The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Discussion In Georgia Is Ahead of the Hounds
SEVERAL MEN MENTIONED
Cotton Manufacturer of Columbus, the Attorney General and Commie- soner of Agriculture Are All
 Under Discussion.

Tore GoVernor-elect Joseph NJ. Brown will be inaugurated. politica! gossips are al ready discussing possible candidates for 1910.
 few days ago the name of Hon. G.. Gunby Jordan, the wel-known cotton manufacturer of Columbus, was prom inently mentioned" in connection with the governorship in papers all over the state. Some of them published two column pie lures of MT. Jordan, and the unsophisti- cated began to ask, What's all this about Gunby Jordan running for governor" The trouble was taken to run the mat ter down, and it was found that it oc- cured something like this: Two friends of MT. Jordan met on street corner in Co., lumbus and one of them remarked
 Wouldn't Gunby Jordan make a splen- did governor?"
 The other lowed that such was un- doubtedly fact.
 newspaper man got hold of the con- versation and almost put Mir. Jordan tn the race. MT. Jordan was in New York at the time and didn't hear of it until his return.
 Almost as well founded, it appears, are the efforts to read into the race for gov ernor two years hence Attorney General John c. Hart and Commissioner of Agri- culture T. G. Hudson. A couple of coun- ty papers in widely separated sections of the state commended the possible can didacies of these two well-known of ficials. An Atlanta newspaper published the clippings simultaneously.
 The day following MT. Hudson was called up by telephone
 That you Tom?' asked Judge Hart, who was on the other end.
 Hello, judge. What can I do for you?' asked the commissioner.
 Just wanted to assure that I will not oppose you in your race for governor" the attorney general replied.
 Well, you can have a free field so far as am concerned" the commissioner of i agriculture came back
 Both made positive statements that there was absolutely no ground for con- meeting them with the race in any man ner whatever. They are not candidates they stated, and their ambition does not run in that direction
 Why" said Commissioner Hudson. "to tell you the truth I like politics too well, and when man gets through being gov ernor he has to quit being a politician, for he Is out of 1t after that. I think for the present I would prefer to stay where I am"
 Judge Hart expressed appreciation of the kindly expressions of his friends, but said he positively had no intentions or ambitions in that direction.
 The truth is if there is any opposition to Goyernor-elect Brown two years from now 1t will come from the ardent following of 1 Coy. Hoke Smith. Some of the friends of the latter confidently believe that it is his purpose to oppose MT Brown two years hence, while others indulge the bel ! lief that Governor Smith Is going out next after the senatorship. It is well known that the latter is his ultimate political ambition.
 It is generally believed that Governor Smith will return to the practice of law | following the conclusion of his term It l has also been stated that he will 20 on the lecture platform. It is the gov ernor's purpose to deliver a lecture at a number of points dealing with the south and it's attitude during the war but it is | said he does not contemplate taking the
 
 derstood. He has been in great demand as lecturer and speaker, and there is no question that he will be frequently called | upon in that capacity, probably more often than he will be able to respond
 Time only will develop what will be the nature of the next state contest There | is no doubt that the governor-elect is en- trenching himself strongly in the good graces of the people, and while echoes of a stubborn opposition to him are still heard now and then, it is unuuestioned that he Is even stronger with the people as a whole than at the time of the primary which resulted in his election.
 If things go well. therefore. he will he a candidate difficult if not impossible to defeat. His friends now consider that only the return of financial troubles or some unfortunate error which they do not expect him to make, could defeat him for reelection.
 Acquisitions For Convicts.
 In their acquisitions upon the prison commission some Georgia counties have asked for as many as 300 convicts in addi- tion to the number to which they are le- gally entitled under the general plan of distribution on a basis of population.
 Others have sought to supplement in a smaller way the gangs which they will secure from the state, and those counties desiring additional convicts have asked for all the wax from five up to the num- Der stated in addition to what they will legally receive.
 Practically every one of the counties which have asked for extra men will be disappointed for, on account of the ex- tensive demand, the commission has about decided to distribute the "overs'' among all the counties which propose to take convicts rather than alone to those which have asked for them
 The reason for this grows out of the fact that it has been practically deter mined to put all the white convIcts on a state farm, and thus the number of extra convicts is materially reduced~ so that there will be only between 200 and 400 for distribution.
 The effect of the withdrawal of the white corviats has also been to cut down the legal quota of each county so that fer instance. a county formerly allotted inc distribution of the "overz' on pop- the 'istrihrtton of the overs 'on a pop ulptlcn bssih to all the counties applying fer convicts will lust aho.. make I'D the difference between this reduced allot- ;nent and what tho counties would have rareiTed if the whites had been available for road work
 Secretary Goodloe Yancey is anxious that the counties taking coi><icts shall understand that they must send for them to the camps where they are now sta toned, and each county must. make its own arrangements regarding transporta- ton and similar expenses. The state will only issue order to the county for the convicts, and 1t must then send after them.
 No final apportionment will be made un- It it has been definitely decided whether