Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-14
Declares George and Hard
wick Are fractional Candi-
dates - Attacks Recent
State Convention

Seaborn Wright fired ais opening
shot in his race for the United States
senate before a Dig crowd ih the At
| lanta auditorium Wednesday night,
making good mis- promise to talk
straight from The saoTiier."
For two hours he held his audience,
discussing Governor HardwicK and
Judge Waiter r.. George. two of his
opponents, ir vigorous fashion and
denouncins the fractional politics
he said has KEEP, Georgia II - state
Of unrest for years.
Mr.. Wright, accompanied by State
Senator J. II. Boyiiin, came en- the
stage at $50 O'Clock. The crowd
cheered, Senator Boykin retired, and
then, without all introduction or 9TH
err formalities, Mr.. Wright pulled off
his coat, rolled uI his SHIRT sleeves
and waded in.
1.-The Rome w. c. r. u. put me in
this race, and tire good women Ii
over this state are for me strong,
was his first word to ths audience.
He called Judge George the candi-
date of the Albert Howell-Hugh Dor
sey faction and declared he could
never muster strength enough to
beat Hardwick" He declared the
position of Judge George on the
League Of Nations was so indefinite
that it "befuddled the brilliant mind
of that great editor, w. L. Ander-
son, of the Macon telegraph and
Messenger"
Attacks Other Candidates
For nearly an hour he paid his
respects to Judge George, many of
his references drawing laughter and
applause from the crowd. He talk
ed plainly about the recent state
convention in Macon, discussed
briefly the planks in his platform
with reference to immigration and
the League Of Nations, and then
turned his guns on Governor Hard
wick.
Governor Hardwick and I differ
on a number Of great principles
he said, land that's one reason
I'm in this race. Then, too, Hard
wick has been too intimate with
a gang that has brought disgrace
on Georgia-that pernicious Kim
ball House lobby.
You never can bank on Hard
| wick until he gets few drinks ir
him. Back yonder when we were
in the legislature together, there
was stiff taxation fight on, ant
we couldn't get Billy Hardwicl
popped up. But somebody called
him out and gave him few
drinks. He came back then ant
told me he was all set to give
'em hell"
Mr.. Wright said he was "almos
as much opposed to George as tt
Hardwick," and that he would
about as soon associate with thu
Kimba1l house gang behind Hard
| wick along with Roland Ellis, O.
Macon, and Aleck Lawrence, O
Savannah, as with that politica
crew of Dorsey-Howell politicians
that is running George"
It's all wrong, tell you," con
tinued Mr.. Wright, seating himself
atop the table on the stage. "I wan
to break up this factional f1ghtins
that has played the devil in Geor
gia for so long"
Predicts Upheaval
Mr.. Wright said he had never seer
a contest in which "the contempt
BILE politicians" have been so BEN
to deprive the people of their right tt
select their public servants.
"a statewide upheaval against thi!
damnable maneuvering is surely
coming" he went on. up to thi!
good hour the politicians have done
the eliminating in this race. But
my brothers, you watch the people
do little Of it on the 18th of thi!
month. I'm going to beat this Who'll,
Held Of candidates, just as sure a!
we're all here together tonight"
Here Mr.. Wright began pacing
the platform. He declared that "Edi
tor Anderson, of the Telegraph ant
Messenger down at Macon, is worried
because he hasn't. got a League O
Nations candidate to support" HI
said Editor Anderson at first though
Judge George would be for the
league, because George voted, the,
say, for Palmer and Dorsey in 1920
But when Georges platform came
out" he went on. Anderson spen
two days trying to unravel it, anC
then said on his editorial page that i
read like it might have been writer
J by Tom Watson or Seab Wright"
Mr.. Wright declared that Ton
Watson is dead and 1 swear to vol
I didn't write it,"
Follow re and lets see wha
happened" Mr.. Wright continued
"Tha day Anderson said George
platform wouldn't Go, Albert Howcl
sent Hugh Dorsey and one Jill