Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-17
Candidates Are Warming Up as
They Sight the Home Stretch

Politicians are working these days as
they have never worked before. The state
primary is only one month and a half
away and in the meantime numerous
county primaries are to be held The hand
shaking is growing and the 1900 candi-
dates in Georgia are coming down the
homestretch in a regular whirlwind.
The gubernatorial campaign is getting
warmer. Candidate Terrell and Candidate
EstilI and Candidate Query are putting in
their final ticks.
They see June 9Th standing out In
the background and they all realize that
they have lots Of ground to cover in the
interval between April 18th and that time.
One speech a day no longer suits them.
Candidate Query and Candidate Terrell
are now making known their views to at
least three or four different audiences a
day, and sometimes their speeches last far
into the night. Candidate Estill visits 1--WE
or six towns a day, shakes the hands Of
the people, jots down their names in his
note book and writes an article for his
paper.
Candidate Query and Candidate Terrell
are putting more and more ginger into
their addresses Mr.. Query, especially, is
warming the path. and is making the road
hot for the others to travel. He seems
chock full of information and is turning 1t
loose like grape shot from the mouth of
canister. 1t is flying In all directions,
and in addition the various Query clubs
are flooding Georgia from one end to the
other with> circulars red and circulars
blue which circulars contain a denuncia-
ton of the Southern railway, the political
ring which they allege controls the state
of Georgia, and the speech OF Candidate
Terrell. That Potts telegram is also COM
ing in for it's share in the speeches and in
the circulars and the Guerryites are max
ing tremendous effort to show that Can
didate Terrell is in the hands of the Liquor
Dealers association and the lobbyists.
But the Terrell supporters are still con-
fident of victory They smile serenely at
every charge that Query makes and as
sumo an air of indifference that seems TO
hurt Mr.. Query more than If he were
stuck with knife or hit with a brick. So
far Mr.. Terrell has completely ignored
Mr.. Query and has only limited at his ex-
istence on this earth by his famous say
ing that he was never employed by
railroad and was never discharged by
one, and for that reason. he was in po-
sition to deal fairly with the people and
the railroads.
But maybe Mr.. Terrell is waiting until
the end of the fight grows little nearer.
1t may be that he will then turn loose on
his adversary and say some things that
might not be pleasant for Mr.. Query and
suppose they will read them, as that chal-
lenge for joint debate has been declined.
For the past three months there
has been but very little Inc
terest displayed in the race for the gov
ernorship. But now it's different. The
candidates have been before the people so
long that the people could no longer ig-
more them. and everywhere you can hear
the gubernatorial chat. On the trains. in
the cities, in the towns and villages, and
even in the homes of the farmers. Ev-
erybody is anxious to find out how the
situation stands, and everybody is anx-
ious to get into a discussion over. the
matter.
AS the time for the primary draws near
er and nearer the voters display more en-
thusiasm. The clubs are holding more
meetings than ever, and every available
voter is seen and pledged II such thing Is
possible. Both the Terrell and Query
clubs are actively at work and are doing
everything possible for their friends,
Col. Estili makes his visit to the differ