Georgia Fights County Unit Rule For Primaries
The Georgia State Executive Committee's primary plan is condemned as an attack on county rights and minority voters. It argues that a Fulton factory district could mute Echols Monroe Walton Clarke voices and overturn majorities, threatening democracy and constitutional rights. The piece calls for protest and urges citizens to vote against the system at the ballot box.
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Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
Champ Clark
Oscar Underwood
Roosevelt
Taft
State Executive Committee
Union
Echols
Fulton
Monroe
Walton
Clarke
Baltimore
Bibb County
Bibb
Wilson
Clark
Underwood
Harmon
Bryan
Andrew Jackson
Hall
New York Solid for Underwood in Presidential Drive
Warner states northern Democrats back Underwood for president and that New York is nearly solid for him. He cites Chief Justice White’s southern roots as proof no prejudice blocks a southern nominee and lists states where Underwood campaigns.
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North
Justice White
Supreme Court of the United States
Underwood
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Kentucky
Representative Underwood
South
Empire State
Baltimore
H. B. Varner
Lexington
N. C
Raleigh
Varner
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Warner
Democratic campaign managers deny a Wilson-Underwood alliance
Washington reports show Underwood aides and Bankhead deny any Democratic candidate combine against Wilson. Bankhead says they seek Underwood’s success. Harmon and Clark camps dismiss rumors as malicious lies while defending their own candidates.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
New Jersey
Washington
Underwood
Florida
Bankhead
Georgia Voters Split Over Wilson Underwood Nomination
Editor Stovall contrasts Oscar Underwood and Woodrow Wilson, arguing Underwood’s 17 years in the House versus Wilson’s two as New Jersey governor. The piece asserts states’ rights as vital, cites Hamilton as Hamilton’s centralization, and questions rural Georgia political loyalties.
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Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Stovall
Underwood
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
House of Representatives
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