Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-06
High Personnel Draws Fa-
VorabIe Comment From
Newspapers-AIF Lines of
EndeaVor Represented
RY c. T.. GREGORY

LtIUOOF VI IlOPl OSStllON
BY c. e. GREGORY
The delegation selected by the re-
cent state convention in Atlanta to
represent Georgia at the Democratic
national convention in New York
city on June "a, is generally reCog-
nized as the most distinguished and
representative ever sent to a nation
al gathering by the Democratic party
in this state. The Macon Telegraph,
the Savannah Press and other lead
ing newspapers of the state, have
commented on the high personnel of
the delegation.
The list of delegates, alternates
and electors to the national conven-
ton includes one ex-governor, one
former speaker of the house Of rep
resentatiVes, one former United
States ambassador, ten present or
former members of the legislature,
seven editors, two judges, four So
iicitors, thirteen attorneys, four bank
ers, seven farmers, two outstanding
labor leaders, seven representative
business men and capitalists, four
teen women who have gained proml-
hence by their activity in civic, club
and church work, three physicians
and three mayors Of Georgia cities.
The state convention that selected
the national delegates was one Of
the most representative ever assem-
bled, and included at least six supe-
rior court judges, it is stated.
All Of the delegates and alternates
to the national convention are now
To- 3rIYN fn
and arrangements are being made to
charter special cars in order that the
Georgia representatives may go to-
gether to and from the national con-
vention. They will let New York
and the rest of the world know that
they are proud of William G.. Nc
Adoo, native Georgian, who piled up
such an overwhelming majority in
the Georgia presidential preference
primary on March 49, o
Personnel of Delegation
The eight delegates-at-large and al
ternates are:
Thomas J. Hamilton, owner and
editor of the Augusta Chronicle, old
est newspaper in the south; success
full business man and progressive
Democrat, who was chairman of the
NJ oAdoo cauDaign committee in Geor-
gia, and devoted much Of his time
for weeks to the successful hight Tor
Mr.. McAdoo in the state.
Miller S. Bell, former mayor or Mil
ledgevilIe, banker and business man,
boyhood companion of William q.
McAdoo, and his devoted friend for
forty years. Mr.. Bell came to At
lanta and gave his entire time to the
management of the McAdoo head
quarters throughout the campaign.
Rollins N. Randolph, prominent At
lanta attorney and capitalist; close
personal friend of Mr.. McAdoo and
his local attornev as director general
of railroads. general counsel for the
Atlanta Federal Reserve bank, and
the Federal Land bank; active or
canizer and financier Of cooperative
marketing associations among Geor-
ria and pecan growers; pres
ident and general director of the
Stone Mountain Monumental asso-
citation, and one of the best known
men in national Democratic politics.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, of East
man, pioneer in the fight for nation
al Temperance; member of the ma
tional lecture staff of the w. Z. T.
II. and speaker in every state IN the
union in the cause of temperance;
Georgia, director of temperance pub
licitv and one of the nationally
known temperance workers.
Judge. Newt A. Morris, Of Mari
eta. former Judge of the superior
court in the Blue Ridge circuit; one
of the bestknown attorneys IN north
Georgia; originator Of the McAdoo
homecoming celebration in Coob
county. where Mr.. McAdoo was
born: chairman of the recent state
conventions; former speaker OF the
Georgia house of representatives
and the champion of much construc'
tive legislation, especially concern
ing drainage.
Leader i'm Club Work
Mrs. Nicholas Peterson, of Triton,
who was signally honored for her
activity in club work by being elect
ed a lifetime director of the Georgia
Federation of Women's Clubs at the
recent state meeting in Rome, Is one
of the originators of the idea for
the federation's industrial school at
Tallulah Falls, and a director of that
institution, and known throughout
the south.
II. II. Dean, of Gainesville, one
Of the leading business men and
CAPITALISTS of north Georgia; an &C
tive leader in Democratic policies
for many years, often mentioned as
a candidate for the United States
senate, and an outstanding Geor-
gian in every particular.
Pleasant A. Stovall, president and
publisher of the Savannah Press; a
Ill IOpnOPTQtlC
conventions for the past 20 years,
United States minister to Switzer,
land under the administration of
President Wilson, and a notable rig
ure in Democratic politics Through
out the present generation.
The electors from the state-at-
large are: Former Governor Nat r.
Harris, of Macon, president OF the
board of trustees of Georgia Tech,
and intensely devoted to that insti-
tuition; honored by Georsians in
many ways throughout a long life
of activity in politics and public af-
fairs; one of the best-beloVed men
in the state, and John G.. Valentino
of Savannah, representative of the
| younger element in Georgia Democ-
racy; former president of the Geor-
| Sla Federation of Labor, former
member of the Chatham county
delegation in the Georgia house of
representatives. progressive leader
in all labor and child labor legisla-
ton, and an outstanding figure in
state politics.
The alternate electors from the
state-at-larGe are: w. L. Simmons,
editor of the Gwinnett Journal. at
| Lawrenceville, and a war-horse in
Democratic politics, and Hugh Rowe,
editor Of the Athens Banner, and
a leader in Democratic politics in
northeast Georgia.
District Delegates
Among the district delegates are:
William D. Bell, Sardfs banker and
farmer, and member of the legisla-
ture from Burke county; T. r. SlSit-
ties, of Sylvania, banker and rromi-