Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
S|DEL|GH1SON
STATE POLITICS

/ The semi official announcement that
Mr.. Roosevelt viii come to Georgia be-
fore a great while 70 harangue the people
with respect to the aims and objects of
the bull, moose party ana his own par
! ticular connection herewith, has set
many hearts a-fluxter politically
If he should come, it may as well be
accepted right off the reel as true that
he will cut spectacular swath from
Rabun Gap to Tybee light. and that when
ne shall have departed, there will linger
not one little doubt that he has been in
our midst"
one may accept as final the forecast
| OF. so excellent a prophet as Mr. George
Harvey. If one so elects, and conclude
| that Mr. Roosevelt, with all his engaging
and enticing qualifications, stiH has mo
chance to win"
one may accept such forecast. if one
50 inclines, to be sure-but If Mr.. Roose-
Welt comes and fingers while in Geor-
gia, il viii be found that hundreds if
not thousands OF Georgians will not ac-
cept it, Devertheless
The three things that disturbed and
upset the philosophy of an ancient
prophet-the eagle in the air, the serpent
on the rock, and the man with the maid
would have been extended to a fourth.
perhaps had Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
oeen then alive and engaged at. the mo-
ment in the extremely fascinating game
Of big politics = - . = -
| For surely noihing is stronger or more
certainly beyond the pale of philosophy
! or logic than Mr.. Roosevelt's way with
| the peopet
one may love him, one. may hate him:
| enc may respeHt him, one may scorn him:
zone may weep over him. one may laugh at
! hlin' one may believe him, one may sus-
! pect him.
/ But it, is.,impossible that any one NAV
/ overlook HIM
! While others talk the tariff and deal in
I distractions, tile, lneanfng of which the
. general run Of folks understand not at all
/ Mr Roosevelt pokes his crowd in the
rloS' s'ans it on the back and makes
/ faces at it,
( The consequence is that. while the
Roosevelt OUTFIT frequently may be most
| uncertain where it is going it never is
. permitted to doubt that it is aggressiveIv
and pugnacously on its way,
| Roosevelt comes to Georgia. that eijI-
! phurous thing likely viii break loose
again, all right-with ali due respect to
/ Everybody and with malice toward none,
| Says The Savannah Press:
Jim Price kept out of the fertilizer
aoontroVersy and got big vote in the
state for commissioner of agrcul-
/ vi .-s...- .---- All -.-rs--.. ..
! The Press might have gone further ana
noted the factGthat tle~'ebig vote" Price
received was Sufficient to nominate him
on the second ballot. with quite re
spectacle margin to spare
/ And it is the truth too, that odd Jim"
| won many delegates 10 his cause fpar-
| usulariN after Blalock withdrew and in
/ structions we've lifted because of the
tact that he had held aloof from the fer
| ulizer row and the rough house methods
| of debate characterizing his two distin-
guished opponents.
Price conducted a sort ,of ,heart-to-
heart campaign With the farm rs, and
| thousands WHO voted 5for one of the
others tunques tionably, held "Old Jim
warm second" choice He said nothing
| hard about the other fellow-he "toted
his own skillet"
Undoubtedly, moreover. if the press
speaks truly the sentiments of the peo-
tples Prices nomination gives general and
widespread satisfaction 3 -
Senator Nj. c. TarTer, Of Whitfield,
representative i'll the last house, likely
tMill be .tRe "basAy.5spf the next. senate
! sgHe will pc, whenFsworp in4s lust 2gzGone
! year Older than tie constitutional age
limit imposed upon members Of that body.
! When Tarver first took the oath in the
house he was just - by a scratch He
has served two terms as representative.
Herbert Clay is being congratulated
from one end OF Georgia 10 the other be-
cause of the great race he made for So
| licltor general of the Blue Ridge circuit
Clay defeated his opponent by just a
little more than four to one votes-which
was running some, particularly in the
! Blue Ridge. His Ee&act majority was
| 1854.
Herbert Clay is the Oldest son of the
| late United States Senator 4. 5. Clay.
certainly zone OF. the. most. beloved men
! Georgia ever, knew The son has in
! herited much Of the fathers legal ability
and strength OF character. He has fairly
won hts own political spurs, however,
! having been Identified with political prog
ress in his section long before the senator
passed away.
| NatureHy.. hundreds of voters in the
| Blue Ridge took additional pleasure in
voting for Herbert Clay because he is
Steve Clays son. but it may be said,
nevertheless. that Herbert YVES elected on
his own merits and record more than any
fthins~eise - ~ 1<%5
John. G.. Reese who has for several
years handled state politics. from the At
lapta point Of view for The Macon Tel
egraph and The Augusta Chronicle, will
be connected hereafter exclusively with
The Telegraph
He will have charge OF the Macon
paper's state capital news. bureau. and
viii sever his other newspaper connec-
tons
Reese is one Of. the very best equipped
newspaper men I'M the South. and un-
doubleday has given, The Telegraph AMI
The Chronicle tho best Atlanta service
either of those excellent newspapers ever
had.
The Telesfaph S, to Be Congratulated
that it is to have hereafter the exclusive
service Of Reese