The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16
|HOKE SMITH PARTY MAY OFFER CANDLER Georgia Pensions Largest
 Ever Drawn ". M. c. A. CAMPAIGN Endeavoring to Raise Fund of S600'- 900 for Various Purposes-At-
 lanta Women Protest Aboli- ton of Physical Culture

Atlanta, February 15.-(Special.) )-There Is a general belief among the politicians that that Railroad Commissioner C. Mur-
 phey Candler will be put forward as the
 senatorial candidate of the Hoke Smith faction, and that an effort will be made
 to have all the forces of that faction in
 the legislature rally around him. The gossip has been for sometime that the Hoke Smith faction or 'school of po- litical thought" was looking for a candi- strength, in order to leave no stone un- turned to accomplish the defeat of Sen
 ator Joseph M. Terrell. It also has been the general belief that with Mir Smith himself eliminated from the contest-and how circumstances nave put him out of it Is now well known-Mr
 Candler was the best material in sight for this concentration effort. This gossip seems pretty we'll borne out by the action of Mr. Candler In writ ing to friends over the state to ascer-
 tain how he stands. Long membership in the state legislature as representative from DeKalb has made him numerous legislative friends, not few of whom will be found in the new legislature when it convenes the latter part of June for organization. All of those who are of the Hoke Smith persuasion would form
 nice little nucleus upon which to base the foundations of candidacy. And if MT. Candler is so selected does it mean the elimination of two other can
 didates already announced, also of we'll
 known Hoke Smith political proclivi- ties.
 There are those who say that it does.
 The aforesaid two are Congressman T.
 W. Hardwick of the Tenth and Judge w.
 A. Covington of Moultrie, the well known
 prohibition advocate
 There is also theory that, on account
 of the turn things have taken in Con-
 gress and following his installment as a
 prominent member of the ways and
 means committee of the next house,
 Congressman w. G. Brantley will hardly care to enter an uncertain race for the
 senatorship when he is already so well
 fixed
 Congressman L. r. Livingston of the
 Fifth, whose term ends on March 4, has
 asked all the members of the legislature
 to vote for him for the four year term
 remaining in the Senate, but 1t Is general ly believed that all this will amount to is the request.
 The indications are, therefore. that the race may narrow down to Senator Ter rell and Commissioner Candler, in which event it will be, as has. heretofore been predicted, an out and out contest between the two schools of political thought" in Georgia.
 Notwithstanding which, Senator Ter relfs friends are expressing much con- idence that he will have not few of the
 Hoke Smith following in the legislature, lined up for him when the showdown comes.
 Biggest Warrant Ever Drawn An investigation made by the book keeper in the state treasury department has confirmed the statement recently made in these dispatches to the effect that the recent pension warrant drawn on the treasury by Governor Josepph M Brown Is the largest single warrant ever
 drawn by governor of the state. The pension warrant was for $1,114.524, and is approximately $20O0OO larger than the pension warrant of 1910, which was | the largest up to that date. The addi- | tional $2Oo,000 was appropriated as re- suit of the new service pension law, and 1t increased the pension warrant by just | that much
 | It Is pretty well understood that next years pension warrant will be larger still, probably by $200,000 more on ac- count of the same service pension law urder which there are many applicants who could not be paid because Of the | insufficency of the fund.
 It Is true that the appropriation for public schools Is larger than that for pen I slons, but the school fund is never drawn | in a single warrant as Is the pension | fund some $sOO,00o or $700,00O Is as much as has ever been drawn at any one time | to be paid to the school teachers. The pension checks were all signed by
 State Treasurer Pope Brown yesterday and mailed out last night, so that by to-
 morrow every ordinary in the state
 should be ready to pay the pensioners in
 his county.
 The Y. M. c. A. Campaign
 The Y. M. c. A. campaign now in
 progress here, contemplates the raising
 of a total fund of s6Oo.oo0, including what
 is already in hand
 With this 1t is proposed to take care of the Tech, which needs $25,000 in addi-
 ton to the $5O,O0O which John D., Rocke- feller has agreed to give; of the negroes
 who must raise among themselves $50000
 in order to avail themselves of gift of
 s25, ,00O from Chicagoan, and of the local situation which contemplates a building
 and grounds costing total of $45o,oo | In this $45O,000 the present Y. M. c. A. building and grounds are counted at $150,-
 GOO, leaving the total to be raised in cash.
 outside of the negro proposition, $3O0,00J
 for the local building and $s5,o00 for Tech.
 Of this some $50,0Oo has already been sub
 scribed in two days and 1t is proposed t., complete the fund in ten deays. | Tech is to have a magnificent building,