Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-13
SEAGIRT WILL SOON
Be DESERTED VILLAGE
Democratic Candidate Leaves
Saturday for Western Tour
Some Amusing Anecdotes


the closed season for presidential can
didates, governors. politicians and
statesmen at seasift MI. 1t is now a
deserted village. Ia few weeks it
viii be of the map and all but forgot
ten Governor Wilson will spend possi-
bly, three more days in the little White
House this summer The contingency
of his presence at seagirt hinges upon
his activity in the pending senatorial
fight in New Jersey. II he decides to
take the stump against James Smith.
Jr, the Newark boss, IL may be neces-
sary for him 70 forego the comforts and
pleasures of his summer home for the
two days that he now hopes to spend
there. =
Governor wilson's plans at present
will keep him away from Seagirt until
next Friday. He expects to leave there
again next Sunday for a western tour,
which may keep him away until II is
time for him to return to his home at
Princeton. In any event. he. hopes to
re-establish himself at Princeton by
Oct. l, and If he yields to the impor-
tunties of clamorous Democrats all over
the country, 1t will be Impossible to
cut short that western swing.
Since July 4 Seagirt has been very
much on the map. 1t has been in the
newspaper columns every day. Not
much of its news has been sensa tional;
some of 1t hasn't been very interesting,
but all of it has been important. be-
cause anything pertaining to a man
who is likely to become president of the
United States is important Governor
Wilson is not a good "news source He
isn't spectacular. He isn't excitable He
fp,, Il
doesn't crave the limelight. He is calm.
careful, painstakihg. well poised, con-
scientious and recognizes fully the re-
sponsibility that rests upon him per-
sonally and attaches to his utterances
and his doings
But Governor Wilson has been in the
Eews every day. Notwithstanding his
modesty. and Seagirt has been on the
map.
-, A BUSY PLACE AT TIMES
Seagirt has been a. busy place also.
Senator'S, governors representatives in
congress. mayors, Legislators. aldermen.
would-be oficeholders and. in fact. poll
ticians OF high and low degree from
all quarters of the country have visited
Seagirt this summer, They have come
as .singletons," they have come in pairs,
they have, come in bunohes, and they
have come in crowds to see the Demo-
cratic candidate. Most of them have
been willing to talk for publication and
on many dull days ii has been the Wis
itors and not the governor who have
supplied the news to keep Seagirt on
the map. Notification day was the big
gest of the season. and the next big
gest was Jersey day. There was small
appreciable let up in the number of
daily pilgrims. The average was main
tanned last Sunday evening. He had his
hands full all the time 1t Is little
wonder that he had no time for the
preparation Of advance copies of his
speeches. He has had little time for
his family. Breakfast. dinner and sup
per enga gements have occupied him
when ne was not engaged in his office
with correspondents or callers-mostly
callers.
Besides the senators, governors and
congressman who have been daily callers,
not to mention the little fry politicians,
there have been demands on Governor
wilson's time BY hundreds and hundreds
Of mere people who have flocked to
Seagirt in droves from nearby coast re-
sorts. These sightseers-mapy of them,
at any rate-have visited Seagirt in the
belief that a presidential candidate
should be on exhibition at all hours of
the day and night They were surprised
time on the front veranda, shaking hands
with callers. Some of them became
peeved when the governor, busy in
conference perhaps, 7failed to show him.
self when they invaded the lawn of the
Little White House, and grouped them
selves conspicuouslyabefore the windows
Doesn't the governor come out to
meet the persons who stop at Seagirt
just for the purpose of seeing the Demo
cratic nominee?" they ask, when it is
hard to make some of them believe that
a candidate for office has something else
to do besides shaking hands with curious
persons.
SIGHTSEEING. WAGONS. as
Going to Seagirt TO see the governor
has been a favorite diversion for sum-
mer boarders along the Jersey coast. The
Baltimore nomination was a fine thing
for the sightseeing autos at Asbury Park.
some six or seven miles from seagirt.
There must be dozen Of these enor-
nous carry-all automobiles at ,ASbury
and the spielers have induced hundreds
of persons to take the ride for $50 and
''see the next president of the United
States"
con your ride as we turn this corner
Is the Little White House, the summer
home of the governor of New Jersey
and the present abode of the next pres
ident of the United States the voice
of the ''rutber-neck'' wagon spieler has
echoed many times, each day.
And IL there happens TO be one man,
or a group of men, on the front We
randa, the spieler. secure in the knowl-
edge that the speed of the auto will
protect him, continues: "The gentleman
you see on the porch in the rocking
char is Governor Wilson. He spends
much Of This time meeting and greeting
his callers
The persons In the car return to their
summer hotels happy in the belief that
they have seen Wilson. "the next pres-
dent" etc 81
UP WITH THE SUN.
Governor Wilson literally was up
with the sun today.2 He took a train
at 7:45 o'clock at Atlantic City, going to
Jersey. City to repiew the Hudson
County Democratic Associations pa
rade. The governor planned to spend
the afternoon in .secluston, boarding
his special car tonight for Syracuse,
where he win speak tomorrow.