Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-18
PAT HARRISON, here
ON BRIEF VISIT. RAPSS
COP. 'DUNC0NDEE'

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The strength of the third party
movement headed by La Follette
is considerably Cver-estimated. ant
whatever menace it contains hangs
over the Republican party. in thl
opinion of United States Senator
Fat Harrison, of Mississippi who
bases his belief on information fro n
leaders in the states in which Id
Toilette is making his most deter
mined stand
Senator Harrison is spending :
day or two i'll Atlanta, resting u.
in preparation for Il strenuous
speaking tour that will carry hin
into Il dozen or more "doubtfJ'
states for speeches in behalf of the
Democratic presidential ticket. One
of the most forccful speakers in the
Democratic ranks and IL seasoned
campaigner on the stump, the sena
tor has been assigned to an itinerary
that will keep him busy from now
until the day of election in NoVem
Der. He opens Thursday night al
Raleigh, n. c., and then goes tt
the middle west, the battle ground
Of The campaign.
i have not been able to keep in
close touch with the national DO
Htlcal situation for the past thre,
weeks" said the senator, "as | have
been trying to rest in Mississippi.
shall be on the firing line from
Thursday night until the votes are
counted"
La Toilette May Get Some
John w. Davis has made Won
delful impression in his invasion of
the west La Toilette, in the end.
may carry half ? dozen states. They
are all Republican states, and all
this talk about La Toilette drawing
equally from the Republican and
Democratic ranks is pure Repub
lican buncombe.
La Toilette has always been &
Republican and 1t is not reasonable
to suppose that he is stronger with
the members of the opposing partv
than he is with elements within
his own party. La Toilette is strong
er today then he will be three
weeks from now, and very much
stronger than he will be on election
day
There are thousands upon thou
sands of progreSsiVes and indeDen !
ents who admire some of the char
acteristics of La Toilette and th9
way In which he has voted on MAN.
economic questions in the sena+a
But large percentage of those Gle
ments appreciate the fact that Ia
Follette has no chance il the worl1
OF being president. If he were presi
dent he would have no organization
IL congress to back up his views.
THESE elements in the end mus.
vote the Democratic ticket. 1t is the
only party the progressive element
can look to for any solution of their
problems or to carry out their ideas.
IL labor is as true to the Demo
cratic party in this campaign as
That party has been true to labor
IN the making and administration Of
laws, Davis and Bryan will win bv
an overwhelming vote. 1t would be
d great pity if organized labor should
smlte the hand that has helped t.
feed it.
Davis Qualified Well
organized labor will be set back
twenty years if it should go off and
away from the Democratic partv in
THIS campaign and vote the indepen J.
ent ticket. The great majority of its
friends are in the Democratic partv
ana labor cannot afford to desert
those friends in this hour of need.
SO far as labor in the south is
concerned, [ have not the slightest
idea that it will follow any La Fol
lette Will-of-the- wisp.
Davis, In many respects, is per.
maps the best qualified presidential
nominee any party has made in 100
years Coolidge is perhaps the weak
est. The Democratic party was never
better organized, never more hac-
mon1ous and militant than now.
Ihere Is not a single Democratic
leader in the United States who is
not enthusiastically behind Davis
and Bryan, and that fact with De
mocracy's magnificent record, AMI
the Republican carnival of corrup-
tlon In its short era Of many mis-
ueeds and non-action, ought to in
sure Tor us a sweeping victory"
senator Harrison took occasion to
urge upon the Democrats of Geor-
g1a, as we'll as those of the other
strong Democratic states of the
south, the necessity of contributing
substantially to the financial sup
port of the national campaign.
Republican Funds Unlimited
The Republican party has practi-
cally unlimited campaign funds at
Its command, said the senator.
while the Democratic party must
depend almost entirely upon contri-
buttons from the rank and file OF
its members. The special interests
never had better champion in the
White House than now, and it will
pour out huge sums to finance a
campaign to keep him there"
unless the rick-ribbed Demo
cratic states like Georgia and the
others south of the Mason and Dix
on line are willing to contribute lib
orally to the national Democratic
the battle into the doubtful states
will be handicapped and made inef-
fective to great extent.
Il am glad to see that the finan-
cial side of the campaign is being
hope that the Democrats in this
and help to win a glorious victory
for the party in November"
Senator Harrison paid glowing
compliment to the Georgia delega-
ton in the United States senate, and
in the house of representatives re-
marking on its high personnel and
the effectiveness of its support of
constructive measures.