The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-10
F1lIRNAN JIM GRIGGS
yEW NATIONAL FIGURE.
.oses WHO IS TO LEAD 0EMOC
INV INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
v.,,iooton Paper Tells How he Meets
ID discharges His Duties As Cam
..,,O Manager for His Party

,,iou Manager for His Party
., Washington Star prints the fol-
l linz interesting article about Con-
O'Ds ,an Griggs and his work as
Fe' ',an Of the democratic congress
n S.aI campaign committee;
' Tamss Matthew Griggs, represent
.' IN congress from the second
wv via district and chairman of the
''vl a,ratic congressional campaign
sI aittee, is a personality of which
% pn, as yet knows very little
"Tr Griggs has just made his mi
bow az national character. The
I -, nause which follows the bow, as
be'oksned in the present lull before
Es ', artillery of the campaign thunders,
-. .aooks for him a native modesty'
O' "[. this large-framed, blue-eyed and
,iat hammered son of the south
w. twentieth century Moses who is to
,asd the American democracy into the
.on,ispd land, freed from trusts and
s'rni.bed with a free trade plenty?
uTbis is the question which not only
Warrington but the whole country is
asking. Perhaps as an Indication that
w. now chairman is 'fit' he refuses
~ answer in the way of election fore
o..ts Instead he is holding frequent
,onr.eIs with the men who are charged
With financing the campaign; he delves
daan into the mysteries of close dis
tricts,' he puts in a little peg here,
nd calls attention to a republican
loOphole there
aWitb it all he is sanguine and
nIoasant He is a good eater; he has a
good DIGESTION; he Is in good flesh; and
has Dlenty of time for every duty, with
q GOOD share left over to be employed
d in the vastly essential political pastime
Of mixing
"Mr. Griggs does lots of hard work
during all of his time, but it seems to
4 slide out of the way like creased pig at
a barbecue. The top floor of his head
quarters at the Colonial hotel is his
den.' One room is devoted to him
self, and the others are filled with
stenOgraphers, whom he keeps busy.
Yet YOU can always see Mr.. Griggs if
YOU have business. He will stop IN
the middle of letter, dismiss his stem
ographer, lean back In his chair, put
his hands behind his tawny head, and
then remark in lis slow way, but with
a voice which gives good cheer, well,
old man, what can be done for you to-
day
'YOu do not have TO spar with Mr..
Griggs to get the information you are
after, IfyOur question is such that it can
beanswered with benefit to the cause, or
without detriment to the cause, the
answer will oe full and explicit. The
diplomacy employed by Mr.. Griggs is
10 be frank and open. If he needs to
make cOnfdant of you in order to
make proposition plain he will do so
without hesitation. He has hearty
belief in the good side of human ma
tlre and although he may have been
deceived occasionally he has not lost
bis faith.
While to the casual observer the
campaign life of the new Georgia
chairman seems to be without ripple,
tnere is no question but that he feels
Wtne full extent the responsibility
which attaches to the pilot of the
democratic party through a congress
slonal campaign. The, question OF
literature and speakers, the question
Oh funds and the perplexities of select
lug clerical force competent and ade-
4uate, although each is large one,
each is met and settled with the same
calm elaboration and the same quiet
dispatch,
Chairman Griggs has no political
worries at home. He is quoted in the
congressional directory rs q democrat
VI Dawson. He was born Al years
ago at LaGrange, Ga. When he was
80 ue was admitted to the bar of his
a'ote as lawyer. Two years later he
t Vas elected prosecuting attorney OF
o oae Pataula judicial circuit. Next
S son MS appointment as Judge of the
o or,ue circuit, and twice reelected with
S Sn opposition. He was elected to the
n nolYy'nlth, tiftY-sixth and fifty-seventh
oUI The last time there were
S KY 'Wenty-four votes against him in
ms ms whole district. He has been re-
t lon mated, and if he does as we'll for
az sG uemocratic nominees to congress
:" ue Will for himself in his own dis
~ ~ Landslide will be the result.
o,a o.uuge Grlggs has an unbrOken rec
CO.. ,o -or winning in politics. There are
;, .ol new who are banking on this record
o NJ puI the whole rarty through at the
i T' al. election. MIR. Griggs, however,
10 h u w resting on his present laurels ;
&c Is after fresh ones"