Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-24
BY T. J. SIMMONS, JR.


Joe Terrell is attracting all sorts of at
tention by the campaign he has been
making for governor and now his friends
are quite confident that when the ballots
are counted after the primary it will be
discovered that he is In the lead. Terrell
has, as he says, pitched his campaign
on very high plane, and has not men
toned the other candidates. He refers
occasionally to the fact that he was never
employed or discharged by a railroad and
that's ALL He has visited nearly 100 coun-
ties since he made his announcement, and
has but a few more to go to before the
primary. OF, course there are some parts
Of the state that he win have to visit sey-
eral times before the election comes on.
The Terrell headquarters receive reports
every day from nearly every section.
These reports tell almost to the man who
will vote for Terrell and who will vote
for the other fellow, and by this means,
1t is easy sailing to work with the fellows
who are opposed to him. Manager War
ner Hill, of the Terrell headquarters, says
he is just as confident now that Terrell
will be elected as he was the day he pre-
dicted that Terrell would carry those 12O
counties He still holds 20 his belief that
Terrell will get the 120 and more besides.
Mr.. Terrell is standing the campaign
remarkably well. He has a very sore
throat, but otherwise he is in excellent
shape, and says he never felt better In his
life. Everywhere he goes he is warmly
welcomed and is given a big reception by
the voters. The fact that he openly pro-
claims that in every prohibition election
in Meriwether county he has voted for
prohibition, and that he would sieo pro-
hibition bill If elected, and If one should
be passed by the legislature takes with
the prohibitionists, and he loses few II
any votes from that source.
Mr.. Terrell will probably make an ad-
dress to the voters of Meriwether county
soon. His home people have been clam
oring for an address from him ever since
the campaign opened, and they are get
ting anxious to hear the man who plowed
that red mule in the month of August in
that corn field, by which the top buggy
passed. Mr.. Terrell has not decided on
the date of his address there but Ii is ex-
pected that it will be some time after the
meeting of the State Dmocratic Executive
committee.
There IS considerable talk in Atlanta
regarding Colonel Estill's campaign. AL
though the colonel has little to say his
friends are doing a great deal of talking
for him. He still continues his house to
house canvass in the different counties,
and when he goes back to Savannah he
writes long articles of the country he has
just visited, and mentions the names of
the people he has met. Then he sends out,
It is said, sample copies of those papers,
and this sort OF thing is bound to make
votes. Col. Estill is not much Of a speak
er. He says so himself, and instead Of
speaking he talks to each voter IN person.
He doesn't say anything bad about the
other candidates. but always has some
thing good to say. He contends that eth
err Terrell or Guerry would make a good
man for governor, but prefers to have the
office himself and for that reason he asks
the people to vote for him. Any man who
pursues this style of campaigning cannot
fail to make votes for himself, and when
the time comes AROUND for the ballots to
be counted Col. Estill is going to prove
a surprise.
James Smith, OF .Oglethorpe had just as
well be counted out of the race for gov
ernor this year for IL he should enter now
there would be but little hope for him.
He has waited so long that his chances
of election have been spoiled and his
friends are advising him, IL he has any
such idea, to keep out of the way. 1t has
been said recently that Mr.. Smith was
going to announce after the committee
fixed the the date for the primary, but
little credit is placed in the report, and
the politicians and others who are inter-
ested in the matter come out and say that
Mr.. Smith will not be candidate for gov
ernor now.
It is very probable that at the coming
session Of the legislature another bill will
be introduced to change the system OF
examining banks in Georgia. The system
Is not at all satisfactory to many people,
though the people who are in charge OF
It are not to blame. The state treasurer
Is the state bank examiner and receives
in addition to his salary of $1,000 a year
81 200 year for his services as bank ex-
aminer. BY some arrangement with the
banks those institutions pay $1,000 for
bank examiners clerk, and of this salary
it is said, the clerk gets only $500.
1t is contended that a satisfactory man
cannot be employed for this amount, and
that there should be state bank examin-
er and an assistant, or in other words
department of state bank examining
Treasurer Park is kept at the capitol most
OF the time by his dulles as treasurer and
therefore cannot find the time to devote
TO the banks. Therefore most of the
work falls on one man and as there are
100 chartered banks in the state. and it is
necessary to travel to get<to them, the
bank examiners clerk or assistant state
bank examiner finds it impossible to de-
vote all the time necessary to the banks.
1t is said that p. M. Halves of Ebert,
and well acquainted with banking affairs.
He is sure to return 10 the house. 1t is
understood that the bill will provide for
the following: A state bank examiner,
exclusive Of the treasury department at
salary of 5000. an assistant with sal
airy of. 81, 500 year. These offioiaIs are to
be appointed by the governor for term
Of four years. They are to have full pow
er to take charge of an institution when
anything wrong is discovered in its man
agement A bill was introduced last ses-
sion but by some means was killed.
Georgia is one of four states in the union
that has its system of bank examination.
The state Of New York has a department
of bank examining and the state examiner
has twenty-six assistants There has
been a growing sentiment in favor of a
department of bank examining in Georgia
for some time, and it is thought at the
coming session of the legislature the bill
will be passed. Il will not require an
amendment TO the constitution to create
such a department, and with the proper
support such a department will no doubt
be created.
The question as to whether or not Hon.
DuDont CHERRY will suppOrt his law mart