The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-10
GEORGIA DISCUSSES
THE NEXT SENATOR
Opposition to Bacon Has Been
Suggested
MADDOX FOR GOVERNOR
Many Believe the Former Congress
man Has the Senatorial Bee, and
other Aspirants Are Also
Mentioned.

Atlanta, April 9.-(Special. lin all the
| discussion of Georgia politics which has
begun unusually far in advance of the
election year. little has been said of the
Georgia senatorship though there are in
| dications of the fact that several proml-
nent Georgians have this interesting plum
| in view
Senator A. o. Bacon's second term ex-
pres March 3, 1907, and his successor will
| be chosen In 1906. There is of course, no
doubt about the fact that he will be a
candidate to succeed himself, but the in
teresting question is, will he have oppo-
| sition?
There is a well defined opinion in pol
itlcal circles that other aspirants for SEN
atorial honors will make their appearance
| before the primary of 1906. Be it under
stood that all the talk about senatorial
aspirants among politicians as yet, is
| wholly gratis; not one of those talked of
| has minated. even to close friends, that
| he expects to be in the race And yet
many feel confident that Governor Ter
| rell would like to round off his political
career in the Senate. VIII he oppose Sem
ator Bacon next year or will he wait and
| make the race against Senator A. s. Clay
in 1908? is the question many are asking.
Owing to the change in the time of meet
ing of the legislature to summer, Gov
ernor Terrell's coming term will not ex-
pire until June, 1907 whereas ordinarily
he would have finished his second term as
governor in October 1906. Should he make
the race against Senator Bacon he would
have to do so while still in the execu-
tive chair, but the expiration of his term
will carry him almost up to the cam
paign involving Senator Glay's successor.
Think Maddox Is Grooming.
Then there are many who believe that
Hon. John w. Maddox former congress-
man from the Seventh district, is groom
ing for the senatorship Judge Maddox Is
just now flirting with the governorship.
Fellow Romans say there is practically no
doubt that he will shortly announce his
candidacy. But there Is a well defined
belief that the governorship is not the
only thing Judge Maddox is aiming at.
or course he would like to become gov
ernor and entering the fight would UNI
doubtedly make a hard campaign, but
often race for one office Is a means to
an entirely different end There are many
who believe that Judge Maddox would
like to be senator, and that If things
wear the proper aspect at the right time,
he will be found not only an aspirant
but contestant for the senatorial toga.
Does Congressman W. G.. Brantley of
the Eleventh want to go to the Senate?
Politicians have written him down as
one of the few Georgians who. geograph-
ically and personally. are we'll equipped
for making successful contest. But Mr.
Brantley has never been heard from,
even vaguely, on the subject.
Senator Clay's second term does not
expire until March g. 1909 and the Sc
lection of his successor will take place
in 1908. Senator Clay's friends say there
is no doubt of his desiring reelection,
though there is report Mt the capitol
that he once stated in conversation with
friends that he would not be a candi-
date for third term 1t may be possible
that Senator Clay made such a remark
several years ago one of his friends
said, but If he did 1t does not apply to
conditions of today There Is no doubt
about the fact that he is DESTROYS of re-
turning to the Senate at the expiration
of his present term, and 1t may be writ
ten down that he will be found first in
the lists when the time comes
Timber is Plentiful.
Senatorial timber in Georgia Is quite
plentiful; senatorial aspirants may be
found in numbers but senatorial candi-
dates-that is another question. They
develop on the spur of the moment The
gubernatoral race may open far In ad-
vance of the primary there may be plen-
ty of candidates in the field for railroad
commissioner and other state-house of
fees, but those who want to be senator,
and who hope to see a loophole by which
they can enter the lists, rarely ever do
any talking until Just the right time
arrives q they are ready TO throw down
The gauntlet
Speaking of senatorial timber, there is
Judge John C. Hart, the present able
and well known attorney general of
Georgia. Probably the idea of running
for the senatorship has never entered
his mind. Few of his friends have ever
given thought to him in that particular
connection. Yet there Is probably no
man in Georgia who would better and
more ably represent the state in that dis
tnguished and dignfed office.
And others might be mentioned But
the race is hardly ripe There is vet
time to wait and there is alawys danger
of a late frost.
CHARGED With Assault