The Atlanta Constitution
September 7, 1920

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4 : VOL. LHL, No. 85 Entered ct Atlante ©. 0. ote i ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, Daily and Sunday, Biggie copies: ats Sneee. He weekly. Daily, Sc; Sunday, | Veritable Avalanche Of EnthusiasmFollows - Governor Hugh Dorsey Morgan and Green Coup- ty Crowds Hear Dorsey’s Appeal for Unblemished Democracy Amid Great Applause. Y AGREAT THRONG HEARS making his -assurance /whelming victory in » ie Bp ete aM ‘ DORSE Y IN: RICHMOND * The Governor Discloses Smith’s Long List of Unfulfilled’Promises and Shows His Lack of Stability. BY PAYL WARWICK. Constitution Staff Correspondent. Augusta, Ga., September 6.—(Spe2- cial.)—Vigorously acclaimed as Georgia’s next United States senator by an enormous crowd of enthusi- astic Richmond county voters, Gov- ernor Hugh M. Dorsey completed the last day but one in his victo- rious speaking swing of the “tate in a ringing address here tonight. of over- the county doubly sure. In the morning he had spoken to a packed courthouse in Madison and had been accorded a marvelous ova- tion for his fearless championshir of true democracy. Despite the dan- ger and uncertainty of travel over the rain-ruined roads, he had reach- ed Greensboro, and had there been assured of Greene county’s indors¢- ment of his candidacy so that the remarkably fervent gathering in Augusta Monday night was a cli- max in accord with the day and with the highly successful tour he has made. Presented to his audience in a great appeal for Richmond countys adhesion to the principles of the democratic party and a continuation f the undivided support the coun- y has always given to the party’s tenets, delivered by Wallace B. Pierce, prominent attorney, the gov- érnor immediately won the accord of his audience and was repeatedly forced, to stop his address until the cessation of long applause. Citizens Greet Governor. Among the well-known citizens .and Richmond county ‘wpon his : wed the governor ie arrival and who heard his presenta- tion of the democratic party's cause were James M. Hull, lawyer; W. W. Hack, planter; B. E. Pierce, law- yer; J. C. McAuliffee, postmaster, J. J. Foster, lawyer; Pat Rice, mer- chant; T. J. Hamilton, editor The Augusta Chronicle; J. C. C. Black. lawyer; William H. Fleming, law- yer; Thomas Barrett III., factor: ’ Géorge Barrett, lawyer. The large courtroom was crowd- -. ed to capacity, and was thronged , ,that the doors, even to the balcony, to the extent windows and sur- rounding anteroom were crowded with the governor's hearers. When he took the platform to begin his 4 address he was received with wild Pa applause, copatible with the univer- sal] sentiment that he will be an easy victor over Thomas E. Watson, he only other candidate for sena- “torial honors who has been consid- ered locally ajgnce the inception of the contest. Great sympathy was evinced by the audience with the governor's lucidly expressed views regarding the United States’ duty in the league of nations r ication, especially when the speaké \showed that the propaganda disseminated to the effect that the league would create an omnipotent supernation is utterly fallacious and that the constitution of the United States will remain a with the ratifi- cation of the covenant as before. Tells of Watson’s Enmity. Governor Dogsey also outlined to voters the extreme and un- bted instances df Tom Watson's ' inveterate enmity toward the dem- _ oeratic party, telling of his organ- ized effort against the enforcement ft law when the “Sage of Mc- uffie” collected between eight and - twelve thousand dollars from young “3 aed eed ‘ see that the draft law was ruled ing os ee 6 a, men of the state upon the never- unconstitutional. The action of Watson at the re- | eent democratic state convention in Atlanta was also keenly scored by ‘ the speaker as conduct which wou. ; Wed- nesday probably showers. Winds, Hatteras to Florida East Guif—Gentle to riable winds, partly Pavan ot | w Ov West Guilt '— Moderate ee esi eat Piney F gE fen Pathe h "Ayo eat Teaeoe ‘ a a ay, ie vo ih ose 4 A A BE, PARA nse pep Ao Re ek Meonatne Ot tele ee re SRA BSS PG re ras ee 3 efit. pe pacer Saat a ten i cS me Ne AR 5 “. vied cent ee Te gape mqie say seep ibi ey ° SERGE.) oh é nF ge aks se Ss a ek a Reena Fit y. iin