Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
BOTH CANDIDATES
CLAIM VICTORY IN
GOVERNOR RACE
BIalock and Brown Issue
Charges and Counter
Charges-Court Endorses
Record of Judge Fish

tiers Saturday issued predictions OF
the success of their respective can
didates in the race for governor, and
from headquarters of candidates for
other state house offices came sim
n liar claims.
Arthur Lucas, chairman Of the
Hardwick campaign committee,
made the prediction that the COVER
nor will be reelected in a landslide
which will leave Clifford Walker not
more than twenty counties out of a
total cf 1GO.
Joe CASTOR, campaign manager for
Walker, cited editorials from a num-
Der of Georgia newspapers as an ev-
tdence of the way the tide is run
ming in the gubernatoria1 race.
Governor Hardwick was on the
stump in north Georgia last week
and will continue in that section of
the state this week. Mr.. Walker
continues his policy of remaining off
the stump. 1t was announced, how
ever, that the Fulton County Walk
er club will hold a rally at the au-
ditorium next Saturday night, at
which the speakers will be State Sen
htors c.. A. Nix, Of Lawrenceville:
4, M. d. Womble, Of Thomaston, and
James H. Boykin, of Lincolnton.
together with Louis P. Marquardt,
Rell-known Atlanta labor leader.
]. j. Brown, commissioner of ag-
eiculture, on Saturday issued reply
to the charges made against his adj
minjstration by his opponent, A. o.
Blalock, and predicts his overwheln;-
Ing vindication at the hands Of the
people or election day.
Campaign headquarters Of MI,
Blalock issued a statement declaring
that las public administrator Com
missioner Brown. has proved himself
The most extravagant, wastefu1 and
inefficient since the carpetbag gov
ernment of reconstruction" and pre-
dieting that Overwhelming repudi-
alton will overtake him on election
day"
Frank A. Hooper, the well-known
Atlanta attorney who heads the cam
paiGn for Chief Justice William H.
Fish, of the state supreme court, on
Saturday made public a statement
.
which they brand as false the rumor
+, that the chief justice is in such a
state. of health as to render him in
cal'oc.tated for the discharge of his
-atltics;. The other five Justices de-
(. Flare that the chief justice is in Wig.
orot!S condition physically and men
tally and is daily performing the
hull amount of work which falls to
h;.n in the study of cases before
the court
H. Bedinger Baylor, OF Atlanta,
candidate for governor, on Saturday
gave cut a statement Of his plat
for:n containing many planks, one
Of Wi. CHI consists in a modification
Of the prohibition law so as to per.
NIT hs:l1t wines, beer and "cider with
L kick"
Hardwiclz Headquarters Statement
The statement issued by Hardwick
headquarters was as follows:
Governor Hardwick returned tC
Atlanta last night after a busy week
Of campaigning and was highly
gratif1od at the enthusiastic recep
lions he received at the differen;
places he visited. The governor
spoke at Alpharetta, Lexington
Washington, Clayton, Hiwassee
Bla:rsville and Young Harris.
Monday he will begin another
campaign tour, starting at Gaines
Vile in the morning and Cumming
and Forsyth in the afternono. Tues
de- will speak at Lafayette in
WaE-er county. Wednesday he will
j speak Al Carrollton. Thursday he
g will address the people of Telfail
and surrounding counties at Helena
Friday he will speak in the morning
at Pelham and in the afternoon al
cambridge. Saturday he will speal
county. and in the afternoon al
Douglasville in Douglas county.
1--WE are more than satisfied will
the outlook fer an overwhelming
majority on September 49," salt
Arthur Lucas, chairman of thu
Hardwick campaign committee, Sat
urday afternoon. eve have hearC
from every one of the 100 countie.
and as I have repeatedly stated it i:
my belief that Walker will not carry
twenty counties in the state. Tnt
: vote on the day of the primary will
be a landslide.
"Our forces are thoroughly organ
sZeQ everywhere. Ana our support
ers are enthusiastic. which is al
ways the case where Governor Hard
wick is concerned. We have can
vassed the situation carefully and w,
know that HardwiclS will make
clean sweep.
Everywhere Governor Hardwicl
has spoken he has stirred up grea
enthusiasm. In the mountains thi
week he was accorded tremendou
ovation and made hundreds of new
friends everywhere he went.
eve continue to get letters an,
kilograms and have callers whicl
tell us of thousands of people VIII
did not support Governor Hardwicl
two years ago, but who are for hin
now because of his business admins
tration, his courageous attitude OF
all public questions and his stan
for law and order.
1--WE have been unable to locat
any Walker strength as yet, and W
90 not believe we will be able t
find it for the simple reason there j
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