Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-03
SMITH SEEMS ASSURED THE SEN
ATORSHIP.

The opinion seems 10 have settled
down on the state that Goy.-Elect
smith IS as good as 1Senator-elect, that
be has the next legislature we'll inI
hand on a joint ballot and that the COW
e-ed honor will come MS way. None
Of the other aspirants are doing much.
or anything. apparently, 10 set the tide
flowing their way. simply few feel
ers thrown out here and there, but.
quickly Withdrawn when il appeared
that the general public did not warm
up to dark horses. Nothing more Isl
heard Of the candidacy Of Murphy Cam
der or Tom Hardwick's quest for the
seat or Of Judge Corington, or 9TH
er men Of note whose names have
been mentioned by admiriug friends
in this connection. The feeling seems
70 have pretty we'll soaked into the
public skin that it is either Smith Or
Terrell. aad that Senator Terrell's
physical CONDITION precIudes the pos
siblli-y Of his winning before the
legislature. But for his unfortunate
stroke. there is no doubt that joe
Terrell would have given Smith a close
race and perhaps defeated him, for
Terrell is an astute politician with an
extensive following, and would have
been quick to avail himself Of the.
weak points in the Smith armOr How
ever, il seems 10 be a foregona con
clusion now that Smith viii walk of
with the senatorship. Even the ayow-
ed anu-Smith papers accept this as.
the most probable solution OF the.
question that will confront the legis-
Iarure within a few weeks And the
general trend of public thought in such
matter as this is a powerful factor
in bringing about a definite result
in conformity with the prior opin-
ion.
Gov. Smith will make a fine repre-
sentative for Georgia in the Senate
No one doubts or gainsays that. He
will join the body Of progressiyes in
Washington, mellowed down from
what he was few years ago to cor
porations, but still with sufficient
fire in his veins to make him inclined
to keep the toes of the corporation
bosses directly to the line of the law,
if possible. He will stand for tariff
reform, naturally; for more direct
participation by the people in the af'
fairs of the goyernment-albeit he SO
signally fell down on giving them a
direct voice in the election of a sem
ator-and in the next campaign can
be relied upon to do some stirring
speech-making for the Democratic ma
tional ticket. He will hardly wakt
cabinet position, but will cling to
1.-THE good berth in the senate that the
death of Senator Clay and the un
expected illness OF Terrell so provi-
dentially opened up for him.
Good luck, as well as his own po-
litical sagacity and aggressiveness,
have helped Gov Smith on to the real
ization of his fondest hopes. 1t has
never been a secret in Georgia poll
tics that his eye was set on a seat
in the senate, and that the govern
orship was but a stepping stone, Land
/ ed safely in the senate he WILL doubt
/ less, in accordance with old time pre-
cedents, cease to disturb the waters
Of state politics except when his own
position is at stake With Gov. Brown
retiring to his farm in Cherokee coun-
ty and deyoting himself to the Guilt
vation Of fine apples and the stimulat-
ling Of agriculture in that section, wiki
Gov. Smith retired" or promoted, to
Washington, the last traces Of the
Brown Smith fractional fights disap'
pears and Georgia democrats will
line up under new leaders and form
Inew affiliations. And, perhaps, it S
best that it should be 50.