The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
LIVE CONTEST FOR
 SEATS IN CONGRESS
Georgia Representatives Have
 Some Opposition
GRIGGS SEEMS TO BE SAFE
In Several Districts the Congressmen Will Have Clear Sailing, But In Others Contestants Are
 Making Headway

Atlanta, April 2S.-(Specal.)- )-Intense
 interest in the race for governor has 1 overshadoWed other political affairs in | Georgia to such an extent that they have almost been lost sight of.
 For instance there are contests of greater or less warmth in eight of the
 Il congressional districts of Georgia, and
 in practically all of them the results are
 to be determined on June 1, the date of the state primary
 Just how many, if any, of the present
 members of Congress are to be retired,
 is a question which no one has, as yet, attempted to solve. The fact is there are no reports from any district which would i indicate that the opposition to the in- cumbent had walkover.
 Up to d few weeks, month, ago the warmest congressional fight in the state | was the contest in the Second between | Judge s. A. Roddenberry and Congress- | man John L. Griggs, but in some mys- l terious manner all the warmth has been | taken out of it, and it is now generally | conceded that Congressman Griggs will be reelected by a good majority. Judge Roddenberry was supposed to have had | the support of the state administration | but it is apparent that he is without that l backing now. Whether this proceeds from
 the fact that the administration has on
 it's hands about as difficult a proposition | as it wants to tackle, or from other causes, is not apparent-on the surface. First District.
 l The really interesting congressional cam- | paign, it now appears, is down in the | First, where E. K. Overstreet of Screven l and Walter Sheppard of Savannah are | trying to upset the reelection plans Of | Congressman C. G. Edwards. MT. OVer-
 street is supposed to have the backing | of the administration, but with recent de- velopments on it's own account, it is ! probably not more active in his behalf | at present than it while back in l the case of Judge Roddenberry. Con- >fcting reports come from the district | regarding the progress of the campaign,
 and with three candidates in the race it is | a little difficult to determine at d distance 1 just what their respective probabilities | are The reports which reach Atlanta
 seem to favor the incumbent, though they | are open to the objection that they come, for the most part, from the friends of | Congressman Edwards.
 In the Third, although he was beaten two years ago by Congressman E. B. | Lewis, Dudley NJ. Hughes of Danvilte, 1 Twiggs county has determined to take 1 another try at the congressional plum. | This race, like that in the Fourth where l s. E. Leigh of Coweta is opposing Con- | gressman ". H. Adamson, has attracted | little attention yet. The campaigning Tn both appears to be of that quiet order which is unproductive of political sensa-
 tions or even incidents out of the ordi | nary.
 Fifth District.
 The Fifth has been an interesting battle- | ground with Congressman l.. r. Living 1 ston making a strenuous fight to hold | onto his position. James l.. Mayson, Att
 lantas city attorney and well-known | rrohibitionst, has injected that question
 into the contest, and has worried the | congressman no little. Congressman Liv- | ingston, it is true, has carried the only l two counties which have yet acted-New 1 town, his home county, and Campbell, | which is at the other end of the district, 1 the latter by only 13 votes. This, how l ever by no means settles the matter, and
 the fight is still being pushed with vigor.
 In the Sixth district o. H. P. Blood | worth, Tor years Solcltor genral, mas re- 1 gently entered the race against Congress-
 man Charles l.. Bartlett. Both of these
 are supporters of the present state ad- | minstration, and it is, therfeore, sort | of family mixup.
 | Neither Dr. w. F. Goldin of Tallapoosa, | who is opposing Congressman Gordon | Lee in the Seventh, nor Dr, F. w. Wat | kins of Ellijay, who is opposing Con l gressman T. M. Bell of the Seventh, have | as yet set the woods on fire, though it is
 said they are making efforts to get over l their districts and see the voters. l Congressman W. H. Howard of tie l Eighth, T. H. Hardwick of the Tent.. and w. G. Brantley of the Eleventh are the fortunate ones who are without op- position.