The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-23
pbNGING OUT BIG
pALES OF PURE BUNK
,orwRITERS IN HEADQUAR-
lbs - CHATTER, AND GALES
- Cliff BLOW TO VOTER.

OF CUFF BLOW ~ VolhN'
-, Nth Is presented one days
h'''; nif1e and buncombe-emanat-
grs' from the three presidential head
quarters fa;r samnIe ~ the
i ~. stuff campaign managers or
"!l un,rtcrs think the voting public
htao4 .geriouslv. says the Washington
tlN1 .nandent of the Kansas City
I 2., At any rate, the headquarters
''l .;,btv serious about it themselves,
81, .. no i out as "hot stuff, ostensibly
P'': norm the ignorant voter OF just
10 -. ~. The issues are and how things
arc ,sSo Ys Judging from the in
'. NJ. with which the typewriters are
oo, 5 al three campaign arrangements
u, ,'' laboring under the deluslon the
'r.4on is going to be swayed some
s',,'Ib Nv thi. furious typewriter war.
D ~" it is only to keep up a show
',ctiyitv At any rate, this drive
trqe publicity has reached the
.;n+ where all past campaign records
y." mass of words are being broken.
10 rba folks who do the voting may
be "hct up" yet, and they aren't,
W.. +br headquarters are. In going
yu. the bales of fulminations one
rgbt ask what a mighty sucker or
W.. .s7reoial IDIOT the average campaign
,..4 must think the average voter IS
). - !. !. hoped to snare his ballot by
|srch stuff
A Man of Silence-Once.
The statements are not given in full. |
+. vor1d take many editions to print
tsam aIl. if any real news also was to |
5s carried. But please don't laugh, |
|rns a trip is taken through the pile |
a; rerv serious statements from the |
very serious headquarters OF the three
rsy serious campaigns, all released for
Indication in Monday mornings pub
Here is our supposedly silent friend
william NJ. Butler, the republican
chairman. having this to offer
THE country at large, irrespective
ii parties, has an issue which demands
me attention of all 1t is to save the |
institution. The fundamental issues
Which have divided the two major
osr.ies in the past still exist, but a !
Greater one has arisen. Ii no longer is
merely question OF issues between
tre parties. The life of our republic
b at stake |
Then Mr. Butler for some eight !
hundred words more discusses what
distraction of the constitution would
mean and how the only way to avoid
II i, to vote for Mr.. Coolidge. They
used to call him William the Silent,
hi, business man, chairman OF the
Coolidge campaign. But since getting
Ii, staff OF publicity experts around
him and being told it was good cam
pagn tactics to outstatement the other
fellows. he has become William the
Gar-llous." Possibly Mr.. Butler may
be excused for becoming garrulous on
such subject as the constitution.
however. especially when the life OF
The republic is at stake. AT any rate
he would have the public think So
that IS, if he ever has read the state
nsnt put out over his name by the
res, bureau.
Anther Warning.
But passing from this solemn warn
rg about the danger to the republic
.lich only a vote for Mr.. Coolidge .
IAN avert, there is found another
warning. 1t comes from Robert La
Toilette. ir.. son of that famous sound
.r OF warnings, Senator LaFollette,
The independent candidate Mr.. LaFol-
e.te. as represented by his press bu-
-eau. has a style bit more fippant
than the more ponderous Mr.. Butler.
Say, the LaFollette statement:
Don't cheer, boys, the poor pack
.rs are starving" That is the solemn
thought provoked by reading Chalr
man Buffers pitiful reply to Senator
LaFollettc's Labor day speech. There
Is no coal trust, no sugar trust. no Oh!
trust, no beef trust or any other KIND
b; trust so far as Mr.. Butler has ever
heard All the trusts are gone. Harry
Daughcrty smashed them.
NaeTtupOn young LdFoil0tte
i1ges in some one thousand addition
al words of like sarcasm at Mr.. BUT
ers expense, the tenor OF which is
flat Mr. Butler doesn't know what ne
IS talking about when he says Candi-
date LaFollette doesn't know what he
/, akng about when he says trusts
and monopolies rule the country and !
rob the public Young LaFollette chal-
lenges Mr. Butler to do various things
and answer several pertinent queS-
tons All OF which is favorite form |
q campaign pifle. 1t may give Mr.:
Butler opportunity to make reply and
gre an excuse for another statement.
Reply to Replies.
That's one OF the secrets OF this
typewriter war" For every state
nent made by every headquarters
@ere Is ample excuse for reply from
nr other headquarters. Then there
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