The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-01
uARDWICK TALKS
PLAIN AT DECATUR
GOVERNOR, IN A VIGOROUS
w o,wpA1GN, SPEECH, DEFENDS
HIS OFFICIAL RECORD.
IS FOR LAW AND ORDER

Critical Senators he DID NOT
w. Tnov They Were on Top Side OF
Tha Earth. Refers to Senator Wat
con, Says Can't Be Dictated to-
4 DFCATUR, Ga.-Receiving ! rous-
raceotion Governor Hardwick
Dis before good sized audience in
s'00e .;oorons fashion, discussed his
'n ,.;.. and political enemies in plain
. li.' ar,qe. and told how imperative it is
l%' = "Iaw and order and visible gov
',.s ,n,ert" shall prevail in Georgia.
IT., IT,. Governor reviewed in detail the
;a~ acts of his administration and
.a ,a his claim for second term
s,sf, on his record since he took over
' ~, .vacutiye office slightly more than
Ille AR ago. Frequently his hearers
~tooned him to applaud.
Has Not Attacked Senator
Tho contentious part of the govern
IN marks came near the close when
asserted with emphasis that he
L Ell. ID not be bossed by Senator
Nom f. Watson or any other Nv
lg RT 1lla'' unior senator from Georgia
a+ he governor of this state while
E 9,,,T VI, Hardwick holds that COM
,'o And if that doesn't suit some
'' vow YOU know how to treat it. Ii
~ don't like it, pour it back III the
will never bare my back to the
~ 81 anv man on this earth"
1S The Governor declared he had not
ssaned Senator Watson. and ala not
nend to. &c. - c
ratson." he went on. The people
orted him as their junior senator,
nd thew look to him for an account OF
4 Stewardship. By the same token
bev elected me as their governor, and
cannot and will not be another man
III III Won want one of Watson's depu-
las as your governor, for heavens
Ike eject Cliff Walker-he fills the
ill perfectly"
Senate Attack Political"
az was not hitting at the members
the state senate when | made that
fatrment." the governor said. Il did
IN know they were on the top side
the earth they are so unimportant.
did not know they were on the lace
the earth and | care less. l had 9TH
neonle in mind. | am not gong to
mad at what they said about me
hind nv back in my absence pro-
Ected bv the rules OF the body to
b;cb thev belong. Those senate at
cks on me were nothing but political
lnk"
The governor then called attention
a speech on the tax equalization
Nv delivered by his opponent, Clifford
sIker. at Savannah, declaring Mr..
aIkcr was the man who had favor
repeal without offering. a suDsl7
te The governor denied that he had
vored repeating the tax equalization
" in the last campaign.
The governor said he had been crlt1-
led from some quarters for sending
pops to Waycross week ago, but
at he did what he believed to be his
tv. He denounced the dynamiting
cattle dipping watts, and said the
Hiltv persons would be reckoned with
the state.
Reviewing his administration Gov
nor Hardwick told how he found
treasury "hopelessly involved,
It'll a $3,000,000 deficit, and the Con-
1erate pensioners in distress. He told
w he unhestatingly recommended
at the w. & A. railroad rent notes
discounted for five years to pay
csc pensions and redeem the states
nor."
No Pensions for Rich.
Defending the tax on gasoline pass
by the legislature in 1921, the gov
hor said this was the lightest and
reSt tax yet levied and that it hurts
body, He said eighteen states had
pee followed Georgia's example and
posed a similar tax.
A budget and auditing system that
catch extravaganza and thlevery
state affairs before it happens" was
cared by the governor to be one OF
highest ambitions. He said steps
the right direction were under way.
Declaring that his position on the
Pntedcrate pension question had been
nerally misrepresented, the governor
d he would go the limit to pay pen
Pners and their widows who are
edy but that he would not spend
cent on those who ARE rich and
pit need it."
Farm loans at 8 per cent interest: