Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-11
The Silence of
Some Dailies-

There S a famous surgeon -
his name we do not recall-who
for 2O-odd years his performed
stomach operations at the Mayo
hospital at Rochester, Mimi.
This expert wielder Of the knife
devotes his entire. life to the re-
moval of infected intestines and
other stomach troubles. 1t is
said that he has removed dozens
OF feet of intestines from a pa
tient in very few minutes.
Often we have wondered if
this famous gentleman, at one
time or another, had not had
among his patients the editors Of
the three largest papers in the
Empire State. IF not, then who
DID get their intestincs?
When it comes to spincless
editorial columns, give US the
Atlanta dailies. Regardless of
whose your friend, take one of
these, papers. You'll never ge,
your feelings hurt. They'll dis
cuss the sun, the moon and the
stars; the toad with seven horns
and a three-lcgged COW, but il
you are looking for an opinion
on the highway audit or the high
way investigation, go elsewhere.
You II not find it in the editorial
columns of Atlanta soothing
syrup daiIies,
The Honorable J. ]. Brown
can mulch the State, year after
year, and spill the beans in
Americus, but never a chirp
will you hear from these metro
politan papers published at the
very source of Georgia political
information.
The Atlanta Georgian will
gfTSc you; q ccsric of columns OF
canned editoriaas-written in
New York or Los Angeles, but
don't expect a political opinion
any nearer home. You'll be dis
appointed if you do.
The Constitution and The
Journal are jockeying for place
I'm the next gubernatorial cam
paign. Each is trying to place
it's particular candidate in the
lead and while maneuvering is
going on, they keep still, for,
friend of mine, the wind may
change and the friend of today
might be the enemy Of tomor-
row. Their political slogan is
Better be safe than sorry.
Through the inefficiencv Of
the Department Of Agriculture
the Georgia farmer may pay lOc
or Zoe for all they care-for
calcium arsenate that would not
turn a babe stomach, or $l20
a ton for low-grade fertilizer,
but you're not likely to hear
much from these metropolitan
dailies. The Ku Klux Khan can
place an iron collar around the
neck Of every public servant
CD from the Governor down,
and you d never get a chirp
from these so-called moulders of
public opinion.
Little Willie Upshaw can go
to Congress and make a spec
tacle Of himself and his State
by wearing overalls in the House
or introducing fool bills there
which will give him some pub
licity and add so much to his
lecture platform drag, with
never a word from either of the
three great dailies. No sir, not
them; they'd rather be safe
than sorry.
1t maybe that the Savannah
Press has "doped' the situation
in Atlanta, for in a recent edi-
toriaI---written with its usual
caution~ which is only second to
that Of the Atlanta dailies -
the Press makes this observation:
The stormy petrels in Atlanta
have gone abroad, but the lines
are already made up between the
Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta
Constitution. The Journal had a
big editorial welcome TO Hon.
Hoke Smith. The Constitution is
said to be giving barbecucs and
lining up the friends of Hon.
Cecil Ncill. Hon. j. j. Brown,
the influential Commissioner of
IA Agriculture, is believed to b be-
hind the move of Mr. Neil.
The dense silence Of the At
lanta daiIies has puzzled Editor
Mcintosh of the Albany Herald,
who has been endeavoring to
explain to his own satisfaction
their attitude on the highway
issue, for one thing, but has
failed to reach a conclusion. Ex-
planning that the session is near
ing an end without any construc-
tive steps being taken the Her
aid editor says:
And through it all, the Atlanta
newspapers have not once Gaised
their yoices-have not Il 4rted
their admittedly powerful lnflu-
ence-to give aid or comfort to
Az .,esses-.af- ki9hr-1s' rro~rass