The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-10
So FAR VESSEL EVEN
HAS REFUSED TO SIMMER
MOVEMENT TO GET OUT CAN
DIDATES FOR u. S. SENATE
AND STATE OFFICIALS.
"21" CLUB LEADS MOVEMENT
Former Governor Hardwick Makes a
Speech in Which He Denounces
Khan and Scores Church in Politics.
Weaver Spoke on Agriculture.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Steps toward or
ganizing the opposition to several
present state house officers, including
the governor and United States sena-
tor, were taken at a meeting OF politi-
cal leaders held under the auspices Of
the Twenty One" club in the Kim
ball house ball room and conference
of men from various parts OF the state
was called for June 18th at Macon.
Although the official call for the
meeting stated that candidates for OF
flee would be nominated by Twenty
one" at the meeting just held no such
Aprocedure was followed. Rather, the
meeting was devoted almost in its en-
tirety to two speeches, one by J. d.
Weaver, president of the Farmers IN
ion, which was strictly on agricultural
development, and the other by former
Governor Thomas w. Hardwick, in
which he vigorously scored he Ku
KluX Klan and charged that there IS
too much church in politics and too
much politics in the churches in Geor-
.gia, with not enough religion in eth
er. He called upon the churches to
put a stop to cheap demagogic poll
ticians" advertising their connection
with the church as bid for political
preferment, which he says is rank
dissertation of this country's funda-
mental guarantee of religious and civil
freedom
Mr.. Hardwick announced that the
hour has struck when Georgians
must rise and strike the shackles from
our government, which have been
welded there by an invisible empire,
and bring this community back to its
original condition of a free state"
List of Tentative" Candidates.
1t was stated at the meeting that
lists of tentative candidates would be-
circulated around the state in refer
endum" and that the candidates win
ming the most votes would be placed
in the field in opposition to present
office holders.
The organization has provided a
steering committee, whose names were
read to the open meeting by Secretary
Paul Mote, with the statement that
the committee will meet in Macon on
June 10 for the purpose OF assembling
information to be obtained from a
referendum to its membership OF the
names to be used in selecting candi-
dates, and, according to the list read
to the open meeting by Mr., Mote, the
following is the ticket before the COM
mittee;
For Governor-L. G. Hardman,
Render Terrell, George Carswell t.
w. Hardwick, Jesse Mercer.
For Congress, Fifth District-John
M. Slaton, Arthur Whitaker, l.. J.
Steele
For Public Utilities Commission
L. H. Jenkins, Calvin Parker, J. d.
Price, A. J. Woodruff.
For Commissioner of Agriculture
B. F. Walker, c. E. Stewart, J. J.
Flynt.
Names of Incumbents Omitted.
In consideration of the names en-
ploved by the organization it is no
ticeab1e that the incumbent in all the
important offices, though standing for
reelection, is left off the list entirely,
and probably pointedly; meaning, 1t
is taken, that the organization is go
ing to oppose the incumbent. Ih1s
is true in the instances of Senator
Harris, Governor Walker, Congress
man Upshaw, John T. Boifeuillet on
the railroad commission, who IS beng
iopposed, it is understood, by Mr.. Jenk-
ms, and Commissioner ]. ]. Brown.
Governor Hardwick in his speech
said it was not his purpose to offer
for public office, but would work to
bring Georgia back to the use OF
sound democratic principles He SAID
the trouble with Georgia now is that
the people for the moment have fallen
away from the faith Of their fathers:
Notwithstanding the effort that is
being made to arouse interest IN state
politics it is the general opinion that
the movement will meet with but lit
tie success. Indications point to a quiet
time politically.