The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
SMITH WILL NOT
 RUN FOR SENATE
Georgia'S Governor Gives Out
 Formal Statement
SPIRES T0A SECOND TERM
Governor Smith Has An Ambition To Go to the United States Senate, But Will First Consult Duty
 of the Present Office.

of the Present Office. Atlanta January Ex-Governor Hoke Smith issued a formal statement late to- day, announcing that he would not be a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Senator A. S. Clay. His statc- ment also declared that he would run for a second term for governor in order to finish the work which he pledged in his platform. His statement says in part: For some time prior to my candidacy for governor I had expected to be a can didate for United States senator this year, and l had every reason to believe that would have the support for the position of the senator whose term of office is
 to expire. Nor have I any cause
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 the primary for state asz matter which the committee M. determine on February T.
 If there ever had been any question as to Senator Clays determination, this let ter would seem to entirely remove it. It has been customary in Georgia for good many years for the people to nomi- nate United States senators in the regu- lar primary elections, and there is scarce ly any likelihood that the committee would separate the senatorial primary from that for state house officers. In speaking of the matter, Senator Clay says:
 This custom in Georgia has ripened al- most into law; at least into law as far as our party is concerned. l favor the primary system. I believe that the peo- pie cf Georgia ought to be allowed to ex- press their choice by their ballots for United Sta:es senator. Doubtless the conl- mittee vii! unanimously support such a resolution The state committee will con Vene in few days, and l trust that you will call the committees attention to this custom and see that the usual res- olution is passed providing for primary for United States senator to nominate my successor the same day the primary is held in the state for state house officers" All the reports that come from the Sec ond district seem 10 agree that there is little question as 10 the reelection of Congressman James M. Griggs, despite the hard fight wsieh is being made upon him by Judge S. A. Roddenberry of Thomasville. ID speaking of the situation in Atlanta to- day admitted the probability of Griggs election, and deprecated the fact that Judge Roddenberry had as he viewed it. made his fatal mistake by pitching his campaign practically on a single issue prohibition. Particularly did he consider this a mistake after the enactment of the prohibition law and when prohibit ton had practically ceased to be an issue in Georgia. It is said there is no question 1that Judge Griggs has been materially strengthened at home by securing one of the most important committee appoint ments given to democratic members membership on the ways and means committee of the House. The particular interest in this campaign l has grown out of the fact that it has | been one of the most bitterly fought con gressional contests in the state, and in which the sympathies of the state admin istraton were all with Judge Griggs' op- ponent. The contest led to a series of 1 joint debates between Judge Griggs and l Judge Roddenbery last fall in which they called each other all sorts of names Gov Hoke Smith and a large party of | prominent Georgians left the city tonight | for Washington, D. C., where they go to | appear before the House committee on | agriculture in advocacy of the measure | which proposes to create a forest reserve | of some 100000 acres in the Appalachian section. will he me thara h1r al tio.,a