Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-26
FOR GOVERNOR AND
FOR STATE TREASURER
IheSee Seem to Be Only
Fights in Prospect.
(speeial 10 Times-Recorder.l

Atlanta, Ga. May 25.-Georgians
are beg ming to look forward to a
dull year in state politics. After
lot of smoke, the little flare of flame
looks like a fzzle.
Outside of a prospective governors
race Of the milder sort, and the sim
gle race between, the two candidates
for state treasurer. there is absolute
ly nothing doing and little prospect
it.
Politicians who expect to become
candidates cannot afford to let them
selves drop out of the public view,
put those who were talking a few
months ago of running for commits
sioner of agriculture, prison commits
sioner and other offices, have dropped
out Of S ght, as it were, and it looks
now as if Tive incumbents were going
to have lone and easy walk TO
base.
II. II. Perry, of Hall, senator from
5he Thirty-third, is the only announc-
ed candidate for governor, and he
says he is going to carry the Hoke
Smith banner. Judge R. b. Russell,
of the State Court of Appeals, admits
be is going to become = candidate
later on, but says the publ shed re-
port that he will run on the local
optiOr DJa+forr, i, Mouth or;,o5 Co,r
Brown is practically certain to be in
the race, though he has said nothing
to date, and this, it now appears, will
be the lineup.
Brown, Perry and Russell, and it's
up to the political dopesters to pick
the winner.
The only other situation that even
looks like a political race is the con-
test between Hon. Peyton NJ Halves,
of Ebert, and Hon. w ]. Speer, of
Atlanta, for state treasurer. Both of
these gentlemen are covering as much
ground as possible, and will, no doubt,
visit a good many counties before the
primary.
Mr.. Halves is president of the Ell
berton Loan and Savings Bank, with
which he has been connected for fif-
teen years, a fact which will stand
him in good stead particularly in the
matter of bank exam nations. He has
also served some seven or eight years
in both branches of the general assem-
bly,, where he had much to do with
framing some of the present banking
laws.
Mr.. Speer was formerly state treas
urer. but gave up the office on ac-
count of health at the time Captain
R. e. Park went into it, He ran for
the Office against Captain Park in 1908,
but was defeated.
If anybody is going to run for any
of the other offices, they are keeping
mighty quiet about it.
A short time back even the Supreme
bench was threatened with political
contest, but the cloud seems to have
blown over
Whether there will be a contest for
the seat on the Court of Appeals bench
depends on whether Judge Russell
really gets into the race for governor.
If he does and resigns, as he prob
ably would do, following his own ex-
ample whenhe entered the governors
race in 1906, there is almost certain
to be somewhat Of a scramble for his
seat on the bench But that contest
is yet to be developed.
Altogether with the exception of the
race for treasurer, in which Treasurer
]. Pope Brown has decided not to en-
ter, it looks as if the incumbents now
holding state house offices will be re-
turned to them as a result of the COM
ng primary.