Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-17
JUDGE ". F. GEORGE
ISSUES STATEMENT
ON SENATE RACE


Declaring that he has uttered no
unkind word against his opponents
in the senatorial race, and that he
will maintain this attitude to the
end of the campaign, Judge Walter
F. George, Of Vieina, candidate for
the United States senate to succeed
the late Se.4ator Thom-.G E. Watson,
on Saturday issued the following
statement:
TO the People of Georgia: Dur.
irg the campaign have not uttered
an unkind word against any candi-
date. To all the candidates I have
conceded absolute sincerity Of pur-
pose and utterance. will maintain
this atti, de until the end.
have submitted to you a decIa-
ration Of principles. My public life
Is a open book.
Il ar, profoundly grateful to the
many thousand of Georgians who
have expressed their faith and con-
ndence in me. In answer to their
voice L entered this race. I could
not be Indifferent to it. If I am
nominated and elected to the senate.
again pledge to the people of my
native state the best that in me. !"
JUDGE GEORGES MANAGER
PREDICTS EASY VICTORY
II. b. Dykes, representative from
Dooiy county in the Georgia legisla-
lure and one Of Judge Walter F.
georges campaign managers, declar.
ed In a statement Saturday night
that the election of Judge George
on Tuesday is assured
Mr.. Dykes said:
With prominent citizens from
every part Of the state, the mana.
gers or the George campaign today
MADE most careful survey of the
senate race, and we came to the
CONCLUSION that the election Of Judge
george on the first ballot is assured.
In Couth Georgia Judge George
VIII make almost a clean sweep. He
Is strong In many sections Of north
and middle Georgia, and is practi-
cally certain to carry a number of
the counties in the judicial circuit
IN which Mr.. Seaborn Wright lives.
The reports reaching these head
quarters-and they have come from
l55 counties today, indicate that the
race beyond question between Judge
George and Governor Hardwick. The
candidates. Of Mr.. Wright, Mr.,
Bolfeuillet and Mr.. Cooper are not
being seriously considered.
Urge Friends to Vote
We are urging our friends every
Where to have the polls opened Tues
day, and we await the outcome
with supreme confidence"
In connection with his statement
Mr.. Dykes gave out a letter from
William G. McRae. Of Rockmart,
POLK county. a close friend of the
late Senator Watson, indorsing
Judge Georges candidacy.
MIR. McRae was close to Senator
watson" said Mr.. Dykes, and his
statement is highly significant. Mr..
McRae made one of the nominating
speeches for Senator Watson at the
Macon convention in 1920, and he
delivered a memorial address on the
late senator at the convention held
on October d."
McRae Statement
The statement Of Mr.. McRae, as
given out by Mr.. Dykes, follows:
Il have been unable to account
for the Endorsement Of Mr.. Wright
by State Senator James H. Boykin
as being the candidate entitled to
receive the support Of the late Sen
ator Watson's friends.
1.-THE recent caucus Of Mr.. Wat
sons friends at the Macon conven-
ton did not result in any agreement
as to who would be the candidate of
the Watson voters. Most assuredly
Mr.. Wright's name was not even
mentioned. It was only after Judge
Fiynt's refusal to be candidate,
and after all Mr.. Watson's friends
had returned home, that they were
il formed Of Mr.. Boykin's indorse-
ment of Colonel Wright.
During the months before the
recent election for governor I asked
Senator Watson who he thought
would run? He mentioned Hon.
Clifford Walker, Ogden Persons and
Judge Walter T. George. Being u
schoolmate of Judge Georges son, l
commented that I thought Judge
George was a very able man. Sen
ator Watson replied: "He is one Of
the cleanest men in our state, and
il. my opinion has the greatest legal
mind of any man Of my acquain-
tance."
Violating what I knew to he
good taste for Senator Watson,
asked him if he would support Judge
George for governor. He replied
If he entered the race, I would
support him, but I have no idea
that he will enter. He is not fav.
cradle to holding executive positions.
His talents better equip him for leg
islative or judicial duties