The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-24

in the balloting Mr.. Gambler, it is
: stated, will not be a candidate; but
. if Mr.. Smith is to be out Of it, foI
any reason, Mr.. Gambler thinks he
has a chance. However, in the alb
sence of any formal statement from
Mr.. Smith, and knowing that Mr.
Smith is talking to his friends about
going to the senate, Mr.. Gambler is
practically cut off from making any
campaign whatever.
1t is stated that Congressman T.
W. Hardwick of the Tenth, who an
nounced his candidacy shortly after
Senator Clays death, and who has
not been heard from since on the
subject, will not be in the race. Those
who profess to keep posted on the
situation say that Mr.. Hardwick has
just quietly dropped out of it and
will be heard from no more in this
race.
COVingtOn in for Keeps.
On the other hand Judge w. A.
/ Coyington of Moultrie is said to be
! an avowed and determined candidate
! TO the bitter end" Whether Hoke
Smith runs, and despite that he has
been one of Mr.. Smiths warmest po-
litical supporters, it is stated that
Judge Covington will be right there
when the votes are counted His
friends are claiming fifty votes for
him already pledged, which, with
anything like a warm contest, would
be ample to tie up the legislature,
and, if they could be held indefinite
ly, would be sufficient to enable him
to dictate terms.
So far as can be seen the announc-
ed candidacy of S. G. McLendon, for
mer chairman of the railroad com
mission, has not disturbed the placid
serenity of the senatorial waters.
Senator J. NJ Terrell, it is said, |
June, as the advance guard of the
campaign which he will open early in
June as the advance guard of the
legislature will be coming along
about that time because there will be !
so much doing. 1t is not known who |
Senator Terrell will have as his cam
paign manager, but it is stated he
will be well equipped for campaign |
ing at the proper time. Senator Ter |
rell has been quietly conducting his |
campaign through correspondence all F.!
the time, and his friends are salts |
fed that he has things we'll in hand. |
If Smith Is Elected, What?
There is fully as much speculation
INDUCED in as to what would happen
in the event Hoke Smith is elected
to the senate as there is about the
race itself.
Would Mr. Smith resign as gov
ernor Immediately? His friends say
that if congress should be still in
session at the time there is no ques-
ton that he would resign promptly,
as it would not do for the state to be
without its full representation in
congress. And yet there are in
stances on record wherein governors
have been elected to the senate and
have still remained in the governors
chair for a time although congress
was in session.
If congress should not be in ses-
sion, or if it had completed its i'm
portant work and were about to ad-
journ, then, it is said, he would not
resign as governor until late in the
fall, in time to be on hand for the
December gathering of that body.
But whenever the resignation
would come the president of the SEN
ate would become an interim govern
or for sixty days, calling an election
to be held at the end of that time.
The only certain thing that can be
read out Of all this gossip is that
Georgia politics is in about the most
uncertain state it has known for
many years
The next fifty days will develop
the story, but it is doubtful if much
more than is definite will be known
before that time.