The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-22
GEORGIA ALWAYS
 TALKS POLITICS Smith Is Probably After the
 Senatorship
Will Be a Hot Fight Before the Leg islature-Candler Ceases His Activities and Russell
 Makes Denial

Atlanta, April 2.-(Special) )-Governor- elect Hoke Smiths receptive attitude toward the United States senatorship has so impressed his friends that they are now generally expressing confidence not only in the appearance of his name before the legislature, but in his election by that body.
 At first it looked like terrible thing for a. man just elected to the governor S office to want to take the senatorship first dash out of the box" and whirl the neople of the state right into the midst of another election.
 But now everybody has had such long time to think about it that the edge of popular feeling against another governor s election has been somewhat dulled and many are viewing it with comparative complaisance.
 Governor Smiths friends now positively expect his name to go before the legisia- ture for the senate, though he still has to contend with the fact that there are some of them who believe, at least. that 1t is to their interest to have him remain in the governors office.
 Railroad Commissioner C. M. Candler's failure to put forth any formal announce ment after having been quietly at work for some two months, feeling the pulse of his legislative friends. is regarded as one of the most significant facts throwing light upon prospective appearance or the rovernor-elect in the senatorial ring. MT. Candler as is well known, has always been one of MT. Smiths strongest per , sonal and political friends, and his idea in getting into the race was to hold up the Hoke Smith end, in the event MT. Smith himself did not go after the plum So, 1t is thought, MT. Candler will roek along as a tentative candidate, ready to turp in, in the event there is any hitch in the plan to put the governor-elect across the boards.
 The significance of Commissioner Of Az riculture T. G. Hudson's statement at this time, that he will not be candidate to succeed himself lies in his reaching that exclusion full year in advance of the real opening of the 1913 campaign. Mr Hudson, 1t is well known, wants to be governor; he Is said to have been working to that end for some time. It IS not thought, however, that he would have eliminated himself from consideration for reelection to this present office thus lar fin advance except for his belief in pos sibiltv of an election for governor short lv after the legislature meets in June
 So it is taken for granted that MT. Hud- son must believe there is decided possi- bility of Gov.-elect Hoke Smiths going to the Senate.
 ;e fndi race today is between Senator Joseph M. Terrell and Governor Smith. sf
 Senator Terrell is pluckily winning hls way back to health, spending his tune quietly at home here until there is occa- sion and necessity for his presence Tn Washington. He was to have returned 10 Washington on April TO- but received word from Senator Bacon that there was no necessity for his coming al that time and that he could postpone his return to the capital until April 22 which he will do- This will give him still further oppor- tunity to recuperate and Senator Ierreh feels satisfied that he will go back to Washington at that time almost entirely recovered and able to attend to all of his duties.
 Senator Terrell is taking live interest in all that Is going on in Washington row He is In constant correspondence with friends there and is keeping fully posted on the progress of events as was Indicated in his recently published inter view.
 Judge R. B. Russell of the state court of arpeals takes exception to the recently rublished statement that he is right TOW" a candidate for governor. and ''is quietly busy with his campaign
 Judge Russell admits that he has an ambition to be governor of Georgia. and hopes at an early date to see that ambi- fyl1t says he is giving close attention to his duties on the court of appeals bench, and is too busy writing decisions to run campaign for governor or anything else.
 Whether or not he will get into the next race the judge doss not say. His attitude lust now toward the governorship is very much like that of Hoke Smith toward the senatorship-it Is more or less receptive. But Judge Russell says when he decides he will make it known in no uncertain terms and that he will go to work in earnest.
 If Hoke Smith should succeed in win hing the senatorship it is generally con ceded that Hon. John NJ. Slaton will have to be counted on as a gubernatorial can didate Mir Slaton's reelection as presi- dent of the Senate is practically assured, his friends say, and if Governor Smith should resign to go to the Senate, 1t would devolve upon MT. Slaton to become gov ernor prot tenn for period of 60 days until an election could he held If all Of this should come about, Mir. Slaton's g friends say there is no question about his offering for the office of governor for the full term.
 One of the warmest races for commis- eioner of agriculture the state has known in many years is already framing up. At least three candidates. and possibly four or five will be heard from at various stages of the game, and it is likely that three of them, anyhow, will remain to the end
 The present lineup is as follows:
 Hon. J. D. Price of Oconee, well known farmer and former state senator from his district.
 Hon. J. J. Connor of Barlow. former legislator and ex-president of the state agricultural society.
 Capt R. F. Wright, assistant commis- sioner of agriculture for the last 1. years, and a known aspirant for the posi- tion whenever Mir. Hudson reached the conclusion that he did not want it any more.
 10. H. P Martin of Ebert has long cast covetous eye on this office, but whether he will be in the running is not yet deter mined There are others who have talked of their ambition in this direction. but whether they have been scared off re-