The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-07
DEPARTMENTAL WORKERS
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
PECULIARITIES OF ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA
Story of Wagon Boys Successful Campaign for Cover
hor-Guarding Butter and Beef Industries.
Catastrophe Impending,

A coterie Of Southern department
clerks sere in informal assembly recent
" when the election returns from
Georgia came in. Georgia usually puts
up some warm propositions in the cam
paign line, and the people there do sur
prising things. The State, however. has
never reached the torrid eminence of
Tennessee or South Carolina in the cleo
ton line
Down in Georgia we never know what
we are ging TO do next" said the
Georgia member of the group. The
newspapers have been reporting that
this race was very close, and now Ter
rel turns up with fulI-grown majority
OF course, we, who knew something of
the ways OF the people, understood that
the most inveterate politician would be
elected, but were not looking for the
thing to be so eavy- Professional poll
tfoians flourish more in Georgia than
anywhere, I believe. The people break
10 Sc sometimes but like the celebrated
johnson feline, they always come back.
The Populists came near doing up the
boys, and the Prohibitionists have made
The funniest thing that ever hap
pene,. was the election Of Atkinson eight
wears ago. The smooth gentlemen in
atlanta and Augusta kindly consented 10
make Gen Clement a. Evans governor.
and the word was passed along the line.
W Y Atkinson was impatient to be gov
ernoT, and had good grip on the ma
chine. The Evans men thought they had
him bluffed and that he would not have
the nerve TO make a fight on the beloved
and venerable general and minister The
wagon boy OF CoWeta dehed them. how
ever, in their den and cooIly announced
II was his turn to be governor. The au-
dacity was astonishing. and the next
thing 10 be done was 10 walIop him good
and teach him not TO be so meddIesome.
In the campaign every daily newspa-
per IN the State, and most of the week
lies, fought Atkinson bitterly They
called him gambler a thief a boss.
and a reprobate generally. and Incl
dentally they supported Evans. II was
the fercest sort OF fight The Confed-
crate veterans. the ministers. the TEN
perance forces, the school teachers. and
almost every organization made frantic.
efforts for Evans. Il looked as though
the general was going 10 land with the
halleIuJah lick
The Evans people were simply par
alyzed when the counties commenced
tUmbIing 10 Atkinson He carried near
y all Of them. From the noise that had
been made outsiders thought the coun-
try lawyer, Atkinson, was going to be
IN q condition TO appreciate the fix Of
the ITishman who tried TO butt the bull
eff the bridge. It was so stunning that
lots OF people cried No organization
had Endorsed Atkinson ard ali the con
spicuous elements we're against him;
bat be won. Il was distressing. I know.
because I was going to the Legislature
that year for my brilliant efforts in get
ting every organization in the county
10 ladorse Evans. and I furthermore had
my eye on solicitors job" I was
sHamped, hOpelessly left.
Dr. Arthur II. Harrington. chief Of
the inspection division OF the Bureau
Of Animal Industry. is valued member
Of the busy force which keeps tab on
one OF the mighty industries Of the
country The beef and butter business
is one Of the largest enterprises. and
the Bureau Of animal Industry keeps
q close watch on its spread. its dangers
and its abuses During the late alb