Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-12
Crucif ying a Real Man
On the Altar of Ambition

The grossly unfair, the sinis-
ter, the desire to perpetuate fac
tionalism in Georgia when it
seemed that for once in Georgia
politics all elements would come
together, can be observed in the
daily en.M:.::..;cns II the Atlanta
Constitution. 1t was to be hoped
that all Georgians would rally
around a distinguished native
son, the first bona f1de candidate
Georgia has had for the presi-
dency since William II. Craw.
ford, but hardly had the smoke
cleared away after the great tri-
umph of William G.. McAdoo on;
March 10 when certain people
began a guerrilla warfare which
is calculated to embarrass the
great American whom we had
Endorsed for the presidency and
to cruelty a distinguished citizen
of Atlanta, and a. friend hereto
fore of the so-called Howell ele-
ment in Georgia politics for over
twenty years. 1t was said that
thee Hon. Clark Howell wished
to retain his place as national
committeeman. This has been
denied in some quarters and If
he is not a candidate then why
this puny barrage which is being
laid down? The distinguished
citizen Of Georgia who is the
object Of daily attack in the Con.
stitution Is Hon. Hollins n. Ran
dolph, one of the first men in
the country to come out for Mr..
McAdoo, a tower Of strength
financially and in every other
way to his cause in Georgia, a
leader in every sense, a, gentle
man unselfish, true and tried.
The mana gers of the McAdoo
campaign, OF which MI. Ran
doiph was one, had it ON plain
authority from their chief that
he wished to reward those who
had fought the good fight and
won the race for him. This was
obviously the only position for
Mr.. McAdoo to take and when
Mr.. Randolph-after this social,
political and business friendship
with the Hon. Clark Howell for
years-had to tell him that UNI
der the conditions it would not
be the correct thing for him to
continue to be honored as ma
tional committeeman-then this
gentleman permits to be run IN
his paper day after day these
slanderous and almost vicious
articles, which would be calcu-
lated to injure Mr.. Randolph IT.
retrievably, if his standing in
Georgia was less high and if the
source Of the attacks upon him
was not considered.
Not Due Consideration
To make long story of the
CONSTITUTIONS position short, we
might recite the fact that this
paper had led the McAdoo man.
gers to believe that cordial sup
port would be given the cause
and yet a few weeks before the
primary the chairman OF the
movement was informed that the
Constitution would give no sup
port. That Mr.. Howell is not
entitled to any consideration in
the matter OF national commit
teeman all Georgians will agree
and the McAdoo managers feel
that the honor should be bestow.
ed upon Major John s. Cohen,
editor OF The Atlanta Journal.
whose powerful daily contribut.
ed so much to the cause.
The Chronicle cannot agree
with its neighbor, the Macon
Telegraph, that the national
committeeman should take an
impartial, in fact. neutral, posi-
ton, and we find Mr.. Howell in
the campaign just closed neutral
for the first time in years. He
was for Underwood against VIII
son at Baltimore in 1912 and was
for Palmer at San Francisco in
1920. He was for Parker in 1909,
and for Bryan in 1900 and 1908.
That he was unable to hear
plainly the rumblings for Nc
Adoo in 1924 in Georgia and get
on the band wagon as usual is