The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-05-20

While The Ledger has predicted that
the governor would be In the field
again, and We are confident that he
viii BE, we sincerely hope that the
state Of Georgia wifi be delivered
from the bitter conflict referred to
by The, Times-Recorder, certainly the
mud singing affair Of the past two
CONTESTS. u 1 81
| The Bms&Reeorder continues:
skte politicians who are talking
I.soUut the matter believe that this rs
the schedule, that Governor Smith
Min make q tour Of the state that will
make HIS former tours child's play by
comparison and that from the very
ontset Of the Brown administration
there will BE- one continued and VIC
ious attack upon. its-policies, its meth
DDS and its results paving the way
for an appeal to the people when the
state primary comes on
If the attacks of the governor can
possibly be made more vicious than
they have been in former campaigns,
we are sorry for Georgians and we
blush for the friends of Mr.. Smith.
But the most interesting feature Of
the gossip" says The Recorder, rs
not contained in the assertion that
Governor Smith intends to make a
third canvass for the office. That is
interesting, of course, and means a
hard fought battle, for whatever may
be said of him Hoke Smith is mag
nificent campaigner. Beyond this,
though, lies another and broader pro-
gram, one that carries Mr.. Smith, il
he wins the gubernatorial primary in
1910, out in the field OF national poll
tiles and presents him as a candidate
for the presidential nomination al the
! convention of 1912.
AS the gossip goes, Governor Smith
has been carefully Analysing the po-
litical situation throughout the coun-
try and believes that 1912 viii be the
opportune time to hold the democra-
tic national convention in the south
and to present southern candidate
to the people of the United States
Atlanta now has great aud forum
! that will accommodate nine or ten
thousand people, and that city will be
! presented, if the gossips have it right,
| for the next democratic national con-
vention At that convention the
claims Of the south for consideration
Will be presented by some of the
souths most eloquent sons, and when
the hour for nomination has arrived
the name of Hoke Smith, governor of
Georgia provided he is governor
will be sprung.
Governor Smith has been stanch in
his adherence to the party in its ma
tional fights When Bryan made his
first race he resigned from the Cleve-
land cabinet and took the field for
the Nebraskan. In his subsequent
! campaigns the Georgian also stood
true to the colors and did what he
could for democratic success. Bryan
and his allies cannot attack him on
the ground of opposition to the ives
tern leader. And if he is attacked
simply because he is a southern mar
the south's answer might be sharl
and very much to the point.
1T makes mighty interestin,
story" The Recorder continues, "thi
gossip that is being slowly circulated
around the state. 1t may all work out
for no one knows what the futur'
holds in store in political way. Blu
inasmuch as it all depends on Hok
Smith beating Joe Brown next yea
we are inclined to be a triffe incredu
lous as yet that Georgia will furnis
the standard bearer of democrac
, three years hence
II Governor Smith really has a
eye on the white, house, The Ledge
bepeyss, that the chief executive wi
fight shy Of another contest in Geor
| gia, which would. in our opinion, re
suit in his defeat by even a bigge
majority than did the past one.
The rumor Of the Times Recorde
regarding the governors plans to ge
to the white house through the ofic,
{ Of governor. however. is in our opinion
->1sher far fetched" We believe tia
the governor would like to. get to tn,