Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-12
HOT STATEMENTS
ENLIVEN POLITICS:
WRIGHT TO SPEAK
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the counties of the state" said Mr..
Dykes, "and militant campaign Or
CARNATIONS are at work in each Of
them for Judge George. In a great
number Of these counties We were
informed that active campaigning
was started even before we opened
our Atlanta headquarters.
"Wide Response for George"
"The response that has met the
candidacy of Judge George has not
been sectional-it has been state
wide. Many Of our most favorable,
reports have been from counties in
the northern part of the state.
South Georgia, so We learn on ev-
cry side, is almost solid for Judge
George. Not a semblance Of deflec-
ton has occurred in that territory
lying south of Macon.
Demands are reaching us from
scores and scores of counties for
personal appearances of Judge
George, and later in the campaign,
ie it can possibly be arranged, he
may make a speech or two.
LAS we view the situation, based
on conservative reports from 50 per
cent of the counties, the nomination
Of Judge George on the first ballot
IS practically assured"
With Mr.. Dykes, Attorney L. ii.
Davis, of Vienna, and Judge q. n.
Howard, of Atlanta, who WlthdreW
from the race Sunday, are acting
as managers of the George camplgn.
"Searcnlight' Against HardIWck
The Searchl4ght, pubs ed In AT
l;-Ata, and regarded as the organ OF
the Ku KIux kla !, will support
Judge George in order 10 beat
Goyerno1 HardWick," according to
the statement of is editJr, j. ..
Wood.
From Macon came the word that
John r. Cooper is waging an active
ca..palSn and that he IS sending out
hundreds of letters over he STATE.
tol, he announced.
State Senator j. H. Boykin, of
Cotton, close friend of the late
Senator Watson, is In charge or the
HEADQUARTERS of Mr.. Wright, assist
ed by Graham nd Barry Wright,
the sons of the candidate.
Mr.. Boykin, in a statement Tues-
day, expressed the opinion that the
Watson-vote will go, almost solid
ly, to Mr.. Wright, in the forthcom-
ing primary.
BOykin's Statement
MIR. BoykInS statement follows:
I'VE are delighted with the great
response that has come from Mr..
Wright's announcement giving his
platform. 1t has struck popular
chord, and we are getting flatter4ng
reports from all over the state which
pledge him support.
Friends of Senator Watson are
realizing, every day that Mr.. Wright
is the man to continue to carry out
the policies of the late senator, and
they are going to get solidly behind
Mr.. Wright.
Monday afternoon we received
the following telegram from Ross
Copeland, Of Augusta, well-known Ia
Dor leader and former president Of
the Georgia Federation Of Labor:
"'My vote and influence will be
given to Seaborn Wright in his race
for the senate to fill the uneXpire0
Ill VI LIlS 1dIS oSIdIOI L 1lOI1lSAS Ia
Watson. Mr.. Wright's platform, as
published Sunday, will, III my opin-
ion, meet the approval of all law
abiding 100-per-cent Americans.
Having known Mr.. Wright in
private and political life since boy
hood, I know him to be the man
his platform signifies. The close
personal relationship which always
existed between the late Senator
Watson and Mr.. Wright makes Mr.
Wright the ideal successor of Mr..
Watson.
"'I trust my friends throughout
| the state will rally to the support Of
! Mr.. Wright. ROSS COPELAND
The race for the senate in Chat
| ham is between HardWick and
| George with some support for
| Wright, declared Judge G. H. How
ard, one of the campaign managers
for Judge George, on returning
Tuesday from Savannah.
He said the Hardwick supporters
are making use of Herbert Clay's
personal popularity in Savannah, on
the idea that he will succeed the
| governor if the latter goes to the
| senate.
Judge Howard's Statement
Regarding his own retirement
from the senate race, Judge How
ard said:
TO disappoint my friends and to
give up whatever chance I had to
! be elected almost broke my heart,
| but 1 realized that somebody should
| do so.
81 shall work hard and diligently
| for Judge George. He knows that
| he has promised me nothing and
| while newspapers supporting Gov
ernor Hardwick have published the
! statement that a trade was made
| with me, I hope the public will at
| least do me the justice of accepting
the statement that I withdrew be-
cause I thought it manly to do so
and because L thought it best for
| the state that our forces not be di-
| vided.
81 would like to correct one state
ment publ1hed in an extra edition
| of The Atlanta Journal last Friday
| or Saturday. 1t was stated that Mr..
| Walker had urged me to withdraw.
He never did so, but was supporting
me openly and Loyalty.
"I hope and believe the campaign
will be conducted on a high plane.
That is Judge Georges wish, and
am sure it is mine"
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