Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-12
CANDIDATES BUSY
As THIRD WEEK Of
CAMPAIGN BEGINS
Brow Forces Plan to Open
Headquarters and Begin
Vigorous Canvass Tuesday
Morning
]. R. SMITH WILL NOT BE
I'M CHARGE OF CAMPAIGN

GeOFSldS SuDernaIOrlaI campaign en-
tered its third week Monday morning,
with Governor Brown and former Gov
ernor Smith in Atlanta and with At.
torney General Hart en- route to Attain
ia from Union Point. Greene county,
where he spent Sunday with his family.
At the capitol and about the campaign
headquarters of Mr.. Smith there pre-
vailed 8 general feeling that the week
would bring forth many important de-
velopments and that the latent interest
would manifest itself visibly in severaI
ways.
The Brown forces are busying them
selves in anticipation of the opening or
campaign quarters in the KimbalI
house Tuesday morning. These rooms
Nos. log, 10S and HOW'LL be devoted
temporarily to the Fulton county organ
ization, but ii is stated that the state
campaign will also be handled from
the Kimball, as before. w. o. Stamps.
who has been chosen to manage the
local campaign, is ready to assume
charge Tuesday morning, and expects
to make a vigorous fight.
Although it is understood that the
Brown forces are particularly anxious
for ]. R Smith. the well-kn0wn Atlanta
merchant, to again direct the state cam
paign, 1t is understood that 1t will b0
impossible for Mr.. Smith to accept. Ims
portant business matters demand Hr.
Smiths personal attention, and 1t is be.
lieved that he cannot possibly arrange
to occupy himself with political work,
however much he may desire to SERVE
Governor Brown.
Several prominent Georgians have
been suggested in lieu of Mr.. Smith.
but their names are being withheld
from the public until a selection IA
finally made. This will be done wftnfn
a few days, 1t is said In this oonneo--
ton. it Is stated that Governor Brown
himself will be consulted relative to the
selection OF manager, and that an Eff
fort will be made to choose q man who
will be acceptable to the governor and
those friends OF his who have engaged
the headquarters and who promise to
push his campaign.
SMITH FORCES BUSY.
In neither of his former campaigns, nor
at any time since he announced his cam
didacy a fortnight ago, have Mr. Smith's
law offices and campaign headquarters
presented so busy an appearance a.
right now. The candidate himself, his po-
litical advisers and the scores OF friends
who frequented the Peters building Mon
day morning evidenced renewed earnest
| ness and spoke with more enthusiasm
They say they are well pleased with de-
velopments Of the past two weeks and
are more confident than ever of the ~.
ture. Their actions do not belle their
words.
Mr.. Smith found few minutes to spars
from his mail Monday morning. He put
in most Of his time debating responses,
though he was compelled to vary his
plans slightly by receiving several gen.
| tiemen who called to discuss political
matters with him
The Smith headquarters were besieged
by great number of Fulton county
| citizens and many callers from other
parts of the state. The clerical force was
kept busy listing names and attending to
correspondence concerning the organiza-
ton of county clubs, which Mr.. Smith
himself has urged upon his friends In
every section of Georgia
While the Smith headquarters had no
detailed information to give out concern
ing the progress of the campaign In va
rious counties, 1t was announced that ths
Hoke Smith clubs are growing rapidly
and that organizations are being perfected
this year where in the previous cam
paigns clubs were unthought of.
In the absence of Judge Hart, there was
no Information to be obtained Monday
morning bearing on his candidacy. A.
Governor Browns Office It was stated
that nothing had been prepared for tho
press.
A LABOR MANS VIEW.
The following expressions were given
out at the Smith headquarters:
Among the visitors at Hoke Smith
headquarters Monday was Mr.. 1. III. Wal
lace, third general vice president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen OF
America. Mr.. Wallace is a resident OF
T1.If ~ Ia In hn
country on Rural Route No. 8. He has
had to make several trips to Cincinnati
and was in that city when he read tbs
telegram that Hoke Smith had entered the
race for governor.
''I laid the paper down." he said, "and
wrote the president of our order that I
was coming back to Georgia to do every
thing I could for the man who had stood
so firmly by the cause of the laboriny
people in the Georgia railroad strike,
which Colonel Scott precipitated by In
sisting on promoting negro flremen over
white firemen. / was in the midst OF
that struggle between the corporation
and it's employees and i know the intense
feeling that existed. Never before was
there such a demand in Georgia for a
cool, brave, firm man and friend OF the
people in the governors office. Hoke
Smith saved the people of the state from
a condition that staggers the IMAGINATION
when he withheld the troops and forced
the road to arbitrate with it's firemen.
AS citizens we owe him debt of lasting
gratitude and 1 have come back home to
do my part in putting him again in the
executive Office"
When asked about conditions in Bull
lock and the other counties, Mr.. Miller
said:
Bullock gave Brown 713 majority
but in spite of that no Brown man is
now Calming the county. 1t will go for
Hoke Smith by 500. l know 800 or 400
farmers who have changed from Brown
to Smith. There has been a change In
Tattnall almost as great as that in Bull
lock. There have been many changes
in bingham, and / believe 1t will be In
the Smith column. Emanuel and Burke
will both go for Smith. Jenkins is solid
for him, and 1 understand Mcintosh will
go for Smith. Smith is gaining in
Bryan, while Toombs county is again
drifting toward Smith. 1 think Smith
Will carry nine Of the IL counties In the
First district. In the last campaign :
was for Brown and at Brown headquar-
tiers made the prediction that he would
carry nine Of the twelves counties @4e
carried eight. This year 1 predict that
Smith will carry nine, possibly ten"
EIGHTH DISTRICT SOLID.