thought is too painful, and
we must desist. Only, we do say
this
That if such had happened, then
there would be only one thing to do,
and that, in itself, is bad enough
which same is this: