Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-18
M ADOQ IS GREETED
BY GREAT THRONES
IN OLD HOME STATE
Candidates WhirIWind Four
Day Trip Through Georgia
Partakes of Quality of
TriumphaI Tour

Greeted bv great crowds at Macon
Saturday morning aud at Savannah
Saturday night, William G.. McAdoo
had practically a triumphal trip
through his home state ON the eve
j1Df the presidential primary III Geor-
ne19. y
Thcse appointments had followed
the opening of his campaign in the
state at a hcart-Warming welcoming
given to him by the people of Cobb
i county at Marietta Friday and the
superb address at the Atlanta audi
forum Friday night which drew per-
haps the finest crowd that ever at
! tended Il political meeting in Geor-
i gia.
Nj, McAdoo delivered an i'm
4 promptu address to an enthusiastic
crowd in Augusta Monday morning
and SPED away by auto to speak be-
. fore the South Carolina legislature at
1 olumbia.
Clean up the government" was
4 the Injunction to the American
people and particularly to the pro-
greSsive democracy of America, de-
livered Friday night at the, audi
forum before a tremendous gather
ing of persons from all sections OF
the state, by William Gibbs McAdoo,
himself a native Georgian, who, haV-
ing performed distinguished service
to his country in peace and war,
has come back to his native state
as the favored candidate among pro
gressiVe Democrats for the party
presidential nomination.
1t was perhaps the largest audi
ence ever 10 assemble in Atlanta
at a political gathering. The great
structure was packed from the arena
to the topmost seat in the second
balcony under the vaulted roof. Fire
men posted to prevent violation OF
r the safety regulations prevented
hundreds from standing in the &1sles
and other points of vantage, and
more than 1000 persons were turn
ed away after the meeting had
opened at o'clock.
Enthusiasm ran at the highest
pitch The appearance of Mr.. Nc
Adoo on the platform was the sig
nel for q tremendous outburst o.
applause that lasted more than q
minute a Throughout hi On
there were sDOi:"n'- - inter'Gl,-- onS
of cheering. as he former secretary
of the treasury scored one telling
point after another. And at one
STAGE, when the name of Woodrow
Wilson was mentioned, and the late
president was acclaimed as the
"Moses. of the American people" the
frantic cheers of the huge assembly
shook the very foundations of the
building.
Three Hearty Receptions \
1t was a wonderful climax of
wonderful day in the political an.
mails of Georgia. 1t was the tnlrd
4 of a series of heal tWarmlng recep-
tons given the man to whom pro-
gressive democracy looks for leader
ship in the forthcoming presidential
campaign. Arriving in Atlanta early
Friday morning for tWo-day speak
ing tour of his native state, after a
coast-to-coast Journey for that spe-
eific purpose, MI McAdoo was Civ
en- to understand at once that he
was back among his homefolks. De
spite the unreasonable weather, sew
eraI hundred friends and admirers
greeted him at the Union station.
within an hour or two he was
on his way to Marietta, near the
site of his birthplace. to deliver a
speech that was heard by thousands
who acclaimed him as the next
president of the United States.
Long before the hour set for the
opening of the program the last seat
in the huge auditorium bad been
filled, and when Walter c. Hendrix,
chairman of the Fulton County Nc
MOO club, arose to present Judge
Ar V. Whipple, of Cordele, Ga, VINO
Introduced Mr.. McAdoo, the arena
and both balconies were damned
with men and women eager TO hear
the message of the potential Demo-
cratic standard bearer.
Recounting Mr.. McAdoo's achieve
ments in private and public life,
Judge Whipple referred to him as
the Joshua who shall lead the, De
mocracy of America to "A glorious
victory next November
1T is the high privilege of the
Democratic party to re-estaollsh
clean government at Washington,
declared JUICE Whipple, "and the
time is ripe for a tremendous up
heaVal of public sentiment
PAYS Wilson Tribute
Evidently deeply moved by the
wonderful receptions given him
earlier in the day, topped off by the
tremendous gathering that greeted
him at the auditorium, Mr.. McAdoC
began his speech by expressing his
deepest appreciation OF the cordiality
and hospitality accorded him by his
fellow Georgians. He paid heart
felt tribute to the life and achieve
ments of Woodrow Wilson, and was
forced to pause while the great audi
ence shouted in acclaim of the de
parted war president.
Then the speaker launched into 4
description of the situation now be
NlNN Fs.NNNs NJ
tai. with scandals in practically ev
cry important branch of the govern
ment under Republican ajminiSrta
ton
1--WE must clean up the govern
ment if we are 20 preserve public
confidence In our national institu
tions" said Mr.. McAdoo. The
probes now under way must be
pushed regardless of consequences
10 anybody
1.-The Republican party cannot
give us clean government. because
The Republican doctrine is for spe
rial privileges to those who help put
L in power. The Democratic doc
nine enunciated by Jeffersou's jus
ice for al. but special privileges tC
none, is <ae only salvation fol
America toGay."
Arraigni1g the Republican party
or it's favoritism OF big business. :
~ destruction of agricultural pros
,erity through prohibitive tariff en-
Elements. its stupid foreign policy
Ind its failure to meet the vita
problems of the American people, Mr.
dcAdoo ContraSted this situation
With the achievements of the Demo
'ratic party during the eight year,
VI the Wilson administration.
He pointed to the federal reserve
'onhnS system. the federal farm
Dan banks, the establishment .