The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-25
TALK OF THE G0VERNORSHIP.
GENTLEMEN WHO ARE MENTIONED
FOR THE NEXT TERM.


Of-If Report should BE True ana
They should All RIM, the Race
Would BE Merry One-Straighi
Tips Given About Prospective Cam
didates.
Atlanta. Aug 23-The race for the
gubernatoriel domination iwo years hence
seems des in TO be IN far in advance
Of the elec, on. In spite of' this, and the
absence Of one # tne supposed candi-
dates it, Europe. re is no end of talk
among he politicians s, WHO are irving to
measure the strength Of he men in the
race size IN the winner and rim their
sails accordingly
Pope Brown has gone to Hawkinsville
for zen day aud there, according to his
friends, the formal announcement of his
candidacy. which is now in preparation
will be in order The reason for his an
nouncement at this time is that he
thinks, so it is SAID, the public has mis-
understood his accep -ance of position
on the Railroad Commission Hereby
hangs tale.
For sometime it has been understood
among roli icians that Mr.. Brown would
be in the race for Governor, when the
.erm of the present incumbent expires,
but when he accepted from Gov. Gambler
an appointment as Railroad C5mmission-
er, a great many people construed that
act as a retirement from the guberna-
torial race. Some went so far as to hint
that there was an unde andiug to that
{
Brown.
AS matter of fact, the tender of the
Office to Mr.. Brown was unconditional,
and information comes as straight as the
crow flies, that when the tender was made,
Mr.. Brown accepted with the slpula ton
that he should have the right to resign the
office of Railroad Commissioner two years
hence, If he desired, to make the race for
the goVernorship.
To this the Governor made no objection.
saying that he rendered the appointment
TO Mr.. Brown solely because he thought
him proper man for the position. on
that statement the offer was accepted and
Mr. Brown became the successor of Col.
L. N. Trammell.
Public Misunderstood.
But the public did not know of this and
a great many people thought Mr.. Brown
mad been side-tracked in favor of some
oody. Some went so far as to say he had
got out of the way for Clark Howell
This is so far from the fact that Mr..
Brown is, if anything, more directly OPP
posed to Mr.. Howell than to any other
candidate.
But this misunderstanding of his action
by the public has made it necessary, in
the opinion of his friends, for Mr.. Brown
TO take the people into his confidence and
tell them just what he Is driving at. That
IN brief is the gubernatorial chair
Charles Howell VIII Run.
Equally straight comes the information
that Hon. Clark Howell will be in the
race. gentleman who has been closely
associated with him for years made the
statement few days ago that Mr.. How
ell would undoubtedly run for Governor
two years hence.
The fact is that Mr.. Howell has been
laying plans for the race several years.
His nomination for state senator from
this district was followed by the commit
ment of a majority of the Senate to his
election as president of that body. He
was speaker of the House ten years ago
and that gave him a wide acquaintance
with politicians. To be president of the
Senate will be a new point of vantage
At present Mr.. Howell is absent in Eu-
rope on his bridal trip and wise politl-
clans say this trip viii not only be pleas
ant but decidedly convenient from a DO
litical standpoint. 1t is a great relief
to man running two-year race to be
out of touch with his fool friends for
a good long time-and every politician
has fool friends.
Another candidate for Governor is the
Hon Joseph Terrell, attorney general of
the state. MIR. Terrell belongs to the
Meriwether school of politicians. played
marbles with Warner Hill, and went 10
school with Gov. Atkinson. All of them
went 10 school TO that old Nestor Will
lam T. Revil.
Mr.. Terrell was the trusted adviser of
Gov. Atkinson and along with Librarian
Jim Brown, was almost always consulted
on important occasions. But Mr. Terrell
is different from Gov. Atkinson in many
respects. He is more of diplomatist
Gov. Atkinson was great political
chess player, but Mr.. Terrell is good at
other thingst He is one of the boys and
knows them by name. As Sam Jones
says, when he does not know their names,
he knows their number.
Mr.. Terrell was spoken of for Governor
two years ago and had the matter under
consideration, but decided to stay out of
the race. This time, it is said he is in
II to stay, but he has made no formal an
nouncement He has friends all over
the state among people who have been
about the Capitol and the Legislature and
Is well-known as a lawyer.
Hoke smith Mentioned.
One of the incidents that make men
prick their ears is the recent mention of
Hoke Smiths name in connection with the
gubernatorial race Rev. j. 7. Gibson
who is running a newspaper al Cedartown,
in the last issue nominated Mr. Smith for
Governor, and said he was head and Shout
ders above the small politicians and would
beat them all hands down.
This seems to have been done without
consulting Mr.. Smith, for he is an ardent
supporter of Pope Brown. but the reader
can't help thinking what merry-go-
round il would be If Hoke Smith and
Clark Howell and Pope Brown and Joe
Terrell were all in the race together.
AS a matter of fact, ii is underst God
that Mr.. Smith wishes to stick to law
practice until he has accumulated a bar
rel, which he is doing at the rate of $25.-
900 to $4,000 a year, and will confne his
outside diversions TO educational work and
speeches to the farmers. Some think
there are vistas of senatorial dignity
looming up in the distance before Mr.
Smith, but at present his friends think
that he is In no immediate danger of an
attack of political fever. He confines
himself to saving the state by the devel-
opment of its resources and if he ever
saves il any other way II will be a long
time hence.
A BEARS REVENGE.