Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-07

only were the county democratic
organizations ignored but county
organizations of friends and sup
porters of the successful candi-
date in the March 10 primary ig-
nored in the selection Of dele
gates from the respective eoun-
ties.
This is a strike at the very
vitals of county autonomy, and
automatically a strike at the
democratic doctrine of states
rights, and at the fundamentals
of representative government.
It does not matter what one
man, or committee, or secret
cabal was responsible, or whether
the appointments were made at
the midnight hour, or in the open
daylight, the fact is paramount
that some person, or some coterie
of persons, appointed, in the city
of Atlanta, without consultation
with county party authorities or
candidate leaders, the delegates
and alternates from all of the
100 counties, and announced the
appointments publicly without
the ratification or verification or
sanctioning, or otherwise con-
sulting with representatives in
the respective counties.
The Albany Herald support
ed McAdoo in the recent PR
mary, and its editor, Col. II. NJ.
Mcintosh, together with his as
sociated editor, were appointed
delegates from Dougherty, but
both refused the appointment
because of the steam roller tao
tics pursued by the McAdoo
managers Cor machine) in Allan
ia. Under the caption The Me-
Adoo Committees Amazing
Effrontery," Colonel Mcintosh
flags those responsible, saying:
Those energetic and, we doubt
not, well-meaning gentlemen who
are in charge of the McAdoo ma
chine in Georgia, and who are
now operating it on orders pro-
mulgated from Atlanta, have stor-
ed up endless trouble for them
selves and their friends. Pres
ently-before the end of the
year, perhaps-they will have
something else to put over, and
when the time comes they may
confidently expect to find them
selves handicapped by wide
spread resentment of the manner
in which the McAdoo committee
in Atlanta has packed the state
convention scheduled for the %
of April.
There is neither justification
nor excuse for ignoring the coun-
ty executive committees, in which
alone can rest rightful authority
to name county delegations to
the state convention. 1t would
of course be incumbent upon the
county committees to appoint Nc
Adoo supporters, but the county
chairman could safely have been
depended upon to perform that
duty satisfactorily And they
should have been permitted to
perform 1t.
AS matters stand county
committee chairman who issues
credentials to those named as
county delegates by the McAdoo
state headquarters is simply TAX
ing orders from a state campaign
committee-and the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee looks
on approvingly, PERMITTING the
outrage.
On the same principle by which
the amazing thing has been done
in Georgia, it will be in order
for the Democratic National
Committee to appoint Georgia's
delegates to the New York con-
vention next summer.
1t is piece of highhanded
business that is certain to react
against the men who are respon-
sible for it.
1t is travesty on Democracy
and a representative form of
government to have the delegates
to state convention selected by
partisan campaign committee
with headquarters in Atlanta, in
stead of by the executive com
mittee Of the counties they rep
resent.
How do the Democratic voters
of the 100 counties of Georgia
who cast their ballots on the 10Th
of March, like to have the an
nouncement of the delegates that
are to represent them in the state
convention come from a cam
paign headquarters in Atlanta.
instead of from their respective
local executive committees?
The Ignoring of the county ex-
ecutive committees in connection
with the selection of delegates
will react on the machine that
is putting this stunt over Just as
surely as human nature may be
depended upon to assert itself.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun,
which supported Senator Under
wood, is not in sympathy with
the cutlery against McAdoo's
headquarters, saying what has
happened is the logical result
of methods undemocratic, and
lays the blame on the rules of