Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-16
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| Georgia aspiring for legislative honors.
| The Democratic primary is some five
| months off yet but in Georgia these days
| it is not considered at all out of place
( to announce for office several years in
| advance of the election. This is evidenced
| by the fact that of the four gubernatorial
\ candidates now in the race three an
| nounced last summer.
| The executive committee will be- called
| next month by Chairman Fleming duBig-
non and this call will probably bring
/ forth more political announcements than
| anything else. The committee consists Of
| nearly 100 members. and in the coming
| meeting will have but very little to deal
| with. The rules of the former primary
| will probably be ADOPTED, as there is no
| serious opposition from the Populst par
| ty. Some of the aspiring congressman
| may have a few complaints to make about
| the congressional conventions and this
| will be about all the committee will have
to look into. except naming the date for
/ the nomination.
Chairman duBignon said some time ago
/ that the primary would in all probability
| be held this year in June. this would
give the candidates four months in which
| to do their campaigning, and in that time
| they would be able to get into nearly
| every county in the state.
The meeting of the committee will bring
/ nearly every politician of any prominence
i to Atlanta for several days, and at that
| time it can be determined who IS IN the
| lead in the gubernatorial race, as the
| leaders from all the districts will be on
hand. and generally they voice the senti-
| ments of most of the voters.
/ Every statehouse officer will be can
| didate for reelection so far as IS known.
/ Some of them will have opposition, ana
| some will not State Treasurer r. r. Park,
/ Comptroller General w. A. Wright state
/ School Commissioner G. r. Glenn, Secre-
/ tary of State Phil Cook, Commissioners OF
| Agriculture o. B. Stevens, Prison Commits
! sioner Thomas Eason will all be candl-
| dates to succeed themselves.
| Commissioner Glenn will have opposition
/ as W. b. Merritt, of Valdosta, has an
nounced that he would be a candidate for
the position now held by Commissioner
/ Glenn.
/ For long while it was stated that w
| ]. Speer, former state treasurer, would be
| in the race against Treasurer Park, but he
1 has not been heard from recently.
| w. J. Walker, of Webster county, init
| mated very strongly during the session
( of the legislature that he would oppose
| Mr.. Eason for prison commissioner, but
| no announcement has come from webster
4 county yet. Mr.. Everett, of Stewart, also
had aspirations along the same line as
Mr.. Walkers, but he, too, has had moth
ing to say on the subject.
| There was talk for a time that r. T.
! Nisbet of Marietta, would again be can
/ didate for commissioner of agriculture
| against Mr.. Stevens, but he has set such
/ talk at rest by announcing that he would
| not he a candidate and this announce
| ment practically leaves the field clear OF
| opposition to Mr.. Stevens.
| Secretary of State Phil Cook will also
| probably be elected without opposition.
| Mr.. Cook has been in Office for more than
/ four years and in that time has made
4 dc of ri hpPn
reports regarding anybody running against
/ him, and from the present outlook he will
have smooth sailing.
| Associate Justices Samuel Lumplin and
| Andrew j. Cobb of the supreme court of
/ Georgia will be candidates for reelection
in the coming election. Justice Lumpkin
has been on the bench since 1892 and
/ Justice Cobb has been a member OF the
| court since 1897. Judge John S. Gambler
| was prominently mentioned as candl-
! date for a long time. but he has assured
both of the judges personally that he will
| not be in the race against them. This
| assurance from Judge Gambler leaves the
/ field practically open to them also. At
/ only one time have any of the justices
| had opposition since they have been elect
| ed by the people and that was in 1898,
when Judge George Gober, of Marietta
was a candidate.
| Governor Gamblers announcement that
| he will not be a candidate for any office
| until he has completed his term as gov
! ernor, which announcement appeared in
! The Journal last Monday was read with
| interest by a host of Georgians. Some
/ time ago Governor Gambler announced
| that he would retire from the political
| arena altogether. but since then he has
very probably changed his mind, as he
emphasizes the fact that he will not be
/ candidate until his term as governor ex-
| pires Just what office he will ask for
! then is not known. as further than the
! statement already quoted he declines to
/ talk 1t has been stated very often re-
| Gently that he would oppose Carter Tate
| for congress in the ninth district at the
| coming election, but this he denies. He
| will not oppose Senator Clay for his po-
| sition and after the election next fall
/ there will not be another for two years.
| Maybe it is his intention to remain quiet
| for two years and then open UP again.
| The governor is one of the best cam
! paigners ever known in Georgia and he
| will make 1t interesting for anybody he
goes against. 1t may be that he really
| has congressional aspirations again and
| that he intends getting in some of his old
time work in the ninth district for 1904.
William Clifton, of Darien, is touring
/ the state in interest of himself as candi-
| date for the SecretaryShtp OF the senate
| Goode Price, who will be Mr. Clifton's
secretary if the latter is elected, is also
doing work in Mr.. Clifton's interest
Charlie Northen, of Atlanta, the present
secretary, is in the race again, and is
keeping posted regarding the movements
| of the opposition. Mr.. Clifton held the
| position of secretary several years ago
and at that time Mr. Northen was his
| assistant. Later on Mr.. Northen got the
| place, and now Mr.. Clifton wants IT
again. Both Mr.. Clifton and Mr.. Northen
were on the lookout during the recent
session of the general assembly, and the
| members of the house who have senatorial
| ambitions were in many conferences. Both
men are popular and the contest between
them is being watched with great deal
| of interest.
/ Frank Curry, of Butts. is running for
the senate from his district. He will be
| remembered as the judge who held court
| at Indian Spring on a certain Monday
! morning at two minutes after midnight
and fined some five or six poker players
| who had been engaged in the game of
draw for nearly fifty hours. The affair
| became a state sensation apd for a time
/ there was grave doubts as to the legality
/ of the court. A section of the code, how
! ever was found which authorized the trial
| and GRAND iurV of Butts county immed-