The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25
POLITICAL OUTLOOK
IS DULL IN GEORGIA
State Senator Perry Is Candi-
date for Governor
RUSSELL WILL ENTER
Governor Joe Brown Is Also Practically
Certain to Enter Race for Cover
nor-Treasurer's Race Prom
Uses to BE Interesting

Atlanta, May Especial. )-Georgians
are beginning to look forward to dull
year in state politics After a lot OF
smoke, the little flare of flame looks
| like a fizzle.
Outside of a prospective governors
race of the milder sort, and the single
race between two candidates for state
treasurer, there is absolutely nothing 10
ing and little prospect of it.
Politicians who expect to become can
didates cannot afford to let themselves
drop out of the public view; but those
who were talking few months ago OF
running for commissioner of agriculture,
prison commissioner, railroad commits
sioner and other offices, have dropped
out of sight, as 1t were. and It looks
now as If the incumbents were going to
have a lone and easy walk to base.
II. H. Perry of Hall, senator from the
SD, is the only announced 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 he is going to become candi-
date later on, but says the published re-
port that he will run on the local option
platform was unauthorized. Governor
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 its up
to the political dopesters to pick the
winner.
The only other situation that even
looks like a political race is the contest
between Hon. Peyton NJ. Halves of Ell
bert and Hon. w. ]. Speer of Atlanta
for state treasurer. Both of these gen.
temen 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 Elber-
ton Loan & Savings bank, with-which
he has been connected for fifteen years.
a fact which will stand him in good
stead. particularly in the matter of bank
examinations. He has also served some
seven or eight years in both branches
of the general assembly, where he had
much to do with framing some of the
present banking laws.
Mr.. Speer was formerly state treasurer
but gave up the office on account of his
health at the time Capt. 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 sny of
the other offices they are keeping mighty
quiet about It.
| A short time back even the supreme
bench was threatened with. a 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 probably would
do. following his own example when he
entered the governors race in 1906. there
is almost certain to be somewhat of n
scramble for his seat on the bench. But
| that contest is yet to be developed.
Altogether, with the Inception Of the
race for treasurer in which Treasurer ].
Pope Brown has decided not to enter, II
looks as IL the incumbents now holding
state house offices, will be returned to
them as a result of the coming pri-
mary.
Theatrical situation
Atlantans are intensely interested in
the theatrical situation and Its devel-
opments of the last few days, promis-
ing as they do not only freshness
and a newness in the line of attrac-
lions which will be offered next sea-
son. but possible competition which will
bring to this section OF the south
series Of theatrical attractions many
of which have never before been seen
here.
The public generally Is immensely
pleased over the idea of the south
ern theatre owners breaking away
from Klaw & Erlanger, generally
known as the til eatrical syndicate" or
theatrical trust" and will, unques-
tionably, be further delighted with any
competition calculated to improve the
class of attractions or to reduce prices.
This very competition Is promised in
Atlanta and other pointS in the south
by the efforts of Klaw & Erlanger,
following their refusal to submit to
the "open door, policy on the part OF
southern theatre owners to secure the
etres of their own.
| There Is scarcely any doubt that
Klaw & Erlanger have entered into q
contract with Joel Hurt of this city
| for the construction of q, theatre,
tn ougil many profess still to believe this
| is bluff on the part of the trust
But IL the contract 10 carried out
IT will mean two theatres in Atlanta
carrying high class attractions; that Is,
at prices from 81 to 50 seat and
more.
1t will also mean. it is predicted,