The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-03

call for a primary which originated. it appears. with Thomas E. Watson, has been allowed to go over in order that some of the members who are in doubt about 1t may have time to talk to the nome folks and get line on their views of it.
 For this and other reasons. notably be- cause of the inauguration the primary resolution was not brought up Saturday. but efforts will be made to get it up for action. it is stated, just as soon as the general assembly reconvenes next Wednesday.
 Hoke Smiths friends are counting not only on his pledged votes, it is said but upon the desire of a number of Georgians tc occupy the governors chair; also upon the patronage which Governor Smith will be able to dispense almost as soon as he is in office.
 II has been common talk around the Kinball lobby that all of the would-be candidates for governor were helping MT. smiths senatorial aspirations to no small extent They are perfectly willing, it is stated that their friends should vote for Governor Smith, and get him out of the way. Just how far this will help Is problematical. but it is being counted as factor just the same.
 | As to the gubernatorial aspirations Of Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas G. | l mented that somewhat of crimp has been put in them by the house resolu- l ton proposing a full and complete inves- l tigation of the state agricultural depart l nent in order to ascertain just what It IS | doing in the interests of the public and the farmer. There is reason to believe that l this resolution will pass, and that the in- Vestigation will follow. in which event 1t | ie pointed out that MT. Hudson will be | -s,,t l1s-ctr 11N l committee somewhat to the exclusion, | possibly, of his indulgng in guberna- torlai campaign. No charges have been made against MT. Hudson, but the gen l eral tenor of the resolution Is to the 1 effect that the department has not given the public the service that the state has 1 a right to expect from it in view of the 1 amount expended in it's maintenance and upkeep.
 Hudson Embarrassed
 It would not appear on the surface that l tlis had any connection with the sena- tolial situation; but the fact that MT. 1 Hudson is said to have been engineering l the Hoke Smith senatorial campaign, and the additional fact that he has been ex- recting to run for governor in the event Of MT. Smiths election, makes 1t quite interesting.
 indications now all point to the de- feat of the proposition to hold primary for senator. Legislators who say they wouid otherwise favor it, say the time has gone hv for the consideration of primary; that If one was to have been held it should have been called long ago by the state executive committee; that 1 the legislatures duty is now to elect a | state senator, and so far as they are con- | cerned they propose to proceed to do that | duty Whether visits home will have
 tine effect of changing any of these opin-
 ions remains to he seen.
 Strangely enough there has been prac-
 tically no talk of a dark horse in con- nection with the senatorship, although
 there have been suggestions enough of a
 deadlock About the only suggestion that
 has been made in this connection is the
 name of Congressman w. G. Brantley,
 concerning whom several have spoken,
 and said they would be glad to vote for
 him for senator. But Mir Brantley is in
 no sense a candidate, nor can he be
 looked upon as a dark horse at the pres
 ent writing.
 There will be little doing in the race the
 early part of this week as the legisla-
 tors will all be at home. But 1t is ex-
 pected the situation will be considera ..y
 clarified by the latter part of the week.
 and enough known about the position of
 the various members to make a more
 definite prediction.