Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-05
HARDW|CK OPENS !. !.
SENATE CAMPAIGN
At WATSON SPRINGS

GREENSBORO, GA, July 4.--Or-
position to the entrance of the Unit
ed States into the League of Ma
lions, denunciation of the Ku Klux
Khan as an organiZati ton contrary to
the fundamentals Of American doc
trine, rigid adherence TO the Demo
cratic principle of states rights and
opposition to pork barrel politics.
that adds to the financial burdens
of the public-these are the out
Thomas w. Hardwick, former gov
ernor and United States senator, as
he outlined it in a speech today at
Watson Springs, near this city, dur.
ing the course Of a program in cels-
bration of Independence day.
The former governor declared that
United States Senator William J.
Harris, whom he is opposing for re.
election, is a ''dodger' who evades
every vital question in his effort to
retain his political post.
Governor Hardwick's speech to.
day was the opening gun of his cam
paign for the United States senate.
and he indicated that his speaking
tour would carry him into various
sections of Georgia before the sum-
mer is over.
Opposes "'BIocs"
Declaring himself as Democrat
OF the old school, he discIaimed
alignment with either the progress
sive" or the "reactionary'' wings of
the party, and stated his opposition
to any ''bloc." With reference to
foreign relations, he affirmed his
belief in the doctrine Of Thomas JEFF
ferSon as against "entangling ALI.
ances," and voiced his opposition
to Americas entrance into the
League of Nations, regardless of
what reservations may be proposed.
Banishment of war and complete
harmony among the nations of the
earth can come only with the adj
vent of the Prince of Peace and the
beginning of the millennium. he de.
clared.
Discussing freedom of speech.
freedom of the press and freedom
Of religious belief, Governor Hard
wick subscribed heartily to the dec
laration of the national Democratic
convention that 1--WE insist at all
times upon obedience to the orderly
processes of the law, and deplore
and condemn any effort to arouse
religious or racial dissension."
He arraigned the Ku Klux Khan
as a secret political society, which
attempts to dictate the political de-
velopments throughout this country,
and declared against invisible gov
eminent as contrary to the funda.
mental principles of Americanisnl.
The former governor described the
Khan as an organization which un-
dertakes to regulate the conduct OF
citizens outside the law and outside i
the courts, and declared that its
political interests have been shown
by the powerful lobbies it has main
tanned at both the Democratic and
Republican national conventions
State Rights n
Preservation of state rights and
local self government was one Of
the principal points of his speech,
and he devoted considerable time to
the discussion of recent events
which, he said, point to the gradual
assumption of state sovereignty by
the federal government. This pro.
gram, he declared, is in direct violar
ton of the principle of Jeffersonian
democracy, and he charged that
Senator Harris has failed absolutely
to uphold the state right doctrine
during his term in the United States
senate. He declared that Senator
Harris deliberately lodged" when
the child labor amendment was be-
fore the senate and pretended to be
Ill and unable to vote on the pro-
pOSal. s
Governor Hardwick expressed his
disapproval of pork barrel" politics,
characterizing as wasteful and ex-
travagant the system under which
large appropriations are made for
one purpose and another, merely to
keep up political fences" of con-
gressmen and senators. He declared
that economy of government mu-
n1cipal, state and national, is tho
crying need of the day. In this con-
nection he charged that Senator
Harris had been guilty of petty raids
on the treasury to further his own
political career.
In conclusion, the former governor
referred to Senator Harris as a SEN n
ator without a, record of conspicuous
or useful service, promising to deal
more in detail with this matter in
later speeches. He pledged himself
to serve the people of Georgia dill
gently and with unwavering fidelity
to Democratic principles, If elected
to the United States senate, and pre-
sented his candidacy as that of a
man who desires to be of real serV.
ice to his state and nation. }
recorded continues, with few excep.
tions, to total 1,09S on each ballot,
reports of large and even small de-
fections from the voti;'~ ranks are
promptly denied by delegation lead
ers and denartIIreS from hotels are